This book provides IT professionals with a clear, readable, and pragmatic approach to all aspects of grid computing technology, with hands-on guide to implementing grid computing system that can be applied. Beginning with a thorough history of technology, this book then explore architectural grids, desktop grids, grid data, the Open Grid Services Architecture, engineering programming grid, and more. KEY FEATURES * Written by a top analyst with chapter contributions from major players in the industry * Provide guidance for IT managers and technology are interested in applying grid computing technology * Includes a CD-ROM with a demo grid, grid programming toolkit source code, and a grid calculator to determine the source of electrical power desktop CD-ROM contains tools you can use to get started with grid computing. Software An application development tools and runtime infrastructure for developing, using and managing distributed computing applications with speed * Calculator Grid? ? A calculator to determine the aggregate computing capacity of an enterprise IT infrastructure Contributors & Articles * Evolution of IT Infrastructure * Paradox of Productivity and Technology Information * Business Value of Grid Computing * Grid Computing Technologies? Overview * Grids in Other Industries - Ahmar Abbas, Grid Technology Partners * Grid-Enabling Network Services - David Daley, Montague River Networks, Inc. * Adoption of Grid Computing in Research and Industry - Wolfgang Gentzsch, Sun Microsystems, Inc. * Data Grids - Andrew Grimshaw, Avaki Corporation * Supercomputing Desktop: Programming Language for Grids * Grids in Life Sciences - Jim Gutowski, Matt Oberdorfer, Engineered Intelligence * Desktop Grids - David Johnson, Entropia * Grids in Telecommunications Sector - Dr. Joan Mass ridSystems? * Cluster Grids * HPC Grids - Ian Lumb, Platform Computing, Inc. * The Open Grid Services Architecture - Ian Lumb, Chris Smith, Platform Computing, Inc. * Hive Computing for Transaction Processing Grids * -? Chris O Leary, Tsunami Research * Creating and Managing Grid Services - Gregor von Laszewski, Argonne National Laboratory, Omer F.