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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740043) Sun -- Building a Global Compute Grid IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 101438) GATEWAY GRID DRIVES DIABETES RESEARCH [ ] 101435) CANADA ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF UPCOMING WestGrid PROJECT [ ] 101439) ROTHBERG INSTITUTE LEVERAGES GRID TECH TO COMBAT SARS [ ] 740035) HP and Grid Computing Taking Distributed Computing To the Next Level SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 101433) LEVEL 3 TO PROVIDE DARK FIBER SERVICES TO INTERNET2 Level 3 Communications Inc recently announced that it has signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar IRU agreement to supply intercity dark fiber services to the National Research and Education Fiber Company (Fiberco). [ ] 101434) GGF8 SEATTLE: "Building Grids -- Obstacles & Opportunities" The Eighth Global Grid Forum meeting (GGF8) is ramping up to bring the world's top grid technologists and leading users of grid computing together in Seattle, Washington from 24-27 June. [ ] 101435) CANADA ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF UPCOMING WestGrid PROJECT Three major computer companies have been selected to build the $44 million research infrastructure of WestGrid (Western Canada Research Grid), project leaders have announced as part of the official WestGrid launch, held simultaneously in Edmonton and Vancouver. [ ] 740042) Intel Processor-Based Platforms Drive Grid and Clusters into Mainstream SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 101436) INFINICON ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR ITS CLUSTERS InfiniCon Systems, a provider of shared I/O and switching solutions for next- generation server networks, announced strategic management and networking additions to its InfinIO product family. [ ] 101437) SPANISH GRID TECHNOLOGY FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET BestSystems and the Spanish company GridSystems have signed a distribution agreement that will grant Grid Research Inc, a subsidiary of BestSystems, the ability to distribute the InnerGrid Software developed by GridSystems in the Japanese market. SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS [ ] 101438) GATEWAY GRID DRIVES DIABETES RESEARCH Significantly increasing the speed and accuracy at which the more than 17 million Americans with diabetes can find the best treatments, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) announced recently that it has selected the grid-computing service from Gateway Inc and United Devices, leaders in secure grid solutions. [ ] 101439) ROTHBERG INSTITUTE LEVERAGES GRID TECH TO COMBAT SARS The Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases, a non-profit research institute devoted to discovering and developing drugs for orphan childhood diseases, has announced the addition of a recently discovered SARS target to its D2OL (Drug Design and Optimization Lab) grid computing project. [ ] 101440) SURFnet SELECTS GLOBAL CROSSING FOR NEW TRANSATLANTIC LINK Global Crossing has been awarded a contract by the Netherlands national research network, SURFnet, to provision a 10 Gbit/s lambda link between the Dutch advanced optical infrastructure NetherLight in Amsterdam and the StarLight research facility in Chicago. [ ] 740027) New E2 from Linux Networx A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 101441) Check Point Unveils Application Intelligence Technology [ ] 101442) Network Associates Completes Acquisition Of IntruVert PLATFORMS [ ] 101443) NVIDIA Unveils New GeForce FX 5900 GPU [ ] 101444) IBM Debuts World's Most Sophisticated Server NETWORKING [ ] 101445) Altera Enables Network Traffic Over SONET/SDH IP Cores [ ] 101446) BigBangwidth Introduces BroadLAN At WestGrid Launch Event [ ] 101447) Extreme Helps Integrates Ethernet Services over Metro Nets STORAGE [ ] 101448) IBM'S Shark On Prowl At Area Data Centers OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 101449) Etnus Announces TotalView 6.2 [ ] 101450) Grid Computing: Conceptual Flyover For Developers [ ] 101451) Novell exteNd Application Server 5 Now Shipping [ ] 101452) OMG's Workshop On UML For Applications Announcement [ ] 101453) SOAP 1.2 Is Good To Go GENERAL [ ] 101454) Computer Associates Names Gary J. Fernandes to Board QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 101439) "Now small and medium-sized companies have such a large amount of compute power available on demand, there is no reason not to reap the benefits of reduced processing time and increased competitive edge." -- Ed Hubbard, CEO, United Devices 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 [ ] 740044) Grid Computing Symposium CUO/Interex/DECUS European Users Conference & Expo May 20, 2003 The RAI Conference Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands http://www.hp-interex.org/conference2003/ [ ] 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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