Charles River Media announces Grid Computing: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications, an indispensable, hands-on guide to this important technology. Grid Computing takes collective advantage of the vast improvements in microprocessor speeds, optical communications, raw storage capacity, the World Wide Web, and the Internet that have occurred over the last five years and stands to change the way all companies do business. "Grid computing is very closely tracking the progression that the Internet had as it evolved from its academic roots to a mainstream infrastructure technology," says Ahmar Abbas, author of the new book. "Its vast successes in research and education networks are being replicated in complex enterprise IT shops - yielding amazing cost savings and productivity gains." Grid Computing: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications provides IT professionals with a clear, readable, and pragmatic overview to all aspects of grid computing technology, with hands-on guidelines for implementing a workable grid computing system. Beginning with a thorough history of the technology, the book then delves into grid architecture, desktop grids, data grids, Open Grid Services Architecture, grid programming techniques, and much more. The last section of the book is devoted to creating industry-specific grid computing applications. KEY FEATURES * Written by a top analyst with contributed chapters from major players in the industry * Provides guidelines for IT managers and technologists interested in implementing grid computing technology * Includes a CD-ROM with a grid demo, a grid programming source code toolkit, and a grid calculator for determining desktop resource power ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ahmar Abbas (South Hadley, MA) is the founder and managing director of Grid Technology Partners, a market research and consulting firm focused on global grid computing technologies. He is the author of The Global Grid Computing Report: Technology and Market Assessment. Book Information ISBN: 1-58450-276-2 MSRP: $49.95 U.S. $74.95 Canada PUB DATE: December 16, 2003 Phone and Secure Internet Ordering PHONE: 1-800-382-8505 FAX: 1-703-996-1010 Internet: www.charlesriver.com Email: info@charlesriver.com