(57) ABSTRACT A job is Submitted into a first selection of resources in a grid environment
from among a hierarchy of discrete sets of resources accessible in the grid environment …

(57) ABSTRACT A method, system, and program for coordinating use of inde pendent
external resources within requesting grid environ ments. A external resource dispatcher …

The present invention relates in general to grid environ ments and in particular to managing
application operation in a grid environment. Still more particularly, the present inven tion …

(57) ABSTRACT A method, system, and program for facilitating overall grid environment
management by monitoring grid activity across disparate grid resources and distributing grid …

Ferreira et al.; IBM Redpaper—Globus Toolkit 3.0 Quick Start; available at www. redbooks.
ibm. com/redpapers/pdfs/redp369 as of Nov. 27, 2003. IBM GridComputing What is …

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(57) ABSTRACT A method, system, and program for automatically building a locally
managed virtual node grouping to handle a grid job requiring a degree of resource …

(57) ABSTRACT A method, system, and program for automating responses by grid providers
to bid request indicating criteria for a grid job are provided. A bid controller grid service of a …

2004-01-14 Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
reassignment INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF …

A method, system, and program for managing escalating resource needs within a grid
environment are provided. A job is submitted into a first selection of resources in a grid …