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SCS, University Of Melbourne To Collaborate On Grid Research

Singapore Computer Systems Ltd (SCS) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Laboratory in The University of Melbourne, Australia.

SCS will collaborate with the GRIDS laboratory on Gridbus technology and provide resources and engineers to further develop Gridbus into production quality software which SCS can then deploy in its various Grid computing projects. GRIDS laboratory will further act as advisors to the project.

"We are honored that Dr. Rajkumar Buyya from the GRIDS laboratory is collaborating with SCS. As one of the early pioneers in Grid computing, Dr. Buyya will provide SCS with a researched and advanced Gridbus platform on which we can further contribute to and build upon," said Laurence Liew, manager of SCS Linux Competency Center.

"It is one of the many technologies we hope to offer to our Grid computing customers in the future," he added.

"We are excited about this opportunity to collaborate with Singapore Computer Systems in advancing the adoption of Grid computing," said Rajkumar Buyya. Buyya, the program leader/director for Grid Computing and Distributed Systems at GRIDS laboratory added, "We have collaborated informally with SCS for quite sometime now and the formal adoption of Gridbus technologies by SCS' Grid computing team will give SCS a competitive edge, by being able to deploy one of world's leading Grid computing softwares."

"While Grid computing is an emerging technology in Singapore, it is already gaining ground. SCS is deploying Grid technologies for the National Grid Pilot Platform Project -- the first phase of a national cyber-infrastructure project that links up compute resources in Singapore via a high-speed network. SCS is in the thick of action as we are providing resources as well as helping to manage their operations," said Pek Yew Chai, president and chief executive officer of SCS.

The MOU includes joint research and development on Grid computing technologies, sharing of Grid technologies via seminars and training events to be conducted in Singapore and the co-development of Gridbus software.