Globus Toolkit 4 Programming Java Services

"The aspiring Grid programmer need be frustrated no longer. Borja Sotomayor and Lisa Childers have produced, in 'Globus Toolkit 4: Programming Java Services', a masterly tutorial text that is surely destined to find a place beside every Grid programmers keyboard." - from the Foreword, by Ian Foster and Carl Kesselman, authors of The Grid 2 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 youre making the leap into Grid Computing using the Globus Toolkit, youll want Globus Toolkit 4: Programming Java Services at your side as you take your first steps. Features: + Written for newcomers to Globus Toolkit, but filled with useful information for experienced users. + Clearly situates Globus application development within the context of Web Services and evolving Grid standards. + Provides detailed coverage of Web Services programming with the Globus Toolkit's Java WS Core component. + Covers basic aspects of developing secure services using the Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI). + Uses simple, didactic examples throughout the book, but also includes a more elaborate example, the FileBuy application, that showcases common design patterns found in Globus applications. + Concludes with useful reference appendices.Sotomayor, Borja is the author of 'Globus Toolkit 4 Programming Java Services', published 2005 under ISBN 9780123694041 and ISBN 0123694043.