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Grid technology making use of trust-building commercialization support mecha-
nisms. Finally, chapter 12 covers an advanced Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) environment where business services can be integrated with
one another across organizational boundaries and domains, and which also provides
the means to virtualize the environment where the business services operate. This
enables new SaaS models for the business service and infrastructure providers, as
well as fast service composition and business flexibility.
The application of Grid computing, be it in form of internal or external high
performance or utility computing or in form of support for virtual organizations,
results in substantial organizational and IT governance changes and challenges that
need to be addressed by companies. The final chapter 13 of part III summarizes the
organizational and governance challenges experienced by the BEs during practical
implementation of Grid computing.
