In the last decade, the Grid emerged from computing-intensive application domains. It has become very difficult to distinguish between "real" Grids, Web services, and simply a distributed computing environment. A critical discussion of Grid technologies points out the pros and cons of applying current Grid technologies in a business or enterprise environment.
Index Terms:
grid, business
Citation:
Heinz Stockinger, "Grid Computing: A Critical Discussion on Business Applicability," IEEE Distributed Systems Online, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 2, June 2006, doi:10.1109/MDSO.2006.41