InhaltsangabePART I: Introduction

1 Introduction: Business and Technological Drivers of Grid Computing

Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Wozniak

2 The BEinGRID Project

Theo Dimitrakos

Part II: Grid and Cloud Basics -

Definition, Classification, Business Models

3 Grid Basics

Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Wozniak

4 Cloud Basics - An Introduction to Cloud Computing

Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Wozniak

5 Grid Business Models

George Thanos, Eleni Agiatzidou, Costas Courcoubetis,

George D. Stamoulis

6 Grid Value Chains - What is a Grid Solution?

Juan Carlos Cuesta, Karita Luokkanen-Rabetino,

Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva

7 Legal Issues in Grid and Cloud Computing

Davide M. Parrilli

PART III: Grid Business Experiments

8 Common Capabilities for Service Oriented Infrastructures -

Grid and Cloud Computing

Theo Dimitrakos

9 Remote Computational Tools

for Radiotherapy Cancer Treatment Planning

Andrés Gómez on behalf of the members of the Business Experiment

10 Business Experiment Ship Building

Ottmar Kraemer-Fuhrmann, Yona Raekow

11 AgroGrid
Grid Technologies in Agro Food Business

Ulrich Heindl, Ansger Jacob, Marcus Mueller, Peter Racz,

Burkhard Stiller, Eugen Volk, Martin Waldburger

12 Virtual Hosting Environments for Online Gaming

David Bossard, Francesco D'Andria, Theo Dimitrakos, Angelo Gaeta

13 Organizational and Governance Challenges for Grid Computing

in Companies - Summary of Findings from Business Experiments

Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Wozniak

Part IV:



14 Practical Guidelines for Evolving IT Infrastructure towards Grids

and Clouds

Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Wozniak, Volker Hoyer

References

List of Abbreviations

List of Authors