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Grid Computing Trends & Directions
Dr. Daron Green
IBM (1.3A)
Abstract:
Grid Technology provides the answer to the question facing many IT managers: "How will my organisation ensure that its IT infrastructure is sufficiently flexible to support a rapidly changing global market?". It tackles the challenges faced when users need to access data/IT services from anywhere in the organisation and with the added complexity of potential for mergers/acquisitions while at the same time allowing for the possibility of embracing e-utility services. IBM was the first major company to commit to support the Grid movement and contribute to the open-source development community - some see this as a visionary move, giving a potential for IBM to dominate the IT industry for decades. Having grid technology successfully deployed on IBM eServers will be key in winning future business with IBM's customers.
Bio:
Dr Green is part of IBM's World-Wide Grid Strategy and Business Development team responsible for guiding the product roadmap, strategic grid business direction and associated business development activities. He joined IBM in February 2001 brought into the company to lead the regional Grid strategy development. Dr Green undertook a detailed technical assessment of the Grid domain and a market segmentation and worked as part of the Corporate Technology Committee in evaluating the impact of Grid on IBM's hardware, software and service business and is now building the region's EMEA Grid team. He was instrumental in winning the early Grid business for the corporation.
Before joining IBM Dr Green managed the UK Professional Services of Selectica Inc and, prior to that, Silicon Graphics. In both cases Dr Green was instrumental in establishing the Professional Service operation in Europe. His work has split between strategic development of Professional Services methodology and day-to-day management of consulting groups. His work has lead him to undertake deployments in the US, UK, France and Germany in sectors including: Telecommunications, Manufacturing and Computing.
Dr Green was Manager of High Performance Computing at Smith System Engineering (now Detica). In this role he manage several multi-million dollar procurements and defined the HPC strategy for some of the UK's major HPC users. He also managed key projects for the High-Performance Computing and Network Unit within the European Commission.
Before moving into industry and the commercial use of IT, Dr Green studied for a degree and PhD in Chemistry at Sheffield University. He undertook post-doctoral studies at University College Dublin and then moved to the Parallel Applications Centre in Southampton.
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