National Grid Inc. offers three
models of its core middleware products auch
as Basic, Pro and Custom. The Basic version,
mainly aimed at research institutes and university
labs, is a low-cost version The Pro version
retains additional capabilities and is targeted
at small to medium sized companies, while
the custom version offers customers a tailored
modification of N*Grid’s middleware for specific
corporate and research needs. These products
can provide customers with high-performance
for computing intensive operations such as
ALM, financial risk management and graphic
rendering on programs such as Maya and 3D
Max.
Basic
Pro
Custom
Target Customer
Schools, research
institutions
Small to mid-sized
companies
Large companies
Resource
Mgmt
Status information
O
O
Advanced status information
X
O (Fixed)
O (Custom)
Group Mgmt
X
O
Task Mgmt
Check submission, cancellation, holding
and result of tasks
O (java only)
O (COM, Python)
O (WebService/SOAP,
WSDL)
Select task to perform at specific
time
X
O
Task status
O (Web only)
O (Web, CS)
O (Mobile)
Active realignment of task priorities
after submission
