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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] A649 ) Making Grids Easy The Sun Grid Rack System is Ready to Deploy: * Powerful AMD x64 architecture * Runs your Solaris, Linux, and Windows applications faster! * Integrated at the factory -- just plug into your network IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] M379407 ) Globus Vet Gives the Skinny on GT4 [ ] M377625 ) Globus Consortium Launches Three New Development Projects [ ] M379008 ) Speeding Scientific Workflows: The Open-Source Kepler Project [ ] A516 ) Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network Of Grid Computing Power - INTEL - SPECIAL FEATURES ============================================================== [ ] M379407 ) Globus Vet Gives the Skinny on GT4 By Derrick Harris, Editor On the heels of the release of Globus Toolkit v. 4.0 (GT4), Steve Tuecke, Univa CEO and co-founder, and founding member of the Globus Alliance, spoke with GRIDtoday editor Derrick Harris about what makes GT4 the most complete toolkit to date -- including its support for the latest Web services standards. In regard to standards, Tuecke also discusses how the Globus community is aiding the GGF, and what's up with Microsoft. [ ] M377618 ) Globus Toolkit v. 4.0 Released GT4 is the most stable, "enterprise ready" version of the Globus Toolkit ever -- incorporating the latest Web services standards, new security and authorization features, and the collaborative efforts of a global community of open source Grid developers. [ ] M377625 ) Globus Consortium Launches Three New Development Projects The Globus Consortium announced three new enterprise-level development projects for the Globus Toolkit: Priority Bug Fixing; Web Services Execution Management; and Increased Documentation for International Development Community. [ ] A515 ) HP: Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into The Enterprise Market SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ============================================================ [ ] M377620 ) Sun Expands Grid Lineup Sun Microsystems Inc. announced momentum for its recently introduced Sun Grid utility computing offerings and new additions to its Grid computing family of products. Sun now provides customers with more options than ever before, to address their Grid computing needs. [ ] M377617 ) DataSynapse Accelerates SOA Benefits w/ GRIDesign Lifecycle GRIDesign Lifecycle is a patent-pending, best practices methodology that helps organizations identify, Grid-enable and transition into production the applications that yield the highest business benefit when incorporated in a virtual, scalable application infrastructure. [ ] M377616 ) GoldenGate Software Extends Offerings w/ Support for 10g For customers with Oracle 10g and 10g RAC database implementations, GoldenGate works with the high-throughput capabilities providing real-time, high performance Transactional Data Management between source and target databases. [ ] A506 ) Want to Know the Market Potential of Grid Computing Worldwide? Request Your Free Executive Summary http://www.insight-corp.com/survey/gridtoday.htm APPLICATIONS ================================================================== [ ] M379008 ) Speeding Scientific Workflows: The Open-Source Kepler Project By Paul Tooby, SDSC Senior Science Writer The wealth of opportunities brought on by the World Wide Web also brings a new set of challenges, and scientists can be overwhelmed by the sheer volume and variety of resources. To overcome this problem, researchers are developing a user-friendly workflow tool that can organize and automate scientific tasks, helping scientists take full advantage of today's complex software and Web services. [ ] M377624 ) NewEnergy Powers Grid Infrastructure with Sun Systems NewEnergy Associates, provides software, energy business solutions and industry expertise to more than 200 clients throughout the world. The company enables customers to meet the largest challenges in strategic and financial planning, energy market and transmission analysis, energy trading, risk management, as well as retail and wholesale energy market operations. [ ] M379010 ) Altair Releases PBS Professional 7.0 PBS Professional is a leading Grid computing tool which helps Altair's customers optimize the utilization of enterprise computing environments by intelligently aggregating and scheduling computational resources. