Grid computing architecture: A roadmap

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Henri B. Tuthill, henri.tuthill@astrazeneca.com, Discovery Informatics, AstraZeneca, 200 West Street, Waltham, MA 02451
In an era of ever increasing competition for resources, one must endevour to make the best use of all available infrastructure to provide improved services to our end-user science community. Grid architecture is a service oriented architecture to consolidate resources within research areas to gain in efficiency and effectiveness. The presentation maps subject area data through their pre-defined affinity and research area program to their appropriate repositories. The roadmap is a precursor to the goal of establishing a web services organization. To paraphrase Louis Carroll, without a good map, any road may appear to be the right road.