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THE FUTURE IS NOW GRID TECHNOLOGY

WATCH FOR THE GRID

GRID RESEARCH BECOMING MAINSTREAM

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THE FUTURE IS NOW GRID TECHNOLOGY
By Jack McCarthy, InfoWorld

Grid Technology, once just a glamorous vision for marshaling computing power to link far flung users for collaborative projects, is gaining traction. And as CTOs begin to develop these new distributed networks that offer computing power as a utility, new technologies -- from high speed VPNs to server clusters to Web services integration platforms -- are being included.

WATCH FOR THE GRID
By Scott Clavenna, Director of Research, Light Reading

In homes around the U.S., kids are logging onto Butterfly.net and gaming in ways that depart radically from Microsoft’s hopes for the Xbox. Protocols are being designed, virtual organizations envisioned. It sounds like the beginnings of the Internet years ago.

GRID RESEARCH BECOMING MAINSTREAM

The Grid has become one of those quiet giant research projects that relatively few people know about, but many researchers and civilians alike will utilize in many small and large ways over the next several years.

SUN'S JXTA: AN EFFORT FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING

In the decade and a half since setting Sun's agenda, Mr Joy's vision has turned the company into an $18 billion powerhouse, with products that are the very heartbeat of the Internet itself.

Systems/Enterprise

Altnet LAUNCHES ITS MICRO-PAYMENT SYSTEM

Altnet began testing its new micro-payment system, which uses technologies from AllCharge, Newgenpay, DuoCash and other key technology providers to give file-sharers a secure and convenient method to pay for digital content.

BMC PUSHES ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE ASSURANCE
By Brian Fonseca, Staff Writer, InfoWorld

BMC Software will introduce a new strategy and products aimed at helping customers measure IT performance by giving a clearer picture of shifting infrastructure, mainframe, and IT resources collected across an enterprise.

Sun AND Infosys ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC GLOBAL ALLIANCE

By combining forces, Sun and Infosys aim to offer banking customers an agile, scalable, proven solution that lowers total cost of ownership and accelerates time to market.

Intergraph ANNOUNCES Open Interoperability Grant Program

Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions announces the Intergraph Open Interoperability Grant Program, a new international grant program promoting and emphasizing the use of OGC interoperability specifications for accessing and applying geospatial information from a local to a global level.

SchlumbergerSema LAUNCHES ENTERPRISE OFFICE SUITE

The SchlumbergerSema EOS is designed to seamlessly integrate multiple corporate applications, devices and protocols to increase productivity, efficiency and remote collaboration among today's increasingly mobile workforce.

Sun Microsystems UNVEILS NETWORK DATA CENTER ARCHITECTURE

Sun Microsystems Inc unveiled the roadmap for N1 its vision for the next generation data center. Sun's N1 aggregates widely distributed computing resources (servers, storage, software and networking) and enables them to operate as a single, powerful entity.

Scientific Applications

DEMAND FOR MAINFRAME SOLUTIONS RESULTS IN T3 TECHNOLOGIES

IDC estimates that 70% of all business data is currently stored in S/390 mainframes. Companies ranging in size from 100M to 1B in annual revenue are getting caught between the need to "right-size," cost-justify their computing environment and the charter to preserve the business value of their legacy applications and data.

Linux NetworX TO BUILD Linux SUPERCOMPUTER FOR Los Alamos

Los Alamos National Laboratory has selected Linux NetworX of Salt Lake City, Utah, to build, integrate and deliver a 1,024-processor Linux cluster computer.

IEEAF'S FIRST 10 GIGABIT CONNECTION FROM USA TO EUROPE

IEEAF's first 10 gigabit connection from US to Europe that is dedicated to research and education is to be Inaugurated at iGrid2002. HDTV and other high bandwidth applications will also be supported.

Duke ENGINEERS CREATING 'MORE REFINED' GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL

Frustrated by the limitations of present numerical models that simulate how Earth's climate will be altered by factors such as pollution and landscape modification, Duke University engineers are creating a new model incorporating previously-missing regional and local processes.

PASSWORD REPLACEMENT SOFTWARE ENABLES FINGERPRINT LOGON

U.are.U Pro uses fingerprint recognition to increase security by replacing the passwords used in enterprise networks and applications.

Dell's COMPUTING CLUSTERS POWER MULTIPLE RESEARCH PROJECTS

Penn State is deploying three clusters using nearly 400 Dell PowerEdge servers running Red Hat Linux to solve complex computational problems for research projects in biology, chemistry, meteorology and physics departments.

Breaking News

Security

RISC Microprocessor From Toshiba Has Built-In Encryption

Storage

BakBone Software Announces MagnaVault 2.3.0
Teradactyl Wins Two Lab Contracts
By Steve Gillmor And Doug Dineley
LEGATO Systems Introduces NetWorker Availability

Networking

Lucent Showcases Service Intelligent Architecture
Movaz To Light Up Emory Univ High Capacity Optical Network

Platforms

SuperMicro Unveils Seven Next Generation Dual Xeon Servers
Sun Microsystems Jumps Ahead Of Intel And IBM
Intel Unveiled Intel Xeon Processor At 2.80 & 2.60 GHz

Operating Systems & Middleware

Linux NetworX Announces LinuxBIOS Availability
I.B.M. Agrees To Expand Its Use Of The Linux OS
By Barnaby J. Feder
RLX Announces Improved Clustering Solutions

General

Life Science Expo Examines Technical And Funding Challenges
OMG To Meet In Helsinki, Finland Sep 30 ­ Oct 4, 2002
Registration Open For Third International Workshop On Grid

Quote Of The Week

"Grid Computing will gain a foothold in the product life-cycle/R&D side of the firms first. These groups already have defined computational requirements, as evidenced by their existing investments in high-performance computing and clusters." -- Ahmar Abbas, Managing Director, Grid Technology Partners

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