Daniel Minoli 
A Networking Approach to Grid Computing [PDF ebook] 

* Explores practical advantages of Grid Computing and what is needed by an organization to migrate to this new computing paradigm

* This self-contained reference makes both the concepts and applications of grid computing clear and understandable to even non-technical managers

* Explains the underlying networking mechanism and answers such questions critical to the business enterprise as

* ‘What is grid computing?’

* ‘How widespread is its present/potential penetration?’

* ‘Is it ready for prime time?’

* ‘Are there firm standards?’

* ‘Is it secure?’

* ‘How do we bill this new product?’ and

* ‘How can we deploy it (at a macro level)?’

Sobre o autor

DANIEL MINOLI has many years of IT, telecom, and networking
experience for end users and carriers including work at AIG, ARPA
think tanks, Bell Telephone Laboratories, ITT, Prudential
Securities, Bell Communications Research (Bellcore/Telcordia),
AT&T, Gartner/Data Pro, and high-tech incubator Leading Edge
Networks Inc. He is the author of several books on Information
Technology, telecommunications, and data communications, and has
taught at New York University, Rutgers University, Stevens
Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, and Monmouth
University.