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Build a grid app with Python, Part 1
This tutorial marks the first of a series of tutorials that will teach you the mechanics of a grid and how to develop a grid using Python as your supporting language. At the end of the series, you should have a good idea both of the technicalities…
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Build Python grid applications with the Globus Toolkit Tutorial
Building grid applications can be complicated – there are so many different aspects and components to the system that it’s impossible to simply leap in the process. However, there are toolkits out ther and available that can help you. The most mat…
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The Future of Grid Services
Grid services are undergoing a veritable explosion of growth at the moment. But how do you choose a grid solution? Do you look for standards, Web services compatibility, development environment compatibility, or just marketing hype? With so much c…
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Bandwidth Management in Grids
One of the problems with distributing work around a group of machines is that it can become difficult to track the distribution of work, which can lead to problems with bandwidth. This doesn’t mean bandwidth in terms of network performance, althou…
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Merging grids and web services
Two of the hottest technologies at the moment are Grid computing and Web services, but are the two compatible? In this article, Martin C. Brown looks at how the two systems are actually very compatible and describes the benefits of using Web servi…
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Grid computing — moving to a standardized platform
One of the problems with any computing technology is getting the different components to talk to each other. This is why we have standards. But how do we apply standards in Grid computing? What standards are available? And how much can you really …