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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: [ ] M382398 ) Grid Licensing: Life in the Middleware Jungle [ ] M382449 ) EGA Reference Model: A Closer Look [ ] M382455 ) Grids Playing Prominent Role in Life Science Research [ ] A516 ) Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network Of Grid Computing Power - INTEL - SPECIAL FEATURES ============================================================== [ ] M382398 ) Grid Licensing: Life in the Middleware Jungle By Owen Appleton, CERN This is the second of a short series of articles commissioned by GRIDtoday and CERN on scientific and academic Grid projects, and how they might be relevant for commercial and industrial uses of Grid computing. Following the last article, where we looked into the commercial use of academic grids, this week we tackle the thorny issue of middleware licensing and standards. [ ] M382449 ) EGA Reference Model: A Closer Look By Derrick Harris, Editor Fresh off last week's Reference Model for enterprise Grids release, Paul Strong, chairman of the EGA technical steering committee and systems architect at Sun Microsystems, spoke with GRIDtoday editor Derrick Harris about what people can expect to find within its pages, how it will help clear up confusion among those in the Grid space, and how the alliance's first deliverable will "serve as proof of the intent and value of the EGA." [ ] M382455 ) Grids Playing Prominent Role in Life Science Research By Salvatore Salamone, Senior IT Editor, Bio-IT World In this article, Salvatore Salamone discusses the effect Grid computing is having on the life science community, and goes on to detail the most common applications running on Grids in the field. Also discussed are internal Grids, like those in place at Novartis and Johnson & Johnson, and philanthropic Grids, such as the Smallpox Research Grid Project and the World Community Grid. [ ] M382409 ) Where Will Grid Go for Reliable Messaging? By Alan J. Weissberger, Contributing Author The advantages of Web services reliable message delivery for e-Commerce and e-Business has been well documented. However, there has been almost nothing published on how Grid data, control and management messages will be reliably delivered to one or more endpoints. In this article, Alan Weissberger describes some of the specs (including WS-RM and WS-RX) being discussed right now, and calls on the GGF to provide guidance. [ ] A515 ) HP: Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into The Enterprise Market SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ============================================================ [ ] M380705 ) EGA Unveils First Reference Model, Roadmap for Grid Computing The Reference Model provides a specific context for describing requirements, standards, comparing technologies and implementing Grid solutions. The model delivers a framework and set of customer-based requirements needed to accelerate enterprise Grid adoption. [ ] M380785 ) Oracle, Singapore Launch Program to Develop Grid Architects The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and Oracle Singapore announced g-MAP -- the Enterprise-g Manpower Program -- to drive the development of enterprise Grid capabilities, which will introduce a pioneering enterprise Grid computing architect program. [ ] M379938 ) Companies Making DataSynapse GridServer Part of SOA Strategy GridServer brokers demand and matches it based on resource supply considerations at runtime, using built-in dynamic provisioning and adaptive load balancing mechanisms. The result is a service fabric that can dramatically accelerate the enterprise's shift toward SOA. [ ] M381472 ) Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC to Open Business Grid System Environment The companies will network Fujitsu's Platform Solution Center, Hitachi's Harmonious Competence Center, and NEC's iBestSolution Center and demonstrate the effects and advantages of business Grid technology by using business Grid middleware, software for the business Grid computing system. [ ] 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 ================================================================== [ ] M381497 ) QuarkNet Analyzes Cosmic Ray Data on the Grid By Katie Yurkewicz, Editor, Science Grid This Week The QuarkNet Cosmic Ray Collaboration is a project funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science that gives high school students access to experimental particle physics data from cosmic ray detectors installed at 200 high schools across the United States. [ ] M380809 ) Distributing Computing Resources: The Social Challenge By bringing together a diverse group of scientific interests to share a large, distributed computing resource, the Grid Laboratory of Wisconsin (GLOW) itself has become an important subject of research. [ ] M381470 ) U.K. Automotive Supplier Deploys Grid with Help from GridXpert Faced with an important simulation project aimed at replacing crash barriers along U.K. motorways, Corus Automotive Engineering needed a significant increase in compute power to meet the challenge in a short space of time. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M382460 ) "The EGA is in many ways not a traditional standards body. Only as a last resort do we expect to develop our own standards." -- Paul Strong Chairman, Technical Steering Committe, EGA [ ] 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 [ ] M380708 ) Epok Unveils New Version of TDX ID Rights Management Platform [ ] M382385 ) SCS Enhances Portfolio with Cisco Lifecycle Services Approach Platforms [ ] M381463 ) South American Universities Join Gelato [ ] M379933 ) Egenera Joins Red Hat Advanced Hardware Partner Program [ ] M379928 ) Liquid Computing Secures US$14M in Series A Financing [ ] M379909 ) Study Shows Oracle App Server Costs Lower than Competitors Networking [ ] M379923 ) Swedish University Selects Extreme for High-Speed Network [ ] M381489 ) Bay Microsystems Wins Contract for Federal 40 Gbps Network Storage [ ] M382458 ) Asigra Offers Agentless Solution [ ] M379934 ) McDATA, CNT Announce Business Model, Product/Services Roadmap [ ] M382388 ) 3PAR Introduces Dynamic Optimization of Data Service Levels Operating Systems & Middleware [ ] M382389 ) Sun, Microsoft Increase Interoperability [ ] M381957 ) IONA Joins Oasis WS-RX Technical Committee [ ] M379936 ) ObjectWeb Welcomes Four Start-Ups [ ] M379937 ) Systinet Ships Developer 5.5 for Eclipse [ ] M381956 ) Korean Software Leader Haansoft Joins OSDL General [ ] M382384 ) Call for Papers: Science Gateways (held in conjuncton w/ GGF14) [ ] M381959 ) Platform Showcases Life Science Grid Solutions at Bio-IT World [ ] M381467 ) DataSynapse Named to Red Herring 100 [ ] M379935 ) Cerebra Announces Release of 'Adaptive Information' [ ] M382386 ) Private Sector Program Meeting to Feature Dynamic Speakers [ ] M380706 ) Infravio Releases White Paper for Real-World SOA Builders 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 05.16.05) [ ] 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/ [ ] A654 ) SC|05 - Gateway to Discovery November 12-18, 2005 Seattle, Washington, USA Housing Now Open to All Attendees! http://sc05.supercomputing.org/travel ______________________________________________________________________ Full background information on all sponsoring companies Firms marked with an * have updated their info in the last 30 days [ ] A382 ) Sun [ ] A383 ) Intel [ ] A381 ) HP For sponsorship information contact: Gridads@gridtoday.com ______________________________________________________________________ LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] M379407 ) Globus Vet Gives the Skinny on GT4 [ ] M377618 ) Globus Toolkit v. 4.0 Released [ ] M377625 ) Globus Consortium Launches Three New Development Projects [ ] M379008 ) Speeding Scientific Workflows: The Open-Source Kepler Project [ ] M377620 ) Sun Expands Grid Lineup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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