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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: [ ] 103501) eBusiness HELPS DRIVE StorageTek GRID MOVE [ ] 103502) CERN OPENLAB ADDS NEW DIMENSION TO GRID COMPUTING [ ] 103504) EGA ESTABLISHES FOOTHOLD IN JAPAN WITH REGIONAL OPERATIONS [ ] 740108 ) The Italian Southern Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructures (SPACI) Selects HP for Strategic Grid Computing Implementation SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 103501) eBusiness HELPS DRIVE StorageTek GRID MOVE By Derrick Harris, Editor GRIDtoday talks with Rajkumar Buyya about how the StorageTek Fellowship of Grid Computing came to be, and how it will affect not only those involved, but the Australian Grid community as a whole. Also present are comments from Charles Milligan, a StorageTek Fellow, on why Buyya was the right choice. [ ] 103502) CERN OPENLAB ADDS NEW DIMENSION TO GRID COMPUTING The CERN openlab for DataGrid applications, a partnership between CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research and five leading IT companies has announced a series of server and storage technical results regarding the first global science Grid ?- the Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid project. Grid Today 2004 PHOTO GALLERY Visit the Photo Gallery to see candid images of the VIP Summit, the conference, tradeshow floor and, the Sun and Intel receptions! http://www.gridtoday.com/gallery/index.html SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 103503) ANEXINET EXTENDS SOA SOLUTIONS IN NEW YORK CITY MARKET Anexinet will offer its differentiated service-oriented architecture solutions to its New York customers -- with the goals of saving time and money, leveraging existing and future IT assets, and providing access to information while eliminating unnecessary complexity. [ ] 103504) EGA ESTABLISHES FOOTHOLD IN JAPAN WITH REGIONAL OPERATIONS The move into Japan marks a significant milestone set by the EGA at its inception to address Grid issues in areas such as Asia Pacific, EMEA and the Americas. The committee's charter is to support regional activities including membership promotion and standards adoption. [ ] 103505) ENGINEOUS EXTENDS GRID CAPABILITIES WITH FIPER 1.5 FIPER is an enterprise solution that provides an infrastructure for real-time engineering design collaboration. FIPER 1.5 features an interface to LSF from Platform Computing to extend distributed computing capabilities. [ ] 740109 ) Intel Peer-to-Peer Computing in the Enterprise: Implications for IT and Business Decision Makers APPLICATIONS =============================================================== [ ] 103506) AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY FUNDS HOWARD U. HPC/GRID CENTER The winning proposal, titled "A Study Of Inverse Methods For Processing Of Radar Data," will investigate applications of algorithms typically used for geophysical problems such as oil exploration to the reduction of "clutter" in radar imaging. [ ] 103507) BOISE STATE BENEFITS FROM NEWLY-DEPLOYED CAMPUS GRID The Condor Grid currently consists of almost 100 computers, with more to come, and is being used to perform data-intensive work in varying fields. The Grid was the brainchild of BSU professor Elisa Barney Smith, with help coming from Micron Technology. [ ] 103508) NEC DEPLOYS GRID SIMULATION SERVICES FOR CLINICAL USE Doctors and other medical practitioners will be able to perform treatment simulations with the new Grid-enabled Medical Simulation services (GEMSS) project, one of Europe's first dedicated strictly for clinical use. [ ] 740104 ) Extreme Performance: Get the new Sun Fire V20z server with AMD Opteron BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 103509) Insession Provides Nationwide With Web Services, Security Tools [ ] 103510) ThreatSentry Software Verified For Windows Server 2003 PLATFORMS [ ] 103511) SWsoft Announces Public Availability Of Plesk Expand NETWORKING [ ] 103512) Big Bear Solves Optical Impairment With EDC-Based Solutions [ ] 103513) Coyote Point Launches Enterprise-Class Equalizer Extreme [ ] 103514) State Of Florida Deploys Intelligent Highway System [ ] 103515) Opal-RT Launches OP5000 For RT-LAB Engineering Simulators STORAGE [ ] 103516) NSI Expands Product Family With GeoCluster Plus [ ] 103517) Solid Announces New Release Of Flagship Autonomic Platform OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 103518) Aduva Joins Open Source Development Labs [ ] 103519) Arjuna Releases Arjuna+JBoss 1.1 For Business-Critical Apps [ ] 103520) Middleware Partnership Looks To Strengthen ID Mgmt On Campuses [ ] 103521) NZX First In New Zealand To Float On Oracle Database 10g [ ] 103522) The Open Group Announces Release Of IT-API GENERAL [ ] 103523) ANSYS Announces Partnership With NSF Center For e-Design [ ] 103524) Grid Software Provider DataSynapse Among Top Private Companies [ ] 103525) Advantage Capital Partners Invests In GridApp Systems [ ] 103526) SDSC To Host Cyberinfrastructure Institute For Geoscientists [ ] 103527) Topspin Selected For List Of Top 100 Private Companies [ ] 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 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 103504) "The launch of the Japan Regional Steering Committee brings the EGA one step closer to its goal of making Grid computing ubiquitous throughout the world." -- Donald Deutsch, President, Enterprise Grid Alliance JOB BANK =================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 710) Altair, Center for Advanced Computing Research, Fujitsu Laboratories, HP, Innovative Computing Laboratory, Intel, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Platform, United Devices, 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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