InhaltsangabePART I: Introduction 1 Introduction: Business and Technological Drivers of Grid Computing Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Wozniak 2 The BEinGRID Project Theo Dimitrakos Part II: Grid and Cloud Basics - Definition, Classification, Business Models 3 Grid Basics Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Wozniak 4 Cloud Basics - An Introduction to Cloud Computing Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Wozniak 5 Grid Business Models George Thanos, Eleni Agiatzidou, Costas Courcoubetis, George D. Stamoulis 6 Grid Value Chains - What is a Grid Solution? Juan Carlos Cuesta, Karita Luokkanen-Rabetino, Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva 7 Legal Issues in Grid and Cloud Computing Davide M. Parrilli PART III: Grid Business Experiments 8 Common Capabilities for Service Oriented Infrastructures - Grid and Cloud Computing Theo Dimitrakos 9 Remote Computational Tools for Radiotherapy Cancer Treatment Planning Andrés Gómez on behalf of the members of the Business Experiment 10 Business Experiment Ship Building Ottmar Kraemer-Fuhrmann, Yona Raekow 11 AgroGrid Grid Technologies in Agro Food Business Ulrich Heindl, Ansger Jacob, Marcus Mueller, Peter Racz, Burkhard Stiller, Eugen Volk, Martin Waldburger 12 Virtual Hosting Environments for Online Gaming David Bossard, Francesco D'Andria, Theo Dimitrakos, Angelo Gaeta 13 Organizational and Governance Challenges for Grid Computing in Companies - Summary of Findings from Business Experiments Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Wozniak Part IV: 14 Practical Guidelines for Evolving IT Infrastructure towards Grids and Clouds Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Wozniak, Volker Hoyer References List of Abbreviations List of Authors