"New Opportunities Demand New Technology ● Foster and Kesselman – the vision: – Computing power from a ""plug in the wall – Origin of the term ""Grid Computing – Analogy – ""electrical power grid – Transparent exchange of computing power – "" When the network is as fast as the computer s internal links, the machine disintegrates across the net into a set of special purpose appliances (Gilder Technology Report, June 2001) Ian Foster: Grid Computing is resource sharing & coordinated problem solving in dynamic, multi-institutional virtual organizations"
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