\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// GRIDtoday NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY --- July 8, 2002: Vol. 1, No. 4 --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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: [ ] 100106) IBM TO LET CUSTOMERS PLUG INTO LINUX [ ] 100082) LBNL MAKING 10-GIGABIT ETHERNET DATA TRANSFER A REALITY [ ] 100091) WIRELESS ATTACKS: WAVE A WHITE FLAG? [ ] 700002) Fujitsu's Grid Solution for the Sciences SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 100082) LBNL MAKING 10-GIGABIT ETHERNET DATA TRANSFER A REALITY by Alan Beck, editor-in-chief The primary team responsible for assembling the 10-Gigabit demonstration system consists of four Berkeley Lab staffers - network engineers Mike Bennett and John Christman and computer systems engineers John Shalf and George "Chip" Smith. Between preparations for the demo, we had a chance to talk with some of the team members about the effort. SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 100083) HOW IBM HOPES TO WALTZ AROUND MICROSOFT Microsoft chief executive, Steve Ballmer, once famously declared that middleware was for the guys who lost the operating systems war. He meant IBM. He was right at the time, but he was also complacent. [ ] 100084) MICROSOFT'S OUT TO SNAG JAVA DEVELOPERS Microsoft has released a new programming tool aimed at attracting Java developers to its .Net software strategy. [ ] 100085) OPNIX JOINS Internet2 TO ADVANCE INTERNET PERFORMANCE Opnix joins Internet2 to advance Internet Performance Measurement Technology; focus on routing and End-to-End High Performance Networking. [ ] 100086) STEELCLOUD DELIVERS SUPER COMPUTER CLUSTER DULLES, VA., SteelCloud Inc, a leader in the development of custom server solutions, reported that it has delivered a supercomputer cluster to one of the world's foremost high energy physics research laboratories. [ ] 700003) PLATFORM COMPUTING MAKES EQUITY INVESTMENT IN POWERLLEL, STRENGTHENING FINANCIAL SERVICES EXPERTISE SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS [ ] 100087) FRACTAL ANTENNA SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES NEW PC CLUSTER Fractal Antenna Systems Inc, a leading innovator of antenna and electronic innovation, announced the launch of its third generation "GO Cluster" facility for solving problems in antenna and electronic design. [ ] 100088) SDSC SRB MOVES 7 TB OF DATA FOR SPACE THEATER SHOW The SDSC Storage Resource Broker, an advanced data management tool, and SDSC staff recently played a key, behind-the-scenes role in helping craft the new space theater show, "The Search for Life: Are We Alone?" for the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium in New York. [ ] 700004) SGI Demonstrates Long-Distance Visual Serving Across Canada -- Pioneering Visualization for the Grid BREAKING NEWS ============================================================== SECURITY [ ] 100089) Fertl Named vice president For Network Associates Germany [ ] 100090) Secure Computing Achieves Merger Milestones [ ] 100091) Wireless Attacks: Wave A White Flag? PLATFORMS [ ] 100092) HATS Certifies Solutions On IBM eServer Systems NETWORKING [ ] 100093) Providers & Enterprises Can Lease Dark-Fiber Broadband [ ] 100094) Bivio Teams With Xilinx: Delivers 1st GB IP Service Platform [ ] 100095) Crossnet Completes Acquisition of Cirond Shares [ ] 100096) RISQ Selects Cisco Optical Solutions For IP Services [ ] 100097) Taiyo Yuden Enters The High Speed Wireless LAN Market STORAGE [ ] 100098) Egenera, VCs Bank On Data Centers [ ] 100099) LSI Logic To Acquire Storage Products From IBM [ ] 100100) StoneFly And Nexsan Team Up For Storage Requirements OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 100101) Elysium Announced Agreement With Spatial To License CAA V5 [ ] 100102) Resellers Signed With New Moon To Sell Canaveral iQ [ ] 100103) Okino Graphics Licensed HOOPS Stream Toolkit From Tech Soft [ ] 100104) Red Gate Releases New ANTS Enterprise Edition GENERAL [ ] 100105) Callixa Names Eileen Gittins Interim CEO [ ] 100106) IBM To Let Customers Plug Into Linux QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 100091) "Until now, companies have been afraid to sue others for their security problems. 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