Thank you for your book. I appreciated the read. It left me thinking about the future. While pondering, it occurred to me that The Semantic Web and The Grid would converge.

I did a quick google on it, and came upon this site (and in particular, its brief):
http://SemanticGrid.org/brief

There is actually quite a bit of activity related to this convergence with web services sitting in the middle (what I view as the interactive enabler/aspect of Grids).

As an example, I liked what I saw with respect to the matching of resource with the call for the resources (the job being submitted). An ontology can be created (using OWL) to describe the services being offered which can help a rules engine deterministically select which compute node/service is best suited for a particular job.

Kind regards,

Dale Chalfant

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Chapter 1 ‘Introduction’ answers the following questions:

Why do people talk about Grid computing? Why would a designer like to rent computers by the hour? Why would an engineering company send away its confidential data for remote processing? How could an investor trust information from someone he has never heard of ? What is common between a Web search engine and an airline ticket reservation? In this chapter we learn by example.

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Chapter 2 ‘The Basics’ answers the following questions:

Where did the ideas for the Grid come from? What is it designed to do? Why do people argue so fiercely about the true meaning of Grid? Why should a savvy man ager be interested in pursuing Grid computing today? Finally, why is it important to become Grid-enabled?

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This post contains beginning of Chapter III - Grid Computing Enters Business:

Having understood what Grid computing is, it is now time to confront this knowledge with practice. In the short term, most readers would like to know how to profitably deploy the concept of Grid computing in an enterprise.

More generally, one should be interested in trends existing in the Grid business and industry today, signaling the potential for big investments in certain sectors in the coming years. This will be followed by the maturing of existing solutions and the appearance of new choices.

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In this chapter we discuss how to position yourself in the Grid market.

This requires understanding of the various market strategies that lead to business opportunities. You should already have some ideas here, based on the market overview from Chapter 3. However, the opportunities that should be pursued today are not present in that description. The most challenging, but also most rewarding, opportunities lie in pioneering the new market niches that do not exist today.

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This chapter focuses on technical considerations needed for building enterprise or departmental grids, or partner grids, or for participating in the Grid at large, which will be possible in the near future. As seen in Chapter 4, such participation may involve providing resources and digital services as commodities.

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Grid migration or development projects should be preceded by construction of a compelling business case. Such work helps not only to convince others to support and fund the project, but also to better understand your own goal, motivation, available resources, obstacles, and possible tactics.

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