Factors influencing the adoption of Internet banking
Journal of the AIS
The Grid 2: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure
The Grid 2: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure
An Efficient Anonymity Protocol for Grid Computing
GRID '04 Proceedings of the 5th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing
Evolution of grid computing architecture and grid adoption models
IBM Systems Journal
The Anatomy of the Grid: Enabling Scalable Virtual Organizations
International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
Technology supports for distributed and collaborative learning over the internet
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)
Semantic Grid-Based E-learning Architecture
SKG '07 Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grid
E-learning grid: an online learning network
DIWEB'07 Proceedings of the 7th WSEAS international conference on Distance learning and web engineering
A pricing information service for grid computing
Proceedings of the 5th international workshop on Middleware for grid computing: held at the ACM/IFIP/USENIX 8th International Middleware Conference
Efficient access to many samall files in a filesystem for grid computing
GRID '07 Proceedings of the 8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing
Resource usage policy expression and enforcement in grid computing
GRID '07 Proceedings of the 8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing
Measuring the Performance and Reliability of Production Computational Grids
GRID '06 Proceedings of the 7th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing
Future Generation Computer Systems
Empirical analysis of biometric technology adoption and acceptance in Botswana
Journal of Systems and Software
Cloud Computing Research and Development Trend
ICFN '10 Proceedings of the 2010 Second International Conference on Future Networks
Evaluating trust in grid certificates
Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
Adoption issues for cloud computing
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia
Measuring the efficiency of cloud computing for e-learning systems
WSEAS Transactions on Computers
ChinaGrid: making grid computing a reality
ICADL'04 Proceedings of the 7th international Conference on Digital Libraries: international collaboration and cross-fertilization
AstroGrid as an e-learning environment
KLGW'05 Proceedings of the 1st international Kaleidoscope Learning Grid Special Interest Group conference on Distributed e-Learning Environments
Peer conversations for e-learning in the grid
ELeGI'05 Proceedings of the 1st international ELeGI conference on Advanced Technology for Enhanced Learning
Mathematical and Computer Modelling: An International Journal
Cloud computing for education: A new dawn?
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Introducing app stores into a packaged software ecosystem: a negotiated order perspective
International Journal of Business Information Systems
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Grid computing is emerging as the foundation upon which virtual collaborations can be built among large organisations with the aim of integrating and sharing computer resources, and thus offering performance and resource availability, which is unattainable by any single institutional technology resources. With the level of increase in the number of tertiary institutions in Africa, and the attendant shortage of basic information technology resources, the use of grid computing for collaboration purposes would contribute to the enhancement of research, course delivery, course management, and other aspects of institutional development. This paper carries out an empirical study of the possibility of adoption of grid computing as a vehicle for collaboration among tertiary institutions in Nigeria from the perspective of the potential adopters (users) of the systems. This study also proposes a design and implementation framework for adoption of this technology by the tertiary institutions. The key challenges that significantly affect the adoption of grid computing in tertiary institutions are mainly attitudinal (perceived need and perceived benefits). Infrastructural issues (facilitating conditions) also impose limitations on the ability of universities to implement grid computing.