1.5. Summary

Grid computing is becoming a viable option in enterprises with the emergence and maturation of key technologies and open standards such as OGSA and OGSI.

In this chapter we have provided a high-level overview of the key facilities that make up grid environments. In the next chapter we will describe these in more detail and start describing the various considerations for enabling applications to take advantage of grid environments.

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