New OGF document published in the Informational track: GFD-I.112 Title: Grid - Distributed Computing at Scale, An overview of Grid and the Open Grid Forum Authors/editors: M. Linesch Abstract: In today's global economy, organizations are being challenged to break down people, process, and technology silos that inhibit the flow of information, innovation and commerce. Individuals are being challenged to work in new ways - often in collaboration with other organizations, departments, and/or disciplines. This paper explains why Grid is the IT infrastructure solution being used by leading organizations around the world to enable this knowledge-based, global economy. It explains the role of grid technologies within the broader distributed computing landscape and defines three common usage patterns of grid today. It identifies the evolution of Grid technologies from application- specific solutions to dynamic, shared and service-oriented infrastructures. Finally, it describes the role that the Open Grid Forum plays in accelerating grid adoption in partnership with the grid community and the industry at large. View and download OGF documents here: http://www.ogf.org/gf/docs/?final -- Greg Newby, OGF Editor Under the advise of the OGF's steering group, announcements of newly published documents, as well as those starting public comment, go to the wg-all mailing list. This is a meta-list of all people on all OGF lists. To manage your OGF list subscriptions, visit http://www.ogf.org/mailman/