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ALSO CALLED: Computational Grids, Cluster Computing, Grid Control DEFINITION: Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) is a set of standards defining the way in which information is shared among diverse components of large, heterogeneous grid systems. In this context, a grid system is a scalable wide area network (WAN) that supports resource sharing and distribution. OGSA is a trademark of the Open Grid Forum.OGSA definitions and criteria apply to hardware, platforms and software … Definition continues below.
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Seven Best Practices to Improve Business Agility With Application Grid Computing for the Cloud sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: Grid computing has emerged as crucial go-to solution because it provides a cost-effective, flexible, and scalable IT infrastructure that does not require businesses to start from scratch. Read this resource to find out more about how this approach offers better performance through agility and flexibility. Posted: 08 Dec 2011 \| Published: 08 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Infrastructure \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Desktop Applications Management \| Grid Computing \| IT Infrastructure

Converged Application Appliances: Delivering Simplicity And Faster Time-To-Application Value sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: In early 2011, HP tapped Forrester Consulting to evaluate converged application appliances. Forrester found these organizations achieved simplicity, faster time-to-application value, reduced costs, modular scalability, and mitigated IT project risks.More key findings are available in this paper. Posted: 08 Sep 2011 \| Published: 08 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Integration \| Business Intelligence \| Cloud Computing \| Cluster Management \| Clustering \| Data Integration \| Data Warehouses \| Grid Computing \| SaaS business intelligence \| SaaS ERP

Building a Grid Computing Infrastructure for Multi-Tier Consolidation sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses a Grid reference configuration based on Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers and Dell EqualLogic™ iSCSI storage. This Grid implementation is comprised of the physical Grid based on physical servers and the virtual Grid based upon Oracle virtual machines. Posted: 24 Jun 2011 \| Published: 24 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Data Integration \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Grid Computing \| Hardware \| Oracle (Product) \| Server Virtualization

Oracle Database - The best choice for Siebel Applications sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper covers the business and technology reasons behind customers' continued choice of Oracle Database for their Siebel Applications deployments. Posted: 08 Jun 2011 \| Published: 08 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Business Process Automation \| CRM \| Data Encryption \| Data Integration \| Database Management \| Grid Computing \| Oracle (Product)

Oracle Database - The best choice for PeopleSoft Applications sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the business and technology reasons behind customers' continued choice of Oracle Database for their PeopleSoft application deployments. Posted: 08 Jun 2011 \| Published: 08 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Data Encryption \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Warehouses \| Database Management \| Grid Computing \| Oracle (Product)

Grid Computing Techniques for Data Center Modernization sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: The Oracle Grid computing architecture features many powerful techniques that improve energy efficiency and data center productivity. Posted: 03 Jun 2011 \| Published: 03 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Database Administration \| Energy Efficiency \| Grid Computing \| High Availability \| Server Virtualization \| Service Level Management \| SLA

A Technical Overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Businesses today increasingly need to leverage a unified database platform to enable the deployment and consolidation of all applications onto one common infrastructure. Read on to learn the benefits of incorporating Oracle's Exadata based Database Machine into the IT infrastructure. Posted: 20 Jan 2011 \| Published: 20 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Data Center Design \| Database Administration \| Database Design \| Database Management \| Grid Computing \| IT Infrastructure

Architectural Strategies for Cloud Computing sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how cloud computing is now also evolving in a private variant whereby enterprises set up cloud-like, centralized shared infrastructure with automated capacity adjustment that internal departmental “customers” utilize in a self-service manner. Realization of efficiency, performance, and agility benefits is reinforcing this trend. Posted: 20 Dec 2010 \| Published: 20 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Grid Computing \| Identity Management \| Oracle (Product) \| Security \| Security Management \| Server Virtualization \| SOA \| Virtual Machine

Oracle WebLogic Suite: A Middleware Foundation for Application Grid sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Learn about the technical components of Oracle WebLogic Suite to create an infrastructure layer that pools and dynamically provisions the resources on which business applications and SOA run. Download this free, compelling white paper now. Posted: 27 Oct 2010 \| Published: 27 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Grid Computing \| Middleware \| Oracle (Product)

The Application Grid Approach to a Modern Data Center sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the application grid approach to enterprise middleware, and looks at Oracle Fusion Middleware products, including Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Coherence, and their ability to drastically reduce data center sprawl and drive down operational costs by instituting an application grid methodology. Posted: 25 Oct 2010 \| Published: 25 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Centers \| Grid Computing \| Middleware \| Oracle (Product) \| Server Management

Lowering Your IT Costs with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Oracle Database 11g Release 2, the second release of the award winning Oracle Database 11g, provides the foundation for IT professionals to successfully deliver more information with higher quality of service, make more efficient use of their budgets, and reduce the risk of change in data centers. Posted: 25 Oct 2010 \| Published: 25 Oct 2010 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Data Management \| Database Administrators \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Grid Computing \| IT Management \| IT Services \| Oracle (Product) \| Server Consolidation

Data Grids & SOA sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper demonstrates that a data grid infrastructure, built with clustered caching, can help you avoid "weak link" vulnerabilities that can sabotage SOA strategies. Discover why the data grid offers improved data access that can create a competitive edge, improve financial performance, and sustain customer loyalty. Posted: 06 Oct 2010 \| Published: 06 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Cluster Software \| Clustering \| Database Management \| Grid Computing \| SOA

Oracle WebLogic Suite: A Middleware Foundation for Application Grid sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This free white paper shows that Oracle WebLogic Suite packages many essential middleware capabilities to help organizations implement application grid concepts. Learn how to create an infrastructure layer that pools and dynamically provisions the resources on which business applications and SOA run. Posted: 04 Oct 2010 \| Published: 04 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Grid Computing \| Middleware \| Oracle (Product)

E-book: Windows Servers and Storage - Choosing Your Server sponsored by Dell and Microsoft EBOOK: This eBook provides comprehensive information about servers and server implementation to help IT managers choose the best option for their storage needs. Posted: 28 Dec 2009 \| Published: 28 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Clustering \| Grid Computing \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Software \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Data Grids & SOA sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper demonstrates that a data grid infrastructure, built with clustered caching, can help you avoid "weak link" vulnerabilities that can sabotage SOA strategies. Discover why the data grid offers improved data access that can create a competitive edge, improve financial performance, and sustain customer loyalty. Posted: 09 Sep 2009 \| Published: 09 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Cluster Software \| Clustering \| Database Management \| Grid Computing \| SOA

Achieving Business Agility with Application Grid sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Typical IT departments feature islands of isolated infrastructure, leading to inefficient use of servers. The "application grid" concept allows data centres to run more efficiently, using less hardware and less software. This paper explains. Posted: 09 Sep 2009 \| Published: 09 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Applications Software \| Grid Computing \| Utility Computing

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GRID COMPUTING DEFINITION (continued): … in standards-based grid computing. The OGSA is, in effect, an extension and refinement of the service-oriented architecture (SOA). The OGSA addresses ongoing issues and challenges such as authentication, authorization, policy negotiation and enforcement, administration of service-level agreements, management of virtual organizations and customer data integration. For a Web service to be considered a grid service, it must allow clients to easily discover, update, modify and delete information about the service's state, define how the service evolves and ensure ongoing compatibility with other services. …
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