Addressing both technical and strategic issues, Grid Architecture provides a complete guide to the planning, implementation, and management of a grid computing architecture. The author discusses how an organization can reconfigure a current IS infrastructure into a grid architecture. He explains how to secure and scale up grid architecture as well as how to refine the network and data architectures. The presentation covers implementation topics such as grid access, grid management, security, systems operations, and resource license management. With case studies applying to a variety of industries, this text serves IT managers, systems developers, and business analysts.