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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] A516 ) Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network Of Grid Computing Power - INTEL - IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] M442401 ) Postcards From the Edge of the GRIDtoday VIP Summit [ ] M439327 ) TeraGrid Seeks to Address Needs of Computational Scientists [ ] M443152 ) Sao Paulo Joins STAR GRID [ ] A515 ) HP: Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into The Enterprise Market SPECIAL FEATURES ============================================================== [ ] M442401 ) Postcards From the Edge of the GRIDtoday VIP Summit By Alan J. Weissberger, Contributing Author In his report from the GRIDtoday VIP Summit, Alan Weissberger focuses on whether there is a gap between user plans for Grids and Grid vendor offerings, and looks at one user who is determined to get Grids right. Finally, he offers parting shots on what's missing today in the world of Grids. [ ] M442219 ) PSC's Big Ben Slated to be Lead TeraGrid Resource The current lead system at PSC, LeMieux, has been one of the most productive TeraGrid systems, and although LeMieux remains lively and available for the foreseeable future, Big Ben is expected to take over LeMieux's role as the TeraGrid resource best suited for very large-scale, demanding projects. [ ] A705 ) Windows Grid Computing - Starting at $995 Do More. Faster. The Digipede Network is the first commercial .NET Grid computing software. Radically easier to buy, install, learn and use than other grid solutions. Learn more at www.digipede.net. SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ============================================================ [ ] M442187 ) Tangosol Announces Coherence 3.0 Release Coherence 3.0 provides significant enhancements for organizations deploying and managing large-scale clusters and Grids. These new capabilities provide extremely high levels of availability, reliability, manageability, scalability, performance and flexibility for Java applications. [ ] M443350 ) Sun Signs Grid Customers Among customer who chose Sun Microsystems for Grid implementations in the fourth quarter are NewEnergy Associates, the High Performance Computing Virtual Lab, the University of Auckland (New Zealand) and the University of Nevada-Reno. [ ] A506 ) Want to Know the Market Potential of Grid Computing Worldwide? Request Your Free Executive Summary http://www.insight-corp.com/survey/gridtoday.htm APPLICATIONS ================================================================== [ ] M439327 ) TeraGrid Seeks to Address Needs of Computational Scientists Key representatives of the TeraGrid initiative participated at the eighth official Congress of the United States Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) to better understand how the TeraGrid's high-performance cyberinfrastructure can further advance the particular research needs of computational scientists. [ ] M443152 ) Sao Paulo Joins STAR GRID By Katie Yurkewicz, Editor, Science Grid This Week The Sao Paulo group already leads two STAR detector subsystems and is active in a broad range of physics areas, and they now join BNL and the Parallel Distributed Systems Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the experiment's distributed computing infrastructure, the STAR GRID. [ ] M441327 ) West Liberty State College Joins Global Grid Exchange An initiative of the WVHTC Foundation, the Global Grid Exchange is an online marketplace that delivers the spare processing power of countless Internet-connected computers to users for business, science and medical research. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M443355 ) "It's important for the TeraGrid team to interact with computational scientists to learn how we can tune our systems and services to help them succeed in their research." -- Charlie Catlett Director, TeraGrid Project BREAKING NEWS ================================================================= Security [ ] M443161 ) Linux Network Security Higher than Other Platforms [ ] M439122 ) CSIA Urges Congress to Elevate Cyber Security R&D Efforts Platforms [ ] M441326 ) IBM to Form Blade.org Community [ ] M439119 ) IPnexus Quad-Processor Blade Advances Embedded Processing [ ] M440248 ) Fujitsu Introduces New PRIMERGY 4-way Servers Networking [ ] M442216 ) SHARCNET Increases Capacity [ ] M443150 ) FirstMile.US, Calit2 to Catalyze Big Broadband Everywhere [ ] M439168 ) Softricity Receives Patent for Remote Networking Technology [ ] M439185 ) DataPower Leverages Autonomic Computing Technology Storage [ ] M441331 ) SAVVIS Expands Virtualized Utility Services Delivery Platform [ ] M439167 ) EqualLogic Empowers MyCart with Business Advantage Operating Systems & Middleware [ ] M441329 ) Java ES Brings Integrated Development Platform to GM General [ ] M439326 ) NSF Creates Office of Cyberinfrastructure [ ] M442217 ) Computing Institute for Scientists, Researchers Held at SDSC [ ] M439328 ) United Devices Names Dick Tusia VP of Professional Services [ ] M439329 ) Leading Software-as-a-Service Vendors Form Consortium JOB BANK ====================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] FL365 ) 3DGeo, Altair, Cenzic, D.E. Shaw Group, ITWM, LONI, LSU, NEC Europe, Oracle, Rice University, Rothamstead Research, Softricity, TACC, Univa, University of Cambridge [ ] XJOBRATES ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines CONFERENCES & EVENTS ========================================================== [ ] A582 ) Calendar of Upcoming GRID Events (Updated 08.01.05) [ ] P357M382453 ) Security '05 14th USENIX Security Symposium August 1-5, 2005 Baltimore, Maryland http://www.usenix.org/events/sec05/ [ ] P357M382454 ) SC|05 - Gateway to Discovery November 12-18, 2005 Seattle, Washington Housing Now Open to All Attendees! http://sc05.supercomputing.org/travel ______________________________________________________________________ Full background information on all sponsoring companies Firms marked with an * have updated their info in the last 30 days [ ] A381 ) HP [ ] A383 ) Intel [ ] A704 ) Digipede For sponsorship information contact: promote@gridtoday.com ______________________________________________________________________ LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES ================================================= [ ] M438098 ) EGA Defines Grid Security Requirements [ ] M438028 ) Grid VIP Summit Truly a Thought-Provoking Event [ ] M435987 ) Open Science Grid Ready for Research [ ] M435976 ) Offenders Forged by Environments, says e-Science Project [ ] M434049 ) Internet2, National Lambda Rail In Merger Talks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RETRIEVING ARTICLES To retrieve articles: Insert an x or an X (no other characters, please) within the square brackets adjacent to article(s). 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