title: Globus Platform-as-a-Service for Collaborative Science Applications.
abstract: Globus, developed as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for research data management, also provides APIs that constitute a flexible and powerful Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to which developers can outsource data management activities such as transfer and sharing, as well as identity, profile and group management. By providing these frequently important but always challenging capabilities as a service, accessible over the network, Globus PaaS streamlines web application development and makes it easy for individuals, teams, and institutions to create collaborative applications such as science gateways for science communities. We introduce the capabilities of this platform and review representative applications.
authors: Computation Institute, Argonne National Laboratory & University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors: Rachana
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authors: Ananthakrishnan
authors: Computation Institute, Argonne National Laboratory & University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors: Kyle
authors: K
authors: Chard
authors: Computation Institute, Argonne National Laboratory & University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors: Ian
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authors: Foster
authors: Computation Institute, Argonne National Laboratory & University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors: Steven
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authors: Tuecke
keywords: authentication; authorization; cloud; collaboration; group; identity; platform as a service; profile; science gateways; sharing; transfer
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