Processes requests for resources for remote application execution, allocates the required resources, and manages the active jobs. Enables parameter-testing by allowing automated submission of a job with many different sets of parameters. Where We Are Version 1.0 was released in November of 1998. Work on version 1.1 is going well with a code freeze expected by the end of June 1999, a beta release of version 1.1 in early July, and a final release later in July 1999. New services were added for security, resource management, tools, and fault detection.
All core services are complete, relatively robust, and documented.
Many tool projects are leveraging the Globus investment in infrastructure, and interesting applications are emerging, although most are still in demo mode.