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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! IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 102748) A LOOK AT INTEL'S GRID STRATEGY [ ] 102753) LEADING CYBER SECURITY FIRMS FORM INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION [ ] 102758) RAPID PROTOTYPES CHOOSES GATEWAY GRID FOR HIGH-SPEED SIMS [ ] 740085 ) GRIDtoday 2004 WHO'S DEPLOYING GRID COMPUTING AND HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING? Pennsylvania Convention Center May 24 - 26, 2004 www.gridtoday.com SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 102748) A LOOK AT INTEL'S GRID STRATEGY By Mike Bernhardt Gt'04 conference program director, Mike Bernhardt, caught up with Intel's director of Grid strategy and business development, Robert Fogel, to get his perspective on the growing momentum of Grid computing and to learn more about Intel's role in this exciting market segment. [ ] 102749) INTERVIEW WITH NHPCC '04 ORGANIZER JOHN MIGUEL By Mike Bernhardt Mike Bernhardt, HPCwire contributing editor and GRIDtoday editor-at-large, interviewed the NHPCC conference organizer, John Miguel, to get an advance peek at this year's conference. [ ] 102750) NEW SOLARIS 10 FEATURES IMPROVE ALL ASPECTS OF SUN OS New features include N1 Grid containers, a "predictive" self-healing framework, process rights management derived from Trusted Solaris and a bottleneck-hunting techonolgy called "dynamic trace." [ ] 102751) 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. [ ] 102752) SUN MICROSYSTEMS HELPS SET UP GRID COMPUTING LAB IN TAIWAN The center will initially be used in NCU research projects for space remote sensing, optics, environment, communication systems and nanotechnology. [ ] 740086 ) Intel Outlines Platform Innovations For More Manageable, Balanced And Secure Enterprise Computing SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 102753) LEADING CYBER SECURITY FIRMS FORM INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION The CSIA is a non-profit corporate-membership organization, whose mission is to improve cyber security through public policy initiatives, public sector partnerships, corporate outreach, academic programs, alignment behind emerging industry technology standards and public education. [ ] 102754) EGENERA ANNOUNCES TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE WITH XCEEDIUM Xceedium's flagship product, the Xio UAG Universal Access Gateway, has been tested by Egenera and validated for use with the Egenera BladeFrame system. As a result, Xceedium has earned membership in Egenera's Accelerate Alliance Program, and Egenera has joined the Xceedium Partner Program. [ ] 102755) METAVANTE SELECTS OPSWARE AUTOMATION SOFTWARE Metavante will use Opsware to automate many of the manual, time-intensive tasks associated with managing a complex, multi-data center IT environment. [ ] 102756) OPSWARE COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF TANGRAM ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS The transaction adds over 200 customers to Opsware's installed base, including over 25 percent of the Fortune 1000, including Prudential, Marriott, UBS, Molex, Unocal and the Farm Bureau. [ ] 740087 ) Sun Microsystems Boost Resource Utilization Fuel Productivity Gain Competitive Advantage SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 102757) end2end VISIBILITY 3.0 TEMPLATE EASES MONITORING CHALLENGES The new template allows enterprises to synchronize and monitor the performance of distributed business partners across the entire inbound and outbound supply networks, leading to immediate customer value from the template. [ ] 102758) RAPID PROTOTYPES CHOOSES GATEWAY GRID FOR HIGH-SPEED SIMS Rapid Prototypes is analyzing the design of backplanes for next-generation optical switching equipment -- and saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process -- thanks to its use of the Grid computing service from Gateway Inc and United Devices, leaders in secure Grid solutions. [ ] 102759) HARVARD PILGRIM, PEROT DEVELOP OPEN ARCHITECTURE SOLUTION Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc and