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For subscription information, email Gridfree@Gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: Grideditor@Gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740054) Our In-House LinuxBIOS Expertise Simplifies Cluster Management IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 101825) GRID KNOCKS ON TELCOM DOOR [ ] 101824) FIORINA TOUTS ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE, SLAMS DELL, IBM [ ] 101831) RESEARCH CENTER DISCOVERS GENETIC LINKS WITH IBM TECHNOLOGY [ ] 740057) Sun - The Power Behind the Grid SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 101824) FIORINA TOUTS ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE, SLAMS DELL, IBM Fiorina touted the Adaptive Enterprise intiative as a shining example of HP's commitment to offering technology that will help company's do business more effectively. [ ] 101825) GRID KNOCKS ON TELCOM DOOR To the extent that existing corporate and public networks can or cannot support the additional Grid traffic and increased bandwidth demands, telecommunications suppliers will be tapped for new services and solutions. [ ] 101826) RESEARCHERS CREATE FASTEST DETAILED COMPUTER SIMULATIONS Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the fastest detailed computer simulations of computer networks ever constructed -- simulating networks containing more than 5 million network elements. [ ] 101827) NEW GRID AND TOOLS DEPLOYED ACROSS NPACI PARTNERSHIP NPACI-Grid and NPACKage software enable higher levels of scientific research and boost global Grid infrastructure. [ ] 101828) WS-I ANNOUNCES GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF THE BASIC PROFILE 1.0 WS-I member community delivers guidelines to ensure interoperability, reduce cost and lower complexity of implementing web services solutions. [ ] 740062) Intel - Peer-to-peer Computing is Good Business SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE [ ] 101829) ALLEGIS ANNOUNCES ALLEGIS 7.0 EBUSINESS SUITE AVAILABLE 7.0 pushes forward into two critical areas of channel performance that impact revenue -- channel forecasting and enhanced sales data. [ ] 101830) SAS JOINS GRID COMPUTING FORUM SAS announced that it has become the first enterprise business intelligence vendor to join the Global Grid Forum - an industry association formed to advance Grid computing. [ ] 740061) HP and Grid Computing On The Road To Planetary Computing SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS [ ] 101831) RESEARCH CENTER DISCOVERS GENETIC LINKS WITH IBM TECHNOLOGY Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced that its researchers are using IBM technology to help discover why some people are more susceptible than others to infectious and autoimmune diseases, such as leukemia and AIDS. [ ] 101832) COMPUTER LINKS TO ENHANCE TARGACEPT News last week that drug discovery firm Targacept Inc. will use thousands of school computers across Forsyth County to conduct drug research in the middle of the night means an economic boon for the company. [ ] 740060) GRID COMPUTING-A VERTICAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE 2003-2008 a report by Insight Research Corporation This 150+ page report is the most complete and comprehensive Grid market and industry report available. EXCLUSIVE OFFER - BUY NOW AND SAVE $200 BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 101833) ISS' Detection System Achieves High Marks [ ] 101834) ManagedStorage International Critical Data With NetScreen PLATFORMS [ ] 101835) Tarari Signs Racor To Sell Reconfigurable Processor NETWORKING [ ] 101836) EMC, IBM, Others Join HyperTransport Technology Consortium STORAGE [ ] 101837) DataDirect S2A Provides Wide Range Of Storage Needs [ ] 101838) SNIA Launches SMI-Lab3 For Storage Management OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 101839) IBM Adding Eclipse, Grid, Autonomic Tools To AlphaWorks [ ] 101840) iAnywhere Solutions and SuSE Linux Unveil Alliance [ ] 101841) Opsware Announces New Opsware Web Service APIs GENERAL [ ] 101842) Altiris Offers Native-Linux OS Deployment Configuration [ ] 101843) Singapore University, SGI Unveil New Reality Theater QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 101843) "If a single picture can speak a thousand words, imagine the educational benefits students can reap from a 3D environment." --John Kan, Ph.D., Managing Director of SGI 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 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 ================================================= [ ] 101788) IBM TO CREATE POWERFUL LINUX SUPERCOMPUTER [ ] 101785) OSDL RELEASES POSITION PAPER ON SCO AND LINUX [ ] 101791) SUN DEMONSTRATES ALTERNATIVE DESKTOP LEVERAGING JAVA & LINUX [ ] 101786) THE GRID SHAKES UP EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING [ ] 101798) Hackers Turn To Google ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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