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The Grid was
originally designed as a large network of computer systems able to
offer an environment where computing and storage resources are shared
on-demand. To date,
the
development of standards, such as the Open Grid Service Architecture
(OGSA), along with the introduction of new paradigms, such as the
Semantic Grid, is leading the Grid toward an environment that is not
only suited for computational-intensive applications, but also for
computing scenarios typical of distributed systems, like service and
information providing, multimedia environments, ubiquitous computing,
etc. For these and
other reasons, the Grid is becoming an interesting and challenging
environment supporting both old and new services for cooperative
applications. A relevant research effort is thus needed not only to
investigate innovative Grid infrastructures but also to make the
current Grid model suitable for these emerging usage scenarios. The objective of this workshop is to gather researchers working on different emerging Grid computing aspects relevant to enterprise collaboration, covering issues ranging from the middleware layer to application development and user interaction. The goals of the workshop include (but are not limited to) discovering new application scenarios, proposing new programming abstractions and tools, identifying the challenging problem that still need to be solved, and reporting results and experiences gained by researchers in building Grid-based middleware, applications and alike. |