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Grid – like the Internet, revolutionary for research as well as for trade and industry

Since 2002, the European Union and its member states have invested a total of EUR 841 million in the development of grids. Approximately EUR 600 million is budgeted in the Seventh Framework Programme, initiated at the beginning of 2007, on e-Infrastructures, including grids. Europe has a strong international foothold in grid technologies and applications.

Several hardware and software suppliers, such as IBM, Platform Computing, and United Devices, are developing devices and programs for the grids. Grid middleware programs include ARC (Nordugrid), Globus Toolkit, gLite, Unicore and Naregi, among others. Open Grid Forum is an international community that brings together the developers and users of grids, and twice a year it organizes a forum where the various players meet.

The grid, like the Internet, continues to reshape the procedures in research as well as in business and industry, provides them with sophisticated new tools for product development and innovations, and facilitates joint research between research communities and companies. Commercial earnings through grids in companies have only just begun, and fields like financing and pharmacology are leading the way. Once there are concrete examples of grid-based profits, they will encourage others to start implementing the new technology.

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Grid – like the Internet, revolutionary for research as well as for trade and industry

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Sisältö Methods of computational science Applications of scientific computing Supercomputers and grids CSC Servers What is a supercomputer? What is a grid? How to use the grid? Benefits of grid use for researchers Research fields that utilize grids CSC – a key player in grid development Europe invests in grids How have grids been used in Europe?	Tehdyt toimenpiteet Tämä sivu suomeksi Grid – like the Internet, revolutionary for research as well as for trade and industry Since 2002, the European Union and its member states have invested a total of EUR 841 million in the development of grids. Approximately EUR 600 million is budgeted in the Seventh Framework Programme, initiated at the beginning of 2007, on e-Infrastructures, including grids. Europe has a strong international foothold in grid technologies and applications. Several hardware and software suppliers, such as IBM, Platform Computing, and United Devices, are developing devices and programs for the grids. Grid middleware programs include ARC (Nordugrid), Globus Toolkit, gLite, Unicore and Naregi, among others. Open Grid Forum is an international community that brings together the developers and users of grids, and twice a year it organizes a forum where the various players meet. The grid, like the Internet, continues to reshape the procedures in research as well as in business and industry, provides them with sophisticated new tools for product development and innovations, and facilitates joint research between research communities and companies. Commercial earnings through grids in companies have only just begun, and fields like financing and pharmacology are leading the way. Once there are concrete examples of grid-based profits, they will encourage others to start implementing the new technology. Additional information: An EU brochure on grids: From Grids to Service-Oriented Knowledge Utilities. A critical infrastructure for business and the citizen in the knowledge society (pdf) More information on the Seventh Framework Programme-funded IT Infrastructures More information on the Seventh Framework Programme-funded research Infrastructures