A few recommended resources for enterprise IT folks interested in Grid …The University of Edinburgh in the UK has a “NextGRID” initiative that’s really focused on commercial application of Grid computing technologies. They have a series of videos that explain how various industries are using (or plan to use) Grid. This link launches a movie that explains how Audi sees benefit in leveraging Grid to share designs and simulations with end users and sub-contractors. Click here to view other links to movies about Grid use in pharma, financial services and predictive modeling applications.Another Grid organization that’s doing some very cool stuff is the Belfast e-Science Centre in the UK. They’re using Grid (and open source, like the Globus Toolkit) to help organizations like the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) manage large file transfer. Follow this link to check out some of the interesting Grid projects they have cooking (the GridCast link goes to more info about the BBC effort). Ever wonder about the networking requirements for Grid computing? Nortel Networks’ advanced labs have a project called the ‘Dynamic Grid Allocation Controller’ (or DRAC), which looks at the next generation of orchestrating compute + data + network resources. Click here to check out an overview on the project. Similarly, Cisco has some very interesting technical overviews of the networking requirements and / or directions for Grid. This ‘Network Service Interfaces to Grid’ paper shows how Grid networks might be built over different types of networks, including L3/2/1 networks, MPLS networks, optical transport networks and more. Technology Industry