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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740061) HP and Grid Computing On The Road To Planetary Computing IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 101903) GRID COMPUTING -- THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HYPE [ ] 101899) GLOBUS ALLIANCE ESTABLISHED [ ] 101906) INTEL JOINS PALLAS TO STRENGTHEN GRIP ON GRID ARENA [ ] 740054) Our In-House LinuxBIOS Expertise Simplifies Cluster Management SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 101898) GRID COMPUTING USING INDUSTRY-STANDARD WEB SERVICES Cornell University professors have successfully demonstrated a geographically- distributed simulation system, based on industry-standard Web Services, for solving coupled fluid/thermal/mechanical fracture problems. [ ] 101899) GLOBUS ALLIANCE ESTABLISHED Like the original Globus Project, the Globus Alliance is a tightly integrated consortium dedicated to collaborative design, development, testing and support of the open source Globus Toolkit, the de facto standard Grid software. [ ] 101900) GRIDS FOR THE HUMANITIES: WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON? By Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief, and John Hurley, Editor-at-Large GRIDtoday conducted an interview with HASTAC charter member Cathy Davidson, vice provost for interdisciplinary studies, and Ruth F. DeVarney, professor of English at Duke University. [ ] 101901) INTERNATIONAL DATA GRID PLANNED Scientists at two Chicago-area national laboratories are working to build a supercomputer system that eventually would make accessible massive amounts of information currently off limits to the average computer user. [ ] 101902) NSF FUNDS EXPERIMENTAL GRID INFRASTRUCTURE ON UCSD CAMPUS The Computer Science and Engineering building now under construction on the campus of the University of California, San Diego will be equipped with one of the most advanced computer and telecommunications networks anywhere. [ ] 101903) GRID COMPUTING -- THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HYPE By Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief GRIDtoday talks with Tho Nguyen, SAS manager of data integration strategy, about Grid computing - what it means to the industry, to SAS and to its customers. [ ] 740057) Sun - The Power Behind the Grid SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 101904) CALIENT NETWORKS LAUNCHES PX SWITCHING SUBSYSTEM Calient Networks has launched its new PX photonic switching subsystem for use in software reconfigurable patch panels, automated system testing, automated manufacturing testing, grid computing and pre-deployment network staging. [ ] 101905) CARDIFF'S 10-GIGABIT NETWORK BUILT ON FOUNDRY SYSTEMS Cardiff University, in partnership with the University of Wales College of Medicine, has chosen Foundry Networks Inc to supply intelligent switching and routing systems for its new combined network, one of the largest and most advanced IT infrastructure projects in the UK today. [ ] 101906) INTEL JOINS PALLAS TO STRENGTHEN GRIP ON GRID ARENA Intel has recently made efforts to acquire Pallas, a German software maker, in hopes that the venture will strengthen its grip on the grid arena. [ ] 740063) INTEL TARGETS GRID COMPUTING NICHE SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 101907) ACTIFY'S KIT ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO INCORPORATE VISUALIZATION Actify Inc announced the Actify SDK, a new software developers kit which gives developers and systems integrators the ability to customize the view, measure, markup and share functionality of CAD visualization. [ ] 101908) CITRIX GARNERS METAFRAME ACCESS SUITE CUSTOMERS IN EUROPE Citrix Systems Inc said it is continuing its investment in and has seen strong adoption of its MetaFrame Access Suite in the European Union enlargement area and in Russia. [ ] 101909) IBM DELIVERS NEW SERVER-PROVISIONING TECHNOLOGY In efforts to build interest in the utility computing market, IBM unveiled the first piece of Project Symphony, the Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator. [ ] 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 [ ] 101910) Enterasys Positioned In The Visionary Quadrant By Gartner [ ] 101911) IBM Certifies NetDetector As 'Ready For Tivoli Software' PLATFORMS [ ] 101912) IBM And UT At Austin To Work On Single-Chip Supercomputer NETWORKING [ ] 101913) UNH-IOL Validated 10 Gigabit Ethernet MAC IP Core Announced [ ] 101914) NEC Announces 64-Bit MIPS-Based Microprocessor [ ] 101915) Scintera Networks Takes The Wraps Off First 10Gb/s EDCE [ ] 101916) White Rock Adds Tunable ITU-Grid Optics To VLX2020 SONET STORAGE [ ] 101917) Applied Micro Circuits Corporation To Acquire JNI Corporation [ ] 101918) Renesas Technology Unveils 18- And 36-Megabit QDRII SRAMs OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 101919) Idea Integration Develops New GIS Web Application GENERAL [ ] 101920) BEA Provides 69 Percent Cost Advantage Over WebSphere [ ] 101921) William A. Halter Elected To webMethods' Board Of Directors QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 101903) "I don't have all the answers, but I do know that the Globus Project has a toolkit that includes security measures that could potentially help control terrorist involvement." -- Tho Nyugen, Manager of Data Integration Strategy, SAS 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 ================================================= [ ] 101876) GRID COMPUTING AND ITS FUTURE IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY [ ] 101874) GRIDS MOVE TOWARD MATURITY [ ] 101879) SUN GEARS UP FOR SEPTEMBER'S PROJECT ORION LAUNCH [ ] 101875) LETTER FROM GRIDtoday's EDITOR-AT-LARGE JOHN HURLEY [ ] 101881) GRID COMPUTING GETS A SPEED BOOST FROM MATHEMATICA 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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