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BRISTOL-MYERS SELECTED PLATFORM TO BUILD ENTERPRISE GRID

NCSA'S GPT SOFTWARE HELPS SIMPLIFY GRID COMPUTING

HIGH-SPEED NETWORK CONNECTION TIES TOP UNIVERSITIES TO ORNL

Special Features

A CAMPUS FOR COLLABORATION
By Michel Marriott, The NY Times

IT erupts from Case Western Reserve University's campus in an explosion of rippling brick, warped glass and cascading shingles of stainless steel frozen between Ka and Boom.

SDSC & ENTROPIA REPORT SUCCESS IN PARTNERSHIP

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)and Entropia Inc announced early success with their partnership to provide industry-leading distributed computing capabilities to computational science and engineering projects at SDSC.

BRISTOL-MYERS SELECTED PLATFORM TO BUILD ENTERPRISE GRID

Platform Computing announced that Bristol-Myers Squibb Company selected Platform ActiveCluster to build the largest Enterprise Desktop Grid in production in the world.

KAOHSIUNG CITY GOVERNMENT TARGETS INTEL ARCHITECTURE

Intel Corporation has announced an initiative with the city government that aims to transform Kaohsiung into an "e-City" through next-generation technological deployments.

Systems/Enterprise

SUPER COMPUTER SELECTS WorldCom FOR HOSTING SERVICES

WorldCom announced that Super Computer Inc, a revolutionary online computer gaming company, has selected WorldCom Internet Colocation Services to power its cutting-edge services which support millions of online video game players.

ACER IMPROVES DECISION-MAKING & COSTS WITH CA'S AllFusion

Computer Associates announced that the Acer Inc. has deployed CA's Advantage Data Transformer Enterprise Metadata Edition, AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler, and AllFusion Model Manager to build a state-of-the-art "Think Tank" for managing its global business interests.

COMPUTER GIANTS THAT ONCE SCORNED LINUX CHANGE TUNE

Linux, the obscure, freely distributed computer operating system software created by a Finnish grad student, has been generally ignored or disparaged by the biggest computing companies.

LINUXWORLD DELIVERS NEW PRODUCTS, ACTIVE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

IDG World Expo conferences and events for IT markets announced that LinuxWorld Conference & Expo/San Francisco 2002 increased by 12% over last year.

FLUENT ANNOUNCES REMOTE SIMULATION FACILITY

A world leader in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software, Fluent Inc.announces the general availability of its Remote Simulation Facility (RSF).

CA SOLUTIONS ENABLE LEADING MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCIAL GROUP

Computer Associates International Inc CA announced that Mashreqbank, one of United Arab Emirates' largest financial services institutions, has deployed CA's AllFusion Process Management Suite to maximize the efficiency of its IT development staff while boosting the quality of the business-critical applications they deliver.

Scientific Applications

HIGH-THROUGHPUT DOCKING AND SCORING APPLICATION DEPLOYED

United Devices, a leader in distributed computing software and services, announced its joint effort with Accelrys to launch a second phase of the Cancer Research Project on the world's largest commercial PC grid.

DataSynapse JOINS EGENERA ALLIANCE PROGRAM

DataSynapse Inc and Egenera Inc announced that DataSynapse has joined the Egenera Alliance program.

RackSaver DELIVERS SECOND SUPERCLUSTER TO UNIV OF DELAWARE

RackSaver announced that the University of Delaware's Bartol Research Institute has completed installation and benchmarking of its second RackSaver supercluster system.

INTERVIEW: SCHWARTZ DRIVES LINUX INTO THE ENTERPRISE

Sun's executive vice president of software argues case for credible OS and desktop alternative.

HIGH-SPEED NETWORK CONNECTION TIES TOP UNIVERSITIES TO ORNL

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's new computer link to Atlanta is 200,000 times faster than the fastest dial-up connections typical of home computers and is expected to spur significant advances in science and economic development in the region and beyond.

Breaking News

Security

CA Uses eTrust To Protect Government-Wide Network
Sophos To Expand Into The China Internet Security Market

Networking

NetScout Delivers nGenius Probe To Monitor EtherChannel
PLX Announces Dvelopment Of I/O Interconnect Devices
Peribit Announces Products To Prioritize WAN Bandwidth

Storage

Actona Technologies Secures $7 Million In Series B Funding
DataDirect Certifies Max-T's InfinARRAY Cluster File System
EMC Expects Growth By Expansion Of Electronic Data

Platforms

CA Continues Winning Ways At Linuxworld Conference & Expo
NCSA's GPT Software Helps Simplify Grid Computing
Intel To Debut Faster Pentium 4
By Duncan Martell
UnitedLinux Prepares First Beta-Testing
By Matthew Broersma, ZDNet

Operating Systems & Middleware

Lakeview Appoints Dennis Schmidt As User Interface Architect
Abbey National Improves Quality of IT Service With Proxima
SPEC Calls For Benchmark Contributions

General

Conference On Linux Clusters Will Be Held Oct. 23-25, 2002
Microway Announces CW Cluster Based On Platform Clusterware
United Devices Adds New Vice President Of Engineering
Dave Zabrowski Named President and CEO Of S2io Technologies

Quote Of The Week

"Given today's environment, customers are seeking solutions that can transform the performance, reliability and costs models of their enterprise applications." -- David Markowitz, Vice President of Product Marketing, DataSynapse

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