\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// GRIDtoday NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY --- Mar 3, 2003: Vol. 2, No. 9 --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This issue will reach 30,000 readers ------- Article retrieval instructions are at the end of this file. For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740032) HP's Grid Solution - The Grid Stack IN THIS ISSUE [ ] 101127) CAN GRIDS/CLUSTERS OVERTAKE SUPERCOMPUTERS? [ ] 101125) EXPERTS TO DEBATE GRID COMP'G HYPE VS REALITY [ ] 101126) TUECKE HAS SEEN THE FUTURE OF DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ON THE GRID [ ] 740033) Sun's Grid Computing Solutions Program Aims To Help Customers With All Levels of Grids SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 101125) EXPERTS TO DEBATE GRID COMP'G HYPE VS REALITY This roundtable, the first of its kind to tackle what is perhaps the single most challenging question facing the Grid community today, will consist of a roster of luminaries never before brought together in one discussion venue. [ ] 101126) TUECKE HAS SEEN THE FUTURE OF DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ON THE GRID By Robert McMillan, Editor-at-large, Linux Magazine Although scientists have been using Grid technologies since the Condor project began scavenging up idle computer cycles at the University of Wisconsin in the mid-1980s, the really exciting vision of Grid computing remains a vision of the future. [ ] 101127) CAN GRIDS/CLUSTERS OVERTAKE SUPERCOMPUTERS? Until a few years ago, the Top 500 list of supercomputers was dominated by proprietary solutions with prices that put high-performance computing (HPC) out of reach for all but the most well-funded institutions and companies. [ ] 101128) GRID APPLICATION FRAMEWORK FOR JAVA Grid Application Framework for Java (GAF4J) is a lightweight framework that abstracts all Grid semantics from the application logic and provides a simpler programming model that lines up smoothly with common Java programming models. [ ] 101129) INTEL DISCUSSES INNOVATIONS DRIVING ENTERPRISE AND GRID Intel's building block approach is driving innovation at a pace that other models can't match, which translates into new technologies, introduced quicker and at a lower prices. [ ] 740029) Intel - Business Computing Technology Trends SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 101130) LEVEL 3 ANNOUNCES NEW CUSTOMER AGREEMENTS FOR GRID SUPPORT The company operates a 10-gigabit IP backbone that spans 57 North American markets, 16 European markets, and is accessible from more than 550 traffic aggregation points. [ ] 101131) NETWORK ASSOCIATES GRANTED PATENT FOR GRID PROXY SERVERS Newly patented technology improves efficiency in context-switching and enables higher throughput of data on servers. [ ] 101132) CISCO PUSHING ENTERPRISE DRIVE & GRID MANAGEMENT Cisco announced the availability of a new best-practices guide and "quick start" video solution to help customers deploy and implement content delivery solutions such as video for training and communications. [ ] 101133) BORLAND'S AGREEMENT WITH eCube SYSTEMS ADDS GRID SUPPORT This agreement enables eCube Systems to sell, upgrade, maintain, and enhance Entera middleware product line. The relationship leverages the eCube experience in Legacy Transformation, Enterprise Integration and Grid Distributed Systems. [ ] 101134) SUN INNOVATIONS TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF GRID COMPUTING While benefiting from the latest innovations in technology, technologists and CTOs are seeking cost-effective ways to improve the security, service levels, and efficient operations of their companies. [ ] 101135) DecisionOne OPTIMIZES GRID SUPPORT OPERATIONS FOR LIBRARY DecisionOne announced that it has entered into a three-year contract with Gaylord Information Systems (GIS), the software development division of Gaylord Bros Inc, to streamline and optimize the company's Grid support operations for more than 145 libraries nationwide. [ ] 101136) MOUNTAIN VIEW DATA READY TO SUPPORT GRID BLADE SERVERS The acquisition of award-winning server provisioning and management software enables Mountain View Data customers to rapidly deploy, configure, and manage entire Grid racks of Linux, Windows PC servers, and Grid blade servers over the network. [ ] 740027) New E2 from Linux NetworX A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS [ ] 101137) INTEL MOVES DATA FASTER OVER GRID SERVERS The Intel 10 Gigabit cards are in beta tests SDSC, which operates a grid cluster of 512 Linux servers connected with Gigabit Ethernet. The grid cluster is part of the Teragrid, a project being developed with the National Center for Supercomputing to build the world's largest distributed grid computer. [ ] 101138) MICROWAY BUILDS GRID CLUSTERS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND The Grid Clusters will be used to apply ideas and concepts from chaos theory in order to improve short-term weather forecasting. [ ] 101139) VOLVO IMPLEMENTS ON TECHNOLOGY TO MANAGE A 4,500 PC GRID A Leading global manufacturer leverages ON technology solution to roll-out Windows 2000 and provide ongoing management for mission-critical applications [ ] 101140) LEVEL 3 ANNOUNCES NEW CUSTOMER AGREEMENTS FOR GRID SUPPORT Level 3 Communications announced it has signed network services agreements with The George Washington University, The University of Oregon and Southern Crossroads. [ ] 101141) VELIO INTRODUCES NEXT GENERATION I/O GRID TECHNOLOGY While maintaining backward compatibility with existing line-cards, Velio's GigaCore2 enables leading platform vendors to scale the performance and density of their high-speed datacom, storage and telecom systems with backplane speeds up to 6.25 Gb/s. [ ] 101142) SAGENT BRINGS EII & GRID SUPPORT TO THE MASSES Application developers can use Sagent OpenLink to query information from data warehouses and heterogeneous operational systems, then integrate, transform, and deliver architected data sets that are fully accessible via SQL. [ ] 101143) CLEAR & SORRENTO OFFER GRID NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION Clear and Sorrento announced their global partnership to deliver service providers a reliable, proactive optical network operations management solution by addressing the unique challenges facing network operations centers (NOCs). [ ] 101144) BEA eWorld KEYNOTES ILLUMINATE NEW MODEL FOR APPS & GRIDS BEA Systems, a world leading application infrastructure software company, will feature technical keynotes from leading Java and Web services experts at its annual technology conference, BEA eWorld 2003. [ ] 101145) PACKETEER PUTS GRID APPLICATIONS IN THE FAST LANE This new version of PacketShaper Application traffic management system adds traffic acceleration to speed the performance of Grid applications and extends Bandwidth resources. =========================================================================== ON THE ROAD WITH GRIDtoday... a photo gallery! As the GRIDtoday team travels the world to the major events in grid computing, we will bring you photos of the event in our photo gallery. http://www.gridtoday.com/gallery/index.html BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 101146) Streamline Computing Releases 64-Bit Grid Debugger STORAGE [ ] 101147) BlueArc Powers HPC Storage Grid At Penn & Rice University [ ] 101148) MaXXan Launches Storage Switch And Grid NAS Gateway NETWORKING [ ] 101149) Zarlink Launches High Quality 16-Port Ethernet Grid Switches OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 101150) Itochu Group To Launch Grid Computing Business Report [ ] 101151) MPI Releases InfiniBand Support For Linux Grids GENERAL [ ] 101152) Intel Cuts Prices On Pentium 4 Processors QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ]101125 ) "A lot of concern has been voiced about Grids as they are hyped in mainstream media versus their operational reality. These panelists will paint an accurate picture of how Grids actually function today." --Tom Tabor, President, Tabor Communications, Inc CONFERENCE CALENDAR ======================================================== GRIDtoday is proud to be affiliated with the following organizations: Global Grid Forum The Globus Project The Leading Edge of Grid Computing Developing Fundamental Technologies for Researchers Worldwide for Computational Grids http://www.gridforum.org http://www.globus.org [ ] 700) Conferences & Seminars [ ] 740031) GGF7 - Grids Around the World March 4-7, 2003 Hotel Intercontinental Keio Plaza, Tokyo, Japan http://www.gridforum.org . [ ] 740001) Bio-IT World Conference & Expo March 25-27, 2003 Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusettes, USA http://www.bioitworldexpo.com . 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