Building Computational Grids Using Ubiquitous Web Technologies

Grid computing is an exciting development which promises to be the enabling technology for many users with periodic requirements for massive computing power. There are a number of Grid computing infrastructures available which are fully featured, powerful, efficient and secure. However, for novice users, these systems are not easy to setup and use which presents a significant barrier to their adoption. M-grid offers an alternative approach which permits the creation of a computational grid able to accept tasks from any user with access to the web and distribute them to machines running standard a web browser without any security implications.