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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: [ ] 103356) GRID TOP DOGS ON GGF11, COOPERATION WITH EGA [ ] 103362) TOPSPIN, PLATFORM TO GRID-ENABLE CAPITAL MKTS, RISK MGMT APPS [ ] 103365) GRID SPEEDS COMPUTATION ON MATLAB MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE [ ] 740103 ) Managing Complexity: Distributed Systems Management at Intel SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 103356) GRID TOP DOGS ON GGF11, COOPERATION WITH EGA By Tom Tabor, Publisher Global Grid Forum executives Charlie Catlett, Steve Crumb and Walter Stewart talked with Tom Tabor, GRIDtoday's publisher, about, among other issues: the success of GGF11; cooperation between GGF and the EGA; Catlett's new role within the organizations; and what we can expect at GGF12 in Brussels. [ ] 103357) PLATFORM, MACROVISION TO DELIVER ENHANCED GRID CAPABILITIES The integration between Platform Computing and Macrovision will be incorporated into future versions of the new product suite through FLEXnet Connector, the standards-based interface used by partners to integrate to the FLEXnet universal licensing platform. [ ] 103358) SC GLOBAL TECHNICAL PREPARATIONS BEGIN AT ACCESS GRID RETREAT It's time to start planning your participation in SC Global 2004, the Access Grid-enabled component of SC2004. SC Global offers a chance for people to participate in SC2004 without leaving home and to contribute to SC2004 from a remote location. [ ] 740104 ) Extreme Performance: Get the new Sun Fire V20z server with AMD Opteron SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 103359) HALLIBURTON EMPLOYS GRID TO OPTIMIZE MIDDLE EAST OIL MANAGEMENT Landmark Graphics Corp, a wholly-owned business unit of Halliburton, announced it has opened an Asset Management Center in Abu Dhabi at the Center of Excellence for Applied Research and Training to enable production optimization initiatives for the Middle East region. [ ] 103360) NEW PLATFORM GRID SOLUTION TARGETS ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Using the best-in-class Platform LSF Electronics Edition, enterprises in the competitive Electronics marketplace are able to improve resource utilization and system manageability enabling them to achieve faster, more accurate chip designs with higher Quality of Results (QoR). [ ] 103361) ENIGMATEC, SONIC TO DELIVER ESB ON DEMAND FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES The partnership combines the distributed services architecture of Sonic ESB (enterprise service bus) with automated policy-based management provided by the Enigmatec Execution Management System (EMS). [ ] 103362) TOPSPIN, PLATFORM TO GRID-ENABLE CAPITAL MKTS, RISK MGMT APPS The jointly certified solution allows Platform customers and partners to implement Grid solutions that leverage the network speed of Topspin's InfiniBand-based server switch technology and accelerate trading applications that require high performance in both compute and data intensive environments. [ ] 103363) webMethods INTRODUCES ENTERPRISE SERVICES PLATFORM The webMethods Enterprise Services Platform enables customers to achieve quick quantifiable returns on their investments and extend other IT investments by linking business processes, seamlessly integrating enterprise and legacy applications and databases, and enabling enterprise-scale Web services deployment. [ ] 740106 ) HELP DEFINE THE FUTURE OF GRID Take a 5 Minute Survey and Get a Free Market Overview A $250 VALUE Summary Results Will Be Published in GRIDtoday APPLICATIONS =============================================================== [ ] 103364) AUSTRALIAN PARTNERSHIP FOR ADVANCED COMPUTING GETS $29 MILLION The funding will enable APAC and its partners to develop and install a Grid infrastructure that will allow Australian researchers to get seamless access to the computational and data resources in the National Facility as well as a new range of services to support research collaboration. [ ] 103365) GRID SPEEDS COMPUTATION ON MATLAB MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE MATLAB is a high-level technical computing language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis and access, and numerical computation. [ ] 740105 ) HP Technical Report Grid Services for Data Center Resource Reservation BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 103366) ArcSight Launches Product To Shrink Window Of Vulnerability [ ] 103367) Cisco Announces Virtualization For Catalyst 6500 [ ] 103368) Reactivity Introduces Desktop XML Firewall For WS Developers [ ] 103369) RSA Security Announces Strategic Partnership With Passlogix [ ] 103370) Plumtree, Oblix Team To Deliver Federated ID Mgmt For Portals PLATFORMS [ ] 103371) Apple Unveils New Power Mac G5 Line [ ] 103372) Ipedo Ships New Version Of XML Intelligence Platform NETWORKING [ ] 103373) CERN Selects SPECTRUM Integrity [ ] 103374) MCI Launches On-Demand Application Service [ ] 103375) 3DIcon Corp Hails Extension Of LambdaRail To Tulsa [ ] 103376) Opvista MetroVista Tops 600Km At 10G Without Dispersion STORAGE [ ] 103377) Blue Titan Intros Native SOA Data Store [ ] 103378) Grayhair Sees Big Results With 3PAR Utility Storage [ ] 103379) SAVVIS Features Virtualization, Utility Computing At SIA Conf. [ ] 103380) VERITAS Extends Linux Solutions To Itanium 2-Based Platforms OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 103381) Borland, Segue Collaborate To Optimize J2EE Performance [ ] 103382) ComponentOne Releases DevKits For Visual Studio .NET [ ] 103383) ESRI Announces ArcSDE Support For Oracle 10g [ ] 103384) NEOS 'Vgo' Brings Speed, Efficiency To Software Conversion [ ] 103385) OSDL Appoints Masanobu Hirano As Director Of Asia [ ] 103386) OSDL Appoints William Weinberg As Architecture Specialist [ ] 103387) Wily Unveils New J2EE Application Performance Services GENERAL [ ] 103388) Chorus Systems Oversubscribes 'A' Round Funding [ ] 103389) Kumar To Leave Computer Associates [ ] 103390) NetScout, Evident Deliver Solutions For Dist. Infrastructures [ ] 103391) Grid Among IDC Criteria For Successful Offshore Strategy [ ] 103392) Plumtree Hires Tony Sanders As VP Of Worldwide Channels [ ] 103393) Speedera Selects AboveNet For Co-Location In 7 Data Centers QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 103360) "Given that a key business objective behind the adoption of Grid is usually time to market, it is essential that Grid offerings pre-integrate the application licensing, delivery, reporting and management into 'turn key' business solutions." -- Nick Gall, SVP/Principal Analyst, META Group 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 ================================================= [ ] 103331) Gt'04 SPEAKERS HIT UPON BENEFITS, OBSTACLES OF GRID DEPLOYMENT [ ] 103330) ONE MAN'S VIEWS ON THE Gt'04 EXPERIENCE [ ] 103333) $9B ENGINEERING COMPANY SAVES BIG WITH UTILITY COMPUTING [ ] 103334) SUN UNVEILS SUITE OF DATA CENTER-FOCUSED N1 GRID SOLUTIONS [ ] 103335) X-FACTOR SPEEDS DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION WITH GRID TECHNOLOGY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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