Legacy code support for production grids

In order to improve reliability and to deal with the high complexity of existing middleware solutions, today's production grid systems restrict the services to be deployed on their resources. On the other hand end-users require a wide range of value added services to fully utilize these resources. This paper describes a solution how legacy code support is offered as third party service for production grids. The introduced solution, based on the grid execution management for legacy code architecture (GEMLCA), do not require the deployment of additional applications on the grid resources, or any extra effort from grid system administrators. The implemented solution was successfully connected to and demonstrated on the UK National Grid Service.