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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) Solution IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 103330) ONE MAN'S VIEWS ON THE Gt'04 EXPERIENCE [ ] 103331) Gt'04 SPEAKERS HIT UPON BENEFITS, OBSTACLES OF GRID DEPLOYMENT [ ] 103334) SUN UNVEILS SUITE OF DATA CENTER-FOCUSED N1 GRID SOLUTIONS [ ] 740104 ) Extreme Performance: Get the new Sun Fire V20z server with AMD Opteron SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 103330) ONE MAN'S VIEWS ON THE Gt'04 EXPERIENCE By J.S. Hurley, Editor-at-Large John Hurley, editor-at-large for GRIDtoday and director of Grid evaluation and implementation for The Boeing Company, shares his views on Gt'04. Among the topics covered are the great dialogue between attendees and participants, and his excitement over seeing all the new faces who attended the show. [ ] 103331) Gt'04 SPEAKERS HIT UPON BENEFITS, OBSTACLES OF GRID DEPLOYMENT Speakers, from computer industry executives to end-users and industry analysts, informed attendees about pros -- faster time to market, increased ROI, competitive edge -- as well as cons -- lack of standards, security, startup costs. Here are some highlights. [ ] 740105 ) HP Technical Report Grid Services for Data Center Resource Reservation SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 103332) BEA AIMS TO IMPROVE RESPONSIVENESS FROM 'MONTHS TO MINUTES' The new technology, BEA WebLogic Server Process Edition features the industry-leading application server and critical features of WebLogic Integration Server to help companies quickly and affordably build SOAs. [ ] 103333) $9B ENGINEERING COMPANY SAVES BIG WITH UTILITY COMPUTING Fluor Corp, an $9 billion engineering and construction company based in Aliso, Viejo, Calif., has cut IT costs by $85 million over the last three years as a result of its use of utility computing. [ ] 103334) SUN UNVEILS SUITE OF DATA CENTER-FOCUSED N1 GRID SOLUTIONS These new enhancements include N1 Grid Engine 6, N1 Grid Console, N1 Grid Tool Kit, N1 Grid for SAP solutions, N1 Grid Blueprint and the availability of ready-to-deploy Grid computing solutions that leverage the Sun Fire V20z Compute Grid rack system. [ ] 740103 ) Managing Complexity: Distributed Systems Management at Intel APPLICATIONS =============================================================== [ ] 103335) X-FACTOR SPEEDS DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION WITH GRID TECHNOLOGY Adobe After Effects Professional creates motion graphics and effects for film, video, DVD and the Web, and uses the X-Factor extension to allow digital professionals to use Grid computing technology to rapidly increase the speed of preview and rendering capabilities in an easy-to-use and non-intrusive manner. [ ] 103336) CANADIAN UNIVERSITY DEPLOYS CROSS-DISCIPLINARY GRID The University of New Brunswick will use its Grid cluster to analyze text for TAPOR, run complex mechanical engineering experiments and allocate remaining resources to other projects as the need arises. BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 103337) NorVergence To Integrate Fortinet Firewalls In T-1 Fortress [ ] 103338) Network Instruments Introducess 2TB GigaStor Probe [ ] 103339) Phoenix Improves Security With cME TrustedCore Suite PLATFORMS [ ] 103340) Broadcom, AMD Develop Opteron-Based Server Chipset Solutions [ ] 103341) Fujitsu, Sun Expand Partnership To Grow Solaris Market [ ] 103342) Performance Technologies Expands Adv Managed Platform Offering [ ] 103343) Sun Sets Records With UltraSPARC IV, AMD Opteron-Based Systems NETWORKING [ ] 103344) European Weather Service Deploys Force10 E-Series [ ] 103345) Oman To Become Hub For Region's First Terabit Cable System [ ] 103346) Enterprise Router Market Up 8 percent To $1 Billion In 1Q04 STORAGE [ ] 103347) LightSand, HP Create 1,000km Synchronous Mirroring Solution OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 103348) Apache Announces Apache Geronimo As Official Project [ ] 103349) Sun Outpaces Industry In Web Services With Java WSDP [ ] 103350) Quest Software Improves J2EE, Web Developer Productivity [ ] 103351) Sun Unveils Breakthrough Dynamic File System In Solaris 10 OS GENERAL [ ] 103352) Altair Releases Spring 2004 Issue Of Concept To Reality [ ] 103353) Ipedo Continues Strong Growth in China [ ] 103354) Altair Appoints Business Development Manager For China [ ] 103355) Grid Workshop To Focus On Old Challenges, New Disciplines QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 103335) "A high-definition project that took over 33 minutes to render locally with After Effects was completed in just 1 minute, 54 seconds using a Grid of 10 computers." -- Scott Bryant, Owner/Creative Director, Steam JOB BANK =================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 710) *Altair, C&C Research Laboratories/NEC Europe Ltd, Computer Sciences Corporation, HP, Intel, Louisiana State University, Platform, Raytheon Company Army Research Laboratory, United Devices, 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. LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] 103300) GRID CREATES 'VIRTUAL' POOL OF IBM RESOURCES [ ] 103301) SUN'S HPTC MARKETING MGR DISCUSSES COMMERCIAL GRIDS [ ] 103309) GRID TECHNOLOGY WIDE-REACHING IN WORLD OF SCIENCE [ ] 103302) ANALYZING IBM'S MAINFRAME IN A CHANGING TECH CLIMATE [ ] 103306) ROBERT MARCUS NAMED DIRECTOR OF COLORADO GRID INITIATIVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. 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