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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740098 ) ALTIX(TM) FAMILY OF SERVERS AND SUPERCLUSTERS SGI Combines the Industry Leading Performance Of the Intel(TM) Itanium(TM) 2 Processor With a Production-Class Linux(TM) Soltion IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 103004) FROM TESTBED TO REALITY: GRID STEPS UP [ ] 103009) INTERNET2 CAN CHANGE WAY SCIENTISTS CONDUCT RESEARCH [ ] 103014) JAPAN'S LARGEST GRID PROJECT USES LINUX NETWORX CLUSTER [ ] 740095 ) INTEGRATE, ACCELERATE, INNOVATE Sun Grid Everywhere Technologies SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 103003) DRAFT BILL SEEKS TO PUNISH FILE SHARERS The U.S. government is making a variety of efforts to deter the proliferation of peer-to-peer technology. Congress is pushing a draft bill that would lower the burden of proof regarding file sharers, making it easier for the Justice department to criminalize P2P activity. [ ] 103004) FROM TESTBED TO REALITY: GRID STEPS UP United Kingdom plans for Grid computing changed gear this week. The pioneering European DataGrid (EDG) project came to a successful conclusion at the end of March, and on April 1 a new project, known as Enabling Grids for E-Science in Europe (EGEE), begins. [ ] 103005) DAVID J. FARBER APPOINTED AS CHIEF SCIENTIST FOR NLR In this role, Farber will coordinate the overall research agenda of the organization as well as serve as a key public spokesperson for that agenda. He will report directly to NLR CEO, Tom West. [ ] 103006) GridTalk: AN AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT COHEN By Marc Strassman Robert Cohen is an economist and a fellow at the Economic Strategy Institute. He is the author of "Grid Computing: Projected Impact on North Carolina's Economy & Broadband Use through 2010," and one of the leading experts on the business aspects of Grid computing. [ ] 103007) MCNC SHOWCASES GRID INFO RETRIEVAL AT GGF MCNC globally demonstrated some of the new technology they have been developing at their Research and Development Institute recently. [ ] 103008) MyGrid: WORKING ON MySQL OF GRID COMPUTING By Kevin Ashley It's a noble and challenging pursuit of what emerged from a clean and transparent architecture. This article attempts to explain ideas and design concepts behind MyGrid, the current progress and existing functionality. [ ] 103009) INTERNET2 CAN CHANGE WAY SCIENTISTS CONDUCT RESEARCH Internet2 is a consortium of 205 universities working with industry and the government to develop and deploy an advanced Internet network that operates at 10 gigabits per second. [ ] 103010) 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. [ ] 103011) DEFINING A CONCEPT FOR EXTENDING NETWORK SYSTEMS, SERVICES By K.S. Venkatram In this article I will proceed with the mechanism of the Nth'Connection, the effectiveness in working with remote services and systems. [ ] 103012) RESEARCH REVEALS NEW TRENDS IN XML-INTENSIVE DATA CENTERS A key finding was that while significant momentum is building among a majority of the respondents to use XML-based applications, Web services and Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs), few were prepared to respond to the inevitable performance issues inherent in an XML-intensive environment. Grid Computing for Commercial Organizations - Final Days! Join: AOL - Eli Lilly - Boeing - Credit Suisse First Boston - Intel - Acxiom EDS - St. Jude's - IDC - Johnson & Johnson - Wachovia - GGF - Force 10 IBM - DataSynapse - MIT - Sun Microsystems - United Devices -VIEO ...just to name a few of the organizations whose executives will be sharing management challenges, decisions and expertise related to Grid technologies and deployment. Come to Grid Today 2004 (Gt'04), May 25 & 26, Philadelphia,PA Early registrations discounts end April 15! SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 103013) AlterPoint JOINS IBM PartnerWorld FOR DEVELOPERS PROGRAM AlterPoint Inc, a leading provider of enterprise network configuration management (NCM) solutions, announced they have joined the IBM PartnerWorld for developers program, and will integrate their DeviceAuthority Suite with IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console and IBM Tivoli NetView. [ ] 103014) JAPAN'S