The aim is to provide seamless, secure and intuitive batch access for diverse computing resources. Prototype software was implemented by Genias and Pallas.
Development is to continue in a follow-on project by Pallas.
Information about resources is provided. Use is made of existing technology with access to distributed data. Finally a resource-management layer will submit the job to the local system or initiate further authentification for submission to a remote site. This includes data transfer and submission of batch jobs to multiple sites. Job descriptions can be saved to disk on the local system and can easily be modified and re-used.