GRIDtoday's "Breaking News" Log onto GRIDtoday.com at the beginning and the end of your day for up to the minute news and information in the Global Grid Community. www.GRIDtoday.com \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// GRIDtoday NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY --- March 14, 2005: Vol. 4, No. 10 --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This issue will reach 42,578 readers ------- Article retrieval instructions are at the end of this file. 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: [ ] M350223 ) Why is Project MegaGrid so MegaQuiet? [ ] M349591 ) Walter Stewart on SGI's Role in Ever-Evolving World of Grid [ ] M350221 ) IBM Provides Access to Blue Gene Supercomputer On Demand [ ] A531 ) SGI's Roadmap to Gridcomputing With Walter Stewart Download RealPlayer SPECIAL FEATURES ============================================================== [ ] M350223 ) Why is Project MegaGrid so MegaQuiet? By Peter Meade** When Project MegaGrid was announced at OpenWorld late last year, it was executed with all the ingredients of an industry-shaking and -shaping blockbuster. Peter Meade seeks to find out why there hasn't been a steady stream of progress reports made on MegaGrid detailing all that has been accomplished since Michael Dell made his introductory speech that day in San Francisco? [ ] M349591 ) Walter Stewart on SGI's Role in Ever-Evolving World of Grid By Derrick Harris, Editor A lot has changed since 1997, when SGI put on the first public Grid demonstration at the Supercomputing show. Walter Stewart, SGI's business development manager for Grid, spoke with GRIDtoday editor Derrick Harris about just what has changed since then, as well about the company's tactics in the battle against increasingly large data spikes. [ ] M350215 ) New Solutions Extend SGI'S Drive to Advance Grid Computing Recent SGI product introductions mark the latest in SGI's long track record of contributions to Grid computing standards bodies and at university, government and commercial sites. [ ] M350221 ) IBM Provides Access to Blue Gene Supercomputer On Demand IBM announced the availability of its Blue Gene supercomputing system at its newest Deep Computing Capacity on Demand Center in Rochester, Minn. The new Center will allow customers and partners, for the first time ever, to remotely access the Blue Gene system through a highly secure and dedicated Virtual Private Network and pay only for the amount of capacity reserved. [ ] A515 ) HP: Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into The Enterprise Market SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ============================================================ [ ] M350180 ) EnFuzion 8.2 Enables Large Hierarchical Compute Clusters EnFuzion 8.2 provides a powerful, easy-to-use solution to manage groups of compute nodes in a hierarchy, to break the data access bottleneck and to achieve maximum system performance. EnFuzion offers users an alternative to the traditional flat cluster configuration, and it enables users to increase total system performance without making additional investment in compute resources. [ ] M348378 ) Telecommunications Industry Embraces Oracle 10g Technology Oracle announced that key telecommunications companies and communications service providers (CSPs) are deploying next generation telecommunications services on Oracle 10g software to help reduce costs, grow revenues and speed time to market for new competitive services like high-speed broadband content and 3G mobile applications. [ ] M349001 ) Attachmate Synapta Sets Stage for Enterprise SOA Success The tool set saves companies money by working within existing infrastructures and "future proofs" development efforts with compliance to open standards. Ultimately, Synapta paves the way for Attachmate's vision of a "user-organized enterprise" in which users drive the business and technology changes they need in real-time. [ ] M349004 ) Sonic Software Ships New SOA Infrastructure for the Enterprise Enhancements to Sonic ESB and the Sonic Workbench in the 6.1 release increase SOA development productivity with a new uniform service invocation model that allows services of any type, from Web services to databases, to be easily incorporated into the ESB. [ ] A442 ) Run Faster. Up to 40% Performance Gains on Opteron Clusters Decide Slowly. Try our PathScale EKO Compiler FREE for 30 days. APPLICATIONS ================================================================== [ ] M348953 ) First Industrial Application Running on EGEE Geocluster, an industry Seismic Processing Solution, is the first industrial application successfully running on the Enabling Grids for E-sciencE (EGEE) Grid Production Service, within the Expanding GEOsciences on DEmand (EGEODE) Virtual Organization (VO). [ ] M348376 ) SPSS Predictive Analytics Accelerating Cancer Research By analyzing both patient data and medical research literature with SPSS Inc. technologies, which have been Grid-enabled by United Devices, Children's Memorial Research Center has gained unique insights into tumor classification and treatment strategies. [ ] M349535 ) VIOLA Testbed Delivers Grid Apps with 10GbE-Based VPLS Riverstone Networks announced that Germany's national research and education network, Deutsches Forschungsnetz (DFN), is successfully using Riverstone 15008 Ethernet Edge Routers in the VIOLA testbed to deliver advanced, high-speed Grid applications using Ethernet-based VPLS technology. [ ] 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 [ ] M348929 ) Kenai eXamineST to Ensure WS Security for Objective Business Solutions [ ] M348927 ) Vordel Eases Concerns of SOA, Cross-Firewall XML Deployments [ ] M349538 ) Northrop Grumman to Deliver Security Training at C3 Expo Platforms [ ] M350177 ) Fujitsu Siemens Paves Way for Grid on PRIMEPOWER, Solaris [ ] M350696 ) AMD Announces Broad Support For Dual-Core Solutions Networking [ ] M349536 ) MCI Deploys 3,100 Miles of Ultra Long Haul Network Technology [ ] M348936 ) Digital Realty Trust Becomes Node on WIDE Project Network [ ] M349010 ) Version 2.0 of NLANR Network Performance Advisor Released [ ] M349011 ) OSC-Springfield Significantly Boosts Network Capabilities [ ] M350158 ) Global Crossing Ups UK Network Capacity W/ LambdaUnite [ ] M348375 ) Opsware System to Fully Automate Network Infrastructure Mgmt Storage [ ] M348930 ) NuView Enhances Grid Capabilities with Release of StorageX 5.5 [ ] M349506 ) EqualLogic Powers Europe's Largest IP SAN Operating Systems & Middleware [ ] M349534 ) WSDM Approved as OASIS Standard [ ] M348354 ) CA Automates Migration of COBOL Apps to J2EE, .NET, Web Services [ ] M349502 ) Latest Version of NetBeans IDE Draws Rave Reviews General [ ] M349009 ) Access Grid Enables Statewide Investment Forum in Illinois [ ] M350178 ) GridLogik Automates Functions on MS Excel 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 [ ] A560 ) Networld + Interop 2005 May 1 - 6, 2005 Las Vegas, NV http://www.interop.com/ [ ] 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 [ ] A382 ) Sun [ ] A381 ) HP [ ] A384 ) SGI [ ] A383 ) Intel For sponsorship information contact: Gridads@gridtoday.com ______________________________________________________________________ LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] 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 [ ] M345725 ) Eclipse Foundation Makes Available Web Services Tools [ ] M345137 ) Oracle Grid Customers Achieve 150% ROI Savings, Study Says ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RETRIEVING ARTICLES To retrieve articles: Insert an x or an X (no other characters, please) within the square brackets adjacent to article(s). 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