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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: [ ] M393734 ) Grid Hailed as Key to EU Competitiveness [ ] M392251 ) IBM Intros Grid Medical Archive Solution [ ] M392144 ) Grid Powers Nat'l Animal Tracking System at Colorado State [ ] A515 ) HP: Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into The Enterprise Market SPECIAL FEATURES ============================================================== [ ] M393734 ) Grid Hailed as Key to EU Competitiveness By Derrick Harris, Editor Watch out rest of the world, Europe is looking to improve its already cutting-edge Grid program. In a recent speech, Viviane Reding, a member of the European Commission's commission responsible for information society, called for an increase in funding and effort -- including doubling the research budget to more than 70 billion Euros ($85 billion) -- to create a truly transnational research and Grid program. [ ] M391469 ) Melbourne Offers Advanced Degree in Distributed, Grid Computing The world's first postgraduate degree in the emerging field of distributed computing and Grid technology, which enables users to access resources through a virtual network of computer applications, was recently launched at the University of Melbourne. [ ] A516 ) Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network Of Grid Computing Power - INTEL - SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ============================================================ [ ] M393568 ) HCL Forms Joint Venture with NEC Japan HCL Technologies Limited, an Indian IT products and services company, announced a joint venture to provide offshore led software engineering solutions in embedded software, hardware design, network & security, R&D, Grid computing, and mobile technology to NEC, its subsidiaries and their clients, in Japan and globally. [ ] M393735 ) EMC, Oracle Establish Technology Center in China With an aim to develop and showcase leading joint solutions to thousands of joint customers in Asia Pacific, it is the first such center outside the United States and Europe for both parties and a new milestone in the strategic alliance between EMC and Oracle. [ ] M393117 ) Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Selects Opsware Opsware's technology is instrumental in Guardian's security and risk management initiatives, including contingency planning and disaster recovery, patch and virus management, and inventory reporting across geographically distributed locations. [ ] 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 ================================================================== [ ] M392251 ) IBM Intros Grid Medical Archive Solution IBM Healthcare and Life Science's Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS) combines IBM's TotalStorage and eServer Hardware with Bycast Inc.'s StorageGrid software to deliver a flexible and scalable virtualized storage solution for medium to large health care organizations and hospital networks. [ ] M392144 ) Grid Powers Nat'l Animal Tracking System at Colorado State The system will enable researchers to track the travels of a specific animal in seconds or minutes, instead of the weeks it currently takes. In case of an outbreak of a disease such as "mad cow disease," having a national database of cattle would allow officials to find out where a cow has been at all times from birth to death. [ ] M391485 ) InternetMovies.com Using Grid to Enhance Online Movie Portal Using the latest advances in Grid computing, among other technologies, Scream Networks is positioned to enable media outlet portals a method to safely monetize entertainment intellectual property on the Internet using automated and advanced syndication technologies. [ ] A607 ) Innovation Matters June 20-21, 2005 Sun Microsystems High Performance Computing Consortium - Europe 2005 Heidelberg, Germany http://www.sun-registration.com/hpc QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M393736 ) "Put simply, Grid technologies are at a turning point in their evolution for industry to step in and transform the world class research results into key services to drive European growth in the 21st century." -- Viviane Reding European Commission Responsible for Information Society BREAKING NEWS ================================================================= Security [ ] M392190 ) Entrust Helps Canadian HPC Lab Develop Secure Grid Portal [ ] M391451 ) Liberty Alliance Awards Certification to Eight Companies [ ] M392138 ) Cyber Security Commercialization Initiative in Second Year Platforms [ ] M391468 ) HP Strengthens Adaptive Enterprise Solutions [ ] M393571 ) AMD Releases Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor Networking [ ] M392254 ) Research Collaboration Network Launched in Americas [ ] M393118 ) Citrix Expands Access Platform with NetScaler Acquisition [ ] M391471 ) Ciena to Highlight New Products, Apps at SUPERCOMM Storage [ ] M392139 ) Belgacom Deploys ADVA Optical Networking's FSP 2000 [ ] M392252 ) Acopia Extends Adaptive Switching into Thin Server Platform Operating Systems & Middleware [ ] M393026 ) Reactivity Adopts Next-Gen Tarari XML Accelerator [ ] M393032 ) Carrier Grade Linux Booming in Telecommunications General [ ] M393046 ) GT4 Tutorial NCSA Set for June 16-17 at NCSA [ ] M391464 ) United Devices Taps Beauchamp to Lead Business Development [ ] M391450 ) Ammasso Appoints Neil Ferris to Board of Directors [ ] M391470 ) SYS-CON Media Launches 'SYS-CON University' 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 Guidelines CONFERENCES & EVENTS ========================================================== [ ] A582 ) Calendar of Upcoming GRID Events (Updated 05.16.05) [ ] 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 [ ] A383 ) Intel [ ] A382 ) Sun [ ] A381 ) HP For sponsorship information contact: promote@gridtoday.com ______________________________________________________________________ LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] M389414 ) Security, Security, Security [ ] M390691 ) ASPEED Exec Teaches Lesson in Grid-Enablement [ ] M388585 ) OSG Considers Essentials for U.S. LHC Collaborators [ ] M388578 ) SDSC's TeraGrid Systems Enables 14-Billion-Year Sky Survey [ ] M388592 ) Researchers Get $115,000 Grid/Cyberinfrastructure Grant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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