EGEE'06

Session

Business

26 Sept 2006, 11:00

CICG

Description

Security & Data Management

Industry is more hesitant toward the adoption of Grid
computing with its main concerns over costs, data
movement, security and performance. This session
addresses these concerns in terms of discussing these
concrete benefits.

167. Wenbo Mao, Principal Engineer, HP Labs China - On Dependability and Trustworthiness of the Grid

Mao WENBO

26/09/2006, 11:00

The architecture of the computational Grid has been thoughtfully engineered to achieve a high degree of dependability: quality services must always be available even if the presence of faults in the system may have a significant probability. We identify that, in the Grid architecture at present, the QoS in dependability is at the cost of a compromised trustworthiness. The compromise...

359. Monica Marinucci - Oracle in R&D Programme Manager, Data and the Grid: A discussion on the role of a database in a distributed environment

Monica MARINUCCI

26/09/2006, 11:30

The creation, analysis and manipulation of data and meta-data lie at the heart of Grid Computing. This Grid data takes many forms and is widely distributed - characteristics that are not normally associated with database management systems (DBMS). However databases are today playing a major part in the development of grid computing. Oracle will facilitate a workshop to explore the use of...