EnterTheGrid - a business analysis tool for the Grid

As the Grid moves more from research into main stream, the EnterTheGrid catalogue will move along with it, providing more information on industrial and commercial uses.

EnterTheGrid provides you with the following business intelligence services:

1. Access to the aggregate database: the EnterTheGrid database and the registry.
2. Analysis tools to make your own analysis of the combined data. This is in addition to the general search tools available to everyone through the public EnterTheGrid web site.
3. Regular reports on the state of the Grid, written by Primeur/EnterTheGrid editors
4. Support for linking the information to company-internal databases.

The database is accessible in XML-format. You can use your own XML-tools or the ones provided by Primeur/EnterTheGrid to access it.

How can you benefit from access to the information?

• You have an up-to-date view of the state of Grid computing. New products, projects, and companies are added as soon as information is available.
• See where items fit in. Which companies are active in your specific area? Which companies are potential partners or competitors?
• Which products are there that implement a specific standard. Is there room to enter with a new product?
• By having access to the database itself, you can do your own analysis which can give you the advantage you need to stay competitive in the Grid market.

Examples of what you can do with the information can be found on the EnterTheGrid.com web site:

• Use the "Search taxonomy" to list products according a specific taxonomy (classification scheme). Background information can be found in EnterTheGrid adds Knowledge Management to world's largest Grid catalogue
• For an example of combining information from several sources: Information from TOP500, EnterTheGrid used to enrich supercomputer overview report

These services are available for use within your company for a yearly subscription fee. We start with the service on January 1, 2003. In the mean time it is in beta-test with selected customers.