Globus platform-as-a-service for collaborative science applications

摘要

Globus, developed as software-as-a-service for research data management, also provides APIs that constituterna flexible and powerful platform-as-a-service to which developers can outsource data management activitiesrnsuch as transfer and sharing, as well as identity, profile, and group management. By providing these frequentlyrnimportant but always challenging capabilities as a service, accessible over the network, Globusrnplatform-as-a-service streamlines Web application development and makes it easy for individuals, teams,rnand institutions to create collaborative applications such as science gateways for science communities. Wernintroduce the capabilities of this platform and review representative applications.