\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// GRIDtoday NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY --- July 1, 2002: Vol. 1, No. 3 --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This issue will reach 30,000 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 700001) Itanium-powered Performance Computing in Norway With The Universities of Tromso & Oslo: Intel(TM) Itanium(TM) processor-powered Hewlett-Packard Systems Are Being Groomed to Become A Critical Part of A Powerful High Performance Computing (HPC) Grid Being Built in Norway. IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 100060) UNDERSTANDING GRID COMPUTING [ ] 100065) 29 VERY-HIGH-BANDWIDTH TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS [ ] 100066) NCSA ANNOUNCES ACCESS GRID SEMINAR SERIES [ ] 700002) Fujitsu's Grid Solution for the Sciences SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 100060) UNDERSTANDING GRID COMPUTING By Ian Baird, Platform Computing Inc. Ian Baird gives us an introduction to Grid Computing, its benefits and its potential. [ ] 700003) PLATFORM COMPUTING MAKES EQUITY INVESTMENT IN POWERLLEL, STRENGTHENING FINANCIAL SERVICES EXPERTISE SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 100061) METIS TECHNOLOGIES TAKES PEER TO PEER TO THE NEXT LEVEL Metis Technologies Inc, announced the release of Metis Collaboration Platform (MCP 5). MCP 5 is the first, next-generation Peer to Peer solution to go beyond enterprise application integration (EAI) and integrate all technologies, business logic and processes for Web services, composite applications, and grid computing. [ ] 100062) SGI UNVEILS SGI FILE SERVER TO ADDRESS NET STORAGE SGI announced the availability of SGI File Server, a high-performance network-attached storage solution that centralizes critical data for efficient management in multiplatform environments. [ ] 100063) UNITED DEVICES RAISES THE BAR FOR ENTERPRISE GRID COMPUTING United Devices, a leader in distributed computing software and services, announced the availability of the MetaProcessor platform 3.0, the industry's leading solution for incorporating underutilized computer resources into enterprise grids. SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS [ ] 100064) DOLPHIN INTERCONNECT SCORES WITH SUPERCOMPUTERS The 19th Top 500 Supercomputers List, which ranks the fastest supercomputers in the world, includes two new supercluster systems built with the Dolphin WulfKit high-speed interconnect. [ ] 100065) REGISTRATION OPENS FOR iGrid 2002 Registration is open for the global iGrid 2002 event this September 23-26 in Amsterdam. A showcase of 29 very-high-bandwidth technical innovations and application advancements from 15 countries will be on display. [ ] 100066) NCSA ANNOUNCES ACCESS GRID SEMINAR SERIES By Karen Green, NCSA Public Information Officer The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the Univer- sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will offer a seminar series over the Acces Grid beginning in July. [ ] 100067) HPC2N BUILDS NEW HPC LINUX CLUSTER The High-Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N), located at Umea University, Sweden, has built a new HPC Linux cluster with a peak perform- ance of 800 GigaFLOPS/s. [ ] 700004) SGI Demonstrates Long-Distance Visual Serving Across Canada -- Pioneering Visualization for the Grid BREAKING NEWS ============================================================== SECURITY [ ] 100068) GridFrastructure Announces GF-Credentials Beta Program [ ] 100069) EDS, Sun And Vignette Corp Launched A New Joint Portal [ ] 100070) Asante Adds 30 New Optical Switches And Modules PLATFORMS [ ] 100071) AMD's Athlon MP Processors Most Powerful x86 Cluster [ ] 100072) Cisco Systems Inc, Unveils A New Optical Product NETWORKING [ ] 100073) Actel Joins HyperTransport Technology Consortium [ ] 100074) IP Services Switches To Provide Value At Network Edge [ ] 100075) Nortel Announces Deployments Of Optical Ethernet Solution STORAGE [ ] 100076) DataDirect Makes HPC Iplementation Guide Available OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 100077) MetiLinx Announces Its New iSystem Enterprise 2.8 [ ] 100078) VERITAS Ranks No 1 In Billion Dollar Clustering Market [ ] 100079) VisuaLinks Chosen As Link Analysis Tool GENERAL [ ] 100080) Esual Software Launches U.S. Operations With New Funding [ ] 100081) SC2002 Seeks Proposals For Birds Of A Feather Events QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 100063) "The future of Grid computing is quickly being defined. 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