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Grid Computing
By Joshy  Joseph, Craig  Fellenstein
Publisher	: Prentice Hall PTR
Pub Date	: December 30, 2003
ISBN	: 0-13-145660-1
Pages	: 400
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		Preface
			What is the Importance of this Book?
			What You Can Expect from This Book
			How this Book is organized
			Notes
		Acknowledgments
		Part 1:   Grid Computing
			Chapter 1.   Introduction
				Early Grid Activities
				Current Grid Activities
				An Overview of Grid Business Areas
				Grid Applications
				Grid Infrastructure
				Conclusion
				Notes
		Part 2:   Grid Computing Worldwide Initiatives
			Chapter 2.   Grid Computing Organizations and Their Roles
				Organizations Developing Grid Standards and Best Practice Guidelines
				Organizations Developing Grid Computing Toolkits and the Framework
				Organizations Building and Using Grid-Based Solutions to Solve Computing, Data, and Network Requirements
				Commercial Organizations Building and Using Grid-Based Solutions
				Notes
			Chapter 3.   The Grid Computing Anatomy
				The Grid Problem
				Summary
				Notes
			Chapter 4.   The Grid Computing Road Map
				Autonomic Computing
				Business On Demand and Infrastructure Virtualization
				Service-Oriented Architecture and Grid
				Semantic Grids
				Summary
				Notes
		Part 3:   The New Generation of Grid Computing Applications
			Chapter 5.   Merging the Grid Services Architecture with the Web Services Architecture
				Service-Oriented Architecture
				Web Service Architecture
				XML , Related Technologies, and Their Relevance to Web Services
				XML Messages and Enveloping
				Service Message Description Mechanisms
				Relationship between Web Service and Grid Service
				Web Service Interoperability and the Role of the WS-I Organization
				Notes
		Part 4:   The Grid Computing Technological Viewpoints
			Chapter 6.   Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)
				Introduction
				OGSA Architecture and Goal
			Chapter 7.   Some Sample Use Cases That Drive the OGSA
				Commercial Data Center ( CDC )
				National Fusion Collaboratory ( NFC )
				Online Media and Entertainment
				Summary
				Note
			Chapter 8.   The OGSA Platform Components
				Native Platform Services and Transport Mechanisms
				OGSA Hosting Environment
				Core Networking Services Transport and Security
				OGSA Infrastructure
				OGSA Basic Services
				Summary
			Chapter 9.   Open Grid Services Infrastructure (OGSI)
				Introduction
				Grid Services
				A High-Level Introduction to OGSI
				Technical Details of OGSI Specification
				Introduction to Service Data Concepts
				Grid Service: Naming and Change Management Recommendations
				Summary
				Notes
			Chapter 10.   OGSA Basic Services
				Common Management Model ( CMM )
				Service Domains
				Policy Architecture
				Security Architecture
				Metering and Accounting
				Common Distributed Logging
				Distributed Data Access and Replication
				Conclusion
				Notes
		Part 5:   The Grid Computing Toolkits
			Chapter 11.   GLOBUS GT3 Toolkit: Architecture
				GT3 Software Architecture Model
				Summary
				Note
			Chapter 12.   GLOBUS GT3 Toolkit: Programming Model
				Introduction
				Service Programming Model
				Summary
			Chapter 13.   GLOBUS GT3 Toolkit: A Sample Implementation
				Acme Search Service Implementation in a Top-Down Approach
				Conclusion
				Notes
			Chapter 14.   GLOBUS GT3 Toolkit: High-Level Services
				Introduction
				Resource Discovery and Monitoring
				Resource Allocation
				Data Management
				Information Services
				Index Services
				Resource Information Provider Service
				Resource Management Services
				Data Management Services
				Conclusion
				Note
			Chapter 15.   OGSI.NET Middleware Solutions
				OGSI.NET Framework Implementation
				Summary
				Notes
		Glossary
		References