Grids and Cloud as Complementary Computing Paradigms

An strategy to ensure a healthy future for infrastructures

Feb. 4, 2009 08:00 PM

This is the title of the new GridBriefing just released by GridTalk to introduce Grids and Clouds as complementary computing paradigms. A clear understanding of their relationship will help the development and efficient use of existing academia and commercial e-infrastructures. It is especially interesting the table comparing Grid and Clouds side by side, as well as the strategy recommended in the chapter devoted to Grids and Clouds of the new white paper by the e-Infrastructure Reflection Group to ensure a healthy future for European e-infrastructures:

Investigate the integration of cloud-like technologies, especially virtualisation, into existing e‑Infrastructures
Encourage the deployment of grid services on top of virtual infrastructures
Encourage the integration of cloud-based services and APIs into existing e Infrastructures
Promote the development of open-source components to build clouds
Support the development of standards-based grid interfaces to cloud services
Explore the application of grid technology for the federation of clouds
Aim for high-level efficiency in both grid and cloud computing

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About Ignacio M. Llorente
Ignacio M. Llorente, Ph.D in Computer Science (UCM) and Executive MBA (IE Business School), is a Full Professor (Catedratico) in Computer Architecture and the Head of the Distributed Systems Architecture Group at UCM, and Chief Executive Advisor and co-founder of the C12G Labs technology start-up. He held several appointments as independent IT expert for the European Commission and several companies and national governments; and consultant positions at ICASE NASA Langley and Sun Microsystems. Prof. Llorente is one of the pioneers and world's leading authorities on Cloud Computing. He has served on several Groups of Experts on Cloud Computing convened by international organizations, such as the European Commission and the World Economic Forum, and has contributed to several Cloud Computing panels and roadmaps. He is the Director of the OpenNebula Open-Source Project and participates in the main European projects in Cloud Computing. He founded and co-chaired the Open Grid Forum Working Group on Open Cloud Computing Interface. Prof. Llorente has given many keynotes and invited talks in the main international events in cloud computing, and has contributed to several cloud computing panels and roadmaps.

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