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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] A516 ) Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network Of Grid Computing Power - INTEL - IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] M345789 ) View from the GlobusWORLD Floor [ ] M345786 ) Carl Kesselman's Urgent Message to U.S. Globus Community [ ] M346378 ) Platform Computing Drives Grid Adoption in China [ ] A531 ) SGI's Roadmap to Gridcomputing With Walter Stewart Download RealPlayer SPECIAL FEATURES ============================================================== [ ] M345789 ) View from the GlobusWORLD Floor By Hal Hensley, Principal, Hensley & Associates, L.C. You couldn't make the GlobusWORLD conference in Boston? That's OK. Hal Hensley took notes for you. Read his report and find out why he says the Grid is growing and spreading beyond academia and laboratory into the world of commercial business. [ ] M345786 ) Carl Kesselman's Urgent Message to U.S. Globus Community Please take the time to read and act on this message: it explains that the Department of Energy Office of Science proposes to terminate its extremely successful and influential National Collaboratories program, and asks you to help by writing letters to members of congress to advocate for continued support of that work, and of DOE's Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research in general. [ ] M346378 ) Platform Computing Drives Grid Adoption in China Platform's Grid solutions have been selected by the Shanghai Supercomputer Center, recently ranked as the 17th most powerful computer system in the world, and the Chinese government's influential National High Technology Research and Development Program, known as the "863 Program," which is evaluating Grid applications for China's aerospace industry. [ ] A515 ) Robust, Industrial-Strength Toolkit Key to Enterprise Grids SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ============================================================ [ ] M345784 ) Enterprise Grid Alliance Increases Membership 20 Percent Among the new members are the UK e-Science Core Program, Unisys, Univa, Voltaire and The 451 Group. They represent a broad range of organizations committed to, and invested in, bringing Grid solutions to the enterprise. [ ] M345137 ) Oracle Grid Customers Achieve 150% ROI Savings, Study Says Oracle announced that seven customers who have adopted enterprise Grid computing infrastructures are on track to achieve an average of 150 percent return on investment (ROI) over five years, according to a third-party study. [ ] M345138 ) MarketKnowledge Platform Revolutionizes Marketing Information MarketKnowledge leverages IRI's $300 million investment in a powerful next generation Grid computing architecture to revolutionize the world of market information and deliver a completely new class of Business Performance Management (BPM) solutions. [ ] M345716 ) Fujitsu, Software AG to Deliver Joint Offering for SOA By leveraging the companies' complementary technology platforms and global R&D expertise, Fujitsu and Software AG intend to deliver a methodology with a framework and integrated metadata repository designed to speed development, improve business productivity and enable flexibility to meet changing business demands. [ ] A442 ) Run Faster. Up to 40% Performance Gains on Opteron Clusters Decide Slowly. Try our PathScale EKO Compiler FREE for 30 days. APPLICATIONS ================================================================== [ ] M347659 ) DataSynapse Wins IBM PartnerWorld Award DataSynapse's standards-based GridServer software enables the broadest set of enterprise applications to run on a shared infrastructure, unlocking performance bottlenecks across the enterprise for improved productivity and resource utilization. [ ] M347654 ) Integrated Research Unveils PROGNOSIS Version 8.0 Integrated Research has launched PROGNOSIS version 8.0, which it believes to be the most completely integrated suite of management software now available. Version 8.0 monitors, manages and maintains the reliability of today's complex and diverse computer infrastructures and applications. [ ] M347656 ) ISL Light Ready to Disclose Upgraded Features at CeBIT The new application for enterprises with an established help desk center merges the advanced features of the hosted service ISL Light mentioned above and some unique features, including a Grid feature that allows connecting the server application to a Grid of servers and distributing sessions within the Grid. