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PART II [ ] 740048) Grid Computing, Applications & High End Visualization Sun High Performance Computing Consortium (SHPCC) Conference 21-23 June 2003, Heidelberg, Germany http://www.sun-registration.com/hpc SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 101507) GRID EXPERTS: NEXT 5 YEARS CRUCIAL By Wolfgang Gentzsch At the FIRe (Future in Review) Conference in San Diego, May 19-22, panelists from Avaki, HP, and Sun were asked to detail recent milestones and progress made in the world of Grid Computing, as well as discuss the many challenges that lie ahead over the next five years. [ ] 101508) NSF REPORT ON CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE AND GRIDS This is the final report of a Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure, a panel of experts formed and charged by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to evaluate current major investments in cyberinfrastructure and its use. [ ] 101509) CAN GRID COMPUTING BOOST YOUR ROI? TAKE THIS TEST! Calculating the prospective ROI for utilizing a pay-as-you-go network can be complex and challenging. [ ] 101510) GRID TECHNOLOGY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST SARS By Mike Gannis, SDSC Senior Science Writer When the medical staffs of several key hospitals in Taiwan were quarantined by the SARS epidemic, threatening to make a critical situation even worse, computer scientists there, in the U.S., and throughout the Asia Pacific Rim turned to Grid computing technology. [ ] 101511) SMART NEIGHBORHOODS -- NEXT STEP IN GRID SERVICES? PART II By K.S.Venkatram, University Of Poona Engineer This article is the second in a series about "Defining a concept for a Smart Neighborhood". These articles are not a published solution. Rather, they introduce the reader to a concept for a smarter neighborhood and guide the user through a comparative analysis and extensibility of a sensor-controlled network against what is ordinarily presented in Grid computing. [ ] 740050) HP - Scaling IT for the Planet SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 101512) AXCELEON AND EGENERA FORM STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP Axceleon, a leader in computational Grid software, announced that it has joined the Egenera Assured Solution Alliances program, certifying its EnFuzion software for the Egenera BladeFrame environment through rigorous testing in Egenera labs. [ ] 101513) CHOREOLOGY SECURES $4.5M INVESTMENT BY ATLAS VENTURE Choreology Ltd, the application coordination software company, announced a $4.5 million funding agreement with Atlas Venture. This is in addition to an initial investment of $3 million by Atlas Venture, announced in July 2002, and founder and angel funding of $1 million. [ ] 101514) NEW CO LAUNCHES WITH TECHNOLOGY TARGETING GRID-BASED TEAMS The management team of e-Wings Inc announced the March 2003 launch of the company. e-Wings is developing, marketing and deploying next generation Internet-based software products and services that support distributed teams, enabling the uninterrupted pursuit of a business goal to completion. [ ] 101515) NEW P2P MANAGEMENT TECH SAVING SERVICE PROVIDERS MILLIONS Just-released customer metrics from Sandvine show that Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Policy Management is dramatically reducing the amount of expensive bandwidth consumed by file-sharing applications. APPLICATIONS [ ] 101516) SWEDEN'S SOCWARE ANNOUNCES PHOTONIC NETWORK PROJECT Sweden's Socware Design Cluster and Acreo Photonics Research announced a new photonic network test bed project that will be open to U.S. and international companies to develop and test their latest communications semiconductors, switches, and broadband management and integration applications. [ ] 101517) SUN TO IGNITE ADRENALINE RUSH IN JAVA GRID GAMING Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced plans to focus its technology and market development resources at the multi-billion dollar network Grid gaming marketplace through the creation of the Game Technologies Group, and the appointment of Chris Melissinos as Chief Gaming Officer. [ ] 740051) Sun - Grid Computing Solutions Help Meet Challenges Of Dynamic and Fast-Paced Businesses BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 101518) Foundry And Spirent Deliver Powerful Security Demonstration [ ] 101519) SecurityMetrics To Present Live Hack Demo At CSI NetSec Conf [ ] 101520) Cyber Attacks Continue According To 2003 CSI/FBI Survey [ ] 101521) Publisher To Release Ultimate Guide To OpenBSD PLATFORMS [ ] 101522) IBM Gains Server Revenue Share In Key Market Segments NETWORKING [ ] 101523) Xilinx, Samsung To Develop Metro Edge Network Solution [ ] 101524) Agere Systems And NComm Announce New WAN Solution [ ] 101525) APCON Showcases New Blades At SuperComm 2003 [ ] 101526) CacheLogic Enables ISPs With P2P Cost Control Solution [ ] 101527) Cortina Demos Its Milan IC For Routing Systems [ ] 101528) EarthStation5 Launches New File-Sharing Software [ ] 101529) Extreme Networks Builds Advanced 10-Gigabit Metro Network [ ] 101530) HyperTransport Consortium Adopts GDA Technologies Platform STORAGE [ ] 101531) Pogo Linux Delivers Industry'S 1st Linux Serial-ATA Server OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 101532) Firstlogic Announces Universal App Network Validation [ ] 101533) Code Futures Launch FireStorm DAO Code Generator For Java GENERAL [ ] 101534) Gridbus 2003 International Grid Workshop [ ] 101535) OOIS/OMMT-2003 [ ] 740052) Intel - Peer-to-Peer Computing for Bioinformatics QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 101520) "The best way for security practitioners to combat computer crime is through education." -- Simon Cooper, Director of Events, CSI 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 [ ] 740039) ClusterWorld Conference & Expo June 23 - 26, 2003 San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California, USA www.clusterworldexpo.com GRIDtoday INFORMATION ====================================================== [ ] 701) Subscriptions & Removals [ ] 702) About GRIDtoday [ ] 703) Index of Back Issues [ ] 706) FAQ / Contact Information [ ] 707) Submitting Letters and Articles [ ] 709) Advertising Opportunities _____________________________________________________________________ | | | Full background information on all sponsoring companies | | Firms marked with an * have updated their info in the last 30 days | | | | | | [ ] 921) SGI [ ] 934) Hewlett-Packard | | [ ] 527) Intel [ ] 942) Sun Microsystems | | [ ] 909) Fujitsu [ ] 943) Linux Networx | | | | | | | | For sponsorship information contact: Gridads@Gridtoday.com | |_____________________________________________________________________| GRIDtoday welcomes bylined comments for publication. 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