Grid Computing Seminar Series for the Layman

Grid is Good : Unleashing Grid Computing to Power Business,
Education & Life

Grid for Business for Real ?

Ong Guan Sin
Singapore Computer Systems Ltd

8 April 2006 (Saturday)
1500 hours @ National Library Board
Visitors' Briefing Room, Level 1
100 Victoria Street
Singapore 188064

Abstract

Grid has been touted as the next big thing after the internet. Grid Computing began in the laboratories, but the adoption of Grid in the commercial world has been gaining steadily in recent years. What benefit does Grid bring to the businesses and how can industry reap the benefits of Grid? What are the pitfalls to avoid and what are the best practices to adopt? This talk will provide use cases of Grid in the enterprise and paint scenarios of how Grid can evolve to embrace the business world and vice versa.

Biodata

Ong Guan Sin is Grid evangelist at Singapore Computer Systems Ltd. He is responsible for developing its Grid business from scratch since 2003. He built his first "Grid system" in 1997 when he participated in RC5 cracking effort on the Internet. Prior to joining SCS, he was with Singapore Management University as Senior Operations Manager, building the university's state-of-the-art IT infrastructure and operations. Earlier, he spent his entrepreneurial years building multilingual Internet addressing technologies and e-commerce ventures.

Registration

Admission is Free. All are Welcome.
Please click here to register by 1200 hours on 07 April 2006.


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