The management of web service composition, where the employed atomic web services as well as the compositions themselves are offered on basis of Service Level Agreements (SLA), implies new requirements for the management infrastructure. In this paper we introduce the conceptual design and implementation for a standard-based and flexible manageability infrastructure offering comprehensive manage...

We present NeST, a flexible software-only storage appliance designed to meet the storage needs of the Grid. NeST has three key features that make it well-suited for deployment in a Grid environment. First, NeST provides a generic data transfer architecture that supports multiple data transfer protocols (including GridFTP and NFS), and allows for the easy addition of new protocols. Second, NeST ...

Microsoft® SQL ServerTM has become very popular as a database environment driving a broad range of mid-level business applications, ranging from Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to eCommerce and from Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to supply chain integration. The combination of affordability, performance, ease of deployment, and sophisticated analytical features has led to a significa...

Before the advent of Intel® vProTM technology, there was no complete solution for managing mobile computers (laptops) remotely while the computer was not powered on or was without a functional operating system (OS). With the deployment of Intel vPro technology, however, a comprehensive enterprise-focused mobile manageability capability in low-power states and OS-absent states became available f...

The commitment or academic implication (engagement) of universitystudents has become a fundamental element for their welfare and academicperformance and, furthermore, it is also related to professional futureand social commitment. For this reason, the definition concept theprovision assessment strategies tools are essential know learningexperiences that lead enhancing involvement students.To de...

District services in developing countries are afflicted with frequent system breakdowns, caused by a combination of resource constraints, limitations of the health workforce, and poorly developed management systems. Narrowly focused, outcome-oriented quality improvement initiatives and sporadic accreditation visits fail to address the most pressing need of district health services- to improve m...

Having built up Linux clusters to more than 1000 nodes over the past five years, we already have practical experience confronting some of the LHC scale computing challenges: scalability, automation, hardware diversity, security, and rolling OS upgrades. This paper describes the tools and processes we have implemented, working in close collaboration with the EDG project [1], especially with the ...