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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: [ ] 103938) GGF12: THE LINESCH REIGN BEGINS [ ] 103942) MCNC TO PROVIDE YEAR OF FREE GRID SERVICES TO NEW BUSINESSES [ ] 103941) NSF AWARDS $4M FOR OCEAN OBSERVATORIES GRID [ ] 740118) Multiprocessors, Clusters, Grids and Parallel Computing: What's the Difference? SPECIAL SECTION: GGF12 IN REVIEW ============================================= [ ] 103938) GGF12: THE LINESCH REIGN BEGINS By J.S. Hurley, Editor-at-Large GRIDtoday Editor-at-Large J.S. Hurley, senior manager of distributed systems integration at Boeing, gives his views on the recent GGF12 conference, specifically the new relationship between the GGF and the EGA, and the official inauguration of Mark Linesch as GGF chair. [ ] 103939) GGF12 MARKS SHIFT TOWARD ENTERPRISE GRIDS By Alan J. Weissberger, Contributing Editor Alan J. Weissberger, technical director of Data Communications Technology, gives a detailed summary of the GGF12 conference, including his opinions on some of the major news to come out of it. Weissberger attends many Grid and Web services events, and his reports will appear in GRIDtoday after each one. [ ] 103940) TELECOM ADDRESSED IN NUMEROUS GGF12 SESSIONS By Alan J. Weissberger, Contributing Editor Alan J. Weissberger gives his report on the Telecom Industry Panel and other GGF12 happenings of interest to the telecommunications sector. [ ] 740104 ) Extreme Performance: Get the new Sun Fire V20z server with AMD Opteron SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 103941) NSF AWARDS $4M FOR OCEAN OBSERVATORIES GRID The infrastructure will be a prototype for the use and automation of undersea sensor networks -- both delivery of data from sensors and the control of sensors and networks from land -- and will assist in designing sensor networks for conducting research in other remote and hostile environments. [ ] 103942) MCNC TO PROVIDE YEAR OF FREE GRID SERVICES TO NEW BUSINESSES The Start-Up Grid pilot program at Centennial Campus is being designed to provide a novel set of resources to help fledgling companies grow, creating new companies and jobs throughout North Carolina. The program will leverage the state's existing resources in a new, collaborative and focused effort to spur economic development. [ ] 103943) SUN MICROSYSTEMS, TACC ADD SUPERCOMPUTER TO TeraGrid Maverick, a new UltraSPARC-based supercomputer with 3-D visualization capability would go live on the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid to provide compute power, storage resources and visualization to researchers, scientists and engineers across the country. [ ] 103944) BUILDING BRIDGES By Kathleen Ricker, NCSA Science Writer Now officially online, the NEESgrid brings together widespread earthquake engineering research sites -- and two very different research communities. [ ] 103945) NSF FUNDS HANDFUL OF GRID PROJECTS AT UC-SAN DIEGO Scientists and engineers will use the funds to develop technologies to connect land-based researchers to ocean sensors off the west coast of North America; to get early earthquake warnings from remote areas via high-speed wireless networks; to protect the Internet's Domain Name System; and to improve the effectiveness of image-guided neurosurgery; and more. [ ] 740115 ) Who's Boosting Opteron Performance at AMD, IBM and Sun? That would be us. Who's Ready for a FREE Trial? That would be you. Try our PathScale EKO Compiler FREE for 30 days. SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 103946) DEMANDWARE DELIVERS ADVANCED E-COMMERCE PLATFORM ON DEMAND The Demandware e-commerce platform leverages state-of-the-art e-commerce software, Web services and a highly scalable Grid computing architecture to provide functionality, flexibility and scalability through an on demand service. [ ] 103947) FedEx SELECTS OPSWARE TO AUTOMATE GLOBAL DATA CENTER OPERATIONS FedEx will use the Opsware System to establish a consistent baseline across their server and application infrastructure, an important foundation for realizing speed and future utility computing initiatives. [ ] 103948) IBM MAXIMIZES AUTONOMIC CAPABILITIES OF BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS IBM introduced new Tivoli software designed to help give customers a more complete map of Web-based transactions while identifying transaction failures and inefficiencies. These capabilities represent a major advancement in the development of "self-healing" autonomic computing systems. [ ] 103949) ACXIOM CHOOSES JBoss TO SUPPORT GRID INFRASTRUCTURE JBoss Inc announced that Acxiom Corp has implemented the JBoss Application Server within its Grid computing infrastructure to help support the interactive, real-time processing capabilities of its customer data management solutions. [ ] 103950) INSURANCE COMPANY SELECTS WEBIFY SOA APPLICATIONS Fireman's Fund selected