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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: [ ] 102232) GGF GETS "GLOBAL WORKSPACE" [ ] 102238) NOVELL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE SUSE LINUX [ ] 102243) Microsoft To Place Bounty On Virus Writers [ ] 740072) Empowering New Frontiers Come Visit us in Phoenix, Arizona at SC2003, Booth #2625 SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 102232) GGF GETS "GLOBAL WORKSPACE" As GGF's community, presently 4000-5000 strong, is spread across the globe, SourceForge Enterprise Edition provides a location-transparent workspace for project-focused communication and collaboration among widely dispersed teams. [ ] 102233) HP JOINS BAE, OTHERS ON ADV. AEROSPACE, DEFENSE DESIGN GRID HP has teamed with BAE SYSTEMS, the Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore, Cardiff University and the University of Wales-Swansea, to use Grid computing for the exploration of advanced, collaborative simulation and visualization in aerospace and defense design. [ ] 102234) ACCESS GRID ALLOWS NATIVE AMERICANS TO BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE The Tribal Virtual Network (TVN), a consortium of Native American communities, is using the Access Grid to provide broadband Internet connection to five tribal museums and cultural centers. [ ] 102235) EXTENDING THE REMOTE FILE SYSTEM SERVICES -- SPECIFICATIONS By K.S. Venkatram This article will describe the specification that extends effectiveness in working with remote file systems. We will look at holes in the Remote File System infrastructure and start the smarter interest for resolving and modeling to recycle past these infrastructure limitations. [ ] 740074 ) HP Partners with UNESCO to Provide Grid Computing Access To Eastern European Universities SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 102236) NETWORK APPLIANCE, FUJITSU SIEMENS EXPAND GRID PARTNERSHIP Through the partnership, the two companies will open a new state-of-the-art Center of Excellence (CoE) facility at Oracle Corp's Munich, Germany, campus. [ ] 102237) FORCE10 ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIPS W/ IBM, NCSA TeraGrid PROJECT Force10 Networks Inc announced that IBM Corp will resell Force10's 1-Gb per second Ethernet and 10-Gb per second Ethernet switches. Also announced was the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois (NCSA) as the company's first customer. [ ] 102238) NOVELL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE SUSE LINUX With the open source expertise of SUSE LINUX and Novell's support, training and consulting services, Novell will be able to deliver Linux and all its components -- from the server to the desktop -- and give organizations a secure, reliable and mature Linux foundation. [ ] 740075 ) CGI Teams with Sun Microsystems to Launch Life Sciences Utility Computing Solution SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 102239) GLIMMERGLASS, UIC JOIN FORCES TO DEVELOP NEW LambdaGrid APPS The partnership recognizes the potential associated with the convergence of two new technologies, Grid middleware and affordable lambda networks, which is leading to the creation of LambdaGrids. [ ] 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 BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 102240) High Tower Announces Appliance For Real-Time Protection [ ] 102241) ISSA Assembles Global Workgroups For Developing Principles [ ] 102242) Reactivity, Mindreef Partner To Police Rogue Web Services [ ] 102243) Microsoft To Place Bounty On Virus Writers [ ] 102244) RSA Security Announces New Encryption Software [ ] 102245) Tangram OverSight Blocks Unwanted Software From IT Networks PLATFORMS [ ] 102246) HP, Oracle Top 1 Million Transactions Per Minute [ ] 102247) HP Fuels Standards-Based Computing With Expanded Server Line [ ] 102248) Sun, Oracle Set Application Server Performance Record NETWORKING [ ] 102249) Redux To Demo Converged TDM And Ethernet Over G.SHDSL.bis STORAGE [ ] 102250) Network Appliance Agrees To Acquire Spinnaker Networks [ ] 102251) VERITAS Delivers Foundation For Utility Computing OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 102252) BMC Manages Mainframe, Dist. Databases From Common Console [ ] 102253) Five Universities To Enhance Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic [ ] 102254) OpenLink Releases High-Performance 64-Bit ODBC Drivers GENERAL [ ] 102255) Akamai Names Michael Ruffolo Chief Operating Officer [ ] 102256) Augmentix Joins Service Availability Forum [ ] 102257) E.piphany Hosts "On-Demand Technology For CRM" Webinar [ ] 102258) Animation Factory Now Possible With IT Grid [ ] 102259) SCS Wins Singapore's National Grid Pilot Platform Tender [ ] 102260) StarHub Selected To Connect National Grid Project [ ] 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 ========================================================== [ ] 102234) "Some families from the reservation have to make a 120-mile trip to the city to have access to some sort of education. Access Grid technology will make it easier for rural villages to keep up with everything that's going on in the world." -- Arlan Sando, Access Grid operator for the Jemez Pueblo 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 ================================================= [ ] 102204) GRIDS: N.C.'s $10 BILLION MONEY MACHINE [ ] 102205) DEFINING A CONCEPT FOR REMOTE NETWORK FILE SYSTEM SERVICES [ ] 102211) CGI, SUN TO LAUNCH LIFE SCIENCES UTILITY COMPUTING SOLUTION [ ] 102201) GRIDtoday TEAMS UP WITH NOBLEMEN GROUP TO OFFER WEBCASTS [ ] 102210) ACCESS GRID TOOLKIT 2.0 CREATES SWELL OF GRID INTEREST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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