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Register for a Class by 6/3/03 and Save 25% Off The List Price by Entering Code HPCW0503 ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 105085 ) FEATURES: SGI RESTRUCTURES - CUTS $10 MILLION | | [ ] 105102 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: IBM DEBUTS PRE-PACKAGED BLADE CLUSTERS | | [ ] 105108 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: SUN EXPANDS ITS X86-BASED PRODUCT LINE | | [ ] 105124 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NETWORK ASSOCIATES DEPLOYS PROTECTION PLATFORM | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73821 ) Intel and HP Provide KTH with Itanium 2-based Systems to Analyse Complex Life Science Issues FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 105085 ) SGI RESTRUCTURES - CUTS $10 MILLION............................3K SGI announced that it is implementing an action plan to lower costs and shift focus to specific growth areas. The goal of the plan is to align the Company resources to better match market conditions while continuing to meet the HPC needs of target customers. [ ] 105086 ) WALL STREET DEBUNKS HARVARD THEORY OF IT.....................4.2K Data from a major new study of ERP software buyers conducted by independent analyst firm Peerstone Research contradicts a recent Harvard Business Review article claiming that IT no longer enables companies to gain competitive advantage. [ ] 105087 ) SGI ALTIX SCREAMS ON ITANIUM.................................9.9K SGI announced that its SGI Altix 3000 servers and superclusters deliver world-record performance on the next-generation Intel Itanium 2 processor (Intel code name Madison). [ ] 105088 ) A NEW WEAPON IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SARS?......................4.2K Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS), a medical software company, that specializes in clinical information systems has enhanced its Amelior ED software system protocols for rapidly identifying and treating SARS. [ ] 105089 ) NSF GIVES DIGITAL SOLUTIONS TO GOV'T CHALLENGES..............4.3K Wireless disaster response, city-sized simulations, computerized legal advice, and wearable database uplinks are among the technologies to be demonstrated at dg.o2003, the annual conference of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Digital Government program. [ ] 105090 ) RESEARCH RECREATES ANCIENT ROMAN VIRTUAL REALITY.............3.5K Researchers at the University of Warwick are transforming ancient forms of perspective painting into the 21st century version of virtual reality using 3-D digital models that allow viewers to tread the boards of long-lost Roman theatres. [ ] 105091 ) LINUX AND UNIX GAP MAY BE CLOSING............................3.1K A new report shows gains made by Linux, as well as the gaps that still exist between Linux and Unix when it comes to enterprise readiness. [ ] 105092 ) GOV'T PROJECT TO HELP ANTITERRORISM EFFORTS..................3.4K The Pentagon is about to begin an ambitious research project designed to gather every conceivable bit of information about a person's life, index all the information and make it searchable. [ ] 105093 ) TEKNOWLEDGE AWARDED $634,057 ADDITION TO DARPA CONTRACT......2.5K Teknowledge Corporation has been awarded an $634,057 addition to its contract on the DARPA Agent Markup Language (DAML). This brings the total contract value to $1.7 million. [ ] 105094 ) (ISC)2 CREATES GOVERNMENT BOARD FOR CYBER SECURITY...........5.3K The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2 announced that 13 senior-level U.S. civilian agency and national security managers have been named charter members of the (ISC)2 Government Advisory Board for Cyber Security. [ ] 105095 ) UB GROUP HEADS TO CAPITOL HILL...............................4.2K University of Buffalo faculty and staff will head to the nation's capitol to meet with legislators and update them on developments concerning the UB Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and the University's School of Public Health and Health Professions. [ ] 105096 ) CANADA LAUNCHES $44M E-RESEARCH INVESTMENT..................12.2K Hewlett Packard, IBM and SGI have been selected to build the $44 million research infrastructure of WestGrid (Western Canada Research Grid), project leaders announced as part of the official WestGrid launch, held simultaneously in Edmonton and Vancouver. [ ] 105097 ) PHYSICISTS MEASURE INDIVIDUAL ELECTRONS IN REAL TIME.........4.2K Physicists at Rice University have completed the first real-time measurement of individual electrons, creating an experimental method that for the first time allows scientists to probe the dynamic interactions between the smallest atomic particles. [ ] 105098 ) NEW TECHNIQUE CONTROLS LIGHT FREQUENCY WITH 100% EFFICIENCY..4.7K A report by photonics crystal pioneer John Joannopoulos and his group at MIT, soon to be published in Physical Review Letters, documents a way to shift the frequency of light beams to any desired color, with near 100 percent efficiency. [ ] 105099 ) OPEN GROUP BACKGROUNDER ON THE UNIX SYSTEM...................6.2K