Distributed Systems

Table of Contents

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Overview
  • Introduction
  • Study Highlights and Key Findings
• Scope of Study and Methodology
  • Scope
  • Methodology

2 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS AND ANALYSIS--GRID COMPUTING

• Technology Description
  • Introduction
  • Grid Architecture and Standards
  • Grid Types
  • Autonomic Computing--Complementing or Too Futuristic?
  • Grid Security
  • Competing Technologies
• Benefits and Challenges
  • Benefits
  • Challenges
• Key Developers/Developments
  • Description
  • Sun Microsystems
  • IBM Corporation; Singapore
  • Hewlett Packard; Australia
  • Silicon Graphics Inc.; Canada
  • Platform Computing; Canada
  • United Devices
• Academic Research
  • Cornell Develops a Monitoring System
  • Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
  • Q-Fabric Adorns the Grid
  • Parametric Studies Are Now on the Grid--Australia

3 TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS- UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING

• Technology Description
  • Introduction
  • Technology Enablers--Ubiquitous Computing Taken Another Mile Ahead
  • Benefits and Challenges
• Key Developers/ Developments
  • Philips Research- Ambient Intelligence--Netherlands
  • Intel's Digital Home
• Academic Research
  • Oxygen--The Realm of Abundant Accessible Computing
  • Project AURA Ensures Mobility of Ubiquitous Devices
  • AHA: At Home Anywhere--Netherlands

4 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS AND ANALYSIS-DISTRIBUTED STORAGE

• Technology Description
• Introduction
• Storage Area Network
• Network Attached Storage
• IP Storage
• Storage Virtualization
• Drivers and Challenges
  • Drivers
  • Challenges
• Key Developers/Developments
  • EMC Corporation
  • Hitachi Data Systems; India
  • Hewlett Packard
  • IBM Corporation; Germany
  • Silicon Graphics Inc.
• Academic Research
  • CMU Develops Self-Securing Storage
  • OceanStore--Global Data Storage

5 INDUSTRY-WISE APPLICATIONS

• HealthCare and Life Sciences
  • MammoGrid; UK
  • Cognigen?fs Architecture Gets a New Look
  • Personal Monitoring System; Germany
  • Philips Biosensors; Netherlands
  • PACS Enabled by Enterprise Storage Systems
• Aerospace
  • DAME; United Kingdom
  • P-RoMS (Revolutionizing Manufacturing Systems through Pervasive Computing)

6 MARKETPLACE IMPACT ANALYSIS

• Market Trends
  • Grid Computing
  • Ubiquitous Computing
  • Distributed Storage
• Decision Support Tables
  • Information Technology Spending (Billion USD) by Region 1996-2004
  • Information Technology Software Spending (Billion USD) by Region; 1996-2004
  • Percentage of Networked Personal Computers in Business Applications by Region; 1996 to 2004

7 PATENTS; COMPANY LISTING; CONTACT DETAILS

• Patents
  • Grid Computing and Autonomic computing
  • Ubiquitous Computing
  • Distributed Storage
• Companies & Researchers
  • Company Listing
  • Contacts List

8 FROST & SULLIVAN'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2004 AWARDS

• Excellence in Technology
  • Introduction
  • Award Recipient
• Excellence in Research
  • Introduction
  • Award Recipient