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For subscription information, email Gridfree@Gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740045) HP Labs Uses Utility Data Center to Invent Tomorrow's Technology Solutions Today IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 101456) THE COST OF COMPLEXITY AND THE USE OF GRIDS [ ] 101457) GRIDS: NOT A CHEAP DATE [ ] 101462) NPACI ROCKS MARKS MILESTONES [ ] 740046) Intel - Technologies for Sharing And Collaborating on the Net SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 101455) ASCENTIAL SOFTWARE TAKES LEADERSHIP IN DEFINING THE GRID Ascential Software Corporation, an enterprise integration leader, announced that it is the first enterprise integration software provider to join the Global Grid Forum ("GGF"), an industry association formed to advance Grid computing. [ ] 101456) THE COST OF COMPLEXITY AND THE USE OF GRIDS By Mark Tolliver, chief strategy officer for Sun Microsystems Mark Tolliver, chief strategy officer for Sun Microsystems, talks about the cost of technology complexity and what we're doing about it. [ ] 101457) GRIDS: NOT A CHEAP DATE Most businesses agree that computing on demand, Grid computing and utility computing provide much excitement for the new millennium, and most believe it provides a sound value proposition, though it's not an easy or inexpensive one to achieve. [ ] 101458) THOUGHTWORKS, MS DEVELOP ARCHITECTURAL PATTERNS FOR .NET ThoughtWorks, Inc.'s contributions in the development of architectural patterns for Microsoft Corp.'s .NET Framework have been published in a new book entitled, "Enterprise Solution Patterns Using Microsoft .NET." [ ] 740047) Sun - Turn Grid Computing Into a Reality SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 101459) CISCO EXTENDS LEADERSHIP IN INTEGRATED NETWORK SECURITY Cisco Systems, Inc. announced 14 security solutions and services that will help customers of all sizes to make their networked business-critical resources more resilient and operationally efficient. [ ] 101460) IBM ACQUIRES THINK DYNAMICS IBM recently announced that it has acquired Think Dynamics, a privately held company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. [ ] 101461) GRIDIRON HARNESSES THE GRID TO POWER MPEG-4 ENCODING APPS GridIron Software Inc announced that it has successfully encoded MPEG-4 video using multiple computers with its GridIron XLR8 software solution for distributed computing. APPLICATIONS [ ] 101462) NPACI ROCKS MARKS MILESTONES Researchers with the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI) at SDSC marked significant milestones for the NPACI Rocks toolkit, which enables users to more easily set up and manage powerful yet inexpensive cluster computers. [ ] 101463) BC AND ALBERTA LAUNCH $44 MILLION E-RESEARCH INVESTMENT APPS Three major computer companies have been selected to build the $44 million research infrastructure of WestGrid (Western Canada Research Grid), project leaders announced as part of the official WestGrid launch, held simultaneously in Edmonton and Vancouver. [ ] 740027) New E2 from Linux Networx A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 101464) CipherOptics Secures $9.6M Series B Financing [ ] 101465) Massive DDoS Attack Foiled By Webscreen Anti-DDoS Appliance PLATFORMS [ ] 101466) Fujitsu Debuts Powerful Entry-Level Servers [ ] 101467) Sun To Release New Compute Grid Rack Systems [ ] 101468) Sun And Oracle Expand Support For Solaris SPARC Systems [ ] 101469) Unisys Unveils New Mainframes Built for Web Services NETWORKING [ ] 101470) Broadcom Applauds IEEE Technical Group For Progress [ ] 101471) Cisco To Take Next Step In Ethernet Speeds [ ] 101472) D-Link Deploys Next-Generation DGS-3224SR Switch [ ] 101473) Extreme Networks Enhances Alpine Switching Platform [ ] 101474) Network Associates Launches Sniffer s6040 [ ] 101475) UWB Set To Make Commercial Debut STORAGE [ ] 101476) iReady Introduces World'S Most Integrated iSCSI Controller OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 101477) Novell exteNd Is Now "Java Verified" For Portability [ ] 101478) Striva And IBM Partner To Extend DB2 Information Integrator GENERAL [ ] 101479) Gateway Discloses U.S. Criminal Probe [ ] 101480) First Annual Lustre User Group Meeting [ ] 101481) Stratacache Continues To Build A Strong Global Base [ ] 101482) IEEE TFCC Newsletter Special Issue On Grid Computing QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 101463) "What we are doing here in Canada matches any innovative project of this nature in the world." -- Richard Foster, CTO, WestGrid 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 [ ] 740048) Grid Computing, Applications & High End Visualization Sun High Performance Computing Consortium (SHPCC) Conference 21-23 June 2003, Heidelberg, Germany http://www.sun-registration.com/hpc [ ] 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 ================================================= [ ] 101435) CANADA ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF UPCOMING WestGrid PROJECT [ ] 101434) GGF8 SEATTLE: "Building Grids -- Obstacles & Opportunities" [ ] 101450) Grid Computing: Conceptual Flyover For Developers [ ] 101438) GATEWAY GRID DRIVES DIABETES RESEARCH [ ] 101439) ROTHBERG INSTITUTE LEVERAGES GRID TECH TO COMBAT SARS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. 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