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10/05/2005, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Moderator:
Walter Stewart, Walter Stewart.
Speakers:
Cheryl Doninger, R&D Director, SAS Institute.
Kurt Ziegler, EVP Product Management, Aspeed Software.
Nick Tzannetakis, Noesis.
GridWorld has focused on the life cycle of an enterprise's approach to Grid - explore, adopt, deploy. One of the last challenges of Grid deployment is getting the applications on the Grid. No organization deploys a grid for the sake of having a grid. With financial and time-sensitive pressures increasing, companies in all industries need more immediate and more accurate answers to the most critical business decisions. Companies turn to the power of grid computing to make these decisions faster and more accurately. These sensitive decisions are dependent on complex applications. Fully deployed, Grids should be transparent, invisible to the user, with the applications front and centre. That is why we end Grid World with an expert panel on applications.
The problem: most applications contain intricate algorithms that are not designed for migration to distributed environments. Companies can feel that they are left with one of two alternatives: spending thousands of dollars on re-writing the applications or rejecting grid computing as a solution.
Our panelists will discuss how a new application-centric approach to grid or distributed computing overcomes application challenges on the Grid. They will focus on the approach, their experiences, and results.
They will offer recommendations on how companies can efficiently migrate to a distributed environment - optimizing response times, increasing scalability, obtaining real-time analysis - all while saving time and costs. Altering any of the underlying logic and algorithms of an application(s); suffering through lengthy conversion times; and changing hardware configurations are all unnecessary.
End your time at GridWorld with serious, practical advice on how to move your applications towards the Grid.
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