 The next generation Grid: an infrastructure for global business systemsSoha Maad and Brian Coghlan International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2010, vol. 6, issue 1, 95-110 Abstract: This paper traces the evolution of the Grid and discusses the potential of the Grid as a future infrastructure adapted to the dynamics of global business systems – the global supply chain. Technology challenges facing global business systems are framed in volume (scale), real-time distribution, and real-time universal access to the visual state of the global business process and its associated physical and financial workflow. The future vision of the next generation grid as a an infrastructure for service oriented knowledge utilities makes the Grid a candidate infrastructure to address the challenge associated with the dynamics of global business systems – the global supply chain. Keywords: next generation grid; world wide web; internet; service oriented knowledge utilities; SOKU; globalisation; global SCM; supply chain management; infrastructures; e-business; electronic business; technology challenges; volume; scale; real-time distribution; real-time universal access; physical workflows; financial workflows; ICT; information technology; communications technology; business information systems; simulation; business modelling; grid computing. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijbisy:v:6:y:2010:i:1:p:95-110 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Business Information Systems from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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