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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 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 IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 101483) GRID COMPUTING FOR YOU AND ME [ ] 101486) ENG DIRECTOR REVEALS STATE OF THE TERAGRID [ ] 101495) ExperTelligence ANNOUNCES ANTI-TERRORIST GRID APPLICATIONS [ ] 740045) HP Labs Uses Utility Data Center to Invent Tomorrow's Technology Solutions Today SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 101483) GRID COMPUTING FOR YOU AND ME By Ahmar Abbas, Managing Director, Grid Technology Partners Will the rise in home digital entertainment drive Grid technology to the next level? [ ] 101484) CAN GRID-BASED WEBCAMS CONTRIBUTE TO HOMELAND SECURITY? Jay Walker jump-started an online shopping craze by inventing Priceline.com, the Web site that lets people bid on airplane tickets and hotel rooms. Now Walker is hoping his newest brainchild revolutionizes a completely different field: national security. [ ] 101485) GRID COMPUTING SET TO GAIN CONSIDERABLE MOMENTUM Adoption of grid computing technologies will gain considerable momentum next year, when major independent software vendors (ISVs) begin releasing their grid-enabled business-process applications. [ ] 101486) ENG DIRECTOR REVEALS STATE OF THE TERAGRID By Alan Beck, Editor in Chief, GRIDtoday GRIDtoday's editor in chief Alan Beck catches up Pete Beckman, the director of engineering for the TeraGrid project, to discuss the current state of the Grid. [ ] 101487) SMART NEIGHBORHOODS -- NEXT STEP IN GRID SERVICES? PART I by K.S.Venkatram This article is the first in a series about "Defining a concept for a Smart Neighborhood". The article is not a published solution. The article introduces the reader to a concept for a smarter neighborhood and guides the user through a comparative analysis and extensibility of a sensor-controlled network against what is presented in Grid computing. [ ] 740046) Intel - Technologies for Sharing And Collaborating on the Net SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 101488) CA UNVEILS ITS STRATEGY FOR LINUX IN GREATER CHINA Computer Associates International Inchas reported the key messages given by Mr. Sam Greenblatt, the senior vice president and Chief Architect of Linux Technology Group, CA at the Linux media briefing via video conference taken place between China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan recently. [ ] 101489) INDIA CAN USE GRID EDGE IN MANAGING IT INFRASTRUCTURE While India has built up significant expertise in the areas of IT application building and maintenance and most recently in the BPO sector, a sizeable opportunity also exists in the area of IT infrastructure management, according to GK Prasanna, vice president, Wipro Technologies. [ ] 101490) SCO/LINUX DEBATE TAKES CENTER STAGE AT USENIX CONFERENCE The 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference provides the first public forum for the debate on infringement claims by SCO against Linux. [ ] 101491) PLATFORM COMPUTING SIGNS GLOBAL GRID AGREEMENT WITH NEC Platform Computing announced that they have signed a comprehensive OEM agreement with NEC Corporation (NEC), in which NEC will offer Platform Computing's software on its IA Server Express5800 Series. [ ] 101492) XMLA COUNCIL GAINS MOMENTUM AND ADDED INDUSTRY SUPPORT The XML for Analysis (XMLA) Council has announced the success of the first public XMLA Interoperability Event. APPLICATIONS [ ] 101493) SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND ENTROPIA AIM GRID AT AIDS Entropia Inc and the Olson Laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute have announced successful completion of the initial phase of the FightAIDS@Home research project. FAAH accelerates AIDS research by generating and testing candidate drug compounds against detailed models of evolving AIDS viruses. [ ] 101494) PLAYING THE SUPERCOMPUTER GAME When Sony released its PlayStation 2 (PS2) game console in 2000, demand far outstripped supply, with eager gamers and desperate parents bidding up to $1,000 on eBay for scarce units. When Sony later released the Linux Kit for the PS2, interest in the machines spread beyond the gaming community to a seemingly unlikely place: the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. [ ] 101495) ExperTelligence ANNOUNCES ANTI-TERRORIST GRID APPLICATIONS ExperTelligence Inc announced recently that it has developed software technology for an anti-terrorist computer network capable of linking local, state, and federal law enforcement databases to better identify potential terrorists living or traveling in the United States. [ ] 740047) Sun - Turn Grid Computing Into a Reality BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 101496) RSA Security Outperforms The Competition PLATFORMS [ ] 101497) Atipa Launches AMD Opteron Processor-Based 64-Bit Cluster [ ] 101498) IBM Introduces First Pre-Packaged Blade Superclusters NETWORKING [ ] 101499) Marconi Announces The BXR-5000 Edge Router STORAGE [ ] 101500) Gateway's Tiny USB Flash Drive Fits In A Purse Or Pocket OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 101501) ON Technology Releases Java Application Developers Kit [ ] 101502) Parasoft Introduces New Automated Unit Testing Tool [ ] 101503) WARP Solutions Targets Mid-Mkt Enterprises with SpiderCache GENERAL [ ] 101504) Amsterdam Grid Computing Symposium [ ] 101505) JCentric Introduces Affordable VPS Hosting For Java [ ] 101506) W3C Notes Web Patents Policy 06.02.03 [ ] 740027) New E2 from Linux Networx A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 101494) "This is literally a hand-made supercomputer assembled by a creative group of researchers who are constantly pushing the limits of our field." -- Dan Reed, Director, NCSA 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 ================================================= [ ] 101457) GRIDS: NOT A CHEAP DATE [ ] 101456) THE COST OF COMPLEXITY AND THE USE OF GRIDS [ ] 101462) NPACI ROCKS MARKS MILESTONES [ ] 101455) ASCENTIAL SOFTWARE TAKES LEADERSHIP IN DEFINING THE GRID [ ] 101460) IBM ACQUIRES THINK DYNAMICS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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