Regarding SCO's positioning on Unix, The Open Group would like to make it clear that SCO holds the rights only to the operating system source code and related intellectual property and does not own the Unix trademark itself or the definition of what the Unix system is. [ ] 73822 ) Plug in the power... of W E S T E R N S C I E N T I F I C Technology the Smart Way http://www.wsm.com CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 105100 ) LINUX NETWORX CLUSTER SPEEDS UP DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS..2.7K Linux Networx announced that diaDexus, a developer of diagnostic and therapeutic products, is using a Linux Networx Evolocity II (E2) cluster computing system to expedite the development of diagnostic products for cancer and cardiovascular disease. [ ] 105101 ) HP CLUSTER READY TO ASSIST CAR MAKER HOLDEN..................2.5K A supercomputing consortium in Australia is ready to provide a Hewlett- Packard Itanium 2-based computing cluster to service a multi-year contract to assist car maker Holden in vehicle developments. [ ] 105102 ) IBM DEBUTS PRE-PACKAGED BLADE CLUSTERS.......................4.8K IBM married two of the most powerful trends in computing -- Linux clusters and Blade servers -- with the introduction of the world's first pre-packaged and tested supercluster. [ ] 105103 ) CHRYSLER GROUP ADOPTS INTEL ITANIUM 2-BASED CLUSTER..........4.8K The Chrysler Group's HPC center will use an HP workstation cluster powered by almost 200 Itanium 2 processors with MSC.Software's Virtual Product Development application to simulate vehicle components, such as suspensions, chassis, and interiors. [ ] 105104 ) IEEE CONFERENCE ON CLUSTER COMPUTING ANNOUNCEMENT............6.1K Cluster 2003 welcomes paper submissions from engineers and scientists in academia, industry, and government describing their latest research findings in any aspects of cluster computing. [ ] 105105 ) SCALI DELIVERS LINUX-BASED CLUSTER TO WEATHER CENTER.........2.6K Scali, a leader in high performance clustering solutions, announced that they have completed the installation of a high performance Linux- based cluster at Norway's Storm Weather Center to run advanced parallel computing tasks. [ ] 105106 ) SGI SUPERCLUSTER TO AUGMENT NETHERLANDS FACILITY.............5.3K SGI announced that the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) will upgrade its current SGI Origin 3000 infrastructure with an additional SGI Altix 3000 system powered by 416 Intel Itanium 2 processors and 832GB of memory. [ ] 105107 ) INFORMATION BUILDERS ANNOUNCES WEBFOCUS AUTONOMIC SERVER.......5K Information Builders, a leader in enterprise business intelligence (BI) and real-time Web reporting, announced the WebFOCUS Autonomic Server at their annual Summit Users Conference in Chicago. [ ] 73823 ) Linux Networx Case Study Cluster Delivers Fast, Accurate Silmulations; One Week ROI _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73824 ) Linux Networx Cluster System Speeds Development of Disease Diagnostic Products [ ] 73825 ) The Chrysler Group Adopts Intel Itanium 2-Based System Cluster From HP and MSC.Software ===========================*** CENTER NEWS ***================================ [ ] 95006 ) NEESgrid Team Members Describe Project at NCSA MultiMedia Site ============================================================================== VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 105108 ) SUN EXPANDS ITS X86-BASED PRODUCT LINE.........................7K Sun Microsystems, Inc. expanded its x86-based product line with the debut of the highly affordable, rack-optimized Sun Fire V60x and V65x systems. [ ] 105109 ) IBM AND EDS JOIN CARNEGIE MELLON IT CONSORTIUM...............4.9K IBM Global Services and EDS have joined Carnegie Mellon University's Information Technology Services Qualification Center (ITsqc) Consortium as the Center launches its eSourcing Capability Model for Clients. [ ] 105110 ) HP, MICROSOFT BREAK BARRIERS FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING..........5.4K HP and Microsoft announced the world record benchmark result of 707,102 transactions per minute (tpmC) on the Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-C benchmark, establishing a high mark for commercial transaction processing on a non-clustered system. [ ] 105111 ) CHINA USES SGI TECHNOLOGIES FOR ANTI-SARS DRUGS..............6.4K Key research institutes at ground zero of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic are conducting breakthrough research into this mysterious disease, using SGI servers to advance their important work. [ ] 105112 ) SCO AND CENTER 7 BRING MS DIRECTORY AUTHENTICATION TO UNIX...3.5K The SCO Group announced that in partnership with Center 7, Inc., a developer and provider of IT infrastructure management and authentication products, it is releasing SCO Authentication for Microsoft Active Directory. [ ] 105113 ) FUJITSU DEBUTS NEXT GENERATION ENTRY-LEVEL SERVERS...........6.6K Fujitsu Technology Solutions Canada announced its next generation of entry-level PRIMEPOWER servers featuring mainframe technologies and reliability previously