Grid Computing: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications

Charles River Media announces Grid Computing: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications, an indispensable, hands-on guide to this important technology.Grid Computing: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications provides IT professionals with a clear, readable, and pragmatic overview to all aspects of grid computing technology, with hands-on guidelines for implementing a workable grid computing system. Beginning with a thorough history of the technology, the book then delves into grid architecture, desktop grids, data grids, Open Grid Services Architecture, grid programming techniques, and much more. The last section of the book is devoted to creating industry- specific grid computing applications. KEY FEATURES: * Written by a top analyst with contributed chapters from major players in the industry * Provides guidelines for IT managers and technologists interested in implementing grid computing technology * Includes a CD-ROM with a grid demo, a grid programming source code toolkit, and a grid calculator for determining desktop resource power Now Available at Amazon.com http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=myy8uzn6.h5rpfsn6.4kmjvzn6.uk68mrn6.123&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2Fasin%2F1584502762%2Fgridblog-20%2Fref%253Dnosim%2F002-3866423-2256054