
DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 4, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 31
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DATABASE GIANT LEAPS INTO GRID COMPUTING

GRID COMPUTING CENTER KARLSRUHE INSTALLS 70 TB DISK SPACE

LOS ALAMOS SETS INTERNET SPEED MARK IN GUINNESS BOOK

Special Features

AVAKI ANNOUNCES AVAKI DATA GRID 4.0: Avaki Corporation announced the release of Avaki Data Grid 4.0, software that is unique in its ability to help businesses easily provision, access and integrate distributed data from heterogeneous systems in real time within or across organizations.
GRID TECH BOLSTERED BY UCSD EXTENSION WEB SRVCS INITIATIVE: UCSD Extension's CONNECT and Continuing Education programs have joined together on a 10-month Web Services initiative to assess the status of Web Services development and deployment in San Diego and to provide outreach and training to local businesses to prepare them for this next stage in the Internet's evolution.
DATABASE GIANT LEAPS INTO GRID COMPUTING: Oracle plans to incorporate Grid computing with the next release of its database software in September.
LOS ALAMOS SETS INTERNET SPEED MARK IN GUINNESS BOOK: Quick now, who holds the land-speed record for sending data over the Internet?

Systems/Enterprise

FIRSTWAVE ANNOUNCES V10.0 OF CRM SOLUTION, BUILT ON .NET: Firstwave Technologies Inc announced the newest version of its Web-based CRM Suite, Firstwave Version 10, which is built on .NET architecture.
MICROSOFT EXPANDS .NET ECOSYSTEM WITH NEW VISUAL STUDIO: Microsoft Corp. broadened the reach of its developer partner programs to provide a more diverse mix of partners with a wider variety of opportunities in the Microsoft .NET ecosystem.
SUN TEAMS WITH ORACLE TO LOWER COLLABORATIVE MESSAGING: In tandem with the launch of Oracle's Collaboration Suite Release 2, Sun Microsystems Inc announced a joint effort to drive down total cost of ownership and improve reliability of collaboration for customers on Sun servers.

Applications

GRID COMPUTING CENTER KARLSRUHE INSTALLS 70 TB DISK SPACE by Uwe Harms: The Computer Center at Research Center Karlsruhe is the German Tier 1 Center for the CERN LHC (Large Hadron Collider) data. There will be up to 10 such centers around the world. In July GridKa (Grid Karlsruhe) installed 70 TeraBytes disk space, which will be extended in different steps to 340 TeraBytes.

Breaking News

Security: OpenNetwork Gains Market Momentum With Record Performance
Platforms: New Hi-End Unisys Mainframe: Built For Business Blueprinting
Networking: Broadcom Offers Groundbreaking New Switch
Corvis Invited to U.S. Government GIG-BE "Bake Off"
Equipe Unveils Label Switch Routing For The E3200
Foundry Networks Reports Q2 2003 Revenues Of $95.7M
ISC To Deploy Root Name Server In Southern Hemisphere
Procera Files 39 Layer 7 Application Switching Patent Claims
WARP Technology Secures Patent For Dynamic Content Routing
Storage: Overland Storage SRM Product Improves NAS Management
Operating Systems & Middleware: eCube Systems Releases NXTera Middleware For Linux/IRIX 6.5
Pentagon Deploys GridNode For RosettaNet B2B Automation
Web3D Consortium Announces X3D Standard Gains Momentum
General: Objectivity Extends Free Trial Period For Objectvity/DB
Support For Linux Grows As Unilever Joins OSDL

Quote Of The Week

"While average network speeds double every year, processor speeds are doubling only every 18 months. These trends mark the beginning of a revolution in the way we do computing." -- Wu-chun Feng, RADIANT network research team, Los Alamos

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