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 --- Dec 15, 2003: Vol. 2, No. 50 --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740076 ) HP Joins with BAE SYSTEMS, Others on Grid For Advanced Aerospace and Defense Design GRIDtoday would like to wish the readers a safe and happy Seasons Greetings with this last issue. We would also like to remind you that we will be back with the new edition on January 5, 2004. IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 102394) ORACLE ON BOARD WITH CERN OPENLAB [ ] 102405) TELESCIENCE FACILITATES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ON GLOBAL GRID [ ] 102395) TECH RESURRECTION WILL BE DRIVEN BY GRID COMPUTING [ ] 740054 ) Our In-House LinuxBIOS Expertise Simplifies Cluster Management SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 102394) ORACLE ON BOARD WITH CERN OPENLAB Oracle is sponsoring 1.5 million euros over three years toward equipment and the funding of young research fellows, who will test Oracle Database 10g within CERN's demanding environment. [ ] 102395) TECH RESURRECTION WILL BE DRIVEN BY GRID COMPUTING IDC believes the full impact of this shift will be felt for the first time in 2004 as the industry's leading hardware and software vendors begin to clash on this new battlefield. [ ] 102396) ORACLE RELEASES WORLD'S FIRST GRID-READY APPLICATION SERVER The new release offers nearly 600 new features, including advancements in integration and the Web services infrastructure. [ ] 740079 ) Sun - What's driving the Grid? SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 102397) NEW CANDLE PathWAI PACKAGES ACCELERATE 'EARLY LIFE-CYCLE' Candle Corp, a leading enterprise infrastructure management provider, announced six new PathWAI packages that accelerate IBM WebSphere Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and enterprise application integration (EAI) initiatives. [ ] 102398) ETAGON, CINTRA TEAM TO SPUR GROWTH OF ON-DEMAND COMPUTING This alliance provides Cintra's customers with an on-demand computing solution that cuts the sometimes prohibitive costs and complexity associated with deploying and managing the underlying IT infrastructure. [ ] 102399) JAPANESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER TO ADOPT DELL SERVER BLADES Dell Japan has announced Dell PowerEdge 1655MC server blades will be adopted as the hardware platform for a broadband solution, based on Grid computing. [ ] 102400) ANNO 2003: LEGAL PEER-TO-PEER SOLUTION WILL IGNITE WEB BOOM Anybody can sell their own digital content -- such as music, movies, software or electronic books -- legally and profitably with Payshare, a new digital distribution service that legitimizes peer-to-peer. [ ] 102401) PLATFORM LAUNCHES GLOBAL PARTNER PROGRAM, ADDS NEWS FACES As part of its continued commitment to plan and build Grid computing infrastructures for customers, Platform Computing Inc announced the appointment of James MacDonald as vice president of business development to lead the company's rapidly growing partner programs. [ ] 102402) SONY, INTEL TO COLLABORATE ON GRID-BASED MUSIC DELIVERY To serve its growing service provider customer base, the Sony Music Digital Services Group purchased Intel-based servers to ensure their upstream media management system has the processing power and scalability to support a quickly ramping business. [ ] 740078 ) Intel - Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network of Grid Computing Power SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 102403) ORACLE JDeveloper 10g HELPS DEVELOPERS BUILD FLEXIBLE APPS Featuring Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF), Oracle JDeveloper 10g simplifies application development by providing a "productivity layer," enabling developers of all skill levels to create J2EE applications and Web services optimized for deployment on enterprise Grids. [ ] 102404) PANSCOPIC INTEGRATES WITH SOFTWARE AG'S TAMINO XML SERVER The combination provides self-serve access to XML content and, by maintaining XML's native structure, allows users to easily combine XML data with non-XML data. [ ] 102405) TELESCIENCE FACILITATES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ON GLOBAL GRID A team od researchers at the Bandwidth Challenge developed Telescience, a process that provides, through one Web interface, a suite of tools for end-to-end electron tomography including remote microscopy, bioinformatics, distributed computing and collaborative visualization. [ ] 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 [ ] 102406) Tests Verify Foundry Load Balancer For DoS Attack Protection [ ] 102407) NetContinuum Raises Bar In Application Security [ ] 102408) Reactivity Releases XML Web Services Threat Defense Framework [ ] 102409) Sun, Caveo Announce Low Cost, Simplified, SSL VPN Appliance [ ] 102410) Webwasher Expands Global Business Activity With IBM Agreement PLATFORMS [ ] 102411) China Produces Commercialized High-Performance Server [ ] 102412) Texas Instruments Eyes SETs To Extend Life Of CMOS NETWORKING [ ] 102413) Aeluros Assembles Broad XFP Interoperability Verification [ ] 102414) Report Details Key Component Trends For 10-Gbps Networking [ ] 102415) Copper Wire Competitive With Fiber Optic Cable For LANS [ ] 102416) BlackDiamond 10K Offers Resilient, Scalable 10Gb Switch [ ] 102417) InfiniCon Elected To IBTA Steering Committee [ ] 102418) Napatech, Xilinx Announce 10Gb Programmable Ethernet Adapter [ ] 102419) NetQoS Launches Latest Traffic Analysis Solution [ ] 102420) Chinese Security Standard Could Fracture Wi-Fi, Says IEEE STORAGE [ ] 102421) VERITAS Extends Windows Leadership OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 102422) CA Ships Innovative Solution To Monitor, Manage Web Services [ ] 102423) Confluent Announces Next Generation Web Services Platform [ ] 102424) Novell Joins OSDL, Strengthens Broad Commitment To Linux [ ] 102425) ObjectWeb, Apache To Team Up On Open Source J2EE [ ] 102426) Progeny Transition Service Support Red Hat 8.0 And 9 Users GENERAL [ ] 102427) Cequent Signs With Sprint For Virtual Private Networks [ ] 102428) LBNL Seeking Applicants For Post-Doctoral Fellowship [ ] 102429) NCSA's Dan Reed Heads To North Carolina [ ] 102430) Fight For Control Of Net Erupts At United Nations [ ] 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 ========================================================== [ ] 102394) "The challenges we face with Grid computing are understanding what impact it will have on future applications, where it will benefit organizations most, what applications are most suited to the Grid and what implementation challenges exist." -- Wolfgang von Ruden, Head, CERN openlab for DataGrid Apps JOB BANK =================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 710) CCLRC e-Science Centre, First Option, General Dynamics Decision Systems, HP, *Indiana University (2), Institute for Scientific Research, MCNC, *Osaka UNiversity, *Platform (2), Red Hat, *United Devices (3), 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. 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