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May 24, 2012

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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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Case Study: Local Government Organization Deploys 10 Times More Desktops a Day sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel CASE STUDY: This case study explores the approach one organization employed to improve the energy efficiency of its desktops, laptops, and workstations. Discover other results they realized once their project was complete. Posted: 23 Apr 2012 \| Published: 23 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Desktop Applications Management \| Desktop Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Green Data Center \| Grid Computing \| Laptop Computers \| Workstations

What Could You Do at 45°C? sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel VIDEO: Adopting a cautionary approach to data center cooling is a good theory in practice. But you may be keeping your infrastructure cooler than necessary. This video releases key findings concerning the latest environmental standards and explains how you can raise data center temperatures without sacrificing availability. Posted: 30 Mar 2012 \| Premiered: 30 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Cooling Capacity \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Energy Star \| Green Data Center \| Grid Computing

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: 12 Mar 2012 \| Published: 12 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Data Center Design \| Database Administration \| Database Design \| Database Management \| Grid Computing \| IT Infrastructure

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: 08 Mar 2012 \| Published: 08 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Applications Software \| Grid Computing \| Utility Computing

Living on the Grid sponsored by Dell, Inc. CASE STUDY: Access this case study to learn how Dell consolidated its more than 10,000 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases using a grid computing approach. Posted: 28 Feb 2012 \| Published: 28 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Grid Computing \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Services \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Spending

Using Advanced Collaboration Tools to Drive Innovation sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This resource explores how two IT giants teamed up to fund IT in higher education facilities. Inside, learn how education leaders are discovering new ways to facilitate the effective use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in order to increase student learning and maximize the mission of their institutions. Posted: 22 Feb 2012 \| Published: 22 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Collaboration \| Communications Hardware \| Education Industry \| Grid Computing \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

7 Best Practices CIOs Can Leverage to Improve Business Agility 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

Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services, North America sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: More and more companies are showing interest in data center outsourcing, but there are a variety of providers to choose from. This white paper compares the outsourcing capabilities and infrastructure utility services of 17 vendors. Find out which providers were considered the challengers, leaders, niche players, and visionaries. Posted: 02 Sep 2011 \| Published: 02 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Green Data Center \| Grid Computing \| Outsourcing

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

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

Is Your Data Center Ready for Cloud Computing? sponsored by IBM PODCAST: Learn how your data center can take advantage of cloud computing to become more efficient, flexible, and responsive. Listen in as Steve Sams, IBM Vice President and resident expert on data centers, describes the steps you need to take to plan for and deploy cloud computing in your data center. Posted: 15 Nov 2010 \| Premiered: 15 Nov 2010 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Grid Computing \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

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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