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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: [ ] M396791 ) Future of OGSA, Web Services in Hands of IT Community [ ] M396739 ) Grid and the Migration to SOA [ ] M395972 ) 451 Group Looks at Grid in Pharmaceutical Industry [ ] A515 ) HP: Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into The Enterprise Market SPECIAL FEATURES ============================================================== [ ] M396791 ) Future of OGSA, Web Services in Hands of IT Community By Mark Linesch, Contributing Author GGF chair Mark Linesch discusses what is going on with the Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA), in particular as it relates to the adoption of Web services standards. However, says Linesch, it won't be the GGF who ultimately decides what will become Web services standards, but rather the software and customer communities. [ ] M396739 ) Grid and the Migration to SOA By Kelly Vizzini, Contributing Author In this article, Kelly Vizzini, chief marketing officer at DataSynapse, discusses the complementary nature of Grid computing and service-oriented architecture, and lays out the case for adopting them. Benefits include improved application performance, improved flexibility and API independence, and, perhaps most important, a reduction in overall TCO. [ ] M396694 ) Edinburgh Offering Postgraduate Degree in e-Science The University of Edinburgh is offering the world's first postgraduate degree program in e-Science. Students will study the principles of distributed computing underlying e-Science and the Grid, as well as gaining practical experience in using current Web and Grid services technologies. [ ] A516 ) Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network Of Grid Computing Power - INTEL - SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ============================================================ [ ] M394613 ) Voltaire's $15M in Funding Driven by Growth in Grid Market Voltaire provides Grid interconnect hardware and software solutions based on InfiniBand technology that enable high performance applications to run on distributed server, storage and network resources. [ ] M394631 ) HP Software, Services to Extend Control of Adaptive Enterprise Combined with HP professional services, the new HP OpenView management solutions help customers both comply with government regulations and manage the delivery of IT services using service-oriented architectures, which use industry standards and specific design and architectural principles to provide application services. [ ] M395282 ) Fios Upgrades Processing Center to Meet Market Demand As part of the upgrades, Fios has increased its storage capacity and has added new Grid technology to enable an on-demand, distributed deployment of ED engagements across the entire network of servers and databases in the processing center. [ ] M394609 ) BEA Drives Innovation in EMEA Through SOA Adoption Cross-industry customers are using the BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 as a foundation for SOA, to help support innovative services and productivity-enhancing applications. Results from the BEA Self-Assessment Tool, launched in January 2005 and completed by more than 1,000 IT professionals, demonstrate European adoption of SOA. [ ] 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 ================================================================== [ ] M395972 ) 451 Group Looks at Grid in Pharmaceutical Industry The 451 Group has found that while a small number of leading pharmaceutical companies have established significant Grid deployments for drug discovery, a majority of users in this sector remain unconvinced about the broader value of Grid computing. [ ] M397653 ) Alcatel to Connect Research Centers Throughout France Alcatel's equipment will provide a secure high-speed optical connectivity to cope with university and research center needs for increased broadband communications and information sharing. As a result, state-of-the-art apps such as Grid computing will be supported for advanced e-science programs including radio astronomy projects. [ ] 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 ============================================================= [ ] M397779 ) "Interestingly, there has yet to be a drug discovered using Grid computing technology; however, once this happens we believe that it will drive other companies in the pharmaceutical sector to accelerate their adoption." -- Steve Wallage Director of Research, The 451 Group BREAKING NEWS ================================================================= Security [ ] M394610 ) WS-I Publishes SAML, REL Interoperability Profiles [ ] M394626 ) Parasoft SOAPtest 4.0 Enables Secure, Compliant Web Services [ ] M394607 ) CA eTrust IAM Toolkit Allows for More Secure Business Apps [ ] M395274 ) Oracle ID Mgmt Supports all Major Apps, Directories, Platforms Platforms [ ] M395280 ) Intel Developer Forum to Focus on Multi-Core Platforms [ ] M394629 ) Apple Making Switch to Intel Processors [ ] M394603 ) VMware Intros Technology Network for Developers [ ] M394602 ) Compuware Extends Support for Apps on HP Integrity Family [ ] M394608 ) Informatica, Sun Achieve Record in Data Integration Networking [ ] M395266 ) Virtual Compute to Provide On-Demand Supercomputing Globally [ ] M395987 ) Lambda OpticalSystems Intros LambdaNode 200 [ ] M395283 ) Calient Ships 10,000th Optical Switch Port [ ] M395276 ) Foundry Intros Powerful Internet, Metro Router Family [ ] M395958 ) MCI's Vint Cerf Receives Computing's Highest Honor Storage [ ] M394600 ) PolyServe Unveils 'Unappliance' Strategy [ ] M395267 ) Informatica Releases Latest Version of Velocity [ ] M397414 ) Thomas Weisel Partners Deploys 3PAR Utility Storage Operating Systems & Middleware [ ] M395272 ) GigaSpaces, Azul to Deliver Unprecedented Scalability for Java [ ] M396695 ) W3C Holds Workshop on Frameworks for Semantics in Web Services [ ] M396697 ) Oracle to Acquire TimesTen [ ] M397777 ) BEA Announces AquaLogic Product Family [ ] M394611 ) iWay Software Will Support Oracle BPEL Process Manager General [ ] M395973 ) Acxiom Grid Technology Receives Achievement Award [ ] M395974 ) DataSynapse Appoints Regional Director for Central Europe [ ] M395271 ) DMTF Releases Server Management Standard to Public [ ] M394614 ) Club iT, Playlogic Sign G-cluster Gaming on Demand Deal [ ] M395971 ) SOA, Utility Computing Among Gartner's Hot Topics of 2005 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 [ ] A381 ) HP [ ] A382 ) Sun For sponsorship information contact: promote@gridtoday.com ______________________________________________________________________ LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] M393734 ) Grid Hailed as Key to EU Competitiveness [ ] M391469 ) Melbourne Offers Advanced Degree in Distributed, Grid Computing [ ] M392251 ) IBM Intros Grid Medical Archive Solution [ ] M393735 ) EMC, Oracle Establish Technology Center in China [ ] M391485 ) InternetMovies.com Using Grid to Enhance Online Movie Portal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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