The story I filed earlier today, “SAS becomes Grid computing forum member” was filed before I was able to get a comment from the CEO of the Global Grid Forum, Charlie Catlett. His comments are worthwhile so I thought I’d post them here. “We’re delighted that SAS intends to join and participate in GGF! We do have several companies that focus on enterprise-level software solutions but of our 60 sponsor member organizations I would say less than 10% are from companies providing enterprise-wide software solutions. The increasing number of these companies joining GGF is an excellent sign that the components and underlying “plumbing” of Grid computing are starting to provide a solid enough foundation upon which to build.” And the fact that Grid is getting as a member a giant like SAS is also good for the GGF. “One of the things that enterprise-level companies bring that is quite important is an understanding of scale. Grid computing is still in the early stages of application and few of the success stories involve more than hundreds of users and dozens of participating organizations. Companies like SAS routinely deal with thousands of users and virtual organizations involving hundreds of participating entities – be they divisions within a company or collections of companies. The insight that comes with building software at this scale is absolutely essential to developing Grid computing standards.” Technology Industry