-- IN THIS ISSUE --

WILL SERVICE-CENTRIC COMPUTING CREATE GRID OPPORTUNITIES?

NSF STEPS TOWARD A GRID-LIKE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE

FSC SEES NO COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR GRID COMPUTING

Special Features

WILL SERVICE-CENTRIC COMPUTING CREATE GRID OPPORTUNITIES?

According to a new study presented at IDC's Directions 2003 conference, service-centric computing is poised to reshape corporate infrastructure by reorganizing the data center and recalibrating productivity.

SUSE LINUX SHIPS ENTERPRISE SERVER FOR TERAGRID SYSTEM

SuSE Linux announced the general availability of the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for the Intel Itanium Processor Family, also noting that it has been chosen to drive parts of the "TeraGrid," a scientific computing system accessible to researchers across the United States.

Systems/Enterprise

AES INTRODUCES ACTIONPOINT SYSTEM FOR GRID COMPUTING

Aladdin Enterprise Solutions (AES) announced the availability of the AES ActionPoint System, a platform-independent policy-based computing environment designed to align business objectives with IT infrastructure and resources.

FSC SEES NO COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR GRID COMPUTING
by William Fellows for the451.com

Fujitsu Siemens Computers doesn't see any commercial opportunity for getting into grid computing at this time. While grid structures for scientific uses make sense, a host of technology needs to be layered on top of underlying resource allocation mechanisms for commercial systems, the company says.

NEW LINUX SERVER TO USE LARGE GRID STORAGE TECHNIQUES

Penguin Computing Inc., a leader in world-class Linux hardware, software, and service, released the Relion 430 Linux server -- its largest Intel Xeon based storage product.

SUN GRID HELPS ANIMATION COMPANY FIND RESOURCES

The Sun ONE Grid Engine software has freed up significant amounts of time for animators at Axyz Animation, Inc., and lets them now focus on what they do best -- animate.

SUN AND TOPSPIN WORK ON NEXT-GEN INFINIBAND SERVERS
by John Abbott for the 451.com

InfiniBand infrastructure company Topspin gained its first significant partner earlier this month when it announced that Sun Microsystems would use its fiber channel and Gigabit Ethernet input/output modules for its next generation of InfiniBand-based blade servers.

Scientific Applications

DOE'S ESNET UPGRADES BACKBONE TO 10 GBPS

The Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), the high-performance network funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, has completed an upgrade to 2.5gigabits (billions of bits or Gbps) per second and 10Gbps in the highest speed portion of the network.

NSF STEPS TOWARD A GRID-LIKE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the first steps it is taking to develop a cyberinfrastructure likely to revolutionize the conduct of science and engineering research and education. These steps leverage the agency's recent investments in the Extensible Terascale Facility.

GRID PROTOTYPE PRODUCES SURPRISE BROWN DWARF DISCOVERY

A new approach to finding undiscovered objects buried in immense astronomical databases has produced an early and unexpected payoff: a new instance of a hard-to-find type of star known as a brown dwarf.

Breaking News

Security

Global Hauri Ships ViRobot Security Software

Platforms

OSE System's RTOS Tool To Support Motorola Processors

Networking

Aelis Photonics Unveils Processing Solution For Networks
APCON Unveils New Blade For Network Architects
Avanex Showcases Superior OADM Solutions During OFC 2003
EMCORE Corporation Introduces New Optical Transceiver
Tasman Networks Unveils First Multi-Scalable T1 Router

Storage

Cyberkey Teams Up With Iomega

Operating Systems & Middleware

VMware Announces Next-Gen Virtualization Software

General

International Symposium On The Grid Announcement
ClusterWorld To Serve Customers In GRID Markets
New Book On Grid Computing Published
SAIC Wins Global Information Grid Contract
SC2003 Issues Call For Participation

Quote Of The Week

"While it is still unclear exactly how the market will unfold, IDC expects the total available market for service-centric computing to be somewhere in the range of $3-4 billion dollars by 2006." -- John Humphreys, senior research analyst, IDC

Conferences & Seminars

GRIDtoday notes events and highlights of industry-related conferences, exhibitions, meetings,etc.

GRIDtoday Information

Subscriptions & Removals
About GRIDtoday
Index of Back Issues
FAQ & Contact Info
Submitting Letters & Articles
Advertising Opportunities
FREE Subscription Offer

GRIDtoday welcomes bylined comments for publication.

Last Week's Top 5 Articles

1. MS INITIATIVE SOUNDS LIKE GRID COMPUTING
2. IDC SURVEY: STRONG INTEREST FOR UTILITY COMPUTING
3. SUN MICROSYSTEMS EXPANDS GRID AND NETWORK COMPUTING
4. HOW DOES OPTICAL NETWORKING EFFECT THE GRID?
5. AVAKI GRID SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE RESEARCH SITES