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M379794 ) "Industry analysts put the potential size of the Grid market at anywhere between $3.5 billion and $12 billion over the next three years, and large technology vendors like IBM are reporting sales numbers that would support this level of growth. Even at a fraction of this level, we believe that there is a large market opportunity, and we are well positioned to take advantage of it." -- Steve Tuecke Co-Founder/CEO, Univa Corp. [ ] A607 ) Innovation Matters June 20-21, 2005 Sun Microsystems High Performance Computing Consortium - Europe 2005 Heidelberg, Germany http://www.sun-registration.com/hpc BREAKING NEWS ================================================================= Security [ ] M376766 ) Layer 7 Intros 64-Bit Web Services Gateway W/ ASIC Acceleration [ ] M376767 ) Reactivity Joins Liberty Alliance, Adds OTA, HR-XML Support Platforms [ ] M379011 ) EDS Delivers New Services for Agile Enterprise Platform [ ] M379081 ) Samsung SDS Selects Opsware for IT Automation Networking [ ] M376764 ) Sun Redefines Services Relationship with Sun Connection [ ] M378412 ) SeaFire Completes Grid Project, Accepts Beta Site Orders [ ] M379031 ) NIH Funds Next-Gen Biology Workbench at SDSC [ ] M377597 ) World Bank Joins Internet2 [ ] M377619 ) Foundry Sets Record with 64-Port Ethernet Switch [ ] M376779 ) CA Certifies Opsware Network Automation System Storage [ ] M379080 ) Egenera Deploys SEPATON Virtual Tape Library [ ] M379076 ) EMC, HP Settle Outstanding IP Litigation Operating Systems & Middleware [ ] M376852 ) OASIS Forms Committee to Develop SOA Reference Model [ ] M376790 ) Tarari Releases Five XML Performance Benchmarks [ ] M376761 ) LiveTime Announces High Availability for Service Desk Products General [ ] M377623 ) iGrid to Push Edge of Networking Frontier [ ] M378413 ) Grid 2005 Issues Call for Papers [ ] M378414 ) United Devices Launches HPC Seminar Series [ ] M377627 ) Grid Physicist Joins "Quantum Diaries" [ ] M377634 ) 34 Million Hours of Supercomputing Time Awarded JOB BANK ====================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] FL365 ) BlueArc, Bycast, ClearSpeed, D.E. Shaw Group, LSU, Mountain View Data, NCAR, SAIC, TACC, Texas A&M, Whitestein Technologies [ ] XJOBRATES ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations CONFERENCES & EVENTS ========================================================== [ ] A582 ) Calendar of Upcoming GRID Events (Updated 05.02.05) [ ] A560 ) Networld + Interop 2005 May 1 - 6, 2005 Las Vegas, NV http://www.interop.com/ [ ] A591 ) Forbes Seminar: The Business of Grid Computing May 5, 2005 The Harvard Club of New York, NY www.forbesconferences.com [ ] A572 ) CCGrid 2005: Cluster Computing and Grid http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/ccgrid2005/ Cardiff, UK (May 9-12, 2005) (Registration now Open) [ ] A590 ) Forbes Seminar: The Business of Grid Computing May 11, 2005 The City Club of San Francisco, CA www.forbesconferences.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/ [ ] A567 ) Security '05 14th USENIX Security Symposium August 1-5, 2005 Baltimore, Maryland http://www.usenix.org/events/sec05/ ______________________________________________________________________ Full background information on all sponsoring companies Firms marked with an * have updated their info in the last 30 days [ ] A383 ) Intel [ ] A382 ) Sun [ ] A381 ) HP For sponsorship information contact: Gridads@gridtoday.com ______________________________________________________________________ LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] M375189 ) AMD 64 Processors Deliver on Windows x64 Platform [ ] M375264 ) Gelato Brings 'Linux on Itanium' Message to GridAsia [ ] M373254 ) LHC Computing Centers Join Forces for Global Grid Challenge [ ] M373258 ) Reuters Intros Grid-Enabled Risk Management Solution [ ] M374539 ) World Community Grid Powered by 100,000 Devices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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