| We would like to take this opportunity to thank several of our colleagues for their support, professional guidance, advice, and counsel in bringing together some of the complex topics addressed in this book. We would like to thank Jaclyn Vassallo, Susan Visser, and Bill Wong at IBM, and George Joseph from Rutgers University for their outstanding and professional editorial support throughout the entire composition of this book. We would also like to thank all of the creative men and women, who contributed to the disciplines of Grid Computing, from all around the world: Without these brilliant contributions, and their commitment and hard work, the Grid successes would not be as noteworthy as they are today. Without all of these individuals, this book would not have been produced in the time frame or the quality that it has been delivered. We would like to acknowledge a very special thank you to Jeffrey Pepper, our publisher, and the entire Prentice Hall PTR publishing staff members (and extended team). These individuals provided excellent team leadership and professional support in all of the activities throughout the entire development and production of this book. They are truly a world-class team of professionals. From Joshy Joseph I would like to thank my family, my wife Lincy and my two-year-old daughter Ponnu, who continually stood behind me throughout the challenging task of creating this book. I am also very thankful to my parents and all of their help in supporting and encouraging me in my professional career aspirations. Craig, I thank you for introducing me to the world of authorship, and for helping me sort out the complexities of technical and educational book composition. Last but certainly not least, I wish to thank everyone in my family and all of my friends for their support in helping me to develop this book. From Craig Fellenstein I would like to extend a very sincere thank you to my family, who is absolutely more important than Business On Demand. It was my family ”Lindsey, Jimmy, and Elizabeth ”who supported me in the many late night hours required to develop this book. I would also like to thank my father, Jim, my sister, Nancy, and my wife's mother, Dorothy, for their unconditional encouragement and love in helping me find the energy to complete not only this book, but a second book in parallel, entitled Business On Demand: Technologies and Strategy Perspectives . Joshy, I thank you for your many late night hours and outstanding leadership in the creation of this book: You are, indeed, a world-class professional role model, and expert practitioner in the discipline of Grid Computing. Thanks also to my contributing editor, Elizabeth Fellenstein. Please accept my warmest and most sincere thank you to each of you. |
