title: A survey of grid knowledge and grid perception in the public sector.
abstract: Grids have been developed to enable computational or data intensive scientific applications and to share resources. Existing infrastructures can benefit other possible user groups. This qualitative survey focuses on the public sector with universities, governments and hospitals. Interviews were performed to collect information on the perception of Grids by decision makers, system administrators and high level users in the sector. Application scenarios and main barriers for Grid adoption are discussed based on the users' and institutional interests.
authors.affiliation: Medical Informatics, Univ. Hospitals and University of Geneva, Switzerland. xin.zhou@sim.hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Owen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Appleton
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003625:Data Collection; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008131:London; D008490:Medical Informatics; D017150:Public Sector; D013557:Switzerland