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The following five annotated sources were copied from the Grid Forum: http://www.gridforum.org/ggf_grid_understand.htm

Ian Foster and Steven Tuecke's article from the Enterprise Distributed Computing issue of ACM Queue (Vol. 3, No. 6 - July/August 2005) provides background about the IT transformation from vertically integrated silos to horizontally integrated, service-oriented systems. It also emphasizes the relationships and defines commonly-used IT words such as grid, on-demand and service-oriented architecture, that have established the well-known grid vocabulary.

Penned by Ian Foster, Carl Kesselman, and Steve Tuecke, this paper has become one of the most influential papers on grid computing. The authors provide their definition of grid computing and the associated research field, propose an early concept for a Grid architecture, and discuss the relationships between Grid technologies and other contemporary technologies.

Foster, Kesselman, Tuecke, and Jeffry Nick wrote this follow-up paper which describes the architectural and infrastructure needs of grids. This document was produced in the context of GGF's Open Grid Service Infrastructure Working Group.

What makes a grid a grid? Ian Foster proposes a "test" in this paper, written for GRIDToday.

Set of articles in the March 2005 version of IEEE Proceedings on Grid Computing, several of which were written by GGF leaders and by participants in the GGF. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isNumber=30407&puNumber=5

From the "About GGF" web page: "The Global Grid Forum (GGF) is the community of users, developers, and vendors leading the global standardization effort for grid computing. The GGF community consists of thousands of individuals in industry and research, representing over 400 organizations in more than 50 countries. Together we work for the pervasive adoption of grid computing worldwide because we believe grids will lead to new discoveries, new opportunities, and better business practices."

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Grid computing, computing model that provides the ability to perform higher throughput computing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_computing

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1. The Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology (CURE) was established within the Department of Planning and Landscape, University of Manchester, in 1999. Research at the Centre focuses on the organisation and activity of complex communities, both natural and human. The multidisciplinary team is committed to providing and promoting high quality research in relation to the new academic agendas of regionalism, sustainability and the re-building of environmental capital. http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/research/cure/

2. The Forum: Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development seeks to facilitate information exchange and discussion among the growing and diverse group of individuals, institutions, and networks engaged in the field of science and technology for sustainability. The Forum is a collaborative, virtual effort to draw together emerging ideas, relevant activities, key documents and web sites concerning science and technology for sustainability. This content is organized within a Framework that draws from the United Nations ‘WEHAB’ Framework, the Millennium Development Goals, and the set of Core Questions facing S&T for sustainability. For an authoritative review of the principles underlying S&T for sustainability please read the Key Overview Documents. http://sustainabilityscience.org/

3. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/kssd/overview.htm

4. Many other examples: http://gpeig.org/sustain_splash.htm

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