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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / MAY 19, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 20

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GATEWAY GRID DRIVES DIABETES RESEARCH

CANADA ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF UPCOMING WestGrid PROJECT

ROTHBERG INSTITUTE LEVERAGES GRID TECH TO COMBAT SARS

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Special Features

LEVEL 3 TO PROVIDE DARK FIBER SERVICES TO INTERNET2
Level 3 Communications Inc recently announced that it has signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar IRU agreement to supply intercity dark fiber services to the National Research and Education Fiber Company (Fiberco).

GGF8 SEATTLE: "Building Grids -- Obstacles & Opportunities"
The Eighth Global Grid Forum meeting (GGF8) is ramping up to bring the world's top grid technologists and leading users of grid computing together in Seattle, Washington from 24-27 June.

CANADA ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF UPCOMING WestGrid PROJECT
Three major computer companies have been selected to build the $44 million research infrastructure of WestGrid (Western Canada Research Grid), project leaders have announced as part of the official WestGrid launch, held simultaneously in Edmonton and Vancouver.

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INFINICON ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR ITS CLUSTERS
InfiniCon Systems, a provider of shared I/O and switching solutions for next- generation server networks, announced strategic management and networking additions to its InfinIO product family.

SPANISH GRID TECHNOLOGY FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET
BestSystems and the Spanish company GridSystems have signed a distribution agreement that will grant Grid Research Inc, a subsidiary of BestSystems, the ability to distribute the InnerGrid Software developed by GridSystems in the Japanese market.

Scientific Applications

GATEWAY GRID DRIVES DIABETES RESEARCH
Significantly increasing the speed and accuracy at which the more than 17 million Americans with diabetes can find the best treatments, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) announced recently that it has selected the grid-computing service from Gateway Inc and United Devices, leaders in secure grid solutions.

ROTHBERG INSTITUTE LEVERAGES GRID TECH TO COMBAT SARS
The Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases, a non-profit research institute devoted to discovering and developing drugs for orphan childhood diseases, has announced the addition of a recently discovered SARS target to its D2OL (Drug Design and Optimization Lab) grid computing project.

SURFnet SELECTS GLOBAL CROSSING FOR NEW TRANSATLANTIC LINK
Global Crossing has been awarded a contract by the Netherlands national research network, SURFnet, to provision a 10 Gbit/s lambda link between the Dutch advanced optical infrastructure NetherLight in Amsterdam and the StarLight research facility in Chicago.

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Breaking News

Security
Check Point Unveils Application Intelligence Technology
Network Associates Completes Acquisition Of IntruVert

Platforms
NVIDIA Unveils New GeForce FX 5900 GPU
IBM Debuts World's Most Sophisticated Server

Networking
Altera Enables Network Traffic Over SONET/SDH IP Cores
BigBangwidth Introduces BroadLAN At WestGrid Launch Event
Extreme Helps Integrates Ethernet Services over Metro Nets

Storage
IBM'S Shark On Prowl At Area Data Centers

Operating Systems & Middleware
Etnus Announces TotalView 6.2
Grid Computing: Conceptual Flyover For Developers
Novell exteNd Application Server 5 Now Shipping
OMG's Workshop On UML For Applications Announcement
SOAP 1.2 Is Good To Go

General
Computer Associates Names Gary J. Fernandes to Board

Quote Of The Week

"Now small and medium-sized companies have such a large amount of compute power available on demand, there is no reason not to reap the benefits of reduced processing time and increased competitive edge." -- Ed Hubbard, CEO, United Devices

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GRID COMPUTING SYMPOSIUM
CUO/Interex/DECUS European Users Conference & Expo
May 20, 2003
The RAI Conference Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.hp-interex.org/conference2003/

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