• Part I. Introduction to The Grid
  The Grid couples people, computers, databases, instruments, and other computational resources in ways that were never possible prior to the advent of new high-speed research networks. Elements of the grid are being prototyped around the United States.

  Introduction to The Grid
  A Little History
  Requirements for a Usable Grid
  Other Issues

• Part II. Introduction to Globus
  The Globus project is developing a basic software infrastructure for computations that integrate geographically distributed computational and information resources. Globus is a joint project of Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute with cooperators around the globe.

  Introduction to Globus
  What is Globus?
  Development Philosophy
  The Globus Approach
  Goals for the Globus Toolkit
  The Globus Hourglass
  Where We Are
  Example Application Projects
  Learning More

NLANR gratefully acknowledges Steve Tuecke at Argonne National Laboratory for supplying the vast bulk of the material used in this article, for his infinite patience and good humor in answering the plethora of questions that arose during the development of this article, and for his genuine and heartfelt interest in making sure things turned out well.