Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Infrastructure Evolution
2. Productivity Paradox and Information Technology
3. Business Value of Grid Computing
4. Grid Computing - An Overview
5. Desktop Grids
6. Cluster Grids
7. HPC Grids
8. Data Grids
9. The Open Grid Services Architecture
10. Creating and Managing Grid Services
11. Desktop Supercomputing: Native Programming for Grids
12. Grid-Enabling Software Applications
13. Application Integration
14. Grid Enabling Networks Services
15. Managing Grid Environments
16. Grid Computing Adoption in research and Industry
17. Grids in Life Sciences
18. Grids in the Telecommunications Sector
19. Grids in Other Industries
20. Hive Computing for Transaction Processing Grids
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Index