What is a grid?
A grid allows different computational and data resources to work together seamlessly across networks, enabling people to share them, often across traditional boundaries, and form virtual organisations.
What is meant by e-infrastructure?
e-Infrastructure denotes the digital equipment, software, tools, portals, deployments, operational teams, support services and training that provide computational services to researchers. Part of the e-infrastructure is provided by the e-Science Core Programme, for example the National Grid Service. The JANET high bandwidth academic network, which forms the backbone of the UK e-infrastructure, is provided by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).
Facilities for e-Science
National Grid Service provides access to computational and data resources at a growing number of university sites throughout the UK
Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute re-engineers software developed under the e-Science Programme to make it widely useable
e-Science Centres have traditionally provided support to researchers in the use of e-Science techniques.