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What is Virtual Organization (VO)

Chapter 27
Handbook of Research on Geoinformatics
A group of individuals or institutions that securely share the computing resources of a “Grid” for a common goal.
Published in Chapter:
Grid Computing and its Application to Geoinformatics
Aijun Chen (George Mason University, USA), Liping Di (George Mason University, USA), Yuqi Bai (George Mason University, USA), and Yaxing Wei (George Mason University, USA)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-995-3.ch027
Abstract
The definition of the Grid computing and its application to geoinformatics are introduced. Not only the comparison of power Grid and computing Grid is illustrated, also Web technology and Grid technology are compared. The Hourglass Model of Grid architecture is depicted. The layered Grid architecture, relating to Internet protocol architecture, consists of the fabric (computer, storage, switches, etc.) layer, connectivity layer, resource layer, collective layer, and application layer. Grid computing has been applied to many disciplines and research areas, such as physics, Earth science, astronomy, bioinformatics, etc. By applying the Grid computing to Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.’s Web services and geospatial standards from International Organization for Standardization, US Federal Geographic Data Committee and US NASA, a geospatial Grid is proposed here, which consisting of Grid-managed geospatial data and Grid-enabled geospatial services.
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Chapter 3
Virtual Collaboration and Community
An organization built upon ‘cyberinfrastructures’ (Internet, web services, etc.) to link groups of people and resources distributed across organizational, institutional, and/or geographic boundaries.
Published in Chapter: Virtual Collaboration and Community; From: Handbook of Research on Socio-Technical Design and Social Networking Systems
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Chapter 85
Grid Computing for Social Science
An organization that transcends institutional boundaries, coming together to collaborate for a specified purpose on a short-lived or long-lived basis.
Published in Chapter: Grid Computing for Social Science; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 182
Risk Management in Enterprise Networking
“VO is a temporary consortium of partners from different organizations established to fulfil a value adding task, for example a product or service to a customer.” (Kürümlüoglu et al 2005)
Published in Chapter: Risk Management in Enterprise Networking; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 148
Ontologies for Collaborative Networked Organizations
Comprises a set of (legally) independent organizations that share resources and skills to achieve its goal, but that is not limited to an alliance of for-profit enterprises. A Virtual Enterprise is therefore a particular case of a VO (Camarinha-Matos & Afsarmanesh, 2005).
Published in Chapter: Ontologies for Collaborative Networked Organizations; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 246
VO Breeding Environments Value System and Metrics
“Represents a temporary alliance of diverse organisations that form a collaboration network, sharing knowledge, skills, and resources towards provision of value-added products and services and that resort to a computer network and associated tools to support their cooperation” (Camarinha-Matos & Afsarmanesh, 2006, p. 31).
Published in Chapter: VO Breeding Environments Value System and Metrics; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 242
Virtual Organizations Management
“A VO is a temporary consortium of partners from different organisations established to fulfil a value-adding task, for example a product or service, to a customer” (Kürümlüoglu et al., 2005).
Published in Chapter: Virtual Organizations Management; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 21
Challenges of VO Inheritance
VO is a temporary consortium of partners from different organizations established to fulfil a value adding task, for example a product or service to a customer (Kürümlüoglu et al., 2005).
Published in Chapter: Challenges of VO Inheritance; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 574
Wireless Grids
It refers to a network of independent organizations that join together, often temporarily, to offer or obtain particular services. All these organizations share some commonality among them, including common concerns and requirements, but may vary in size, scope, duration, sociology, and structure.
Published in Chapter: Wireless Grids; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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