Grid computing and virtualization for SOA

MUST READ Virtualization and SOA EXPERT ANSWER - I'm interested in what virtualization technology can bring to SOA. Where, in your opinion, is a practical place to start in blending the two? Grid computing and Web services TIP - In this tip, William Brogden characterizes the types of grid technology and indicates where grid computing and Web services may compliment each other. Grid applications merge with SOA infrastructures EXPERT ANSWER - Our company's SOA efforts and grid efforts have taken place completely separate from one another, now we're looking to bring them together. From a technical standpoint, where are the best places to look for overlap? Boubez: SOA virtualization, SLAs and access control policy INTERVIEW - WS-Policy for SOA is good to go but work remains to bring access control and service level agreement policy language specifications, says Toufic Boubez. How Web services can use JavaSpaces TIP - William Brogden applies JavaSpaces to a Web services implementation, breaking down the basic operations and sequence of events involved in using this style of grid computing.

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	Lock-in, security loom as dark side of Compute Cloud SearchSOA.com | 04 Sep 2008 ARTICLE - Ask some viewers, is it a good idea to have XML Schema, process definitions and policies floating in the Cloud? A Mule Source executive says Cloud can lead to vendor lock-in too.

	Quan on the Cloud part 2: IBM Autonomics director sees a service-oriented phenomenon SearchSOA.com | 26 Aug 2008 INTERVIEW - In Part 2 of this interview, Dennis Quan discusses the relationship between Cloud computing and SOA and data centers supporting the Cloud.

	Quan on the Cloud part 1: IBM Autonomics director heralds user facing applications SearchSOA.com | 25 Aug 2008 INTERVIEW - What does cloud computing mean at IBM? Dennis Quan, director of development in IBM's Autonomic Computing division, answers that question in this interview.

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EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 10

	Grid technology 10 Sep 2007 EXPERT ANSWER - David Linthicum discusses the advantages and disadvantages of grid technology.

	Operating system virtualization and Web services 11 Jun 2007 TIP - Web services development and operating systems virtualization may be two different types of abstraction, but virtualization techniques look like they can have positive impact.

	Grid services via Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) 14 Nov 2006 TIP - Daniel Rubio discusses grid and the issues dealing with the new wave of Web-services-enabling technologies.

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	Get into the grid 29 Sep 2004 FEATURED TOPIC - Grid computing ties distributed computing resources via a local or wide area network making them appear as one large virtual computing system to an end user or application.

	Grid Computing 08 Oct 2003 FEATURED TOPIC - Whatis.com says according to IBM's John Patrick, "the next big thing will be grid computing."

	Are grids the future of Web services? 26 Mar 2003 FEATURED TOPIC - IBM, HP, Sun and other industry giants think grid and utility computing are the future of distributed computing. Find out how Web services figure into their pay-as-you-go plans.

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	Emic CEO: Open source platforms to get more support SearchOpenSource.com | 14 Feb 2005 BEST WEB LINK - The CEO of Emic Networks expounds on the benefits of Java and open source, and clears up some longstanding misconceptions about grid computing and clustering.

	Issue 6: Grids, Web services and computing utilities Meghan-Kiffer Press | 18 Oct 2004 BEST WEB LINK - The authors of "IT doesn't matter - business processes do" argue one of nine key issues they have with Nicholas Carr's theory.

	Upping the ante on compliance and improving your business performance IBM Software, special to SearchWebServices.com | 02 Jun 2003 BEST WEB LINK - Roughly 20 years ago, businesses had an easier time knowing what information to keep on hand for compliance purposes. Important documents were typically stored in clearly labeled files and large boxes, and that was that. ...

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DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 9

	cloud computing 28 Dec 2007 WORD - Cloud computing is a computing paradigm in which tasks are assigned to a combination of connections, software and services accessed over a network. This network of servers and connections is collectively known as "the ...

	Open Grid Services Architecture 02 Oct 2007 WORD - Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) is a set of standards defining the way in which information is shared among diverse components of large, heterogeneous grid systems. In this context, a grid system is a scalable wide ...

	PatriotGrid 01 Jul 2003 WORD - PatriotGrid is a group of distributed computing projects whose goal is to identify new leads for vaccines or cures for agents known to be potential bioterrorism weapons. To participate in PatriotGrid, users download a free, ...

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