more efficient way then the old LCG-2 WMS, and has many other new options. Finally, the Logging and Bookkeeping service (LB) tracks jobs managed by the WMS. It collects events from many WMS components and records the status and history of the job. References External links gLite official Web site gLite 3 User Manual European Grid Infrastructure European Middleware Initiative Software components Some gLite components and services with the contributing partners: VOMS and VOMSAdmin (INFN) Proxy and attribute certificate renewal (CESNET) Shibboleth interoperability: SLCS, VASH, STS (SWITCH) LCAS/LCMAPS (NIKHEF) gLExec (NIKHEF) Delegation Framework (CERN, HIP, STFC) CGSI_gSOAP (CERN) gsoap-plugin (CESNET) Trustmanager (HIP) Util-java (HIP) Gridsite (STFC) Authorization Framework (HIP, INFN, NIKHEF, SWITCH) BDII (CERN) Grid Laboratory Uniform Environment (CERN) R-GMA (STFC) CREAM (INFN) CEMon (INFN) BLAH (INFN) WMS (INFN, ElsagDatamat) LB (CESNET) DPM (CERN) GFAL (CERN) LFC (CERN) FTS (CERN) lcg_utils (CERN) EDS and Hydra (HIP) AMGA (CERN, KISTI, INFN) Grid computing products Information technology organizations based in Europe Middleware