[Jstyx-announce] Release of version 0.2.0 of Styx Grid Services software

[Jon B. <jd...@ma...>]

Dear all,

The Reading e-Science Centre is very pleased to announce the first public
release (version 0.2.0) of the Styx Grid Services (SGS) software.  Please
see the project website (http://www.resc.rdg.ac.uk/jstyx/sgs) for full
details, downloads and documentation.  The release also includes the latest
version of the JStyx core libraries.

The main features of the SGS system are:

   * Command-line programs can be wrapped and deployed on the Internet as
services.
   * These services can be used *exactly* as if they were local programs.
   * Services can be composed into workflows with simple shell scripts,
making it very easy to create distributed applications.
   * Data can be streamed directly between services.
   * Very quick installation procedure.  Software is less than 2MB in size
and only requires a Java runtime environment, version 1.4.2 and above.

If you want to try the software, please follow the tutorial at
http://www.resc.rdg.ac.uk/jstyx/sgs/tutorial/.  For help and support, please
use the project website and the jstyx-users mailing list
(http://www.resc.rdg.ac.uk/jstyx/mail-lists.html).

Regards,
Jon

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Dr Jon Blower              Tel: +44 118 378 5213 (direct line) 
Technical Director         Tel: +44 118 378 8741 (ESSC) 
Reading e-Science Centre   Fax: +44 118 378 6413 
ESSC                       Email: jd...@ma... 
University of Reading 
3 Earley Gate 
Reading RG6 6AL, UK 
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