The 451 Group

The 451 Group is an independent technology industry analyst company focused
on the business of enterprise IT innovation. The company's analysts provide
critical and timely insight into the market and competitive dynamics of
innovation in emerging technology segments.
Clients of the company - at vendor, investor, service-provider and end-user
organizations - rely on 451 insights to support both strategic and tactical
decision-making for competitive advantage.

The 451 Grid Adoption Research Service (GARS) - an investigation into user
experiences and vendor strategies - extends The 451 Group's proven expertise
in analyzing the grid technology market. The 451 Group believes that as grid
technology is being absorbed into overall enterprise computing strategies,
the discussion has moved beyond the grid itself.

The 451 Enterprise Computing Strategies (ECS) Research Service is the
logical evolution of the GARS. This service offers in-depth, timely
perspectives on enterprise architectures that incorporate grid techniques to
support computing strategies such as enterprise utilities, shared services
infrastructures and eco-efficient IT. The 451 ECS examines the effectiveness
of the strategies of both existing and new vendor companies evolving their
grid computing technologies to support enterprise computing strategies and
applying virtualization and service-oriented architecture.
It also delivers frontline intelligence on customer adoption issues and
market dynamics and provides relevant case studies and 'lessons learned'
from early adopters and vendors.