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UNDERSTANDING GRID COMPUTING

29 VERY-HIGH-BANDWIDTH TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS

NCSA ANNOUNCES ACCESS GRID SEMINAR SERIES

Special Features

UNDERSTANDING GRID COMPUTING
By Ian Baird, Platform Computing Inc.

Ian Baird gives us an introduction to Grid Computing, its benefits and its potential.

Systems/Enterprise

METIS TECHNOLOGIES TAKES PEER TO PEER TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Metis Technologies Inc, announced the release of Metis Collaboration Platform (MCP 5). MCP 5 is the first, next-generation Peer to Peer solution to go beyond enterprise application integration (EAI) and integrate all technologies, business logic and processes for Web services, composite applications, and grid computing.

SGI UNVEILS SGI FILE SERVER TO ADDRESS NET STORAGE

SGI announced the availability of SGI File Server, a high-performance network-attached storage solution that centralizes critical data for efficient management in multiplatform environments.

UNITED DEVICES RAISES THE BAR FOR ENTERPRISE GRID COMPUTING

United Devices, a leader in distributed computing software and services, announced the availability of the MetaProcessor platform 3.0, the industry's leading solution for incorporating underutilized computer resources into enterprise grids.

Scientific Applications

DOLPHIN INTERCONNECT SCORES WITH SUPERCOMPUTERS

The 19th Top 500 Supercomputers List, which ranks the fastest supercomputers in the world, includes two new supercluster systems built with the Dolphin WulfKit high-speed interconnect.

REGISTRATION OPENS FOR iGrid 2002

Registration is open for the global iGrid 2002 event this September 23-26 in Amsterdam. A showcase of 29 very-high-bandwidth technical innovations and application advancements from 15 countries will be on display.

NCSA ANNOUNCES ACCESS GRID SEMINAR SERIES
By Karen Green, NCSA Public Information Officer

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will offer a seminar series over the Acces Grid beginning in July.

HPC2N BUILDS NEW HPC LINUX CLUSTER

The High-Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N), located at Umea University, Sweden, has built a new HPC Linux cluster with a peak performance of 800 GigaFLOPS/s.

Breaking News

Security

GridFrastructure Announces GF-Credentials Beta Program
EDS, Sun And Vignette Corp Launched A New Joint Portal
Asante Adds 30 New Optical Switches And Modules

Platforms

AMD's Athlon MP Processors Most Powerful x86 Cluster
Cisco Systems Inc, Unveils A New Optical Product

Networking

Actel Joins HyperTransport Technology Consortium
IP Services Switches To Provide Value At Network Edge
Nortel Announces Deployments Of Optical Ethernet Solution

Storage

DataDirect Makes HPC Iplementation Guide Available

Operating Systems & Middleware

MetiLinx Announces Its New iSystem Enterprise 2.8
VERITAS Ranks No 1 In Billion Dollar Clustering Market
VisuaLinks Chosen As Link Analysis Tool

General

Esual Software Launches U.S. Operations With New Funding
SC2002 Seeks Proposals For Birds Of A Feather Events

Quote Of The Week

"The future of Grid computing is quickly being defined. We have designed the MetaProcessor platform to be able to quickly integrate new Grid standards as they emerge, as well as fully exploit the potential of Web services." -- Jikku Venkat, vice president of Engineering, United Devices

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