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Grid Portal Solutions: A
Comparison of GridPortlets
and OGCE
Chongjie Zhang1,2,, Ian Kelley1, Gabrielle Allen1,2
1
Center for Computation & Technology, 302 Johnston Hall, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.,
2
Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA,
SUMMARY
This paper will discuss two of the major Grid portal solutions, the Open Grid Computing
Environments Collaboratory (OGCE) and GridPortlets, both of which provide basic tools
that portal developers can use to interact with Grid middleware when designing their own
custom or application specific Grid portals. We investigate and compare what each of
these packages provides, discuss their advantages and disadvantages, and identify missing
features vital for Grid portal development. The main purpose of this paper is to identify
what current toolkits provide, reveal some of their limitations, and provide motivation for
the evolution of Grid portal solutions. Application groups should find this paper useful in

Source: Allen, Gabrielle - Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences