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THE GRID IDENTITY CRISIS: DEFINING IT AND ITS REALITY

HOW DOES ONE REALLY CHARACTERIZE GRID COMPUTING?

SUN ANNOUNCES A NEW LINUX VERSION OF SUN ONE GRID ENGINE

Special Features

THE GRID IDENTITY CRISIS: DEFINING IT AND ITS REALITY
By John Hurley, Editor-at-Large

What constitutes the Grid? Ian Foster from Argonne National Lab, the University of Chicago, and one of the founding members of the Globus project, in an effort to speak to the current explosion of interest in the Grid, addressed these questions recently.

HOW DOES ONE REALLY CHARACTERIZE GRID COMPUTING?
By Richard F. Freund, CTO, GridIQ

Excluding centrally-controlled sites from participating in the evolving scope and definition of grid computing will deter many production computing companies from adopting, funding, and expanding grid computing, thus greatly limiting grid computing's usefulness outside academia.

SGI MAKES MARK AT THE GLOBAL GRID FORUM 5 IN EDINBURGH

SGI had a strong presence at Global Grid Forum 5 in Edinburgh, July 21-24, in keeping with the company's new role as a Platinum Sponsor of Global Grid Forum.

SUN ANNOUNCES A NEW LINUX VERSION OF SUN ONE GRID ENGINE

Strengthening the development of heterogeneous grid computing environments, Sun Microsystems Inc announces a new Linux version of Sun ONE Grid Engine, Enterprise Edition 5.3 software.

Systems/Enterprise

C-DAC'S LAB IN BANGALORE TO USE LINUX ON IBM PLATFORM

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) announced that it is developing a national High Performance Computing Lab using Linux-ready platforms from IBM to develop applications and research in e-governance solutions, life sciences, seismic analysis and weather forecasting.

U.S. DEPT OF ENERGY AGENCY SELECTS HP TO CO-DEVELOP LINUX

HP announced it has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to develop and deploy file system software for Linux clusters.

COMMVAULT SYSTEMS AND POLYSERVE JOIN FORCES

CommVault Systems, an industry-leading provider of enterprise data management solutions, and PolyServe, a provider of data center system software, announced a worldwide cooperative agreement to co-market CommVault Galaxy high-performance, enterprise data protection software and PolyServe Matrix Server, the first highly available, linearly scalable symmetric cluster file system for Intel platforms.

RED HAT AND AMD ANNOUNCE RED HAT LINUX ADVANCED SERVER

AMD Red Hat and AMD announced Red Hat Linux Advanced Server operating system for AMD's Hammer technology. Red Hat will offer mainstream support of AMD's X86-64 technology in enterprise product lines, providing optimized native 64-bit and 32-bit application support.

PLATFORM RELEASES CLUSTERWARE 5 AT THE LINUXWORLD CONFERENCE

Platform Computing Inc, a leader in distributed and Grid computing software solutions, released Platform Clusterware 5 at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.

Scientific Applications

THE Gridbus: SERVICE-ORIENTED GRID COMPUTING & BUSINESS

The Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Laboratory at the University of Melbourne is actively engaged in the design and development of next-generation parallel and distributed computing systems and applications.

GENAISSANCE BREAKS BOTTLE-NECK WITH TURBOGENOMICS

Today's leading-edge life sciences companies face tremendous pressure to shorten product development cycles and time-to-market. To meet these challenges, life sciences organizations require vast amounts of computing power to handle extremely large and complex data calculations.

INTERNET LINK MOVES GEMINI CLOSER TO 1ST CYBER OBSERVATORY

Internet link moves Gemini closer to becoming first "cyber observatory" A unique combination of international cooperation and the latest Internet technology will allow Gemini Observatory to become the first international "cyber observatory." Gemini, with funding and support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), is blazing an Internet pathway that will provide its globally separated telescopes with a reliable data transfer connection.

MENTOR GRAPHICS ADDS DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING FEATURES

Mentor Graphics Corporation introduced the SpeedGate DSV Direct System Verification 2.0 tool, the latest version of its in-circuit application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) verification environment.

1ST U.S. SUPERCLUSTER INSTALLED FEATURING WulfKit3

The Bartol Research Institute, located at the University of Delaware, has completed installation and benchmarking of its second supercluster system. The system, known as SAMSON-2, was built by RackSaver (San Diego, CA) and is the first supercluster system in the United States to use the new WulfKit3 three-dimensional interconnect, an innovative high-performance interconnect developed by Dolphin Interconnect Solutions.

Breaking News

Security

Symantec Extends Relationship With Akamai
Entegrity Adds Support For SuSE Linux And Red Hat Linux
Stonesoft & Dawning Launch Security Solution

Networking

Agere Systems & Samsung To Develop 400 Mbps Network-DRAM
FCIA's Plugfest Demonstrates Stable Interoperability
Gemini Data Link Celebrated In Four-Way Event

Storage

Sistina Addresses Enterprise Adoption Of Linux
Emageon To Provide Enterprise Image Management Solution
Dell Introduces New Network Storage System

Platforms

Intel Details New Tech For Cheaper Chips Transistors
Inphi Announces Family Of High-Speed Logic Circuits Devices

Operating Systems & Middleware

Sun Lx50 Entry-Level Server Attacks Complexity & Cost
PlateSpin's Leads The Way For Enterprise Data Centers
Schlumberger Awarded Contract By U.S. Department Of Defense

Quote Of The Week

"Grid computing is an exciting field, the potential of which we're only beginning to grasp. Its definition should allow for multiple policy implementations, including, centralized, de-centralized, and in-between control." -- Richard F Freund, CTO, GridIQ

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