\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// GRIDtoday NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY --- Aug 19, 2002: Vol. 1, No. 10 --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 700004) SGI Demonstrates Long-Distance Visual Serving Across Canada -- Pioneering Visualization for the Grid IN THIS ISSUE [ ] 100248) THE GRID IDENTITY CRISIS: DEFINING IT AND ITS REALITY [ ] 100249) HOW DOES ONE REALLY CHARACTERIZE GRID COMPUTING? [ ] 100251) SUN ANNOUNCES A NEW LINUX VERSION OF SUN ONE GRID ENGINE [ ] 700002) Fujitsu's Grid Solution for the Sciences SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 100248) THE GRID IDENTITY CRISIS: DEFINING IT AND ITS REALITY By John Hurley, Editor-at-Large What constitutes the Grid? Is there any computer system that isn't a Grid? Ian Foster from Argonne National Lab, the University of Chicago, and one of the founding members of the Globus project, in an effort to speak to the current explosion of interest in the Grid, addressed these questions recently. [ ] 100249) HOW DOES ONE REALLY CHARACTERIZE GRID COMPUTING? By Richard F. Freund, CTO, GridIQ Excluding centrally-controlled sites from participating in the evolving scope and definition of grid computing will deter many production computing companies from adopting, funding, and expanding grid computing, thus greatly limiting grid computing's usefulness outside academia. [ ] 100250) SGI MAKES MARK AT THE GLOBAL GRID FORUM 5 IN EDINBURGH SGI had a strong presence at Global Grid Forum 5 in Edinburgh, July 21-24, in keeping with the company's new role as a Platinum Sponsor of Global Grid Forum. [ ] 100251) SUN ANNOUNCES A NEW LINUX VERSION OF SUN ONE GRID ENGINE Strengthening the development of heterogeneous grid computing environments, Sun Microsystems Inc announces a new Linux version of Sun ONE Grid Engine, Enterprise Edition 5.3 software. [ ] 700003) New Software Powers Massive Grids in Commercial and Technical Markets; Groundbreaking Features Improve Customers' Return on Investments and Speed Time to Market SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 100252) C-DAC'S LAB IN BANGALORE TO USE LINUX ON IBM PLATFORM The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) announced that it is developing a national High Performance Computing Lab using Linux-ready platforms from IBM to develop applications and research in e-governance solutions, life sciences, seismic analysis and weather forecasting. [ ] 100253) U.S. DEPT OF ENERGY AGENCY SELECTS HP TO CO-DEVELOP LINUX HP announced it has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to develop and deploy file system software for Linux clusters. [ ] 100254) COMMVAULT SYSTEMS AND POLYSERVE JOIN FORCES CommVault Systems, an industry-leading provider of enterprise data management solutions, and PolyServe, a provider of data center system software, announced a worldwide cooperative agreement to co-market CommVault Galaxy high-performance, enterprise data protection software and PolyServe Matrix Server, the first highly available, linearly scalable symmetric cluster file system for Intel platforms. [ ] 100255) RED HAT AND AMD ANNOUNCE RED HAT LINUX ADVANCED SERVER AMD Red Hat and AMD announced Red Hat Linux Advanced Server operating system for AMD's Hammer technology. Red Hat will offer mainstream support of AMD's X86-64 technology in enterprise product lines, providing optimized native 64-bit and 32-bit application support. [ ] 100256) PLATFORM RELEASES CLUSTERWARE 5 AT THE LINUXWORLD CONFERENCE Platform Computing Inc, a leader in distributed and Grid computing software solutions, released Platform Clusterware 5 at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. [ ] 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. SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS [ ] 100257) THE Gridbus: SERVICE-ORIENTED GRID COMPUTING & BUSINESS The Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Laboratory at the University of Melbourne is actively engaged in the design and development of next-generation parallel and distributed computing systems and applications. [ ] 100258) GENAISSANCE BREAKS BOTTLE-NECK WITH TURBOGENOMICS Today's leading-edge life sciences companies face tremendous pressure to shorten product development cycles and time-to-market. To meet these challenges, life sciences organizations require vast amounts of computing power to handle extremely large and complex data calculations. [ ] 100259) INTERNET LINK MOVES GEMINI CLOSER TO 1ST CYBER OBSERVATORY Internet link moves Gemini closer to becoming first 'cyber observatory' A unique combination of international cooperation and the latest Internet technology will allow Gemini Observatory to become the first international "cyber observatory." Gemini, with funding and support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), is blazing an Internet pathway that will provide its globally separated telescopes with a reliable data transfer connection. [ ] 100260) MENTOR GRAPHICS ADDS DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING FEATURES Mentor Graphics Corporation introduced the SpeedGate DSV Direct System Verification 2.0 tool, the latest version of its in-circuit application- specific integrated circuit (ASIC) verification environment. [ ] 100261) 1ST U.S. SUPERCLUSTER INSTALLED FEATURING WulfKit3 The Bartol Research Institute, located at the University of Delaware, has completed installation and benchmarking of its second supercluster system. The system, known as SAMSON-2, was built by RackSaver (San Diego, CA) and is the first supercluster system in the United States to use the new WulfKit3 three-dimensional interconnect, an innovative high-performance interconnect developed by Dolphin Interconnect Solutions. BREAKING NEWS ============================================================== SECURITY [ ] 100262) Symantec Extends Relationship With Akamai [ ] 100263) Entegrity Adds Support For SuSE Linux And Red Hat Linux [ ] 100264) Stonesoft & Dawning Launch Security Solution NETWORKING [ ] 100265) Agere Systems & Samsung To Develop 400 Mbps Network-DRAM [ ] 100266) FCIA's Plugfest Demonstrates Stable Interoperability [ ] 100267) Gemini Data Link Celebrated In Four-Way Event STORAGE [ ] 100268) Sistina Addresses Enterprise Adoption Of Linux [ ] 100269) Emageon To Provide Enterprise Image Management Solution [ ] 100270) Dell Introduces New Network Storage System PLATFORMS [ ] 100271) Intel Details New Tech For Cheaper Chips Transistors [ ] 100272) Inphi Announces Family Of High-Speed Logic Circuits Devices OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 100273) Sun Lx50 Entry-Level Server Attacks Complexity & Cost [ ] 100274) PlateSpin's Leads The Way For Enterprise Data Centers [ ] 100275) Schlumberger Awarded Contract By U.S. Department Of Defense QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ]100249 ) "Grid computing is an exciting field, the potential of which we we're only beginning to grasp. 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