The e-business infrastructure is built upon a variety of applications running on different platforms across different networking protocols -- and they all need to share data. Universal access to data is a quantum leap towards the industry's goal of interoperability.

The grid demonstrates that government, business and society can be the direct beneficiary of innovation if we are willing to rethink the way innovation and science both develop and prosper.

It's urgent and necessary that we begin moving aggressively and immediately to restore New York as a leader in innovation, entrepreneurship and economic progress. Innovation will be the engine. Innovation will be what creates high-paying, high-skill jobs for New York and provides all of New York with rising standards of living.

Fifteen years ago, New York had 1.1 million more jobs than Texas. Today, Texas has 1 million more jobs than New York. That's the lost ground we must recover.

World Community Grid represents a new model for philanthropic giving,