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SMALLPOX RESEARCH GRID LINKS OVER 2 MILLION COMPUTERS

ARE GRIDS A SECRET KEY TO SIMULATION?

CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE OR THE GRID -- IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?

Special Features

CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE OR THE GRID -- IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?

Cyberinfrastructure refers to Grid Distributed Computers, information and communication technologies combined with the personnel and integrating components that provide a long-term platform to empower the modern scientific research endeavor.

SMALLPOX RESEARCH GRID LINKS OVER 2 MILLION COMPUTERS

The project will be powered through a massive computing Grid that will enable millions of computer owners worldwide to contribute idle computing resources with the goal of developing a wide collection of potential anti-smallpox drugs.

Platform PROVIDES VISIBILITY INTO GRID DISTRIBUTED ASSETS

Platform Intelligence, an IT analytics solution, and Platform LSF, the foundation of Platform's Enterprise Grid solution, are being installed across up to 1200 CPUs at five design centres in the UK, France and the USA.

INTERVIEW WITH VISIONARY MIRON LIVNY OF THE UNIV OF WISCONSIN
By Neil Alger, Tabor Communications

Distributed computing is hard, and therefore getting it to the point where it works reliably and delivers to the user what the user expects, is a very demanding process. So it needs to be clear that Grid Computing is not a pushover.

ARE GRIDS A SECRET KEY TO SIMULATION?

One scientist's research could lead to better parallel computing techniques for simulation. Parallel or Grid Computing divides a task among many smaller computers instead of one large one to do the job faster and more efficiently.

Entropia's DCGrid SELECTED BY HEALTH CARE COMPANY

One of the world's top five health care companies has purchased Entropia's DcGrid to increase their high-performance computing capacity available for executing applications that aid drug research and discovery.

OPEN SOURCE EXHIBITORS MAKE NEWS AT LINUXWORLD NEW YORK

IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences, and events for IT markets, announced that 19,383 members of the Open Source community gathered in New York to learn about the latest Open Source trends, network with peers, and test-drive the newest products.

Systems/Enterprise

NEW PROTOCOL SPEEDS UP INTERNET & GRID RESOURCE SHARING

A Penn State researcher has developed a faster method for more efficient sharing of widely Grid Distributed Internet resources such as Web services, databases and high-performance computers.

DivergeNet & ParTec ANNOUNCE GRID SOLUTION FOR EUROPE

DivergeNet Inc, and ParTec AG, a provider of Grid Cluster software, announced a strategic business alliance partnership establishing development cooperation along with a sales and marketing agreement for the European market.

SECURE COMPUTING SHIPS GRID FIREWALLS

Sidewinder G2 Firewall and G2 Enterprise Manager deliver true Grid Enterprise strong solutions to continue the lineage of Secure's strongest firewall.

TeraBurst DEPLOYS REMOTE VISUALIZATION GRID SOLUTION

TeraBurst's WAVS solution is designed to provide real-time visualization connectivity between geographically disparate locations of high-bandwidth, 3-D display and video applications, over Optical Grid Networks.

Tsunami RESEARCH SHIPS HIVECREATOR GRID COMPUTING SOLUTION

Tsunami Research announced that it is now shipping version 1.0 of HiveCreator. HiveCreator is a software toolkit that businesses and other organizations can use to enable large numbers of dedicated, commodity computers to form a mission critical computing environment called a Hive.

UNIV OF AMSTERDAM SELECTS Force10 FOR HPC & GRID COMPUTING

The Force10 E-Series delivers the performance, density, and scalability needed for building Grid Clusters of today as well as into the future.

Foundry EXPANDS GRID ENTERPRISE LAN SWITCHING PRODUCT

The new switches complement Foundry's complete line of proven enterprise Grid-LAN switching offerings including the BigIron Layer 3 backbone switches, the FastIron Layer 2/3 switches, and the FastIron Edge switches.

Scientific Applications

Quadrics DELIVERS INTERCONNECTS FOR GRID CLUSTERS

The new Lion-XL Grid Cluster consists of a total 176 Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers, each configured with dual Intel Xeon processors, 4 GigaBytes of memory and a 36GigaByte Ultra3 15K rpm SCSI drive.

Critical ANNOUNCES IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTING GRIDS

Critical Software announces WMPI II, the most comprehensive implementation of version 2 of MPI standard for general-purpose High-Performance Computing Grid Clusters available.

GemFire MANAGES DATA FOR GRID AND STP INFRASTRUCTURE

GemStone announces the new GemFire Suite; a live data Grid Distribution and Management Software that optimizes data in motion across the hardware and software boundaries of the enterprise.

CHALLENGES OF LARGE APPS IN GRID ENVIRONMENTS ADDRESSED

Major advances in networking, high-end computers, large data stores, and middleware capabilities are ushering a new era of large scale Grid Distributed Applications which dynamically marshal resources across a heterogeneous environment.

Promicro EXPANDS OPERATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE HPC & GRIDS

The new facility benefits both business customers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Companies now have a single source for their computing infrastructure, including Linux Grid Clusters, Intel-Based Servers, workstations, and storage/backup appliances.

inSORS TO ACCESS GRID-ENABLE GGF7 SESSIONS FROM TOKYO, JAPAN

inSORS announced that it will once again utilize the inSORS Grid (IG) platform to enable distance collaboration for many of the working and research group sessions of the GGF7 meeting to be held March 4 through 7, 2003, at the Hotel Intercontinental Keio Plaza in Tokyo, Japan.

Breaking News

Security

Proxima Offers Security Solution For High-Speed Grid Networks
ESSI And SkyView Partners Align To Provide Grid Security

Networking

Light Reading Improves Grid Efficiency With New Switches

Operating Systems & Middleware

Etnus TotalView 6.0 Provides Improved Sun Grid Support
Axceleon Launches Beta Program For Its Grid Software

General

OMG's Integrate 2003 Wraps Up In Burlingame, CA

Quote Of The Week

"We've had great success using our massive Global MetaProcessor Grid to target anthrax and cancer research. Helping to identify inhibitors for these targets that could lead to a cure for smallpox in this time frame is only possible using leading applications, an existing infrastructure and a proven Grid Solution." -- Ed Hubbard, CEO, United Devices

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