Applying grid technology to e-commerce : a case study in selling software and applications | |
| Author | Phan Phuong Lan |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CS-03-20 |
| Subject(s) | Computational grids (Computer systems) Electronic commerce |
| Note | A research submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Advanced Technologies |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. CS-03-20 |
| Abstract | Grid technology has gained attention over years. It contributes significantly in sharing flexibly and securely resources among dynamic collections of individuals and institutions. This technology is being applied widely in science communities where an institution can freely share and access resources with/to other institutions, but it has not yet been applied in the commercial world where the needs of sharing resources are large. In that world, customers want to save cost and time from buying resources and/or resource accesses on demand; providers want to make benefits from selling the resources and/or resource accesses. All current systems that support buying and selling resources has just focused on buying and selling software. Many systems support buying and selling resources accesses, but these resources are web applications. No system allows customers and providers to buy and sell resources accesses that are hardware. So that the objective of this thesis is to build a system that supports buying and selling online resources demanded by customers. The resources are software, hardware accesses and applications. The Globus Toolkit, the well-known toolkit of Grid technology, is used in building the system. The designed and implemented system not only supports possibly customers to save their time and money by using brought software and/or rented hardware accesses and applications, but also facilitate providers to obtain benefits from selling software and/or sharing their hardware and applications. |
| Year | 2003 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. CS-03-20 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Computer Science (CS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Phan Minh Dung; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Vatcharaporn Esichaikul;Huynh Trung Luong; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MOET); |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2003 |