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NSF REPORT ON CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE AND GRIDS

GRID EXPERTS: NEXT 5 YEARS CRUCIAL

SMART NEIGHBORHOODS -- NEXT STEP IN GRID SERVICES? PART II

Special Features

GRID EXPERTS: NEXT 5 YEARS CRUCIAL
By Wolfgang Gentzsch

At the FIRe (Future in Review) Conference in San Diego, May 19-22, panelists from Avaki, HP, and Sun were asked to detail recent milestones and progress made in the world of Grid Computing, as well as discuss the many challenges that lie ahead over the next five years.

NSF REPORT ON CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE AND GRIDS

This is the final report of a Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure, a panel of experts formed and charged by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to evaluate current major investments in cyberinfrastructure and its use.

CAN GRID COMPUTING BOOST YOUR ROI? TAKE THIS TEST!

Calculating the prospective ROI for utilizing a pay-as-you-go network can be complex and challenging.

GRID TECHNOLOGY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST SARS
By Mike Gannis, SDSC Senior Science Writer

When the medical staffs of several key hospitals in Taiwan were quarantined by the SARS epidemic, threatening to make a critical situation even worse, computer scientists there, in the U.S., and throughout the Asia Pacific Rim turned to Grid computing technology.

SMART NEIGHBORHOODS -- NEXT STEP IN GRID SERVICES? PART II
By K.S.Venkatram, University Of Poona Engineer

This article is the second in a series about "Defining a concept for a Smart Neighborhood". These articles are not a published solution. Rather, they introduce the reader to a concept for a smarter neighborhood and guide the user through a comparative analysis and extensibility of a sensor-controlled network against what is ordinarily presented in Grid computing.

Systems/Enterprise

AXCELEON AND EGENERA FORM STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP

Axceleon, a leader in computational Grid software, announced that it has joined the Egenera Assured Solution Alliances program, certifying its EnFuzion software for the Egenera BladeFrame environment through rigorous testing in Egenera labs.

CHOREOLOGY SECURES $4.5M INVESTMENT BY ATLAS VENTURE

Choreology Ltd, the application coordination software company, announced a $4.5 million funding agreement with Atlas Venture. This is in addition to an initial investment of $3 million by Atlas Venture, announced in July 2002, and founder and angel funding of $1 million.

NEW CO LAUNCHES WITH TECHNOLOGY TARGETING GRID-BASED TEAMS

The management team of e-Wings Inc announced the March 2003 launch of the company. e-Wings is developing, marketing and deploying next generation Internet-based software products and services that support distributed teams, enabling the uninterrupted pursuit of a business goal to completion.

NEW P2P MANAGEMENT TECH SAVING SERVICE PROVIDERS MILLIONS

Just-released customer metrics from Sandvine show that Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Policy Management is dramatically reducing the amount of expensive bandwidth consumed by file-sharing applications.

Applications

SWEDEN'S SOCWARE ANNOUNCES PHOTONIC NETWORK PROJECT

Sweden's Socware Design Cluster and Acreo Photonics Research announced a new photonic network test bed project that will be open to U.S. and international companies to develop and test their latest communications semiconductors, switches, and broadband management and integration applications.

SUN TO IGNITE ADRENALINE RUSH IN JAVA GRID GAMING

Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced plans to focus its technology and market development resources at the multi-billion dollar network Grid gaming marketplace through the creation of the Game Technologies Group, and the appointment of Chris Melissinos as Chief Gaming Officer.

Breaking News

Security

Foundry And Spirent Deliver Powerful Security Demonstration
SecurityMetrics To Present Live Hack Demo At CSI NetSec Conf
Cyber Attacks Continue According To 2003 CSI/FBI Survey
Publisher To Release Ultimate Guide To OpenBSD

Platforms

IBM Gains Server Revenue Share In Key Market Segments

Networking

Xilinx, Samsung To Develop Metro Edge Network Solution
Agere Systems And NComm Announce New WAN Solution
APCON Showcases New Blades At SuperComm 2003
CacheLogic Enables ISPs With P2P Cost Control Solution
Cortina Demos Its Milan IC For Routing Systems
EarthStation5 Launches New File-Sharing Software
Extreme Networks Builds Advanced 10-Gigabit Metro Network
HyperTransport Consortium Adopts GDA Technologies Platform

Storage

Pogo Linux Delivers Industry'S 1st Linux Serial-ATA Server

Operating Systems & Middleware

Firstlogic Announces Universal App Network Validation
Code Futures Launch FireStorm DAO Code Generator For Java

General

Gridbus 2003 International Grid Workshop
OOIS/OMMT-2003

Quote Of The Week

"The best way for security practitioners to combat computer crime is through education." -- Simon Cooper, Director of Events, CSI

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