Perot Systems Corp have developed an open architecture solution that enables health care providers to effectively exchange secure HIPAA-compliant transactions (e.g., claims, eligibility, etc.) with Harvard Pilgrim via Web services. [ ] 102760) MICROSOFT ASP.NET GAINS MOMENTUM W/ WEB DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY For developers who currently use ASP.NET or other existing Web technologies, the Resource Kit provides new controls and components, discounts on ASP.NET training, and great deals on ASP.NET Web hosting. [ ] 102761) SOFTRICITY MEETS DEMAND FOR FIRST-HAND INFO ABOUT SoftGrid The new three-day workshop meets growing demand for hands-on information about SoftGrid, the company's award-winning solution that virtualizes applications so they can be centrally deployed and managed as utility computing services. [ ] 102762) SHARCNET ACCELERATES RESEARCH RESULTS IN KEY AREAS SHARCNET (Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network) is a world-leading, multi-university, interdisciplinary institute with the ability to accelerate research results beyond what could have been comprehended only a few years ago. [ ] 102763) SUN, SupplyScape WORK TO COMBAT DRUG COUNTERFEITING Sun Microsystems Inc and SupplyScape Corp announced a Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeit RFID Package, an offering enabling companies in the pharmaceutical supply chain to combat counterfeiting and diversion while gaining efficiencies throughout the supply chain. BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 102764) Secure Elements Releases Class 5 AVR Network Security App [ ] 102765) Entrust Solution Delivers Seamless Strong Authentication [ ] 102766) Westbridge Partners With nCipher To Introduce XA2700 Appliance [ ] 102767) netForensics Solution To Provide Real-Time Incident Resolution [ ] 102768) Reconnex Combats Internal Enterprise Security Threats [ ] 102769) Sun Defines Infinite Access Security Model [ ] 102770) Webwasher Adds Control Over IM, P2P Traffic PLATFORMS [ ] 102771) Appro Announces Broad Range Of Servers Based On Intel Xeon [ ] 102772) HP, AMD Form Relationship For Server Innovation, Performance [ ] 102773) IBM Adds More Muscle To World's Most Powerful UNIX Server [ ] 102774) Motorola PowerPC Processor Delivers New Power Mgmt Features [ ] 102775) SuperMicro Releases High Performing 4U Rackmount Server NETWORKING [ ] 102776) AMD Introduces Alchemy Au1550 Processor [ ] 102777) APCON Introduces T1, E1, J1 Blade [ ] 102778) CLEVER eRoute 3.0 Gives Comprehensive Enterprise Routing Info [ ] 102779) Fujitsu Microelectronics To Highlight 10Gb Ethernet Technology [ ] 102780) Network Instruments Announces New GigaTrunk Probe [ ] 102781) MCI Announces Deployment Of Ultra-Long Haul Network Technology [ ] 102782) Procket, Others To Build Highest Performance Internet Backbone [ ] 102783) E2O, Scintera Announce Error-Free Data Transmissions At 10GbE [ ] 102784) Sun, Open Cloud Announce Final Release Of JSR 22 [ ] 102785) Entire InfiniBand Product Line Achieves IBTA Certification [ ] 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 STORAGE [ ] 102786) Raining Data Aggregates Pharmaceutical, Health care Info OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 102787) BEA Triples World Record Benchmark At Low Price/Performance [ ] 102788) HighStreet Expands Next-Generation Management Software Family [ ] 102789) KS Announces Software Change Management Support For zSeries [ ] 102790) NetPro Announces ChangeAuditor For Active Directory [ ] 102791) TACC Releases Beta Version Of GridPort 3.0 [ ] 102792) VMware Announces New Release Virtual Infrastructure Software GENERAL [ ] 102793) GBA Unveils Revolutionary Healthcare Information System [ ] 102794) Intellibank Launches On-Demand Business Collaboration Service QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 102748) "Grid is on Fortune 500 road maps because there is faith that Grid can deliver real business value, and that Grid has the potential of having the same impact that the Internet has had on their businesses." -- Robert Fogel, Dir. of Grid Strategy and Bus. 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