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 --- July 4, 2005: Vol. 4, No. 26 --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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: [ ] M412070 ) Report from GGF14: Finally, OGSA is Real! [ ] M412052 ) Digipede Seeking to End Windows Neglect [ ] M411139 ) CombeChem Receives Additional Funding [ ] A515 ) HP: Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into The Enterprise Market SPECIAL FEATURES ============================================================== [ ] M412070 ) Report from GGF14: Finally, OGSA is Real! By Alan J. Weissberger, Contributing Author In his first report from GGF14, Alan Weissberger covers a few of the standout sessions and lessons from the event. In particular, Weissberger discusses the emergence of a "viable" OGSA WG, interoperability demos on managing a Grid service as a Web service, and a session led by Ian Foster on GT4 -- complete with end-user accounts from the Belfast e-Science Center, Intel, the Condor project and AIST. [ ] M412052 ) Digipede Seeking to End Windows Neglect By Derrick Harris, Editor GRIDtoday editor Derrick Harris recently spoke with Digipede Technologies CEO John Powers about what the company is expecting with its product lauch next quarter, how it plans to infiltrate users from the bottom up and, perhaps most importantly, why Digipede is focused on bringing Grid to mainstream Windows users -- a market Powers calls "gigantic and lightly contested." [ ] M409178 ) GGF Collaborates with SDOs The Global Grid Forum has announced a collaboration with Standards Development Organizations to coordinate and communicate standards for the management of networked resources. Organizations expected to participate in this roundtable-style effort include DMTF, OASIS, SNIA and TMF. Other organizations, such as IETF,ITU-T and W3C, have expressed interest. [ ] A705 ) Windows Grid Computing - Starting at $995 Do More. Faster. The Digipede Network is the first commercial .NET Grid computing software. Radically easier to buy, install, learn and use than other grid solutions. Learn more at www.digipede.net. SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ============================================================ [ ] M409176 ) DataSynapse, Milliman Enhance Insurance Pricing System DataSynapse and Milliman Inc., an actuarial and business management consulting firm, announced a software bundling and collaboration agreement. The companies have agreed to work together to offer a Grid-enabled version of MG-ALFA, Milliman's pricing and projection software for the life insurance industry. [ ] M408409 ) GigaSpaces Announces Version 5.0 of EAG This new release of GigaSpaces' Enterprise Application Grid provides high throughput, low latency applications with a Virtual Application Server, which delivers all the necessary distributed application services, such as distributed caching, parallel processing and a messaging bus. [ ] M409175 ) Digipede Ships Grid Software for Microsoft Windows The Digipede Network is a software solution that allows departments or entire enterprises to combine the computing power of their Windows-based computers to improve the speed and scalability of their real-world business applications. [ ] 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 ================================================================== [ ] M411139 ) CombeChem Receives Additional Funding CombeChem is one of the most ambitious uses of semantic Web and Grid computing. Led by the University of Southampton, the project will facilitate the measurement, storage and reuse of information on thousands of chemical compounds. The project was awarded an additional $743,460 in funding. [ ] M411228 ) InforSense Launches BioSense Grid for Apple Clusters The InforSense Bio Sense Grid integrates iNquiry, the cluster and Web portal for bioinformatics from The BioTeam, with the visual workflow, analytics and Web services based architecture of InforSense KDE. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M412053 ) "We are continually amazed at the Grid community's neglect of Windows. When we talk to customers -- in biotech, finance, energy and beyond -- THEY are continually amazed at the Grid community's neglect of Windows." -- John Powers CEO, Digipede Technologies BREAKING NEWS ================================================================= Security [ ] M409994 ) W3C Issues XKMS 2.0 as Recommendation [ ] M409187 ) Reactivity Delivers Web Services ID, Compliance Solution [ ] M408416 ) Foundry Announces Seven-Layer Security Solutions Platforms [ ] M409207 ) Mercury, IBM to Build Cell Processor-Based Systems Networking [ ] M408422 ) Ciena Expands Focus on Gov't Customers with New Subsidiary [ ] M409211 ) Foundry, Level 5 to Deliver Next-Gen Solutions [ ] M412057 ) Wurld Media Adds VP of Channel Development Storage [ ] M411021 ) GlobeXplorer Selects Isilon Clustered Storage Operating Systems & Middleware [ ] M409180 ) Sun Solidifies SOA Strategy [ ] M409995 ) HP Expands SOA Services [ ] M411056 ) Bull, MetiLinx Partner on Infrastructure Optimization [ ] M408413 ) Azul Systems Forms Alliances w/ BEA, JBoss [ ] M411013 ) IBM Launches New Autonomic Offerings [ ] M409183 ) Altair Integrates With Cray XD1 [ ] M409985 ) Oracle to Co-Lead Enterprise Java Beans 3.0 Spec w/ Sun [ ] M408426 ) Eclipse Foundation Reaches 100 Members General [ ] M409177 ) GridApp Systems Closes $5M in Series A Financing [ ] M411029 ) SC Desktop Brings SC'05 to Office [ ] M411051 ) New Book Highlights Internet 'Hot Areas' [ ] M408421 ) Report Looks at IT in Life Sciences JOB BANK ====================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] FL365 ) CSCS, D.E. Shaw Group, Informatica, LSU, Mountain View Data, TACC, Univa, Utah State University [ ] XJOBRATES ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines CONFERENCES & EVENTS ========================================================== [ ] A582 ) Calendar of Upcoming GRID Events (Updated 06.20.05) [ ] P357M382453 ) Security '05 14th USENIX Security Symposium August 1-5, 2005 Baltimore, Maryland http://www.usenix.org/events/sec05/ [ ] P357M382454 ) SC|05 - Gateway to Discovery November 12-18, 2005 Seattle, Washington 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 [ ] A381 ) HP [ ] A383 ) Intel [ ] A704 ) Digipede For sponsorship information contact: promote@gridtoday.com ______________________________________________________________________ LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] M404460 ) Ian Foster on the Impact of 'Service-Oriented Science' [ ] M407334 ) It's Alan's Turn to Cry: Report from WS-I Spring Meeting [ ] M405841 ) Sun Grids Gain Ground in Financial Services [ ] M405946 ) Platform, Macrovision Announce Grid Licensing Solution [ ] M404357 ) Raytheon Collaborates with Univa on Grid Infrastructure ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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