GRIDtoday's "Breaking News" Log onto GRIDtoday.com at the beginning and the end of your day for up to the minute news and information in the Global Grid Community. www.Gridtoday.com \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// GRIDtoday NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY --- Sep 29, 2003: Vol. 2, No. 39 --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This issue will reach 30,000 readers ------- Article retrieval instructions are at the end of this file. For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740067) Intel - Creating A Virtual Worldwide Network Of Computing Power IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 102013) BIG COMPANIES CATCH ON TO GRID POTENTIAL [ ] 102019) IBM, MICROSOFT SHOWCASE INTEROPERABILITY [ ] 102031) South Korea Leads World In Net Speed [ ] 740068) Sun - Why Grid Computing? SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 102010) ELLISON, OTHERS SPEAK OF GRID'S FUTURE, POTENTIAL Oracle's Larry Ellison and CERN's Jamie Shiers, among others, speak of the potential of Grid computing at OracleWorld. [ ] 102011) CARNEGIE MELLON RESEARCHERS LOOK TO OVERHAUL INTERNET The project, which is spearheaded by Carnegie Mellon University entails replacing all of the nation's copper telephone wires with fiber-optic cables. [ ] 102012) REVOLUTIONARY GRID OFFERS GLIMPSE INTO FUTURE In the same vein as the Internet in the 1960s and the World Wide Web during the last decade, Grid computing could change users' experiences by offering unprecedented power all over the world. [ ] 102013) BIG COMPANIES CATCH ON TO GRID Currently, less than five percent of the world's largest companies are utilizing Grid technology, but that number looks to increase drastically over the next few years. [ ] 740069 ) CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION 4th International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid 2004: IEEE support pending final approval) 19-22 April, Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.mcs.anl.gov/ccgrid2004 SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 102014) AVAKI INKS EXPANDED RELATIONSHIP AGREEMENT WITH IBM Under the terms of the agreement, IBM and Avaki will work together to build and co-market solutions incorporating Avaki Data Grid, the first data Grid-based EII software for simplifying the provisioning, access and integration of distributed data across the extended enterprise. [ ] 102015) SWEDEN-BASED GCE TO RUN ENTIRE OPERATIONS FROM CZECH SERVER Although GCE's headquarters are in Malmo, Sweden, the Sprint-managed IP VPN has created a secure WAN for GCE to run its business operations remotely from its hub site in the Czech Republic. [ ] 102016) GM REVOLUTIONIZES TRANSMISSION DESIGN USING RT-LAB AND AMEsim RT-LAB Engineering Simulators and AMEsim modeling environment enable GM Powertrain design engineers to link mechanical system and control system CAE tools. [ ] 102017) SUN PACKS SECOND DAY OF SunNetwork CONFERENCE WITH INNOVATION At the SunNetwork Conference in San Francisco, the company rolled out the balance of 30 new products and services -- from desktop to data center systems -- resulting from Sun's $500 million quarterly investment in R&D innovation. [ ] 102018) UNITED DEVICES ANNOUNCES GRID-COMPUTING AGREEMENT WITH IBM As part of this agreement, the companies will pursue joint marketing activities and sales to customers in life sciences, oil and gas, government, industrial engineering, financial services and several other important markets. [ ] 102019) IBM, MICROSOFT SHOWCASE INTEROPERABILITY Rivals Microsoft and IBM have recently joined together in efforts to develop interactive software systems using Web services. [ ] 740054) Our In-House LinuxBIOS Expertise Simplifies Cluster Management SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 102020) IBM ANNOUNCES GLOBAL GRID COMPUTING PROJECTS Together with business intelligence software provider SAS and other partners, IBM introduced new Grid-based product offerings that address the unique, compute-intensive needs of the banking and financial markets industry. [ ] 102021) NCSA COLLABORATES ON NSF REAL-TIME WEATHER PREDICTION PROJECT The NSF Information Technology Research grant will support the Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD) project, in which the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) will collaborate with the University of Illinois and seven other institutions. [ ] 102022) RackSaver MAKES 'WISH' COME TRUE FOR MUTABLE REALMS RackSaver's Intel Xeon processor-based blade server cluster will enable Mutable Realms to host tens of thousands of simultaneous players in their new online role playing game, "Wish." [ ] 102023) BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE DEPLOYS MICROMUSE'S NETCOOL The BNF uses Netcool enterprise solutions to collect and consolidate event data from across its IT infrastructure, regardless of whether that data is network-, security-, systems- or applications-based. [ ] 740066) HP Advances Grid Strategy for the Adaptive Enterprise BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 102024) Top College Declares War on Hackers, Virus Authors [ ] 102025) IPtimize, Converse Join Forces For Real-Time Reliability [ ] 102026) RSA Announces Products To Deliver Identity, Access Management PLATFORMS [ ] 102027) AMD Unveils Athlon 64, Seen As Head Start Vs. Intel [ ] 102028) Microsoft to Support AMD, Intel 64-Bit Chips [ ] 102029) Sun Presents Chip-Design Breakthrough NETWORKING [ ] 102030) Citrix Selects NetQoS To Optimize Net. App. Performance [ ] 102031) South Korea Leads World In Net Speed [ ] 102032) SnapGear Announces Linux Support For Intel Gigabit Network [ ] 102033) Advisory Concerning VeriSign's DNS Wildcard Service [ ] 102034) Vitesse Completes Layer 2+ Gigabit Switch Family [ ] 102035) ZyXEL Introduces Gigabit Ethernet Switches STORAGE [ ] 102036) Unitrends, LSI Collaborate, Deliver Data Protection Vault [ ] 102037) Hitachi to Distribute Voltaire InfiniBand Solutions In Japan OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 102038) Attunity Web Services Standardizes Legacy Integration [ ] 102039) Mercury Delivers First DRI Standard Middleware Implementation [ ] 102040) Open Source Architecture To Create A Scalable Enterprise [ ] 102041) Microsoft Announces Beta Version Of Windows XP 64-Bit Edition GENERAL [ ] 102042) Richard Laming Vice President Of Avanex Livingston [ ] 102043) 4th International Symposium On Cluster Computing And The Grid [ ] 102044) Cray First Member Of PRAGMA Inudustrial Affiliate Program [ ] 102045) Glenn Edens leaves HP To Lead Sun Microsystems Laboratories [ ] 102046) HP To Protect Customers From Linux Claims [ ] 102047) Internet Body Wins Three-Year Extension From United States [ ] 102048) Cast Iron Systems Welcomes Doug Reid As VP Of Worldwide Sales QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 102046) "We will provide full indemnity across the entire suite for any SCO-related action. 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