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In [[Gridgrid computing]], a '''Virtualvirtual Organizationorganization''' (VO) refers to a dynamic set of individualindividuals and/or institutions defined around a set of [[resource sharing|resource-sharing]] rules and conditions. All these virtual organizations share some commonality among them, including common concerns and requirements, but may vary in size, scope, duration, sociology, and structure.

==History==

The collaborations involved in Grid computing lead to the emergence of multiple organizations that function as one unit through the use of their shared competencies and resources for the purpose of one or more identified goals<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globus.org/alliance/publications/papers/anatomy.pdf|title=Anatomy of the Grid|format=PDF}}</ref>.

The collaborations involved in grid computing of the early 2000s lead to the emergence of multiple organizations that function as one unit through the use of their shared competencies and resources for the purpose of one or more identified goals.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Ian Foster |author2=Carl Kesselman |author3=Steven Tuecke |title=Proceedings First IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid |chapter=The anatomy of the grid: Enabling scalable virtual organizations |pages=6–7 |date= May 10, 2001 |bibcode=2001cs........3025F |arxiv=cs/0103025 |doi=10.1109/CCGRID.2001.923162 |isbn=0-7695-1010-8 |s2cid=265038742 }}</ref>

[[File:VirtOrg.png|thumb|right|Virtual Organisationorganization members (A-JA–J) can group together dynamically, to use different resources (e.g.such as a [[database]] databases)]]

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A virtual organization has the characteristics of a formal organization while not being one. It comprises a complex network of smaller organizations which each contribute a part of the production process. Boundaries between organizations are fuzzy; control is generally by market forces, reinforced by the certainty of long- term contracts.

The XtreemOS project promised to support virtual organizations.<ref>{{cite journal |author=M. Coppola |author2=Y. Jégou |author3=B. Matthews |author4=C. Morin |author5=L. P. Prieto |author6=Ó. D. Sánchez |author7=E. Y. Yang |author8=H. Yu. |title=Virtual Organization Support within a Grid-Wide Operating System |journal=IEEE Internet Computing |volume= 12 |number=2 |pages= 69–76 |date= March–April 2008 |doi= 10.1109/MIC.2008.47 |s2cid= 8101678 }}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[List of distributedgrid computing projects]]

* [[Open Grid Forum]]

* [[Cloud Computingcomputing]]

== References ==