Grid and Cloud Computing A Business Perspective on Technology and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stanoevska-Slabeva, Katarina (Editor), Wozniak, Thomas (Editor), Ristol, Santi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Industrial management.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Information storage and retrieval.; Management information systems.; Computer science.; Business and Management.; IT in Business.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.

In today’s dynamic business environment, IT departments are under permanent pressure to meet two divergent requirements: to reduce costs and to support business agility with higher flexibility and responsiveness of the IT infrastructure. Grid and Cloud Computing enable a new approach towards IT. The...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Business and Technological Drivers of Grid Computing
• The BEinGRID Project
• Grid and Cloud Basics – Definition, Classification, Business Models
• Grid Basics
• Cloud Basics #x2013; An Introduction to Cloud Computing
• Grid Business Models
• Grid Value Chains #x2013; What is a Grid Solution?
• Legal Issues in Grid and Cloud Computing
• Grid Business Experiments
• Common Capabilities for Service Oriented Infrastructures #x2013; Grid and Cloud Computing
• Remote Computational Tools for Radiotherapy Cancer Treatment Planning
• Business Experiment Ship Building
• AgroGrid #x2013; Grid Technologies in Agro Food Business
• Virtual Hosting Environments for Online Gaming
• Organizational and Governance Challenges for Grid Computing in Companies #x2013; Summary of Findings from Business Experiments
• Practical Guidelines
• Practical Guidelines for Evolving IT Infrastructure towards Grids and Clouds.