ENTERPRISE GRID COMPUTING: A POTENTIAL IT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

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Volume 6 Issue 1 2010

Author(s):

Sirajul Haque
Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand.
Siraj.haque@yahoo.co.uk

Abstract Grid computing technology provides an effective enterprise solution in aggregating distributed resources within the organization and allocating resources according to the priority of tasks. These types of solutions capable the enterprises in saving the cost of business operations. Due to the increasing interest of the business community in Grid Technology, Grid computing is rapidly moving from academic and scientific research towards the mainstream of enterprise application. Today, the Enterprise Grid involves a range of applications that are used for data centers and application clusters to distributing workloads of applications. This research paper discusses the major initiatives made in the area of Enterprise Grid computing. The paper has focused on the development of various types of Enterprise Grids systems for the Enterprises solutions, during the different period of times and also describes the major feature of each type of Enterprise Grids. Finally, it concludes with the prospects of Enterprise grid computing as a viable infrastructure for public and private enterprises for achieving competitive advantage by harnessing unutilized IT resources within the enterprises.
Keywords Grid technology; enterprise grid systems; enterprise solutions; virtual private network
Year 2010
Volume 6
Issue 1
Type Short Report
Recognized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, HEC
Category "Y"
Journal Name IBT Journal of Business Studies
Publisher Name ILMA University
Jel Classification -
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.46745/ilma.jbs.2010.06.01.06
ISSN no (E, Electronic) 2409-6520
ISSN no (P, Print) 2416-8393
Country Pakistan
City Karachi
Institution Type University
Journal Type Open Access
Manuscript Processing Blind Peer Reviewed
Format PDF
Paper Link http://ibtjbs.ilmauniversity.edu.pk/journal/jbs/6.1/6.%20Enterprise%20Grid%20Computing-A%20Potential%20IT%20Infrastructure%20for%20Small%20Business%20Enterprises.pdf
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