By
Borja Sotomayor, Administrator of the Globus Documentation Project and
author of the popular web-based GT3 and GT4 Programmer's Tutorials
Lisa Childers, Globus Alliance member and Technical Product Manager of
the Globus Toolkit
Description
The Globus Toolkit (http://www.globus.org/toolkit/) is a key technology in Grid Computing, the exciting new computing paradigm that allows
users to share processing power, data, storage, and other computing resources across institutional and geographic boundaries.
Globus
Toolkit 4: Programming Java Services provides an introduction to the latest version of this widely acclaimed toolkit. Based on the
popular web-based The Globus Toolkit 4 Programmer's Tutorial, this book far surpasses that document, providing greater detail, quick
reference appendices, and many additional examples. If you’re making the leap into Grid Computing using the Globus Toolkit, you’ll want
Globus Toolkit 4: Programming Java Services at your side as you take your first steps.
Included in series
The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking
Audience:
PRIMARY MARKET: newcomers to experts of Globus Toolkit, including Java programmers, distributed systems programmers, and those working with Grid and Grid-based applications.