unavailable on lower end computing platforms. [ ] 105114 ) GATES OPENS SEVENTH ANNUAL MS CEO SUMMIT.....................4.2K Bill Gates welcomed more than 100 business leaders from around the world to the seventh annual Microsoft CEO Summit. Gates opened the event with a keynote address that set the stage for two days of dialogue and interactive sessions. [ ] 105115 ) GATEWAY BRINGS HYPER-THREADING TO RETAIL.....................3.9K Gateway, Inc. gives PC buyers a performance boost for running multiple applications simultaneously by bringing the power of Intel Hyper- Threading Technology to its line of Gateway 500 Series Desktops. [ ] 105116 ) SDSC DEPLOYS GOLD WIRE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY....................3.8K Gold Wire Technology announced that its Formulator 200 network configuration control appliance was purchased and deployed by San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). [ ] 105117 ) MKS TOOLKIT TO SUPPORT 64-BIT WINDOWS OS.....................2.8K MKS Inc., a leading provider of tools for porting UNIX applications to Windows, announced plans for supporting the Intel Itanium chip running Microsoft Windows 64-bit operating systems. [ ] 105118 ) INTEL UNVEILS FAST CHIPS FOR LOW-END MACHINES................1.5K Intel Corp. unveiled new processors and chipsets designed to bring to mainstream corporate and consumer PCs features now typically found only in higher-priced computers. [ ] 105119 ) ATIPA & AMD OPTERON POWER UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN RESEARCH....3.3K Atipa Technologies has been selected by the University of Michigan to integrate one of the world's largest AMD Opteron processor-based Linux supercomputers at the university's Center for Advanced Computing in the College of Engineering. [ ] 73826 ) California Institute of Technology Selects HP Itanium 2 Systems for Scientific Research on TeraGrid Project QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 105093 ) "The software in our lives today may be graphical, fast, and useful, but it knows very little about its users tasks, or the underlying meaning of what is displayed on a computer screen." -- Neil Jacobstein, Teknowledge President and CEO [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73827 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! GATEWAY GRID DRIVES DIABETES RESEARCH CANADA ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF UPCOMING WestGrid PROJECT *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 105120 ) Sun And Oracle Expand Support For Solaris SPARC Systems......5.2K [ ] 105121 ) Fakespace Announces New Digital Projection Technology........2.9K [ ] 73828 ) HPCwire's - 2003 People and Organizations to Watch Lee Holcomb, Tom Coleman, Tetsuya Satoh, Ken Neves, Bill Appelbe, Michael Levine, Ralph Roskies, Mark Seager, Chaitan Baru, Alan Blatecky, Jay Boisseau, Russ Miller, Bob Graybill, Christian Bischof, Cray, Shahin Kahn. From Lee Holcomb at Homeland Security to Tetsuya Satoh at the Earth Simulator, this year we've put together a list of must watch HPC luminaries!! SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 105122 ) SupportSoft Provides Security Agency With Support Software...1.5K [ ] 105123 ) Aegis Releases New Version Of GlobalVantage Software...........3K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 105124 ) Network Associates Announces New Protection Platform.........4.7K [ ] 105125 ) MFN Provides Optic Network To NY Mercantile Exchange.........2.1K [ ] 105126 ) Oracle Powers Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute.........2.3K [ ] 105127 ) Web Based Collaboration Portal Coordinates TOPOFF 2..........2.9K STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 105128 ) SIGKDD Data Mining Innovation Awards: Nominations Sought.....2.2K [ ] 105129 ) Kashya Data Protection Solution Heads To SilkWorm Fabric.....1.8K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 105130 ) USENIX's Annual Technical Conference Announcement............2.2K [ ] 105131 ) Momentum Builds For ClusterWorld.............................2.5K [ ] 105132 ) WEBKDD 2003: Call For Papers.................................6.3K [ ] 105133 ) ClusterWorld Conference Registration Announcement............0.8K [ ] 105134 ) First Annual Lustre User Group Meeting To Be Held..............1K [ ] 73829 ) Recent TOP500(TM) lists show a large growth in clusters, and widespread use of Myrinet(TM) technology. SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 105135 ) Product Watch: Stonesoft Announces New Firewall Solution....26.6K ANTs Software Announces New Data Server. NetPro Ships DirectoryAnalyzer 2.0. [ ] 105136 ) Financial Update: HP Reports 2nd Quarter 2003 Results........4.2K Dell Computer Reports Higher Profits. SteelCloud Government Sales Accelerate. [ ] 105137 ) Corporate Liaisons: Sun, Red Hat Enter Into New Agreement....9.1K Acer Leverages Leading Intel Technology. Alcatel Buys TiMetra. [ ] 105138 ) People and Positions: MathStar Names Ron Bell Its CTO........6.5K Former EMC Executive Joins Softek. Verity CTO Joins ACM Journal. 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