 | Building next-generation GRID architecture
The NextGRID project was seeking architectural solutions that streamline all aspects of Grid operation: installation and maintenance of the infrastructure, development and deployment of Grid applications, user orchestration of the resulting resources, and operation of business models and processes through which the use of Grid technology could be made economically viable.
The goal of NextGRID was to develop architectural components that lead to the emergence of the next-generation Grid. This prepared the way for the broader use of Grid technologies and their widespread adoption by organizations and individuals from the business and public domains. |
NextGRID extended current Grid architectures in three phases: - Meeting the needs of business users by addressing security and economically viable business models
- Enabling participation by the public by addressing legal and privacy issues and making the Grid more scalable and usable
- Consolidating and standardizing these enhancements and stimulating take-up (NextGRID regards these objectives as a community effort and will focus on inspiring, through specific innovations and technical leadership, key progress in open Grid standards.)
The project intended to provide the key initiatives for success, but expected to encompass the much wider body of work needed to define, agree, and implement the next-generation Grid. The overall result of the project was a collection of new architectural designs, key middleware components, application support mechanisms, know-how, and standards that underpinned the next-generation Grid. The contribution of the European Microsoft Innovation Center (EMIC): The European Microsoft Innovation Center (EMIC) focused on Web services security and Service Level Agreements technology as required in dynamic, cross-domain Grid service and HPC scenarios. We particularly validated our dynamic Web services federation concept in a Grid environment, and were working on possible extensions regarding the delegation of security management across organizational boundaries. We also investigated the link between the security and SLA frameworks. For more information, visit the project’s Web site at:
http://www.nextgrid.org/ | |
