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For subscription information, email Gridfree@Gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: Grideditor@Gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740038) Intel - Image Analysis and Web Services: Making the Most of Networked Resources IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 101296) TERAGRID DOMINATES NPACI MEETING [ ] 101288) MOVING TOWARDS THE WORLD WIDE GRID [ ] 101293) JOINT VENTURE PONDERS LINUX ENGINEERING GRID [ ] 740037) Sun Microsystems The Cost of Complexity SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 101288) MOVING TOWARDS THE WORLD WIDE GRID Researchers from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have presented applications for Grid technology to industry at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover. A worldwide Grid that normal users can employ like the Internet is still a while away, however. [ ] 101289) COLLEGE TO STUDY FUTURE OF GRID COMPUTING Pellissippi State Technical Community College received a grant to launch a training program focused on linking multiple computer processors together to create supercomputing power. [ ] 101291) NEW ETHERNET SWITCH ARCHITECTURE DEPLOYED A new chassis and programmable-processor architecture have been designed by Riverstone Networks Inc. This new architecture achieves Layer 3 10-Gbit Ethernet switching capability at less than $10,000 a port. [ ] 101292) SUN OFFERS NEW GRID-READY CLUSTERS Sun Microsystems has released new super-charged, Grid-ready clusters, which scale up to two teraflops to satisfy the most demanding government, education and research requirements. [ ] 101293) JOINT VENTURE PONDERS LINUX ENGINEERING GRID A supercomputing joint venture plans to decide in the near future on a tender for what it claims is the first large cluster in Australia dedicated to computational engineering. [ ] 740027) New E2 from Linux Networx A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 101294) NEC AND OVERTURE NETWORKS ANNOUNCE RESELLER AGREEMENT Overture Networks, Inc., a developer of telecommunications solutions that enable carriers to deliver Ethernet and traditional voice/data services over metro networks, announced that it has signed a multi-year worldwide reseller agreement with NEC Corporation. [ ] 101295) SUN UNVEILS NEW SERVERS, DATA-STORAGE GEAR In its latest quarterly release of new products and services, network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. announced new entry-level servers and data-storage equipment aimed at the mid-market. [ ] 740035) HP and Grid Computing Taking Distributed Computing To the Next Level SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS [ ] 101296) TeraGrid DOMINATES NPACI MEETING By Merry Maisel Some of the most important interactions at the 2003 NPACI All-Hands Meeting took place among NPACI participants and people from other institutions who are all working on the $87 million NSF TeraGrid. [ ] 101297) UNITED DEVICES EASES ENTERPRISE ADOPTION OF GRIDS United Devices, a market leader in secure Grid solutions, announced several industry-leading service offerings for both customers and partners designed to ease enterprise adoption of Grid computing technology. ON THE ROAD WITH GRIDtoday... a photo gallery! As the GRIDtoday team travels the world to the major events in Grid computing, we will bring you photos of the event in our photo gallery. Come see photos live from GGF7 held in Tokyo March 2003 http://www.Gridtoday.com/gallery/index.html BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 101298) Decru Unveils New DataFort Storage Security Appliances [ ] 101299) Sun Introduces Software Products For Network Security [ ] 101300) Reactive Network Solutions Offers Free Security Software [ ] 101301) Researchers Discover Security Problem With SETI@home [ ] 101302) Worldwide Security Server Appliance Market Grows $42M [ ] 101303) SSH Toolkit Enables Enhanced Network Security PLATFORMS [ ] 101304) Appro Servers Support InfiniBand Interconnect Technology [ ] 101305) New Gateway Servers Deliver Big On Performance [ ] 101306) IBM Continues Momentum In High-End Intel-Based Computing [ ] 101307) Think Computer To Demo Upcoming AMD Opteron [ ] 101308) Unisys Server Tops Price/Performance Benchmark NETWORKING [ ] 101309) Extreme Networks Unveils Next-Generation Gigabit Ethernet [ ] 101310) SwXtch Receives Patent On Layer One Packet Switching [ ] 101311) TI Becomes Committee Member Of RapidIO Trade Association STORAGE [ ] 101312) StoneFly Now Shipping Complete, Scalable IP SAN Configs OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 101313) MPI Software Technology Releases ChaMPIon/Pro 1.0 [ ] 101314) Confluent Software Strengthens Alliance With BEA [ ] 101315) Oracle Deploys Tarantella Enterprise 3 Software GENERAL [ ] 101316) Ximian Releases Red Carpet Enterprise Version 1.4 [ ] 101317) RSA Conference 2003 Continues To Grow [ ] 101318) SDSC Director Appointed Endowed Chair [ ] 101319) Proposals For SC2003 Program Now Open [ ] 101320) IBM Announces Blueprint For Managing Complex Grids QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 101296) "The NSF and NPACI are working hand in hand to join the scientific applications and key middleware software components -- and the TeraGrid is the proving ground for that strategy." -- Peter Beckman, Argonne National Laboratory CONFERENCE CALENDAR ======================================================== GRIDtoday is proud to be affiliated with the following organizations: Global Grid Forum The Globus Project The Leading Edge of Grid Computing Developing Fundamental Technologies for Researchers Worldwide for Computational Grids http://www.Gridforum.org http://www.globus.org [ ] 700) Conferences & Seminars [ ] 740039) ClusterWorld Conference & Expo June 23 - 26, 2003 San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California, USA www.clusterworldexpo.com GRIDtoday INFORMATION ====================================================== [ ] 701) Subscriptions & Removals [ ] 702) About GRIDtoday [ ] 703) Index of Back Issues [ ] 706) FAQ / Contact Information [ ] 707) Submitting Letters and Articles [ ] 709) Advertising Opportunities _____________________________________________________________________ | | | Full background information on all sponsoring companies | | Firms marked with an * have updated their info in the last 30 days | | | | | | [ ] 921) SGI [ ] 934) Hewlett-Packard | | [ ] 527) Intel [ ] 942) Sun Microsystems | | [ ] 909) Fujitsu [ ] 943) Linux Networx | | | | | | | | For sponsorship information contact: Gridads@Gridtoday.com | |_____________________________________________________________________| GRIDtoday welcomes bylined comments for publication. LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] 101254) CERN TO BUILD MASSIVE DATA GRID [ ] 101251) GRIDS SEE BLACK HOLES POWERING SUPERCOMPUTERS [ ] 101256) GRIDSYSTEMS AND E-SCIENCE [ ] 101252) ARGONNE DIRECTOR WALKS DOWN THE GRID PATH [ ] 101253) GLOBUS TOOLKIT RELEASE PROVIDES GRID SERVICES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RETRIEVING ARTICLES There are 2 ways to retrieve articles: (1) Send a blank email to Gridmore@Gridtoday.com . On subject line, type number adjacent to article, no message text is necessary. or (2) Insert an x or an X (no other characters, please) within the square brackets adjacent to article(s). Return the marked copy to the address in the Reply-To: line of the GRIDtoday Table of Contents. RETRIEVAL EXAMPLE, METHOD (1): To: Gridmore@Gridtoday.com Subject: 100001 100005 100009 For help, send an email message to Gridhelp@Gridtoday.com and state problem. 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