
DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JULY 28, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 30
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GRID FUTURE - A MULTIDISCIPLINARY MOVEMENT

APPLICATION TRENDS IN VERTICAL MARKETS PART II

DEFINING A CONCEPT FOR A SMART NEIGHBORHOOD PART - VI

Special Features

INTEL POWERS NETWORK CENTER OF CHINESE STATE GRID: The Computer Network Information Center (CNIC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Lenovo (Holdings) Co., Ltd. recently reached an agreement to build a powerful High Performance Computing (HPC) 256-node cluster system powered by 1,024 new Itanium 2 processors.
GRID FUTURE - A MULTIDISCIPLINARY MOVEMENT: HASTAC, the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory, announces the launch of its consortium, a strategic alliance of scientists, humanists, artists, social theorists, legal specialists, and information technology specialists.
HP FUELS INDUSTRY-STANDARD APPROACH TO WEB SERVICES MGMT: Working with partners to help overcome barriers to full-scale Web services adoption, HP announced its plans to submit its Web Services Management Framework for industry review to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
PROFESSOR DEVELOPS GRID USING PEER TO PEER SYSTEMS: Y. Charlie Hu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering recently received a multi-hundred thousand dollar grant from the National Science Foundation, which he is putting toward research on improving computer networking.
APPLICATION TRENDS IN VERTICAL MARKETS PART II by Insight Research: Within commercial enterprises, grid computing has found early adopters in life sciences, technology, and engineering companies. Many are motivated to explore and use grid technology by its promise to reduce costs through more efficient utilization of IT resources.
MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS TO JOIN ACCESS GRID COMMUNITY: Representatives of seven minority-serving institutions (MSIs) will gather at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida, to receive the hardware and training needed to connect them with Access Grid users around the world.
NEESgrid DELIVERS THE "MOST": On July 30, the NEESgrid project will demonstrate how grid services will further earthquake research with an earthquake engineering test that researchers quip is "so big it takes two time zones."
DEFINING A CONCEPT FOR A SMART NEIGHBORHOOD PART - VI by K.S. Venkatram, computer engineer, University Of Poona: These articles 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

NEW IBM WebSphere INTRODUCES GRID COMPUTING CAPABILITIES: IBM has announced new software that will address a major source of inefficiency in computer networks and could drive more mainstream, commercial implementations of Grid computing -- the ability to take untapped resources across an enterprise and make them available where and when they're needed, resulting in a single, virtual system.
SUN COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF PIXO INC: Sun Microsystems Inc announced that it has completed the acquisition of Pixo Inc, a privately-held company based in San Jose, California.
UNITED DEVICES BRINGS ENTERPRISE GRIDS TO JAPAN: United Devices, a market leader in secure grid solutions, announced that Sumisho Electronics Co Ltd, a leading IT solutions provider, will be a key distributor of the company's Grid MPTM 4.0 grid-computing software.

Applications

GRIDNODE'S GRIDTALK INTEGRATION SOLUTIONS POWERED BY IBM: At IBM Forum 2003, GridNode, a leading provider of extended enterprise businessware, announced support for IBM WebSphere Platform with the robust, enterprise-class operations of GridTalk Integration Solutions.
OpenHSF INITIATIVE RELEASES FREE READ/WRITE SDK: The OpenHSF Initiative has made available a free version of the HOOPS Stream Toolkit (HOOPS/Stream), the import/export SDK for the OpenHSF format.

Breaking News

Security: Pervasive.SQL Dbase Updated To Enhance Data Security
Radware To Protect Against Cisco Router Vulnerability
Sygate Names Former Cybersecurity Czar To Board
Platforms: AMD Expands Options For 4-Way And 8-Way Enterprise Computing
Networking: Foundry Boosts Performance With New Layer 4-7 Switch Net OS
NPF Forum Releases New Benchmarking Specifications
Storage: High-Density Subsystem Packs 16 Ultra160 SCSI Drives Into 3U
Operating Systems & Middleware: Actional Updates Its Web Services Management Platform
Candle Extends Worldwide Leadership In IBM WebSphere Mgmt
Interwoven Releases New Linux-Based Solution
10x Software And IonIdea Sign Global Agreement
Netomat Introduces An New Way To Communicate Via XML
Oracle Hits New Application Server Sales Milestone
Systinet Announces WASP Server For C++, 4.6
General: Packeteer Announces Record Q2 Financial Results
Raytheon, Lockheed Martin Pursue DCGS 10.2 Program
RSA Security Appoints Joseph Uniejewski CTO

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"The humanities, arts, and social sciences have a very important role at the conceptual, research, and development stage of today's science and technology discovery." -- David Theo Goldberg, director, UCHRI

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