Grids related info
In this section you can find information about what the Grids actually are, when, how and especially why they originated and why they became a phenomenon of state-of-the-art information technologies. If you want to break into the world of Grids, then visit the GridCafé.
You can be attracted by opinions of experts from US National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) z USA regarding Grids and their future - available as multimedia presentation. Or you can read Grid definition directly from one of fathers of grid computing - Ian Foster.
Grids and grid technologies bring a lot of new ideas, standards and terms that form necessary parts of grid services themselves. Therefore there is a dictionary of basic terms prepared for your quick orientation in section Lexicon & Acronyms .
The list of currently important grid projects is available in part Specific pointers.