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GOVERNMENTS CHOOSE LINUX, NOT WINDOWS

ANDREESSEN: BROWSER WARS AREN'T COMING BACK

IS THE GRID OVERHYPED?

Special Features

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

In the following letter GridSystems Consultant, Kico Borras Palmer, talks about his own introduction to and observances of GRID technology.

IBM EXECUTIVE SAYS GRIDS WILL BE A BREAKTHROUGH

In the opening keynote at the industry's first business show for Grid computing, IBM's Grid computing general manager predicted businesses can improve the utilization of their technology infrastructures by 30 percent or more by taking advantage of Grid technologies to enable on-demand computing.

COMPUTER POWER PROJECTS YIELD VALUABLE INFORMATION
by Gary Wilkinson and Jack Schofield

Most of the world's computer power sits idly on desktops, but projects that can harness it are yielding valuable information, find Gary Wilkinson and Jack Schofield.

BUSH: BE 'AGGRESSIVE' ON BROADBAND

President Bush praised the technology industry as a crucial component in America's war against terrorism and offered encouraging remarks for companies in the business of high-speed Internet access.

Systems/Enterprise

MORE GOVERNMENTS CHOOSE TO USE LINUX, NOT WINDOWS
by Kathryn Balint, SD Union-Tribune

If the federal government and 18 states, including California, think Microsoft is an illegal monopoly that's strangling its competitors, then why do they keep buying its software?

PLATFORM ENHANCES POWERFUL GRID COMPUTING SOLUTIONS

Platform Computing Inc, a leader in distributed computing software solutions, announced major enhancements to its Enterprise Grid computing solutions that boost utilization of enterprise IT resources to nearly 100 percent.

ANDREESSEN INTERVIEW: BROWSER WARS AREN'T COMING BACK
by Matt Berger

At a favorite dim sum eatery off the posh University Avenue strip in Palo Alto, California, Internet visionary Marc Andreessen sat down with IDG News Service to talk about his company, Loudcloud Inc, and the future of 'utility' computing in which enterprise customers pay for the hosting and management of their IT systems the same way they pay a power company for electricity.

IS THE GRID OVERHYPED?

Gartner picks out the most hyped technology developments of the year. Should GRID computing be on the roster?

HUTCHISON-PRICELINE IMPLEMENTS ORACLE9i

Oracle Systems Hong Kong Limited announced that Hutchison-Priceline is using Oracle9i Real Application Clusters as the foundation for all of its Asia travel service transactions.

DataSynapse PRESENTS LiveCluster SOLUTION

There was great interest shown at this year's SIA show where DataSynapse showcased its LiveCluster software in the IBM booth running on an IBM 1300 Linux-cluster Server.

Scientific Applications

NEW NETWORK STARTED FOR TESTING ADVANCED IT TECHNOLOGIES

The Mid-Atlantic Crossroads consortium and the Naval Research Laboratory have launched the next-generation Advanced Technology Demonstration Network, an unclassified Department of Defense research network.

Breaking News

Security

Cylink NetHawk Provides Security For Compaq SANworks
MTI Extends Reach Into High-Security Government Data Arena
Network-1 Appoints Seasoned vice presidents

Platforms

Itanium 2 Chips Roar Into Servers
Promicro Announces Low Density, High Performance Servers
RackSaver Announces Support For Intel's New Server

Networking

Icron Technologies Corp Gets European Patent For ExtremeUSB
NEON Unveils Technology For Transparent Access To Data
Paceline Systems Co-Sponsors IBTA IT Roadshow
10GEA Announces Ratification Of 10 GB Ethernet Standard
Voltaire Dispels Misconceptions About InfiniBand

Storage

DataDirect To Discuss High-Throughput Infrastructures
City of Calgary Standardizes On McDATA's SANavigator
HP Announces Industry's First Commercial UPC Compiler

Operating Systems & Middleware

Nasdaq Japan Selects PROGNOSIS Systems Management Software
PolyServe Launches System Software To Take On UNIX Market
Rapidfire Introduces Peer-To-Peer Database Connectivity Software

General

Cisco Chosen To Upgrade Taiwan Academic Network
Sistina Software Completes Its Executive Team

Quote Of The Week

"The ability to manage a massive database application as a single file, across multiple industry standard servers running different operating systems is the holy grail CIOs have been waiting for." -- Arun Taneja, Senior Analyst, The Enterprise Storage Group

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