<s>
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
was	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
with	O
which	O
a	O
virtualised	O
IT	O
framework	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
uniform	O
and	O
global	O
view	O
of	O
resources	O
within	O
a	O
department	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
company	O
with	O
its	O
suppliers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
applications	O
can	O
be	O
linked	O
in	O
a	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
data	O
exchange	O
between	O
the	O
applications	O
participating	O
in	O
the	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
is	O
implicitly	O
managed	O
by	O
the	O
IT	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
is	O
platform-independent	B-Operating_System
,	O
allowing	O
almost	O
any	O
distributed	O
heterogeneous	O
platform	O
to	O
be	O
linked	O
into	O
its	O
virtualised	O
IT	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
virtualised	O
IT	O
framework	O
is	O
implemented	O
with	O
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
by	O
installing	O
a	O
component	O
with	O
specific	O
software	B-General_Concept
agents	I-General_Concept
on	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
systems	O
in	O
the	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
major	O
types	O
of	O
components	O
in	O
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
:	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
,	O
which	O
manages	O
end-user	O
connection	O
,	O
authentication	O
&	O
authorisation	O
,	O
and	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
task	O
scheduling	O
and	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Service	O
Manager	O
,	O
which	O
publishes	O
and	O
runs	O
services	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
users	O
and	O
which	O
executes	O
data	B-General_Concept
migration	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acquaintance	O
Manager	O
,	O
which	O
links	O
one	O
remote	O
network	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
neighborhood	O
,	O
to	O
another	O
to	O
allow	O
resource	O
discovery	O
and	O
file	O
transfer	O
between	O
components	O
residing	O
in	O
different	O
neighbourhoods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
components	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
Java	B-Device
,	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
in	O
a	O
multi-platform	B-Operating_System
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
meta-scheduler	B-Operating_System
automatically	O
adjusts	O
to	O
changes	O
in	O
Service	O
Manager	O
or	O
service	O
availability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
is	O
geared	O
towards	O
service	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
an	O
application	O
or	O
a	O
command	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
utilised	O
is	O
defined	O
as	O
a	O
service	O
and	O
published	O
on	O
the	O
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
IT	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
technical	O
or	O
business	O
process	O
is	O
created	O
by	O
linking	O
services	O
in	O
a	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workflows	B-Operating_System
in	O
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
are	O
based	O
on	O
WfMC	O
version	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
defines	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
tasks	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
executed	O
with	O
a	O
given	O
execution	O
logic	O
(	O
branch	O
,	O
loop	O
,	O
conditional	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
supports	O
multi-instance	O
tasks	O
which	O
run	O
a	O
service	O
multiple	O
times	O
concurrently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
it	O
supports	O
a	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
of	O
workflows	B-Operating_System
,	O
whereby	O
a	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
executed	O
as	O
a	O
task	O
of	O
a	O
higher	O
level	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
employs	O
a	O
meta-scheduling	B-Operating_System
capability	O
,	O
optimizing	O
computational	O
workloads	O
by	O
combining	O
the	O
multiple	O
distributed	B-General_Concept
Resource	I-General_Concept
Managers	I-General_Concept
an	O
organisation	O
is	O
using	O
,	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
aggregated	O
view	O
,	O
allowing	O
batch	B-General_Concept
jobs	I-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
directed	O
to	O
the	O
best	O
location	O
for	O
execution	O
,	O
using	O
local	O
resource	O
managers	O
such	O
as	O
LSF	B-Operating_System
,	O
PBSPro	B-Application
,	O
SGE	B-Operating_System
,	O
LoadLeveler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SynfiniWay	B-Operating_System
is	O
able	O
to	O
schedule	O
and	O
execute	O
services	O
which	O
are	O
deployed	O
on	O
a	O
mixed	O
interlinked	O
set	O
of	O
local	O
resource	O
managers	O
.	O
</s>
