GRIDtoday's "Breaking News" Log onto GRIDtoday.com at the beginning and the end of your day for up to the minute news and information in the Global Grid Community. www.Gridtoday.com \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// GRIDtoday NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY --- May 5, 2003: Vol. 2, No. 18 --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740041) California Institute of Technology Selects HP Itanium 2 Systems for Scientific Research on TeraGrid Project IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 101379) IBM RACES TO FORM NEW GRID ECOSYSTEM [ ] 101387) NSF FINE-TUNES THE GRID [ ] 101378) WHAT INFLUENCE COULD GRIDS HAVE ON NETWORKS? [ ] 740040) Sun -- The Power Behind the Grid SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 101375) DMTF AND GGF ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE PARTNERSHIP Distributed Management Task Force, Inc., (DMTF) and the Global Grid Forum (GGF) announced that they have entered into an alliance partnership to establish a unified approach to the provisioning, sharing and management of grid computing resources and technologies. [ ] 101376) GRID SCHOOL TO BE HELD IN ITALY IN JULY GGF is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the 2003 International School on Grid Computing. The school -- to be held in Vico Equense, Italy (near Naples) July 13 - 25, 2003 -- will provide an in-depth introduction to Grid technologies and applications. [ ] 101377) APRIL 2003 GLOBUS TOOLKIT RELEASE STATUS UPDATE By Lee Liming, Argonne National Labs The globus toolkit is taking the Grid to the next level. Here, Lee Liming supplies detailed information on the current and upcoming releases. [ ] 101378) WHAT INFLUENCE COULD GRIDS HAVE ON NETWORKS? During a time when companies are incorporating grid-based technology and applications, executives in the networking world are wondering what influence grid computing will have on the performance and design of their infrastructures. [ ] 101379) IBM RACES TO FORM NEW GRID ECOSYSTEM IBM has announced new offerings to further expand Grid computing into commercial enterprises, including the introduction of new solutions for four industries -- petroleum, electronics, higher education and agricultural chemicals. In addition IBM announced that more than 35 companies, including networking giant Cisco Systems, will join IBM to form the foundation of a Grid ecosystem that is designed to foster Grid computing for businesses. [ ] 101380) CA'S KUMAR OUTLINES MANAGING ON-DEMAND COMPUTING STRATEGY Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) Chairman and CEO, Sanjay Kumar, unveiled the Company's innovative managing on-demand computing strategy and a comprehensive portfolio of supporting software solutions. [ ] 101381) MS WINDOWS SERVER 2003 RELEASE FACES DIFFICULT ROAD Analysts don't consider Windows Server 2003 a major upgrade, but its launch is strategically important for Microsoft as the software giant seeks to stave off open-source competitors and gain adherents for its Internet-centric plans. [ ] 101382) KEY VOTES TO TAKE PLACE AT OMG TECHNICAL MEETING IN PARIS Members of the Object Management Group (OMG) will meet in Paris, France the week of June 2 through 6, 2003. At the meeting, OMG's Analysis and Design Platform Task Force will vote to recommend an upgrade of the MetaObject Facility (MOF) core and XMI mapping specifications to Version 2.0, and will evaluate draft specifications for a MOF 2.0 Facility and Object Lifecycle service. [ ] 740027) New E2 from Linux Networx A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 101384) IBM'S NEW DEEP COMPUTING INITIATIVE TAKES NEW APPROACHES IBM recently announced the creation of its Deep Computing initiative. Building upon IBM's supercomputing leadership IBM plans to leverage supercomputers, specialized software, and deep industry knowledge to help solve customers' complex business problems. [ ] 101385) INTEL, HP AND MICROSOFT ACHIEVE TOP TPC-C BENCHMARK Intel Corporation President and COO Paul Otellini described how Intel- based servers combined with Microsoft's new operating system and database deliver industry-leading capabilities and performance. [ ] 101386) PLATFORM SW/SERVICES SUPPORT GRID-ENABLED VALUATION APP Platform and IBM have announced a new Grid computing customer, RBC Insurance. Using an integrated grid computing solution from Platform and IBM, RBC Insurance was able to reduce by 75 percent the time spent on job scheduling, and by 97 percent the time spent processing an actuarial application. SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS [ ] 101387) NSF FINE-TUNES THE GRID The National Science Foundation Middleware Initiative (NMI) issued its third release of software tools carefully chosen for their value and ability to interoperate as part of the emerging NSF cyberinfrastructure for 21st century science and engineering. [ ] 740038) Intel - Image Analysis and Web Services: Making the Most of Networked Resources BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 101388) Sun iForce Partners Release Security Appliances [ ] 101389) New Watchguard Firewall/VPN Offers EAL4 Availability PLATFORMS [ ] 101390) NEC Supports Microsoft Windows Server 2003 NETWORKING [ ] 101391) Foundry Networks Accelerates 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adoption [ ] 101392) PMC-Sierra Introduces 1st Integrated Multi-Rate PHY/Framers [ ] 101393) Corporate Alliance To Design 10 Gbps Interconnect Devices STORAGE [ ] 101394) IBM Delivers New Option For Managing Server and Storage Cost OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 101395) Etnus Announces TotalView 6.2 For Intel Systems [ ] 101396) Microsoft Announces Visual Studio .NET 2003 Availability [ ] 101397) NCSA Releases Beta Version Of VMI 2.0 [ ] 101398) Plumtree Delivers Tools For .NET And Java Interoperability GENERAL [ ] 101399) Intel Itanium Steps Up To AMD Opteron With Emulation [ ] 101400) Platform President/CEO To Speak At Deutsche Bank SW Conf [ ] 101401) Solid Announces General Availability Of BoostEngine 4.0 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 101381) "I think that the key point ... is for the first time perhaps in Microsoft's history, they are coming out with something and there is an alternative, which is quite threatening." -- Vikas Deolaliker, product manager, Sun Microsystems 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. 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