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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 700002) Fujitsu's Grid Solution for the Sciences IN THIS ISSUE [ ] 100455) THE FUTURE IS NOW GRID TECHNOLOGY [ ] 100456) WATCH FOR THE GRID [ ] 100457) GRID RESEARCH BECOMING MAINSTREAM [ ] 700004) SGI Demonstrates Long-Distance Visual Serving Across Canada -- Pioneering Visualization for the Grid SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 100455) THE FUTURE IS NOW GRID TECHNOLOGY By Jack McCarthy, InfoWorld Grid Technology, once just a glamorous vision for marshaling computing power to link far flung users for collaborative projects, is gaining traction. And as CTOs begin to develop these new distributed networks that offer computing power as a utility, new technologies--from high speed VPNs to server clusters to Web services integration platforms--are being included. [ ] 100456) WATCH FOR THE GRID By Scott Clavenna, Director of Research, Light Reading In homes around the U.S., kids are logging onto Butterfly.net and gaming in ways that depart radically from Microsoft's hopes for the Xbox. Protocols are being designed, virtual organizations envisioned. It sounds like the beginnings of the Internet years ago. [ ] 100457) GRID RESEARCH BECOMING MAINSTREAM The Grid has become one of those quiet giant research projects that relatively few people know about, but many researchers and civilians alike will utilize in many small and large ways over the next several years. [ ] 100458) Sun'S JXTA: AN EFFORT FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING In the decade and a half since setting Sun's agenda, Mr Joy's vision has turned the company into an $18 billion powerhouse, with products that are the very heartbeat of the Internet itself. [ ] 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. SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 100459) Altnet LAUNCHES ITS MICRO-PAYMENT SYSTEM Altnet began testing its new micro-payment system, which uses technologies from AllCharge, Newgenpay, DuoCash and other key technology providers to give file-sharers a secure and convenient method to pay for digital content. [ ] 100460) BMC PUSHES ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE ASSURANCE By Brian Fonseca, Staff Writer, InfoWorld BMC Software will introduce a new strategy and products aimed at helping customers measure IT performance by giving a clearer picture of shifting infrastructure, mainframe, and IT resources collected across an enterprise. [ ] 100461) Sun AND Infosys ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC GLOBAL ALLIANCE By combining forces, Sun and Infosys aim to offer banking customers an agile, scalable, proven solution that lowers total cost of ownership and accelerates time to market. [ ] 100462) Intergraph ANNOUNCES Open Interoperability Grant Program Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions announces the Intergraph Open Interoperability Grant Program, a new international grant program promoting and emphasizing the use of OGC interoperability specifications for accessing and applying geospatial information from a local to a global level. [ ] 100463) SchlumbergerSema LAUNCHES ENTERPRISE OFFICE SUITE The SchlumbergerSema EOS is designed to seamlessly integrate multiple corporate applications, devices and protocols to increase productivity, efficiency and remote collaboration among today's increasingly mobile workforce. [ ] 100464) Sun Microsystems UNVEILS NETWORK DATA CENTER ARCHITECTURE Sun Microsystems Inc unveiled the roadmap for N1 its vision for the next generation data center. Sun's N1 aggregates widely distributed computing resources (servers, storage, software and networking) and enables them to operate as a single, powerful entity. [ ] 700005) TurboGenomics Pipeline your Grid Life Science Applications SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS [ ] 100465) DEMAND FOR MAINFRAME SOLUTIONS RESULTS IN T3 TECHNOLOGIES IDC estimates that 70% of all business data is currently stored in S/390 mainframes. Companies ranging in size from 100M to 1B in annual revenue are getting caught between the need to "right-size," cost-justify their computing environment and the charter to preserve the business value of their legacy applications and data. [ ] 100466) Linux NetworX TO BUILD Linux SUPERCOMPUTER FOR Los Alamos Los Alamos National Laboratory has selected Linux NetworX of Salt Lake City, Utah, to build, integrate and deliver a 1,024-processor Linux cluster computer. [ ] 100467) IEEAF'S FIRST 10 GIGABIT CONNECTION FROM USA TO EUROPE IEEAF's first 10 gigabit connection from US to Europe that is dedicated to research and education is to be Inaugurated at iGrid2002. HDTV and other high bandwidth applications will also be supported. [ ] 100468) Duke ENGINEERS CREATING 'MORE REFINED' GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL Frustrated by the limitations of present numerical models that simulate how Earth's climate will be altered by factors such as pollution and landscape modification, Duke University engineers are creating a new model incorporating previously-missing regional and local processes. [ ] 100469) PASSWORD REPLACEMENT SOFTWARE ENABLES FINGERPRINT LOGON U.are.U Pro uses fingerprint recognition to increase security by replacing the passwords used in enterprise networks and applications. [ ] 100470) Dell'S COMPUTING CLUSTERS POWER MULTIPLE RESEARCH PROJECTS Penn State is deploying three clusters using nearly 400 Dell PowerEdge servers running Red Hat Linux to solve complex computational problems for research projects in biology, chemistry, meteorology and physics departments. BREAKING NEWS ============================================================== SECURITY [ ] 100471) RISC Microprocessor From Toshiba Has Built-In Encryption STORAGE [ ] 100472) BakBone Software Announces MagnaVault 2.3.0 [ ] 100473) Teradactyl Wins Two Lab Contracts [ ] 100474) LEGATO Systems Introduces NetWorker Availability NETWORKING [ ] 100475) Lucent Showcases Service Intelligent Architecture [ ] 100476) Movaz To Light Up Emory Univ High Capacity Optical Network PLATFORMS [ ] 100477) SuperMicro Unveils Seven Next Generation Dual Xeon Servers [ ] 100478) Sun Microsystems Jumps Ahead Of Intel And IBM [ ] 100479) Intel Unveiled Intel Xeon Processor At 2.80 & 2.60 GHz OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 100480) Linux NetworX Announces LinuxBIOS Availability [ ] 100481) I.B.M. Agrees To Expand Its Use Of The Linux OS By Barnaby J. Feder [ ] 100482) RLX Announces Improved Clustering Solutions GENERAL [ ] 100483) Life Science Expo Examines Technical And Funding Challenges [ ] 100484) OMG to Meet in Helsinki, Finland Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2002 [ ] 100485) Registration Open For Third International Workshop On Grid QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 100456) "Grid Computing will gain a foothold in the product life- cycle/R&D side of the firms first. 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