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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740072) Empowering New Frontiers Come Visit us in Phoenix, Arizona at SC2003, Booth #2625 IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 102204) GRIDS: N.C.'s $10 BILLION MONEY MACHINE [ ] 102201) GRIDtoday TEAMS UP WITH NOBLEMEN GROUP TO OFFER WEBCASTS [ ] 102211) CGI, SUN TO LAUNCH LIFE SCIENCES UTILITY COMPUTING SOLUTION [ ] 740074 ) HP Partners with UNESCO to Provide Grid Computing Access To Eastern European Universities SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 102201) GRIDtoday TEAMS UP WITH NOBLEMEN GROUP TO OFFER WEBCASTS The Webcasts will include interviews with executives from the leading suppliers of Grid computing technology, CIOs of leading organizations stepping up as early adopters of Grid computing, and other industry experts. [ ] 102202) RICHARD TAPIA CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY IN COMPUTING A SUCCESS By John Hurley, Editor-at-Large This conference, held Oct. 15-18 in Atlanta, was the second in a series of bi-annual conferences with the goal of promoting and celebrating diversity in computing. [ ] 102203) NCSA/ALLIANCE BOOTH TO SHOW CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES A highlight of the NCSA/Alliance will be high-resolution animated visualizations of an evolving tornado using a 7,000 lumen HDTV projector. [ ] 102204) GRIDS: N.C.'s $10 BILLION MONEY MACHINE A study sponsored by the Rural Internet Access Authority estimates Grid computing will give a $10 billion economic boost to the state's economy through 2010, leading to an additional 24,000 jobs and $7.2 billion in personal income. [ ] 102205) DEFINING A CONCEPT FOR REMOTE NETWORK FILE SYSTEM SERVICES By K.S.Venkatram Today, files are most common user interest and have many naming conventions associated with them. The unique principle proposed in this article, "Extending the Remote Network File System Services -- Remote File System Access Decision Model," is defining design for manageability. [ ] 740075 ) CGI Teams with Sun Microsystems to Launch Life Sciences Utility Computing Solution SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 102206) BENETTON SELECTS SUN FOR NEXT-GENERATION INFORMATION SYSTEM After extensive analysis, tests and benchmarks, Benetton decided to move to Solaris 9 as the best solution to the company's needs. Benetton's IT infrastructure and strategy is based on open standards including Unix (both Solaris and Linux), Java technology and XML. [ ] 102207) FORCE10 NETWORKS, IBM SIGN MULTI-TIERED, WORLDWIDE AGREEMENT IBM Global Services will provide end-to-end support for the E-Series switch/routers -- including consulting, implementation and technical assistance center (TAC) support -- for enterprise customers worldwide. [ ] 102208) TECH LABORATORIES TO PARTICIPATE IN IBM INNOVATION FORUM The Innovation Forum's purpose is to provide promising ISVs with an introduction to the e-business on demand model and explore various opportunities. [ ] 102209) INTENTIA STANDARDIZES ON IBM'S OPEN TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM As part of the alliance, Intentia will standardize and ship its J2EE-based Movex collaboration applications on IBM's open middleware and hardware running on Linux, OS400, UNIX and NT. [ ] 740073 ) CALL FOR SPEAKERS GRID TODAY 2004 (Gt04) -- the first major conference and exhibition to focus on the emerging market for commercial business applications of Grid computing, has issued a Call for Speakers We are looking for high-level speakers from commercial organizations to speak on applications and implementation of Grid computing http://www.gridtoday.com SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 102210) ACCESS GRIDT TOOLKIT 2.0 CREATES SWELL OF GRID INTEREST Evidenced at the recent AG Development sessions held outside of Chicago, the interest and demand for collaborative tools continues to drive development of Grid applications allowing distributed resources to work together seamlessly. [ ] 102211) CGI, SUN TO LAUNCH LIFE SCIENCES UTILITY COMPUTING SOLUTION Under the Sun model, CGI will obtain network computing resources based on usage from Sun, and in turn, CGI will offer pay-for-use pricing to customers such as Genome Quebec. [ ] 740054) Our In-House LinuxBIOS Expertise Simplifies Cluster Management BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 102212) SSL VPN Features Enable Vendors To Expand User Base [ ] 102213) Waveset Supports Oracle Identity Management PLATFORMS [ ] 102214) Appro Introduces Mid To High-Range Level Workstation Solution [ ] 102215) IBM Unveils New Servers At CAE Symposium In Germany NETWORKING [ ] 102216) Glimmerglass System 300E Enables High-Performance Apps [ ] 102217) Ixia Verifies 10 Gb Ethernet Transcontinental Network [ ] 102218) NCSA Chooses Force10 For TeraGrid Deployment Phase II STORAGE [ ] 102219) Brocade To Deliver Multiprotocol Fabric Routing For SANs [ ] 102220) MirrorStore Delivers High Availability Data Protection OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 102221) OpenLink Releases Fully Managed .NET Data Providers [ ] 102222) AppForge Announces New Product To Support .NET Platform [ ] 102223) GemFire Suite, Version 2.2 Features Increased Performance [ ] 102224) Sharman Networks Launches Kazaa v2.6 Beta [ ] 102225) OpenLink Software Delivers Virtuoso 3.2 [ ] 102226) SpiritSoft Delivers SpiritWave Real-Time For Next Generation [ ] 102227) CA's Unicenter WSDM Delivers State-Of-The-Art .NET Management GENERAL [ ] 102228) Foundry Networks Posts Third Quarter Results [ ] 102229) globusWORLD 2004 Issues Preliminary Program [ ] 102230) Microsoft Reports First Quarter Earnings [ ] 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 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 102201) "Grid computing is undoubtedly beginning a migration from the scientific and technical community, where it was spawned, to establishing a new paradigm in distributed computing that will permeate corporate IT infrastructures." -- Mike Bernhardt, Executive VP, The Noblemen Group JOB BANK =================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 710) Avaki, *CCLRC e-Science Centre, *First Option, General Dynamics Decision Systems, HP, Indiana University, Institute for Scientific Research, MCNC, Platform, Red Hat, *United Devices (2), University of Southern California (2) [ ] 711) Job Bank Rates and Regulations CONFERENCE CALENDAR ======================================================== GRIDtoday is proud to be affiliated with the following organizations: [ ] 740071) globusWORLD The premier GRID conference featuring the Globus Toolkit January 20-23, 2004 - San Francisco, CA www.globusworld.org Global Grid Forum The Leading Edge of Grid Computing for Researchers Worldwide http://www.Gridforum.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 ================================================= [ ] 102172) THE RISE OF THIRD-GENERATION GRIDS [ ] 102175) MOST EUROPEAN COMPANIES HAVE NO INSIGHT INTO GRID LOAD LEVELS [ ] 102178) ORACLE DEFINES GRID CONCEPT AT OracleWorld IN PARIS [ ] 102174) DEPT. OF DEFENSE, UNH-IOL CREATE MOONV6 TESTBED FOR IPv6 [ ] 102198) VMware Receives Support From Leading Software Companies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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