LARGEST GRID PROJECT USES LINUX NETWORX CLUSTER Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology has purchased and installed a 556-processor cluster system to join the AIST Supercluster. The Supercluster, an 11 tflops cluster built by AIST, integrates with one other computing system to form Japan's largest computing Grid. [ ] 103015) RAPTOR NETWORKS TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES $5.6 MILLION FINANCING The terms of the transaction include warrants that give the investors the right to purchase additional common stock which, if exercised, would increase the total value of the transaction to $26.5 million. [ ] 740096 ) HP -- Grid Computing: IT outside the box SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 103016) CALLIDUS INTRODUCES SUPPORT FOR SARBANES-OXLEY COMPLIANCE Optimized for Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, Callidus' TrueComp automates, standardizes and documents the incentive compensation management process to align sales activities and use of corporate resources with shareholder interests. [ ] 103017) NetScreen DELIVERS APP FOR SECURE ONLINE MEETINGS, P2P The NetScreen Secure Meeting appliances enable enterprises to instantly and securely provision online meetings, remote desktop support and conferencing sessions to hundreds of concurrent users per system. [ ] 103018) VMware ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASE OF DSKTP VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWARE VMware Workstation, designed for developers and system administrators, revolutionizes software development by making it possible to develop, test and deploy the most complex enterprise applications completely in virtual machines. [ ] 740097 ) Intel - Deploying Hardware and Software in a Large Enterprise BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 103019) CyberFusion Software Makes Secure Data Integration A Reality [ ] 103020) Decru Extends Storage Security With DataFort 2.0 Platform [ ] 103021) New Marking Process Traces Spammers, Pirates And Hackers [ ] 103022) Seclarity Launches, Provides Transparent Device Level Security [ ] 103023) Industry Urges Tech Security Upgrades PLATFORMS [ ] 103024) IBM Plans First Openly Customizable Microprocessor [ ] 103025) Sun, Rackable Systems Agree To Offer Solaris On X86 Servers [ ] 103026) Wal-Mart Online Store To Offer Linux PCs [ ] 103027) Wyse Blazes Thin-Client Trails With Winterm 1000 Series Upgrade NETWORKING [ ] 103028) Foundry Announces Support For WebLogic App Load Balancing [ ] 103029) Foundry Ethernet Switches To Power FlashMob Supercomputer [ ] 103030) Larscom Announces Upgrade Of Orion 7400 Product Family [ ] 103031) RouteScience Software Ensures Quality Over Hybrid Networks [ ] 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 [ ] 103032) Exanet Claims First With Scalable Grid Storage Access System [ ] 103033) New Storage Performance Records Set OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 103034) Business Objects Announces BusinessObjects Data Integrator 6.5 [ ] 103035) CoCreate To Provide 2.5M Euro Of Software To University [ ] 103036) IGEL Clever Clients Extends App Access On Citrix Metaframe [ ] 103037) Sun Delivers Next Level Of Solaris 10 OS Functionality [ ] 103038) SYSPRO Earns Microsoft .NET Connected Logo [ ] 103039) Microsoft Donates WiX To SourceForge.net GENERAL [ ] 103040) Inflow Launches New 'iServerCare' Server Management Solution [ ] 103041) Opsware Launches Asia Pacific Operations With Office In Tokyo [ ] 103042) Sun Appoints Jonathan Schwartz President, COO QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 103009) "... transporting human beings in small numbers to remote regions of the world and then taking them to the bottom of the ocean in even smaller numbers for short periods of time to explore short stretches of the seafloor is clearly not an efficient way to explore the vast regions of our planet." -- Robert Ballard, Geological Oceanographer, URI JOB BANK =================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 710) Australian National University, Bycast Inc, *Cray, *HP, Platform, Tech-X Corp, United Devices (2), University of Nebraska, 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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