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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740081 ) The Future is Grid HP is Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into the Enterprise Market IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 102479) APPLE STORMS MARKET WITH XGrid [ ] 102488) LARGEST PUBLIC RESEARCH GRID SURPASSES 2.5 MILLION MARK [ ] 102484) MAJOR SHIFT TO AFFECT ALL ASPECTS OF ENTERPRISE IT [ ] 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 SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 102479) APPLE STORMS MARKET WITH XGrid XGrid brings Apple's legendary ease-of-use to computational clustering by providing the easiest way to run compute intensive applications, such as the popular gene-sequencing application BLAST, on multiple Macs using Apple's Rendezvous networking technology. [ ] 102480) GRID COMPUTING COMES TO MALAYSIA The hyperbole surrounding Grid computing in Malaysia seems to be reaching a feverish pitch as major industry players begin to showcase their offerings and solutions for the enterprise market. [ ] 102481) U.S., CHINA, RUSSIA UNITE ON EDUCATIONAL/SCIENTIFIC GRID When completed, bandwidth between the United States and China will be increased, and the first fiber network connection across the China-Russia border will be in place. [ ] 102482) UTILITY COMPUTING SEARCHING FOR IDENTITY Utitlity computing definitely was a buzz word in 2003, drawing attention from major companies. In 2004, it is looking to become more well-defined, and more appealing to customers. [ ] 102483) VIRTUALIZATION BECOMES FOCUS OF COMPUTER BUSINESS INDUSTRY IBM is spearheading a campaign to adopt virtualization techniques, an idea that could revolutionize the way IT business is done today. [ ] 102484) MAJOR SHIFT TO AFFECT ALL ASPECTS OF ENTERPRISE IT As companies move toward Service-Oriented Architectures, a broad range of individual IT markets will coalesce into a single market for "SOA implementation frameworks" that provide all the capabilities companies need to build, run, manage and secure SOAs. [ ] 740080 ) Sun Introduces Infrastructure Solution for Grid Computing SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 102485) HITACHI TO DISTRIBUTE VOLTAIRE InfiniBand FOR 10g IN JAPAN Voltaire's partners, Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (Hitachi-HT) and Hitachi Information Technology Co. Ltd. (Hitachi-IT) will distribute the solution which is designed for emerging enterprise Grid computing. [ ] 102486) Database SERVER VIRTUALIZATION ELIMINATES GRID LOCK Savantis Systems Inc, a leading provider of adaptive database infrastructure solutions, unveiled its plan for broader support in the data center, enabling companies to expand their utility computing initiatives. [ ] 102487) VERITAS ACQUIRES EJASENT INC; EXTENDS UTILITY COMPUTING PLAN Ejasent's application virtualization technology provides VERITAS with another key building block to enable utility computing. The company's core software, UpScale, offers the ability to move an application from one server to another without disrupting or terminating the application. [ ] 740054 ) Our In-House LinuxBIOS Expertise Simplifies Cluster Management SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 102488) LARGEST PUBLIC RESEARCH GRID SURPASSES 2.5 MILLION MARK These servers, workstations, desktops and notebooks join together from more than 200 countries and territories to help speed grand-scale cancer and smallpox research. [ ] 102489) IBM BUILDS GRID FOR BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS, SCREENING IBM and the University of Pennsylvania announced a powerful computing Grid that aims to bring advanced methods of breast cancer diagnosis and screening to patients across the nation, while reducing costs. [ ] 102490) NSF, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE RELEASE NEW GRID SOFTWARE Last month, NSF released version 4 of its Middleware Initiative, an open-source package of Grid tools, and the University of Melbourne in Australia recently released Grid resource monitoring software called Gridscape. [ ] 102491) SUN GIVES EQUIPMENT TO SETI'S GRID COMPUTING PROJECT By donating equipment and cash to the Berkeley, Calif-based SETI@Home project, which harnesses the power of nearly 600,000 PCs to crunch data from space-based radio signals, Sun Microsystems Inc is prepping its distributed (or Grid) computing technology for more grounded uses. [ ] 740078 ) Intel - Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network of Grid Computing Power BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 102492) NetScreen Leads In Security Appliance Market Share Growth PLATFORMS [ ] 102493) New Ultra-Slim IBM Blade Is Smallest 4-Way Server Ever NETWORKING [ ] 102494) EMEA Data Networking Market To Model Worldwide Performance [ ] 102495) Huawei Technologies Licenses NextHop's GateD Routing Software [ ] 102496) IP Infusion Boosts Its ZebOS Advanced Routing Suite Offering [ ] 102497) MCNC Demonstrates Next Generation Optical Networking Protocol [ ] 102498) Netilla Announces Dist. Agreement With Alternative Technology [ ] 102499) Parama Chip To Reinvigorate Telecommunications Networks STORAGE [ ] 102500) CNT Adds IBM XRC FICON Support To UltraNet Storage Director OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 102501) Web Services Analyst Spotlights Ascential Software Leadership [ ] 102502) Casio Selects BEA WebLogic Integration 8.1 As SCM Foundation [ ] 102503) New 2.6 Linux Kernel Endorsed By OSDL Members GENERAL [ ] 102504) Former PeopleSoft Exec Joins Confluent As VP Of Marketing [ ] 102505) UNC, Others Team To Form Institute For Renaissance Computing [ ] 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 ========================================================== [ ] 102480) "Grid computing is something that will gain traction over the coming years, but at this point in time, in almost all countries in Asia-Pacific (including Malaysia), it is non-existent." -- Phil Sargeant, Research Director, Gartner Australia 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, Swiss Centre for Scientific Computing, 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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