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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! IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 102806) SUN GRIDS POWER DIGITAL CAMPUSES WORLDWIDE [ ] 102800) NETWORK ASSOCIATES, IBM TO DELIVER ON-DEMAND COMPUTING [ ] 102808) $2 Million NSF Grant Funds Grid Security Research [ ] 740085) GRID Today 2004 WHO'S INTEGRATING THEIR CLUSTERS INTO A PRODUCTION GRID AND WHY? SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 102795) 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. [ ] 102796) DEFINING A CONCEPT FOR EXTENDING NETWORK SYSTEMS, SERVICES By K.S. Venkatram This article continuation does not discuss a skeleton implementation for enabling file systems across various mappings and connection points, but proposes to proceed with the Policy Manager specification that extends effectiveness in working with remote services and systems. [ ] 740087 ) Sun Microsystems Boost Resource Utilization Fuel Productivity Gain Competitive Advantage SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 102797) TECH LEADERS TO SHAPE FUTURE OF ENTERPRISE DATA INTEGRATION Avaki Corp has established a strategic Board of Advisors, comprising of technology industry leaders and customers, to provide the company with direct feedback and validation of market requirements, product plans and strategic direction. [ ] 102798) DataSynapse SUPPORTS IBM OPAL INITIATIVE As a participant in OPAL, DataSynapse will create and publish workflows that address the virtualization and execution of application services across the network, while enabling organizations to leverage additional resources when needed to meet quality service needs. [ ] 102799) MICROSOFT, iWay ALLIANCE PRODUCES NATIVE .NET ADAPTER SUITE iWay Software, an Information Builders company that accelerates business integration and the world's leading adapter vendor, continues to expand its support of Microsoft Corp's integration initiatives by providing a custom line of adapters for BizTalk Server 2004. [ ] 102800) NETWORK ASSOCIATES, IBM TO DELIVER ON-DEMAND COMPUTING As part of IBM's Orchestration and Provisioning Automation Library (OPAL), the Network Associates McAfee intrusion prevention technology will integrate with IBM's Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator to allow users to automate the provisioning of McAfee security functionality. [ ] 102801) USENIX ASSOCIATION REFUTES SCO'S CLAIMS ON LINUX Marshall Kirk McKusick, president of the USENIX Board of Directors, addresses the benefits of open source software, as well as legal issues surrounding intellectual property laws. [ ] 740084 ) HP Collaborates with University at Buffalo To Advance Computational Research SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 102802) ACXIOM PIONEERS GRID-BASED COMPUTING FOR BI Acxiom's Customer Information Infrastructure (CII), a Grid-based solution architecture, redefines how data is managed, enabling data analysis, modeling and applications at previously unachievable speed -- and with a lowered cost. [ ] 102803) CALLIDUS SOFTWARE UNVEILS TrueComp 4.1 SOLUTION The new TrueComp version features a re-designed user interface for increased productivity, new change management capabilities and complete Web architecture for lower total cost of ownership. The software has been extensively tested and proven in the field. [ ] 102804) PLUMTREE GOES LIVE WITH CORIO Plumtree has chosen Corio Applications on Demand, a "pay-as-you-go" utility computing service, to deliver high reliability and superior economics for its enterprise CRM system. [ ] 102805) SOFTRICITY COMPLETES WESTERN EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL Softricity announced that, just seven months after setting up its EMEA Headquarters in the Netherlands, it completed the Western European Distribution Channel to respond to increasing interest in SoftGrid, the company's award-winning application virtualization platform. [ ] 102806) SUN GRIDS POWER DIGITAL CAMPUSES WORLDWIDE From Delaware Biotechnology Institute at the University of Delaware to the National Central University in Taiwan, academia is turning to Sun's N1 Grid computing solutions to power its computing infrastructure and advance the academic research environment. BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 102807) Caveo Chooses Tarantella, Sun To Deliver SSL VPN Appliance [ ] 102808) $2 Million NSF Grant Funds Grid Security Research [ ] 102809) New Product Protects Against Unremediated Vulnerabilities [ ] 102810) MCI Initiates First Denial Of Service Performance Guarantee [ ] 102811) Resilience DX4500 VPN/Firewall App Dramatically Lowers TCO PLATFORMS [ ] 102812) Intel Produces More Muscular Xeon MP [ ] 102813) NCS Unveils New Appliance Platforms NETWORKING [ ] 102814) Utility To Offer High-Speed Internet Over Power Lines [ ] 102815) New Vendors Eyeing Cisco's Margin-Rich Router Business [ ] 102816) Foundry To Provide Infrastructure For UIUC Research Center [ ] 102817) FASTPATH Enables Deployment Of Intelligent Apps Network Edge [ ] 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 [ ] 102818) Oracle Database 10g On Linux Sets World Record [ ] 102819) Rainfinity GridSwitch Extends Transparent Data Movement OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 102820) Curl Corp Experiences Significant Growth In Asia [ ] 102821) Open Source Ushers In New Era In Indian Computing [ ] 102822) Model-Driven Architecture Approach Increases Productivity [ ] 102823) REAL Software Enters Linux Development Tools Market GENERAL [ ] 102824) Clickshare Joins Distributed Computing Industry Association [ ] 102825) Stemming 'Brain Drain' In Southeastern Europe [ ] 102826) IBM Japan To Distribute ClearCube Solution In Japan [ ] 102827) Usage-Based Pricing Revolutionizing Software Costs QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 102806) "Out of 180 companies polled by our research firm, about a quarter of the respondents said they expect Grid technology to be either extremely important or very important to their IT infrastructure during the next few years." -- Mary Turner, Summit Strategies JOB BANK =================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 710) Bycast Inc, Cardiff University, CCLRC e-Science Centre, General Electric, HP, Indiana University, Institute for Scientific Research, MCNC, The Ohio State University, NEC Europe, Osaka University, Platform (2), Swiss Centre for Scientific Computing, United Devices (3), University of Nebraska, University of West England, Whitestein Technologies [ ] 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. 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