SAS Grid Computing Expert Named to Global Grid Forum Advisory Council.CARY, N.C. -- SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. , the leader in business intelligence, announced today that one of its grid computing grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high availability by employing multiple computers—typically personal experts, Cheryl Doninger, has been invited to join the Global Grid An open systems architecture that provides global connectivity instantaneously on warrior demand. The global grid can support both vertical and horizontal information flow to joint and multinational forces. Forum's Advisory Council (GFAC GFAC Ground Forward Air Controller GFAC Good Fellowship Ambulance Club (Chester County, Pennsylvania) ). The Global Grid Forum In 2006, the Global Grid Forum merged with the Enterprise Grid Alliance and formed the Open Grid Forum. This article is kept for historical reasons, and should be synchronized with the OGF article. (GGF GGF Gegebenenfalls (German: if necessary) GGF Geschäftsführer (German) GGF Global Grid Forum GGF Glass and Glazing Federation (UK) GGF Great-Grandfather GGF Good Good Friday ) promotes the adoption of grid computing by defining grid specifications that lead to broadly adopted standards and interoperable software and by building an international community for the exchange of ideas and best practices. Doninger, who has spoken, presented and written extensively on grid computing, is a widely recognized industry leader and advocate for this technology. With more than 20 years experience at SAS, she helps set the company's technical direction for increasing SAS(R) software's performance and scalability, including SAS' new grid computing functionality. Insight Research Corporation, a market research firm, estimates worldwide grid spending will grow from $714.9 million in 2005 to approximately $19.2 billion in 2010. "Cheryl was a natural choice for GFAC," says GGF chairman Mark Linesch. "Cheryl is a key leader within this community and offers a keen perspective regarding enterprise applications and grid technologies." GFAC's next meeting will be in mid-February at the 16th Global Grid Forum (GGF16) in Athens, Greece. As invited experts from the international grid community, Doninger and other council members will advise the GGF chair and steering committee steer·ing committee n. A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage. steering committee Noun on technical, business and policy issues associated with grid computing worldwide. An innovative leader in grid computing technology, SAS was the first enterprise business intelligence vendor to join GGF. SAS is also a pioneer vendor delivering grid automation capabilities across multiple solutions, integrating the benefits of grid computing with the enormous power of SAS analytics. With SAS, customers obtain critical information more quickly and leverage knowledge to gain competitive advantage. About GGF GGF is an international community of users, developers and vendors leading the global standardization effort for grid computing. This community works Police and Community Youth Clubs PCYC Originally known as the 'Police Rotary Youth Club' PCYC originated in Sydney, Australia in the 1930s. There are currently 57 clubs in New South Wales. for the comprehensive adoption of grid computing worldwide, because it believes grids will lead to new discoveries, new opportunities and better business practices. GGF is comprised of thousands of individuals in industry and research, representing more than 400 organizations in 50 countries. About SAS SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at 40,000 sites - including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE Global 500(R) - to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know(R). Visit us at www.sas.com. SAS and all other SAS Institute SAS Institute Inc., headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA, has been a major producer of software since it was founded in 1976 by Anthony Barr, James Goodnight, John Sall and Jane Helwig. Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. (R) indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Copyright (C) 2006 SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC, USA. All rights reserved. |
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