Grid Information Technology as a New Technological Tool for e-Science, Healthcare and Life Science

• Main Authors: Juan Manuel Maqueira Marín, Sebastián Bruque Cámara
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Alberto Hurtado 2007-06-01
• Series: Journal of Technology Management & Innovation
• Online Access: http://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/394

Nowadays, scientific projects require collaborative environments and powerful computing resources capable of handling huge quantities of data, which gives rise to e-Science. These requirements are evident in the need to optimise time and efforts in activities to do with health. When e-Science focuses on the collaborative handling of all the information generated in clinical medicine and health, e-Health is the result. Scientists are taking increasing interest in an emerging technology – Grid Information Technology – that may offer a solution to their current needs. The current work aims to survey how e-Science is using this technology all around the world. We also argue that the technology may provide an ideal solution for the new challenges facing e-Health and Life Science.