Hi, Per Monday's call I've updated the glossary working document with the three definitions we discussed - enterprise, enterprise computing, and e-Science. The working document is at http://tinyurl.com/yb5kp2. All three definitions are below - note that enterprise is as agreed on the call, I developed the enterprise computing defintion based on the discussion (and please do note the final sentence that begins "Note that..."), and e-Science is abbreviated from the intro in wikipedia. Also note that the terms in italics also have entries in the glossary, and don't need to be spelled out here. If you have any comments please let me know; otherwise I'll move these to the main draft document before next Monday's call. Thanks! - Jem Enterprise: An organization whose primary activities are commercial. Enterprise computing: Computing to support the operation of an enterprise. Characteristics typically include: · Concentration of IT resources into one or more large-scale data centers. · Operation of enterprise applications such as CRM and ERP. · Emphasis on satisfying customer expectations through the use of SLOs. · The need to be able to deploy and re-deploy resources rapidly in response to business changes. · Attention to profitable operation by optimizing resource utilization and by assigning operating costs to business units. Note that many of these characteristics can also be found in non‑enterprise domains. e-Science: Computationally intensive science that is carried out in highly distributed network environments, or science that uses immense data sets that require grid computing. For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Science. ________________________________ Jem Treadwell Hewlett-Packard Company 6000 Irwin Road Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 Phone: 856-638-6021 Fax: 856-638-6190 E-mail: Jem.Treadwell@hp.com <mailto:Jem.Treadwell@hp.com>