Leading the project, called UT Grid, will be the
The UT Grid will be based on TACC's GridPort3 grid portal toolkit, and will enable students and faculty to use all UT Grid systems, the report said. GridPort3 will also be used to construct specialized science portals, and IBM and TACC plan to co-develop grid application software using the Web Services-Resources Framework and Web Services-Notification specifications, according to the report.
Lastly, the university intends to link the Grid to "other major grid projects" such as the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid.