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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740083 ) Sun Microsystems More Horsepower to Solve Today's Most Critical Business Problems IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 102668) SPECIFICATIONS TO UNIFY GRID, WEB SERVICES [ ] 102662) CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE TO REVOLUTIONIZE SCIENCE [ ] 102674) FERMILAB EXPERTS HELP BRING GRID TO CLASSROOMS [ ] 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 =========================================================== [ ] 102662) CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE TO REVOLUTIONIZE SCIENCE The convergence of information and communication technologies into a national "cyberinfrastructure" is poised to revolutionize the environmental sciences and many other disciplines in the coming years, according to researchers presenting at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle. [ ] 102663) FLOW-BASED ROUTING BREAKTHROUGH DEMONSTRATED NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, in collaboration with the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) and the University of Tokyo, demonstrated innovative new IP network congestion control capabilities based on the latest generation flow-based routing technology. [ ] 102664) ENOUGH TALK: TECHNOLOGY DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEATHER By Alan Ganek, Vice President Of Autonomic Computing, IBM A revolutionary new weather-forecasting system being developed by a group of universities will be able to give more precise and timely alerts of life-threatening meteorological events than ever before. [ ] 102665) THIS WEEK'S BRIEF ANALYSES OF RECENT GRIDtoday NEWS ITEMS By Rolf McClellan Following are brief evaluations of recent news stories from GRIDtoday. Rolf McClellan has nearly 20 years of experience in the network and computer industry. [ ] 102666) SALESFORCE.COM SUCCESS SPARKS DEBATE OVER SOFTWARE RENTING Salesforce.com is garnering attention because they offer "software as a service" or "computing on demand," which is a highly controversial issue. The idea involves businesses renting software, and accessing it through commercial companies' Web sites for a fee. [ ] 102667) USC RECEIVES $75,000 GRANT FOR ACCESS GRID VISUALIZATION WALL The data visualization wall, also known as an access Grid, consists of a collection of technologies designed to share complex information in visual, aural and written formats. [ ] 102668) SPECIFICATIONS TO UNIFY GRID, WEB SERVICES The new specification include WS-Notification, The Web Services Resource Framework, WS-Resource Properties and WS-Resource Lifetime. [ ] 740078 ) Intel - Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network of Grid Computing Power SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 102669) AKAMAI ELECTS C. KIM GOODWIN TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS With over 17 years experience in investment and financial services, Goodwin's career includes senior executive positions at American Century Investments, Putnam Investments, Prudential Investments and Mellon Bank. [ ] 102670) HP DELIVERS NEW STANDARDIZATION OFFERINGS FOR ENTERPRISES The offerings enable companies to better leverage standardization -- through industry-standard architectures, reusable components and consistent implementation -- to reduce costs and simplify change. [ ] 102671) ORACLE EYES MICROSOFT WITH 10g DATABASE PRICE DROP The Standard Edition One of Oracle Database 10g has been lowered by $1,000, to $4,995 per processor and the maximum server capacity has been extended to two processors. It also is available for licensing at $149 per user, down from $195, with a minimum of five users. [ ] 102672) ADOPTION OF WEB SERVICES, DEMAND FOR SOA INCREASING Westbridge Technology released the results of a comprehensive Web Services usage survey indicating a strong demand among enterprises for solutions that feature integrated Web Services management and security functionality. [ ] 740082 ) HP Collaboration and Competency Network Advanced Technologies to Simplify The Complexity of Grid Solutions SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 102673) CALLIDUS, ENSPIRE LEARNING DELIVER TRAINING FOR EIM CUSTOMERS Callidus Software Inc and Enspire Learning announced a partnership to develop online training modules for Callidus' TrueComp application. The online training uses case studies and interactivity to address the complex training needs of Callidus' growing customer base. [ ] 102674) FERMILAB EXPERTS HELP BRING GRID TO CLASSROOMS During the workshop, teachers of introductory physics discussed how Grid tools and techniques could meet the instructional needs of their classrooms. *** OPINIONATED *** ABOUT GRID COMPUTING? GRIDtoday WANTS TO PUBLISH YOUR VIEWS! We are actively seeking quality features, opinion pieces, commentaries, analyses, and technical expositions from informed readers. If you have written material you believe might be suitable for publication in GRIDtoday, forward it in plain ASCII to alan@tgc.com. All submissions will be acknowledged; suitable pieces will receive full feature status in GRIDtoday. Don't wait; your perspectives could soon shake the world of Grid technology! BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 102675) NetScreen Sets SSL VPN Industry Benchmark With Secure Access [ ] 102676) New Sun Security Solutions Protect Against Cyber Threats PLATFORMS [ ] 102677) Rackable Systems Achieves 100 percent Growth [ ] 102678) Sun Microsystems Rolls Out New Servers, Software NETWORKING [ ] 102679) E2O Transceivers With SFP Support Gigabit Ethernet At 120km [ ] 102680) Florida A&M Chooses Foundry To Upgrade Network Performance [ ] 102681) 2004 To Be Key Year For GigE [ ] 102682) Ixia Dual-PHY Capability Of Optixia Platform [ ] 102683) Mellanox Delivers Third Gen. InfiniBand HCA With PCI Express [ ] 102684) Network Processing Forum Gains Three New Members [ ] 102685) NTL To Link UK And Ireland Education IT Systems [ ] 102686) Packeteer Helps Financial Group Save More Than $500,000/Year [ ] 102687) Qwest Wins Multi-Million Dollar NASA Networking Deal [ ] 102688) VIA NET.WORKS Wins Key Customers For New Managed VPN Services [ ] 102689) Optillion Announces Hot Swappable 10Gb/s Ethernet Transceiver STORAGE [ ] 102690) 3PAR Secures $32 Million In Financing OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 102691) Attunity CDC Provides Right-Time Data Access, Movement [ ] 102692) Compuware Releases OptimalJ 3.1 [ ] 102693) Index Grid Services Using Globus Toolkit 3.0 [ ] 102694) Free OpenHSF SDK Posted On openhsf.org [ ] 102695) OSDL Releases Position Paper On SCO Lawsuit With Novell [ ] 102696) Network Inference Backs W3C OWL Specification [ ] 102697) Article Describes How To Create Grid Counter Service Portlet [ ] 102698) SDSC Enhances Rocks Cluster Management Toolkit [ ] 102699) Segue Introduces SilkPerformer Component Test Edition [ ] 102700) Sun Announces Sizzling Beta Version Of New Java Platform [ ] 102701) WRQ Verastream 5.5 Accelerates IT Initiatives GENERAL [ ] 102702) Blazent Joins DCML Organization [ ] 102703) Egenera Names Robert M. Dutkowsky Chairman, President, CEO [ ] 102704) Evans Study: New Technologies Gaining Favor In North America [ ] 102705) TIBCO, Intel Working Together To Speed Integration QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 102662) "Cyberinfrastructure is empowering a new generation of environmental researchers in their quest to unravel how the world around us works." -- Margaret Leinen, Head of Geosciences Directorate, NSF JOB BANK =================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 710) Cardiff University, CCLRC e-Science Centre, First Option, General Electric, HP, Indiana University (2), Institute for Scientific Research, MCNC, *The Ohio State University, Osaka UNiversity, Platform (2), Swiss Centre for Scientific Computing, United Devices (3), University of Southern California (2), University of West England [ ] 711) Job Bank Rates and Regulations CONFERENCE CALENDAR ======================================================== GRIDtoday is proud to be affiliated with the following organizations: The Globus Project Developing Fundamental Technologies for Computational Grids http://www.globus.org Global Grid Forum Leading the global standardization effort for Grid computing www.ggf.org [ ] 700) Conferences & Seminars 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 | | | | | | | | For sponsorship information contact: Gridads@Gridtoday.com | |_____________________________________________________________________| GRIDtoday welcomes bylined comments for publication. LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] 102626) THE POSSIBILITIES OF 'WEB SERVICES' [ ] 102625) FIRST PHASE OF TeraGrid GOES INTO PRODUCTION [ ] 102621) NEW RECORD SET IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING [ ] 102630) IBM OFFERS SPECIALIZED GRIDS TO FIVE KEY INDUSTRIES [ ] 102624) VENDORS SCRAMBLE TO IMPLEMENT SOA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. RETRIEVAL EXAMPLE, METHOD (1): To: Gridmore@Gridtoday.com Subject: 100001 100005 100009 For help, send an email message to Gridhelp@Gridtoday.com and state problem. 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