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GRID SCHOOL IS HERE!

GRID SOFTWARE WILL NEED TO BRING PEOPLE & BUSINESSES TOGETHER

ARE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE VENDORS ACCEPTING THE GRID?

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GRID SCHOOL IS HERE!

Grid computing has emerged as an important new field, distinguished from conventional distributed computing by its focus on large-scale resource sharing and innovative applications, but there are few opportunities to learn the basics of grid computing hands-on.

ARE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE VENDORS ACCEPTING THE GRID?

There seems to be a movement in the software and hardware market that is beginning to look like the Grid is no longer isolated to the scientific and research domains.

GRID SOFTWARE WILL NEED TO BRING PEOPLE & BUSINESSES TOGETHER

Programmers writing software for the Grid are coming to the realization that they will need to address the issue of compatibility between the user community and the business community. One such group of developers is the Globus Toolkit program.

DataSynapse PARTNERS WITH CALYPSO TO OFFER A GRID SOLUTION

Calypso Technology and DataSynapse announced an integrated solution: The Grid computing capability of DataSynapse's LiveCluster joined with the Trading Platform of Calypso.

GRID TECHNOLOGY FOR THE AEROSPACE MARKET: A REAL CASE
By Mariano Vazquez, GridSystems

The flexibility of InnerGrid allows access the Grid during an execution with no data loss.

IBM RELEASES GRID TOOLBOX

The IBM Grid Toolbox referenced here is formally known as the IBM Grid Toolbox for AIX and the IBM Grid Toolbox for Linux.

SUN MICRO CALLS NEW OFFERINGS KEY GRID PRODUCT LAUNCH
By Duncan Martell

Sun introduced its Sun Fire Server, which holds 12 microprocessors, aimed at the entry level of the Grid enterprise computing market.

SELFISH ROUTING SLOWS THE INTERNET AND THE GRID
By Bill Steele, Cornell University News Service

The Tragedy of the Commons, as explained by Garrett Harding in his classic 1968 book, is that self-interest can deplete a common resource. It seems this also applies to the Internet and other computer networks like Grids, which are slowed by those who hurry the most.

Systems/Enterprise

AEI CHOOSES FORCE10 FOR GRID CLUSTER INTERCONNECT

The E-Series will enable AEI to build a scalable, high-performance computing Grid infrastructure needed for computationally intensive research on Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity.

HP & CISCO SYSTEMS JOIN FOR GRID UTILITY COMPUTING SOLUTION

With the HP UDC, enterprises can double their data center efficiency, realize a reduction in total cost of ownership, move entire systems into applications, and drag-and-drop resources on the fly.

APPRO INTRODUCES HYPERBLADE INTEL BASED SERVER GRID CLUSTER

The Appro HyperBlade Grid Cluster solution features a combination of sixteen nodes Linux Grid Clusters-running MPI over InfiniBand4x fabric provided by InfiniCon Systems and Lane15 Software.

InfiniCon DEMONSTRATES FIRST 16-NODE FABRIC GRID CLUSTER

While slashing deployment costs by 40%, this next-generation infrastructure for Fabric/Grid Computing leverages 64-bit processing and 10Gbps links to accelerate application performance.

SOLID AND MontaVista SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL IT NEEDS

Solid and MontaVista announced the results of a survey on telecom/IT professionals' needs in the areas of highly available network architecture, Grid application development, and database management.

Scientific Applications

ActivIT DELIVERS GRID CLUSTER SERVERS & MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

RLX Technologies Inc, a leader in no compromise IT, scale-out Grid Cluster servers and management solutions, introduced a new era of infrastructure computing called ActivIT.

InfiniHost HCA PROVIDES InfiniBand GRID CLUSTERING

The InfiniBand architecture provides an industry-standard technology for "scaling out" compute platforms, and is an ideal interconnect for developing high-performance Itanium 2 processor-based compute Grid Clusters.

EINUX ANNOUNCES INTEL DUAL XEON GRID CLUSTER ARRAY

At the Intel Developer's Forum, Einux, in collaboration with Intel, Agilent, Mellanox and IBM, showcased the Einux Grid Cluster Array, the highest density Intel Dual Xeon server Grid Cluster available today.

PLATFORM APPOINTS IAN BAIRD TO LEAD MARKETING & SALES

Distributed Grid computing leader strengthens commitment to OGSA and commercial Grid computing adoption.

HP INTRODUCES EIGHT-PROCESSOR PROLIANT SERVERS

The servers feature groundbreaking HP F8 chipset, innovative hot-plug RAID memory capabilities and HP ProLiant Essentials Management Software, making them ideal platforms for high-performance, database, Grid applications and IT consolidation projects.

SDSC RELEASES VERSION 2.0 (SRB) GRID MANAGEMENT MIDDLEWARE

SDSC at UCSD has released version 2.0 (SRB) middleware package, which enables scientists to create, manage, and collaborate with unified "virtual data collections" that are located on heterogeneous data resources distributed across a network.

Breaking News

Security

Oracle And Red Hat To Submit Red Hat Linux Grid Server

Networking

Radware Announces 1st 10 Gigabit Ethernet Layer 4-7 Switch

Storage

SuperMicro Releases Grid Storage SuperServer

Operating Systems & Middleware

VMware Introduces Virtual SMP Grid Support

General

NPACI Announce Its 5th Annual Meeting, March 18-21, 2003

Quote Of The Week

"In 2003, we see that the financial industry, governments, life sciences, higher education and the industrial sector will be hot areas for grids. Towards the second half of 2003, when the standards come out and products include them, that's when we'll see more general-purpose uses of grids." -- Dan Powers, Vice President, Grid strategy, IBM

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