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| | HP, IBM, Intel and Sun Microsystems Launch Globus Consortium |
 | | The Globus Toolkit, created by an open source software project in 1996, is a fundamental enabling technology for Grid, allowing organizations to share computing power, databases, and other tools securely online across corporate, institutional, and geographic boundaries without sacrificing local autonomy. |
 | | Founded in 2004 with the support of IT industry leaders IBM, HP and Sun Microsystems, the Globus Consortium draws together the resources of IT industry vendors, enterprise IT groups, and a vital open source developer community to advance use of open source Globus Toolkit software in the enterprise. |
 | | The Globus Consortium supports development, documentation, education and quality assurance for the Globus Toolkit that enables leading IT vendors to work together to successfully harness the power of Grid in their enterprise products and services. |
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