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M347661 ) "Grids are in the business press. Not because they're cool technology, not because they're fun to work with, not because of open source and open standards, but because Grids are solving business problems." -- Ross Mauri General Manager, On Demand Business, IBM [ ] A506 ) 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 [ ] M347648 ) Network Security Market Up to $3.7B in 2004 [ ] M345727 ) Forum, Caymas Sign Agreement Simplifying Web Services Security [ ] M347016 ) Researchers to Address Cyber Security of Critical Infrastructures [ ] M345159 ) DataPower Joins Liberty Alliance [ ] M345713 ) CA Security Mgmt Architecture Enables Secure Transactions Platforms [ ] M347653 ) Intel Sees More Natural, Humanized Computing in Coming Decade [ ] M345148 ) Appro brings 64-bit Xeon, InfiniBand, PCI Express to XtremeBlade [ ] M345751 ) VMware Works with Intel to Optimize Virtualization [ ] M345161 ) Marathon Joins IBM Autonomic Computing Initiative [ ] M346298 ) Intel Silicon Breakthrough Speeds Responsiveness Networking [ ] M347652 ) Sun Installs First 10GbE Over Copper/UTP Cabling Solution [ ] M345162 ) NetLogic NL5000 Shipping in Extreme Networks BlackDiamond Switch [ ] M345718 ) Solid Extends Reach of Autonomic Computing Into Network [ ] M347043 ) OptIPuter Among Topics of Discussion at OFC/NFOEC 2005 Storage [ ] M345785 ) ExaGrid Systems Expands Direct, Indirect Sales Channels [ ] M347046 ) Server Blade Summit Signals Industry on the Rise Operating Systems & Middleware [ ] M345725 ) Eclipse Foundation Makes Available Web Services Tools [ ] M345729 ) JBoss Launches JBoss Open Source Federation [ ] M345158 ) Cadence Design Systems Selects Opsware for Global IT Automation [ ] M347655 ) Micro Focus Supports 64-Bit Linux on Itanium 2 Platform [ ] M347044 ) ZapThink Announces SOA Webcast 'Radio Talk Show' General [ ] M345141 ) easyMobile.com Offers Capacity to World Community Grid [ ] M347011 ) GEON Announces 3rd Annual Meeting [ ] M345157 ) Egenera Appoints Ron Frankenfield VP, GM [ ] M345156 ) Peggy Weigle Joins Sarvega as SVP, COO JOB BANK ====================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] FL365 ) Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, D.E. Shaw Group, *Imperial College, Intel Solution Services, Linux Networx, LSU, *SARA, Tabor Communications, TACC, University of Oklahoma [ ] XJOBRATES ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations CONFERENCES & EVENTS ========================================================== [ ] A521 ) USENIX's Annual Technical Conference 2005 April 10-15, 2005 Anaheim, California http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/hpc [ ] A502 ) Bio-IT World Conference & Expo May 17-19, 2005 Hynes Convention Center, Boston,MA http://www.bioitworldexpo.com [ ] A537 ) FiRe 2005 Future in Review: A Strategic News Service Conference May 23-26, 2005 San Diego, CA http://www.futureinreview.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ Full background information on all sponsoring companies Firms marked with an * have updated their info in the last 30 days [ ] A383 ) Intel [ ] A384 ) SGI [ ] A382 ) Sun [ ] A381 ) HP For sponsorship information contact: Gridads@gridtoday.com ______________________________________________________________________ LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] M342708 ) WSRF? WS-*? Where is GGF's OGSA Headed? [ ] M343938 ) The Geodise Project: Making the Grid Usable Through Matlab [ ] M343214 ) Online Tutorial Covers Collaborating over Access Grid [ ] M343948 ) Registration Open for CCGrid2005 [ ] M342636 ) IBM Delivers Unparalleled Technology to Intel-Server Segment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RETRIEVING ARTICLES To retrieve articles: 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. For help, send an email message to Gridhelp@Gridtoday.com and state problem. GRIDtoday is available on the WWW at http://Gridtoday.com/ -------- Modify your preferences or unsubscribe here: http://news.tgc.com/al.jsp?vk=IFzix6Fu&un=dolinsky@gsu.by&an=360