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Grid Meter mentions Grid/Web Services Series
Greg Nawrocki, over at Grid Meter, has mentioned the convergence of SOA (Service Oriented Architectures) and Grid technology, and points readers to my recent Building a Grid with Web Services series (which I wrote with Tyler Anderson). I agree 100…
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Building a Grid with Web Services, Part 4
Part 4 of the series Tyler and I have been writing showing you how to build a Grid using Web Services has appeared on IBM’s developerWorks site. Here’s the precis: The effective exchange of information is vital in any grid. In a resource-led grid …
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What is the semantic grid?
Whether you call it the Semantic Web or Web 2.0, it is obvious that in the web as we know it is changing. We have moved on from static web pages and simply links and will be moving towards more dynamic content, more intelligent links and better wa…
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You’ve got grid!
One of the problems with gaining a wider usage of the grid and extracting more potential CPU cycles and resources out of machines is to make use of those machines that are not permanently connected to your network. For example, laptops and noteboo…
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Build grid applications based on SOA
To the casual observer, you’d think that the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Grids are going in completely different directions. In fact, the two are more similar than people realize. But to make effective use of the technologies that both…
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Understanding WSRM
The Web Services Reliable Messaging (WSRM) standard is an extension of the web service model to allow secure communication of information between web services clients and servers. By secure, I don’t mean in terms of security or encryption, but ins…
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Using those ‘wasted’ cycles
I’m no stranger to grid applications, and in particular I’m on the whole all for making better use of my computer equipment, if I can, but I think there’s a slight misconception about how these applications work and operate. In general, most peopl…
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Using VMware to test your grid application
VMware Workstation enables you to create and execute an operating system instance within the confines of a protected environment. You can use this when developing and testing your grid environment in a number of different ways, all without affecti…
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Building a Grid with Perl, Part 5: Client Development
Grids appear from the outside to be complicated beasts that require complex configuration and applications to make them work effectively. In fact, they can be built fairly easily and with relatively simple tools. In this final part of a five-part …
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Develop your grid service with the IBM Grid Toolbox
The new IBM ? Grid Toolbox V3.0 provides an effective solution for developing grid solutions, particularly on IBM eServer??? hardware. In this article, you’ll see the key differences of Grid Toolbox V3.0 over previous versions, and how the eServer…