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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740054 ) Our In-House LinuxBIOS Expertise Simplifies Cluster Management IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 102369) GRID SUPERCOMPUTER UNEARTHS LARGEST PRIME [ ] 102360) TAKING CUES FROM MOTHER NATURE TO FOIL CYBER ATTACKS [ ] 102367) SCIENTISTS SEEK TO CREATE THEIR OWN SUPERHIGHWAY [ ] 740079 ) Sun - What's driving the Grid? SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 102358) BANDWIDTH CHALLENGE TEAMS PUSH PERFORMANCE ENVELOPE AT SC2003 Once the data were moved and the performance tracked, a team representing the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Caltech and Los Alamos National Laboratory had achieved a new record from sustained throughput -- 23.21 gigabits per second, surpassing last year's record by about 5 Gbits. [ ] 102359) OMG TO STANDARDIZE ASSET ANALYSIS, DISCOVERY, MANAGEMENT Members of the Object Management Group (OMG) met in London from Nov. 17-21 at a meeting sponsored by Compuware Corp, klocwork, Thales and AMS. The gathering combined standards work, five information days and conferences, an educational series of six tutorials and vendor software demonstrations. [ ] 102360) TAKING CUES FROM MOTHER NATURE TO FOIL CYBER ATTACKS Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of New Mexico are collaborating on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported project to study "cyber diversity" for computer systems as a way to fend off malicious viruses, worms and other cyber attacks. [ ] 102361) EXPLORING COLLABORATION SCENARIOS By K.S.Venkatram This article will describe the specification that extends effectiveness in working with remote file systems. We will look at basic interfaces and platforms known to enable file systems across various mappings and connection points. [ ] 102362) GRIDS OFFER POWER, POTENTIAL SAVINGS FOR ENTERPRISES The main reasons that companies will look at Grid computing are power and cost-efficiency. Grids are capable of running large-scale applications, as well as lowering management costs. [ ] 740078 ) Intel - Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network of Grid Computing Power SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 102363) GRID2003 FEATURES UB SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER Grid2003, an enormous display of thousands of processors running numerous applications internationally, included the Center for Computational Research (CCR) as a major participant. [ ] 102364) SUN PICKS KERALA, INDIA FOR GRID LEARNING CENTER The first regional COE selected in India, IIITM-K becomes one of the four universities in the world to be recognized by Sun and the academic community as leading edge researchers in e-learning technologies. [ ] 102365) SMARTS, BladeLogic ESTABLISH GLOBAL ALLIANCE Through the agreement, which includes product integration and sales collaboration, customers can quickly implement industry-leading capabilities for efficiently managing complex and distributed application infrastructure. [ ] 102366) CUSTOMERS CHOOSE SUN FOR SCALING OUT NETWORK COMPUTER DaimlerChrysler Consult Graz; Petroleo Brasileiro, S.A. (Petrobras) and United Utilities have used customised Sun Managed Services engagements to help them achieve measured improvements in IT operations and reductions in risks, costs and complexities. [ ] 740076 ) HP Joins with BAE SYSTEMS, Others on Grid For Advanced Aerospace and Defense Design SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 102367) SCIENTISTS SEEK TO CREATE THEIR OWN SUPERHIGHWAY Many researchers and scientists, desperate to conduct serious research, are frustrated by the Internet's enormous popularity and congested traffic. They have subsequently begun to plan a new superhighway solely for themselves. [ ] 102368) PLUMTREE EXTENDS RADICAL OPENNESS W/ .NET WEB CONTROLS ADD-ON Hundreds of .NET Web Controls created by Microsoft and the .NET development community can now be used without any coding to create portlets within the Plumtree Enterprise Web Suite. [ ] 102369) GRID SUPERCOMPUTER UNEARTHS LARGEST PRIME The new largest prime number, identified by Michael Shafer, contains 6,320,430 digits, and would take someone the best part of five weeks to write out longhand. [ ] 102370) UMASS RECEIVES IBM TECHNOLOGY GRANT The University of Massachusetts-Amherst has been awarded a highly competitive IBM Shared University Research (SUR) award to study how Grid computing technology can help reduce the risk of power outages and weather emergencies, and improve homeland security. [ ] 740073 ) CALL FOR SPEAKERS GRID TODAY 2004 (Gt04) -- the first major conference and exhibition to focus on the emerging market for commercial business applications of Grid computing, has issued a Call for Speakers We are looking for high-level speakers from commercial organizations to speak on applications and implementation of Grid computing http://www.gridtoday.com BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 102371) Information Security Forum Launches Standard Of Good Practice [ ] 102372) NSF Announces $30 Million Program In "Cyber Trust" [ ] 102373) Parasoft Offers Solution For Web Services Security PLATFORMS [ ] 102374) Intel Unveils Next Generation Chip [ ] 102375) Sun Attacks Computing Cost, Complexity With New x86 Blade NETWORKING [ ] 102376) EMCORE, Mysticom Extend VSR 10GbE To 500m On Multimode Fiber [ ] 102377) Foundry Leads High Performance 10GbE Marketshare [ ] 102378) EMCORE Introduces SmartLink 10 Gbps Fiber Interconnect [ ] 102379) Leading Chinese Universities Deploy Force10 Networks E-Series [ ] 102380) Foundry Provides Network Backbone For Record HPC Demos [ ] 102381) META Group Report Covers HAN TCO Strategies, Best Practices [ ] 102382) ORNL To Design High-Speed, Experimental 'UltraNet' Network [ ] 102383) UTStarcom Introduces Multiservice Optical Products STORAGE [ ] 102384) IOGEAR Launches Small And Home Office Networking Kit [ ] 102385) NetApp Takes Scalability, Performance To New Heights OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 102386) Chasseral Deploys Real-Time System On Versant Technology [ ] 102387) Etnus CodeRoad 2.0 Seamlessly Debugs C/C++, Java Applications [ ] 102388) ILOG Launches New CPLEX 9.0 With Support For .NET [ ] 102389) OSDL Launches Linux Kernel Awareness Initiative [ ] 102390) Autonomic Computing Goes Mainstream With RTSM [ ] 102391) Sun Announces Vast Performance Improvements GENERAL [ ] 102392) Library Of Chinese Academy Of Sciences Chooses Autonomy Corp [ ] 102393) MultiGen Validates Feasibility Of Sharing Visual Databases [ ] 740069 ) CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION 4th International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid 2004: IEEE support pending final approval) 19-22 April, Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.mcs.anl.gov/ccgrid2004 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 102360) "We are looking at computers the way a physician would look at genetically-related patients, each susceptible to the same disorder. 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LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] 102339) SMARR ON LIFE, GRIDS, 'THE PERFECT STORM' [ ] 102336) IBM GPFS SCORES TOP MARKS IN BANDWIDTH CHALLENGE AT SC2003 [ ] 102343) CERN LAUNCHES FIRST PHASE OF GRID FOR LARGE HADRON COLLIDER [ ] 102335) EPSRC ACHIEVES WORLD FIRST IN GRID HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING [ ] 102337) BigBangwidth BOOSTS OptIPuter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RETRIEVING ARTICLES There are 2 ways to retrieve articles: (1) Send a blank email to Gridmore@Gridtoday.com . On subject line, type number adjacent to article, no message text is necessary. or (2) Insert an x or an X (no other characters, please) within the square brackets adjacent to article(s). Return the marked copy to the address in the Reply-To: line of the GRIDtoday Table of Contents. 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