Webify Solutions and IBM to improve agencies' ease of doing business with FFIC, leverage ACORD specifications, and drive down operational costs through straight-through processing. [ ] 740117 ) HP -- Taking Distributed Computing To The Next Level APPLICATIONS =============================================================== [ ] 103951) CHORDIANT GRID ENABLES BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS The combination of Chordiant's BPMS and Grid dramatically improves the analytic performance (e.g. real-time offers and autonomic business process management) by using Grid computing to consume unused computing cycles throughout the enterprise. [ ] 103952) CALLIDUS SOFTWARE, ACTUATE RENEW STRATEGIC OEM AGREEMENT Building on a six-year track record of success, this partnership provides Callidus customers with advanced reporting and analysis tools and a broader set of configuration and scalability options to improve visibility into sales performance. [ ] 103953) CORIO ANNOUNCES APPLICATIONS ON DEMAND 2005 Applications on Demand 2005 is a new and improved release of Corio's operational platform designed to reduce the cost and complexity of enterprise systems and comply with new control objectives dictated by Sarbanes-Oxley. [ ] 103954) IBM EXPANDS EFFORTS TO HELP ISVs DELIVER SOFTWARE ON DEMAND IBM has expanded the enablement resources available to ISVs during the transformational phase of the program. Participants will now complete a host of new e-Architect workshops and training sessions on new and developing technologies, such as Grid computing and Web Services. [ ] 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 BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 103955) IBM Broadens Identity Management Portfolio [ ] 103956) Netcontinuum Advances Trend Toward Integrated Security [ ] 103957) Netilla Security Platform SSL VPN Features Security Safeguards [ ] 103958) NetScout Addresses Application Blind Spots [ ] 103959) Oblix Receives Certification For Gov't Federated ID Initiative [ ] 103960) Research And Markets: Addresses ID Management In New Report PLATFORMS [ ] 103961) Sun Drives Multithreaded Processor Innovation W/ UltraSPARC IV+ [ ] 103962) Aurema To Provide ARMTech Workload Mgmt Solutions W/ HP [ ] 103963) Broadcom Announces Gigahertz Quad-Core Broadband Processor [ ] 103964) Intel Intros Suite Of Tools, Expertise To Help W/ 64-Bit Code [ ] 103965) Mountain View Data Releases PowerCockpit 2.1 For 64-Bit AMD [ ] 103966) Oracle 10g On HP Integrity Server Running Linux Sets Record [ ] 103967) Aurema Announces ARMTech For VMware NETWORKING [ ] 103968) Sprint, SUNET Set Internet Data Speed Record [ ] 103969) NetLogic NL5000 Deployed In Force10 TeraScale E-Series [ ] 103970) Foundry Delivers Full Layer 3 Upgrade For 10 GbE Switches [ ] 103971) Level 3 Expands Network In Europe [ ] 103972) Next Gen Networks To Address Major Enterprise Network Issues STORAGE [ ] 103973) Sun Simplifies Aligns With Industry Software Vendors [ ] 103974) Asigra Signs Europe's Leading Disaster Recovery Service Provider [ ] 103975) BlueArc, Foundry To Analyze, Deliver, Store MRI Scans [ ] 103976) Oil/Gas Company Creates Virtual Data Center With EqualLogic [ ] 103977) Exastore Becoming Standard For Premedia/Publishing Industry OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 103978) Sun Ships New Version Of Java Platform [ ] 103979) Forum, AmberPoint To Advance SOA Lifecycle Management [ ] 103980) FusionWare Launches Global Partner Program [ ] 103981) Grand Central Communications Unveils New Developer Program [ ] 103982) iWay Universal Adapter Framework Supports V. 1.5 Of J2EE JCA [ ] 103983) Metatomix PLATFORM Delivers Enterprise Resource Interoperability [ ] 103984) OAGi Ships WSDL Files [ ] 103985) OSDL Names Thomas Hanrahan Head Of Linux Engineering [ ] 103986) Red Hat To Acquire Netscape Enterprise Solutions [ ] 103987) SAP Extends Master Data Mgmt Capabilities Of SAP NetWeaver [ ] 103988) SteelEye Technology Releases LifeKeeper For LAMP GENERAL [ ] 103989) Altair Engineering Secures $30M In Capital [ ] 103990) Utility Computing Among Trends To Affect SMBs In 2005 [ ] 103991) Luminaries To Discuss Tech Mgmt Trends At Motive User Conference GRIDtoday PHOTO GALLERY Visit the Photo Gallery to see Images from this year's Pacific Rim Application and Grid Middleware Assembly (PRAGMA) September 15-17, 2004 http://www.gridtoday.com/gallery/index.html QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 103944) "We are well on the way to enabling cooperative, big science, by getting the sites to work together and by developing a standard way to access NEESgrid services across many heterogeneous systems." -- Sridhar Gullapalli, USC Information Sciences Institute JOB BANK =================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 710) Akamai, Cranfield University, D.E. 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