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SGI SEIZES LEAD IN LINUX FOR TECHNICAL GRID COMPUTING

TECH DATA AND SUN SIGN FIRST DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

GLOBUS TOOLKIT 3.0 DELIVERS GRID STANDARDS

Special Features

GLOBUS TOOLKIT 3.0 DELIVERS GRID STANDARDS

Grid computing takes a major step forward with the first implementation of emerging standards known as the Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA).

Linux NetworX GRID CLUSTER BOOSTS BOEING'S DELTA IV ROCKETS

The Linux NetworX system, an AMD Athlon processor-based grid cluster, is being used to perform computational fluid dynamics simulations of the flow environments that the Delta IV rockets will encounter during flight.

CRAY DECIDES TO CAPITALIZE WITH HELP FROM THE GRID

Designing a grid supercomputer to handle trillions of calculations/sec involves more than just fast computer chips. The whole system had to be optimised to ensure that all the processors in the system were being used all the time and could continuously crunch through lots of numbers.

IBM: MUCH MORE THAN A MAKER OF COMPUTER HARDWARE
By DAVE GUSSOW, St. Petersburg Times

Technology giant IBM invests hugely in research. Its $5.7-billion research and development budget apparently is the largest for any tech company (software titan Microsoft spends about $5-billion). It has about 3,400 researchers in eight labs in six countries.

SGI SEIZES LEAD IN LINUX FOR TECHNICAL GRID COMPUTING

SGI's software environment offers a unique capability for Linux grid clusters global shared memory across cluster nodes raising the bar for open source computing and creating the most powerful Intel Itanium 2-based computing environment in the marketplace.

Systems/Enterprise

BMC OFFERS SOLUTION FOR GRID SERVERS

Change is inevitable in today's IT environments, and BMC Software's Distribution Server provides a centralized way of administering and deploying BMC Software distributed systems products, enabling companies to respond more quickly to changes in their business environment.

Kontiki SELECTS Equinix TO ENHANCE ITS DIGITAL MEDIA GRID

Kontiki's DMS is one of the industry's first commercial solutions based on grid architecture and currently serves more than 1.5 million nodes.

GlobusWorld TAKES GRID COMPUTING TO ANOTHER LEVEL

The Globus Project is now leading the effort to define the Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA), a standard on which next-generation Grid applications will be based.

TECH DATA AND SUN SIGN FIRST DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Tech Data Corporation, a leading worldwide provider of IT products, logistics management and other value-added services, has gained its enterprise-scale offerings through a distribution agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc.

UNITED DEVICES RECASTING ITSELF FOR GRID CONSOLIDATION
By William Fellows, the451.com

United Devices expects the grid market to begin consolidating in about two years, once the opportunity for the large vendors becomes clear. The winning startups will be those that have won some valuable customers and have revenue.

Scientific Applications

ClusterVision ENTERS MARKET WITH LINUX GRID CLUSTERS GRID

ClusterVision's clustering technology provides an alternative to traditional supercomputing by connecting multiple computers to form a unified and powerful computing system. This type of computer cluster is also called "Beowulf Cluster."

WIRELESS GRID BOOSTS SUPERNOVA SEARCH TO STELLAR 1ST YEAR

The link made it possible to amass the quartermillion images--six terabytes of compressed data--analyzed by Aldering and the Nearby Supernova Factory team in 2002.

FORMATION OF OpenEAI PROJECT: OPEN SOURCE INTEGRATION GRID

The OpenEAI Project will investigate and document the controlling dynamics, principles and practices of enterprise and grid application integration and present, implement and promote these findings. The OpenEAI Project will present findings in the form of the OpenEAI integration methodology and OpenEAI integration software and documentation.

SGI JAPAN ANNOUNCES FIRST TURNKEY SYSTEM FOR GRID STORAGE

In cooperation with the top vendors of each field, SGI Japan is able to deliver a turnkey solution that integrates a server, storage, and all necessary components and software in an all-in-one, easy-to-install, turnkey system.

Breaking News

Networking

IDT Delivers 1st Search Engine For Grids

Platforms

Antepo Announces PresenceWare: Java-Based Presence Platform

Operating Systems & Middleware

AMS 2003 -- Active Middleware Workshop -- Call For Papers

Security

AMIBIOS Enables Secure And Trusted Computing Transactions.html">

General

Platform Explores Grid Computing With Customers

Quote Of The Week

"Grid computing -- and the software that enables it -- is absolutely essential to building a cyberinfrastructure that will revolutionize science and engineering." -- Peter Freeman, Assistant Director, National Science Foundation

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