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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / SEPTEMBER 1, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 35

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-- IN THIS ISSUE --

GRIDS GROW UP

GRID COMPUTING AND ITS FUTURE IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY

NEESgrid A SEISMIC SHIFT FOR EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH

Intel

Special Features

GRIDS GROW UP
by Rachel Chalmers for the451.com
Grid technology has moved from technical arcana to full-fledged buzzword status.

LETTER FROM GRIDtoday's EDITOR-AT-LARGE JOHN HURLEY
Recent advances in hardware, middleware, and networking are largely responsible for the ongoing interest in Grid computing.

GRID COMPUTING AND ITS FUTURE IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY
According to some industry experts, Grid computing is the next evolution of enterprise technology architectures, and will furthermore revolutionize how businesses think about and manage their computing resources.

Linux Networx

Systems/Enterprise

BEA PARTNERS WITH ALTOVA
New partnership integrates development products to further expand broad developer base.

CA'S KUMAR SEES UTILITY COMPUTING AS KEY TO BIZ SUCCESS
Computer Associates International, Inc. Chairman and CEO Sanjay Kumar told shareholders that while customers continue to be conservative in their technology spending, they will make purchases if they see a concrete return on investment.

SUN GEARS UP FOR SEPTEMBER'S PROJECT ORION LAUNCH
by Nick Patience for the451.com
Sun Microsystems has provided us with a little more clarification on Project Orion, the new infrastructure software initiative the company is due to launch next month.

SAS JOINS ECLIPSE CONSORTIUM
By joining the Eclipse consortium, SAS will assist in the community effort to create and enhance an open, enterprise-class development environment for the Java and J2EE platforms.

Sun Microsystems

Applications

GRID COMPUTING GETS A SPEED BOOST FROM MATHEMATICA 5
Originally unveiled at the Supercomputing 2002 conference, gridMathematica is a complete parallel computing solution for dedicated grids or clusters.

NEESgrid A SEISMIC SHIFT FOR EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH
The field of earthquake research is undergoing a seismic shift of its own as the developing NEESgrid changes the very idea of what constitutes a laboratory.

PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTER LINKS TO CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
Researchers have linked a supercomputer in Pittsburgh to others in Illinois and California, which will soon make it possible to perform 20 trillion calculations a second and enable academic researchers to harness that power no matter where they're located.

Grid Computing

Breaking News

Security
'Denial Of Service' Attack Leaves SCO Web Site Inaccessible

Platforms
Redline Processor Speeds Access To MS Partner Portal

Networking
Adaptec Introduces New Network Acceleration Solution
Tech Data And Radware Sign Distribution Agreement
New Report Predicts RapidIO To Lead Bus Architecture Wars
PMC-Sierra Further Extends SERDES Product Family

Storage
Radiant Receives Patent For Distributed File Consistency

Operating Systems & Middleware
New Product Provides End-User Access To Enterprise Content
Cyanea Announces Support For BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1
Group 1 Introduces New Web Services Architecture
Motive Transforms Desktop Support Into On-Demand Model

General
W3C Seeks More Implementations Of Web Ontology Language
Turbolinux Joins OSDL
UML Certification Program Underway

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"I had been hoping, and actually expecting, that the attacker would turn out to be some adolescent cracker with no real connection to the open-source community. But I was told enough about his background and how he did it to be pretty sure he is one of us -- and I am ashamed for all of us." -- Eric Raymond, president, Open Source Initiative

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