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CAN THE GRID BE BOOSTED VIA CLUSTERED LINUX?

POWER TO THE GRID

GRID COMPUTING WITH OFF-THE-SHELVES MIDDLEWARE TECHNOLOGIES

Special Features

CAN THE GRID BE BOOSTED VIA CLUSTERED LINUX?

RACs, unlike the generic clustering technology used in technical and supercomputing environments, is aimed at supporting clustered commercial databases and the applications that feed off of them.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TAPS THE GRID
By Kendra Mayfield

The Library of Congress is evaluating grid technology developed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) to preserve and manage the library's digital collections.

GRID COMPUTING WITH OFF-THE-SHELVES MIDDLEWARE TECHNOLOGIES
By Christian Perez and Thierry Priol

A Computational Grid acts as a high-performance virtual computer to users to perform various applications such as for scientific computing or for data management.

SURVEY OF COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS
By R.J. Allan

A software environment of un-precidented quality and functionality is emerging in which coupled computing resources are accessed via client-server and Web-based tools.

GARTNER PREDICTS RETURN TO A GRID DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM

Grid-based computing, in which a number of distributed systems are linked together to cooperate on computing tasks, will gain ground gradually, following in the wake of a trend to re-distribute processing generally, following the current trend to consolidate servers and data centers to reap economies.

IBM'S NEXT-GENERATION INTERNET AND GRID COMPUTING STRATEGIES
By Thomas Hoffman, Computerworld Inc

Utility computing makes available the promise of serious computing capacity and sophisticated computer applications on demand -- just plug into it.

Systems/Enterprise

TAIWAN TO INVEST US$85.7M IN NEXT GENERATION GRID

The Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) decided that it will invest NT$3 billion (US$85.71 million) over the three years starting from 2003 to build a "next generation network system."

US TOUTS SECURE-DECENTRALISED GRID
By James Middleton

The National Science Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have joined forces to develop a secure, decentralised grid infrastructure to tackle concerns about Web vulnerabilities.

FGCS SPECIAL ISSUE ON GRIDS

Future Generation Computer Systems' special issue on GRIDS is an announcement of major players in the Grid community that have contributed to this special issue.

GRID TEAM COLLABORATES TO SOLVE SECRET-KEY CHALLENGE

RSA Laboratories, the research center of RSA Security Inc, the most trusted name in e-security, announced that a coordinated team of computer programmers and enthusiasts, known as distributed.net, has solved the RC5-64 Secret-Key Challenge.

CLUSTER CONFERENCE CLUSTER2003 (HONG KONG, DEC 1-4)

The International Conference on Cluster Computing would like to thank all the participants (speakers, exhibitors, attendees, and sponsors) who made Cluster2002 in Chicago a great success, and would like to invite everyone to start planning for Cluster2003 in Hong Kong, 1-4 December 2003.

BURTON GROUP'S ADDRESSED ENTERPRISE DATA GRIDS

Services that facilitate data sharing will prove equally important. Data networks, which provide those services, will allow enterprises to turn data into shareable, addressable objects, leveraging the strengths of the Web and the Extensible Markup Language (XML).

Scientific Applications

AWARDS WILL ADVANCE STATE OF GRID TECHNOLOGY'S ART

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will support new approaches to software development and computer networking and communications that will in turn provide scientists with entirely new ways of working with large data sets, visualizing what the data represent and sharing knowledge around the globe.

NEC SOLUTIONS AMERICA DEMONSTRATES AFIS21 GRID SOLUTION

The AFIS21 Desk Top Solution (AFIS21-DS is NEC's fifth generation Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) technology. The product features NEC's world-renowned matching accuracy in a distributed computing environment, Client/Server application that is unparalleled in the industry.

GRID COMPUTING SUPPORTING Anadarko PETROLEUM

Anadarko has signed a contract with Landmark to host an integrated suite of seismic and geological software applications, utilities and subsurface data for a deep-water Gulf of Mexico project.

inSORS TO ACCESS GRID ENABLE GGF-6 WORKING GROUP SESSIONS

inSORS Integrated Communications Inc, a Chicago-based communications firm and Silver Sponsor of the Global Grid Forum, is proud to announce that it will utilize the inSORS Grid (IG) platform to enable distance collaboration for many of the working and research group sessions of The Global Grid Forum 6.

United Devices & Accelrys LAUNCH CANCER RESEARCH PC GRID

United Devices announces its joint effort with Accelrys to launch a second phase of the Cancer Research Project on the world's largest commercial PC grid.

Helius ANNOUNCES CONVERGENT GRID ALLIANCE

The Helius one-stop structure fully integrates products and services from satellite technology companies worldwide, providing partners with a complete platform of business solutions to decrease distribution costs and increase marketing efficiency for end-user enterprise customers.

SIX EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES -- INCLUDING GRID COMPUTING
By Julie Bort

Grid computing, like the Internet, might one day be part of the average company, but not before software development toolkits, management tools and fault-tolerance methods are mature enough.

Breaking News

Security

Technology Hub; Groups Get $12M To Beef Up Grid Security
Kasten Chase Unveils Advanced Security Architecture

Storage

Raidtec To Ship Vixel's InSpeed Based Model 335 Switch
McDATA Raises The Bar - Again

Platforms

NEC To Begin Sampling High-Density Late-Write SRAM
IBM Finds New Way To Make Nanotubes
By Michael Kanellos, Staff Writer, News.com

Networking

Motorola launches(PCRB) - A High-Density CompactPCI Blade
Marconi's Advances Vision Of Multiservice Infrastructure

Operating Systems & Middleware

IBM Extends Deal With Red Hat To Offer Linux
GraphOn Continues Partnership With Macadamian

General

Grid Computing Workshop To Be Held In Conjunction With SC2002
Third LCI International Conference On Linux Clusters
Notable Figures In HPC To Speak At SC2002

Quote Of The Week

"The future of enterprise computing architecture will really involve grid computing and Web services." -- Vice President of Grid Computing Strategy and Business Development, IBM

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