
DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 11, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 32
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THE GRID SHAKES UP EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

OSDL RELEASES POSITION PAPER ON SCO AND LINUX

IBM TO CREATE POWERFUL LINUX SUPERCOMPUTER

Special Features

FLAGSHIP DATABASE ALMOST READY FOR GRID USAGE: A flagship database from Oracle Corp. is being modified and upgraded for Grid computing usage, which will provide users with more levels of scalability and management.
OSDL RELEASES POSITION PAPER ON SCO AND LINUX: The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), a global consortium of leading technology companies dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, released a position paper raising serious questions about SCO Group's threatened litigation against end users of Linux.
THE GRID SHAKES UP EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING: Scientists are creating virtual temblors for NEESGrid, a resource creeated to use Grid-linked computing resources to provide engineers with new ways to study how earthquakes affect structures.

Systems/Enterprise

PROGRAM LAUNCHED FOR REPOSITORY OF KNOWN-GOOD FILE DATA: Tripwire Inc., a world leader in integrity assurance, announced the File Signature Database (FSDB) -- a partner-based initiative designed to bring to market a heterogeneous collection of known-good file data.
IBM TO CREATE POWERFUL LINUX SUPERCOMPUTER: A national research laboratory in Japan has placed an order with IBM for a supercomputer cluster that, when completed, is expected to be the most powerful Linux-based computer in the world.
NOVELL ACQUIRES XIMIAN TO EXPAND OPEN SOURCE COMMITMENT: Novell, Inc., announced it has acquired privately held Ximian of Boston, Mass., the leading provider of desktop and server solutions that enable enterprise Linux adoption.
SAVANTIS ANNOUNCES LINUX SUPPORT FOR DATABASE COMPUTING: Savantis Systems, Inc., a leading provider of database server virtualization solutions, announced, in conjunction with LinuxWorld, the immediate support for the Linux operating system and unveiled its vision for database utility computing.
SUN DEMONSTRATES ALTERNATIVE DESKTOP LEVERAGING JAVA & LINUX: In a keynote speech at LinuxWorld, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's executive vice president of software at Sun Microsystems Inc, challenged the status quo in personal computing with the unveiling of a new Linux-based alternative desktop and Java-based innovations that will shatter the dimensions of the traditional user experience.

Applications

IBM PICKS "FOODFIGHT" WITH THRESHOLD FOR VISUAL EFFECTS: IBM and Threshold Digital Research Labs announced that they are expanding their work together to create next-generation digital animation studio capabilities. At the heart of the deal is IBM's "On Demand" technology, which enables animation production facilities to be infinitely scalable.
INSORS PROVIDES INTERNET2 WITH ACCESS GRID SOLUTION: inSORS Integrated Communications, Inc., a communications firm that develops, markets, and supports enterprise scale collaboration software and solutions, is delivering a custom Access Grid venue system along with a bridging solution for the Internet2 community.
KENAMEA ANNOUNCES ENTRY INTO COMPOSITE APP SUITE MARKET: Kenamea Inc has announced its entry into the emerging market for Composite Application Suites.
COMPANIES TO TRANSFORM RESEARCH WITH GRID COMPUTING: United Devices announced that the company has partnered with life sciences software company, Optive Research Inc., to develop software for computer- assisted drug discovery (CADD) specifically optimized for United Devices' Grid computing platform.
STUDY SAYS CONGESTION GROWING WORSE FOR ENTERPRISE NETWORKS: Network World and Packeteer announced the results of a study showing that increased use of open networks and the Internet in enterprise environments is causing a significant increase in application performance degradation and network congestion.
SGI DELIVERS INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS OVER OPTICAL NETWORKS: SGI, the pioneer in Visual Area Networking (VAN), announced that it has reached an agreement with TeraBurst Networks, Inc., to become an authorized reseller of TeraBurst's optical networking products for distributed visualization applications.

Breaking News

Security: Hackers Turn To Google
IBM And SuSE Linux Earn Security Certification Of Linux
Latis Networks Introduces Cost-Effective Gigabit IPS
NEC To Offer NetScreen Solutions In Japan
Platforms: Gateway Revs Up Enterprises With Quad-Processor Server
HP Delivers Next Step On Alphaserver Roadmap
HP Delivers Faster ProLiant Blade Servers
Sun Fire V480 Gets Performance Boost
Sun To Ship 1.05Ghz Sun Fire Servers
Networking: AMS IX Selects Foundry Networks' New BigIron MG8
InfiniCon Introduces New 10Gbps Switches For HPC Fabrics
Kasenna Wins Major Internet Contract With Korea's ETRI
Marvell Launches Horizon Family Communication Controller
Mysticom Teams With Mentor Graphics To Test GigE/10GigE
Storage: Pogo Linux, MySQL AB Launch First MySQL Database Appliance
Operating Systems & Middleware: Atlas Tool Helps Developers Access Project Information
BEA Liquid Data For WebLogic 8.1 Ships
Borland Launches J2EE Application Performance Solution
DataSynapse Announces Grid Enablement For IBM Linux
ObjectWeb Welcomes Red Hat
Parasoft SOAPtest 2.0 Now Available For Linux
SCO Deploys OpenServer Kernel Personality
Sun Joins OSDL; Strengthens Commitment To Linux
Linux Vendors Form Support Alliance
General: Grid Employed for Virtual Experiments
United Devices, HP To Deliver Grid-Ready Cluster Solutions

Quote Of The Week

"Scale is no longer an issue. It's horsepower on demand and with it we can either power one building or light up a whole city." -- George Johnsen, Chief Animation Officer, Threshold

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