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9.1.2 Business needs
Integrating computing resources so that they can be made available throughout a
multi-corporation environment is much more of a challenge than simply
interconnecting scattered computing sites. Actually, the bigger and more complex
a computing infrastructure gets, the more difficult it is to be administrated and
used. Users could get so overwhelmed by the wide range of possibilities that they
might not use them efficiently. Additionally, such a system has to be scalable
from the administration perspective as an increasing number of resources and
users usually means increasing administrative issues.
In this sense, we look for a solution that integrates heterogeneous resources in ...