The training provided the participants with the overview of the grid network, the architecture of the gLite middleware, an introduction to job submission, data management and grid workflows, the concept of virtual organizations and the virtual organisation management system, as well as practical exercises on the use of gLite on the GILDA testbed.

UNESCO: Education

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Yet these two large software companies did not have many users in the electric power industry, especially any focused on power generation and grid management.

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