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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740078 ) Intel - Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network of Grid Computing Power IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 102535) ORACLE 10g STUNS IN BETA TEST [ ] 102531) GRID, WEB SERVICES STANDARDS TO CONVERGE [ ] 102545) SOFTWARE FUTURE DEPENDS ON INDUSTRY STANDARDS [ ] 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 SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 102531) GRID, WEB SERVICES STANDARDS TO CONVERGE The new WS-Notification and WS-Resource Framework represent the first time a common, standards-based infrastructure will be available for business applications, Grid resources and systems management. [ ] 102532) INDIA PLANS GRID FACILITIES FOR BIO-INFORMATICS According to its annual plan requirements for 2004-05 submitted to the Planning Commission recently, DIT has stated that the government needs to invest for positioning India as the preferred bio-informatics destination in the world. [ ] 102533) THIS WEEK'S BRIEF ANALYSES OF RECENT GRIDtoday NEWS ITEMS By Rolf McClellan And Jim Metzler Following are brief evaluations of recent news stories from GRIDtoday by two noted IT analysts. Rolf McClellan has nearly 20 years of experience in the network and computer industry, and Jim Metzler is a principal in Ashton, Metzler & Associates, a company that focuses on leveraging technology for business success. [ ] 102534) EU STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF INTERNET PROTOCOL IPv6 FOR GRID Erkki Liikanen, a member of the European Commission responsible for enterprise and the information society, stressed the importance of Internet protocol IPv6 Jan. 16 in Brussels, Belgium. [ ] 102535) ORACLE 10g STUNS IN BETA TEST NSE.IT, the first beta-test users of Oracle 10g in India, have embarked on an extensive testing phase running since the last four months, which has delivered extremely promising results. [ ] 740081 ) The Future is Grid HP is Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into the Enterprise Market SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 102536) DataSynapse SEES THIRD YEAR OF TRIPLED REVENUE GROWTH DataSynapse Inc announced highlights of its year-to-date worldwide success, including prestigious customer wins, industry awards, new business partners and tripled revenue growth. [ ] 102537) OTTAWA FIRM OFFERS UTILITY MODEL TO SEMICONDUCTOR FIRMS GridWay Computing Corp, which calls itself Ottawa's first commercial computing utility, announced this week that it will open a data center in the capital city to provide chip designers with pay-as-you-go computing capacity. [ ] 102538) InfoVista WINS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AWARD FOR GIG-BE InfoVista has been awarded a one year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract by Juniper Networks to provide the performance management solution for edge and core IP/MPLS routers for the Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) Global Information Grid -- Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE) Program. [ ] 102539) SUN INSTITUTES HPTC ALLIANCE PARTNER PROGRAM These new industry alliances can immediately benefit many performance-hungry HPTC customers using clusters and Grids to support large-scale scientific and exploratory projects. [ ] 102540) SUN ENHANCES NETWORK SERVICES INTEGRATION INTO BLADE PLATFORM Sun Microsystems Inc announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nauticus Networks, a company whose technologies provide a high-performance content-switch -- including SSL, security, load-balancing and virtualization. [ ] 102541) TenFold ANNOUNCES WEB SERVICES STRATEGY Microsoft and IBM are strong proponents of Web Services and are backing their endorsement with hundreds of millions of marketing dollars to establish Web Services as a new industry standard. [ ] 102542) VERITAS ANNOUNCES KEY BUILDING BLOCK FOR UTILITY COMPUTING VERITAS OpForce 3.2 software dramatically increases the utilization of existing IT environments by intelligently provisioning resources such as servers across computer networks. [ ] 740080 ) Sun Introduces Infrastructure Solution for Grid Computing SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 102543) NEW GRID DESKTOP TOOL MAKING FLOOD PREDICTION EASIER The desktop already is used to manage a new breed of distributed computing applications that the Grid infrastructure makes possible -- in biomedics, in flood prevention, in pollution forecasting and in computation-heavy physics. [ ] 102544) DataSynapse ANNOUNCES GRIDSERVER ENHANCEMENTS The new capabilities go beyond traditional compute-intense Grids to drive quantifiable benefits in application processing speed, resiliency, scalability and time-to-build and deploy. [ ] 102545) SOFTWARE FUTURE DEPENDS ON INDUSTRY STANDARDS In a recently conducted survey by IDC, 70 percent of respondents agreed that the future of software depends on standards. However, the survey also revealed that a number of concerns regarding technology standardization currently exist in the market. [ ] 102546) net Fusion PARTNERS WITH AMERICAN ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION With 17 regional U.S. councils and offices in Beijing and Brussels, Belgium, AEA offers a unique global policy grassroots capability and a wide portfolio of valuable business services and products for the high-tech industry. AEA has been the accepted voice of the U.S. technology community since 1943. [ ] 102547) SGI INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE LINUX VISUALIZATION CAPABILITIES The initiative enables developers to create new advanced visualization applications for Linux, opening new market opportunities that meet the needs of technical, large data, high-performance computing users. BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 102548) New Check Point InterSpect Safeguards Enterprises [ ] 102549) Fortinet Platform Scalable To Multi-Gb Antivirus Performance [ ] 102550) IPLocks Launches First Database Security Audit System [ ] 102551) Network Associates Launches InfiniStream Network Solution [ ] 102552) Netilla Partners With PfN To Provide PEP Solutions [ ] 102553) Novell Gives Enterprises Power to Manage User Identities PLATFORMS [ ] 102554) SGI Returns To LinuxWorld With New Altix Models [ ] 102555) Appro Unleashes 4U Quad AMD Opteron Processor-Based Servers [ ] 102556) Aspen Systems Unveils 1U Itanium 2 Server Solution [ ] 102557) MPC Ranked No. 1 For Dual Processor Performance [ ] 102558) Penguin Computing Expands Opteron Product Line [ ] 102559) PathScale Announces New Compilers For AMD Opteron Processors [ ] 102560) Motorola VMEbus Single-Board Computer Breaks 300MBps Barrier NETWORKING [ ] 102561) Alacritech Further Penetrates Asian Market [ ] 102562) AlterPoint Enhances Network Configuration Management Solution [ ] 102563) ASI SIG Releases Standards-Based Adv. Switching Specification [ ] 102564) Cisco Intros Intelligent, Scalable Metro Ethernet Solutions [ ] 102565) Packeteer Saves Victoria DSE More Than $2 Million [ ] 102566) Procera, Ezyte XML Partner For Web Services Based Switching [ ] 102567) SBE, NComm To Deliver Time-To-Market Reducing WAN Solutions [ ] 102568) Network Associates Launches Sniffer Portable Lab Series [ ] 102569) StarGen Joins ASI SIG STORAGE [ ] 102570) Linux Data Centers Choose PolyServe OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 102571) BEA Announces Expanded Linux Offerings [ ] 102572) Candle Announces PathWAI Monitor For WebSphere MQ V110 [ ] 102573) Emic Adds High Availability, Load Balancing To XServe G5 [ ] 102574) GoAhead Announces Easy-to-Implement HA Software [ ] 102575) Group 1 Software Adds Support For SUSE Linux [ ] 102576) iWay Earns 'Challenger' Ranking In META Group Evaluation [ ] 102577) ObjectWeb Consortium Welcomes MandrakeSoft as a New Member [ ] 102578) OSDL Forms Desktop Linux Working Group Initiative [ ] 102579) Red Hat Announces Open Source Assurance Program [ ] 102580) Trilog Group Introduces FlowBuilder 3.0 [ ] 102581) Newest Version Of Windows Services For UNIX Available, Free [ ] 102582) Critical Software Announces WMPI II Linux GENERAL [ ] 102583) Red Hat Executive Joins ObjectWeb Board [ ] 102584) Egenera Announces Support For SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 [ ] 102585) InfiniCon, Sun Establish Alliance To Address HPTC Market [ ] 102586) Linux Veteran Paula Hunter Joins OSDL [ ] 102587) TIBCO Co-Founder Indra Mohan Appointed New Enigmatec CEO [ ] 102588) Source Cable & Wireless selects Sandvine P2r Management [ ] 102589) webMethods Earns Industry Accolades QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 102545) "Too many companies have invested tremendous cash and resources toward not only implementing systems, but integrating and maintaining those systems for years... 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