This book (co-authored by my PhD Supervisor) provides a comprehensive introduction to Grid computing, it cuts through the marketing hype that might lead you to believe that grid computing is the answer to all the world’s problems, and describes the state of the art from a protocols, applications and design perspective.

Grid computing has some very specific and interesting scientific and entertainment uses, but ultimately, there can not, and will not ever, be enough computing power to solve all problems or model all systems. Machines will get bigger and will work together more closely and will solve larger problems, but that is all; for insight into these realities of grid computing, this book provides the technical starting blocks.

The book is accompanied by a website which is still in the process of being set up.

The book is available from Amazon in the following countries:

• UK
• USA
• Germany
• Japan
• France
• Canada