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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / SEPTEMBER 8, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 36

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GRID COMPUTING -- THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HYPE

GLOBUS ALLIANCE ESTABLISHED

INTEL JOINS PALLAS TO STRENGTHEN GRIP ON GRID ARENA

Linux Networx

Special Features

GRID COMPUTING USING INDUSTRY-STANDARD WEB SERVICES
Cornell University professors have successfully demonstrated a geographically- distributed simulation system, based on industry-standard Web Services, for solving coupled fluid/thermal/mechanical fracture problems.

GLOBUS ALLIANCE ESTABLISHED
Like the original Globus Project, the Globus Alliance is a tightly integrated consortium dedicated to collaborative design, development, testing and support of the open source Globus Toolkit, the de facto standard Grid software.

GRIDS FOR THE HUMANITIES: WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON?
By Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief, and John Hurley, Editor-at-Large
GRIDtoday conducted an interview with HASTAC charter member Cathy Davidson, vice provost for interdisciplinary studies, and Ruth F. DeVarney, professor of English at Duke University.

INTERNATIONAL DATA GRID PLANNED
Scientists at two Chicago-area national laboratories are working to build a supercomputer system that eventually would make accessible massive amounts of information currently off limits to the average computer user.

NSF FUNDS EXPERIMENTAL GRID INFRASTRUCTURE ON UCSD CAMPUS
The Computer Science and Engineering building now under construction on the campus of the University of California, San Diego will be equipped with one of the most advanced computer and telecommunications networks anywhere.

GRID COMPUTING -- THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HYPE
By Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief
GRIDtoday talks with Tho Nguyen, SAS manager of data integration strategy, about Grid computing - what it means to the industry, to SAS and to its customers.

Sun Microsystems

Systems/Enterprise

CALIENT NETWORKS LAUNCHES PX SWITCHING SUBSYSTEM
Calient Networks has launched its new PX photonic switching subsystem for use in software reconfigurable patch panels, automated system testing, automated manufacturing testing, grid computing and pre-deployment network staging.

CARDIFF'S 10-GIGABIT NETWORK BUILT ON FOUNDRY SYSTEMS
Cardiff University, in partnership with the University of Wales College of Medicine, has chosen Foundry Networks Inc to supply intelligent switching and routing systems for its new combined network, one of the largest and most advanced IT infrastructure projects in the UK today.

INTEL JOINS PALLAS TO STRENGTHEN GRIP ON GRID ARENA
Intel has recently made efforts to acquire Pallas, a German software maker, in hopes that the venture will strengthen its grip on the grid arena.

Intel

Applications

ACTIFY'S KIT ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO INCORPORATE VISUALIZATION
Actify Inc announced the Actify SDK, a new software developers kit which gives developers and systems integrators the ability to customize the view, measure, markup and share functionality of CAD visualization.

CITRIX GARNERS METAFRAME ACCESS SUITE CUSTOMERS IN EUROPE
Citrix Systems Inc said it is continuing its investment in and has seen strong adoption of its MetaFrame Access Suite in the European Union enlargement area and in Russia.

IBM DELIVERS NEW SERVER-PROVISIONING TECHNOLOGY
In efforts to build interest in the utility computing market, IBM unveiled the first piece of Project Symphony, the Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator.

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Breaking News

Security
Enterasys Positioned In The Visionary Quadrant By Gartner
IBM Certifies NetDetector As 'Ready For Tivoli Software'

Platforms
IBM And UT At Austin To Work On Single-Chip Supercomputer

Networking
UNH-IOL Validated 10 Gigabit Ethernet MAC IP Core Announced
NEC Announces 64-Bit MIPS-Based Microprocessor
Scintera Networks Takes The Wraps Off First 10Gb/s EDCE
White Rock Adds Tunable ITU-Grid Optics To VLX2020 SONET

Storage
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation To Acquire JNI Corporation
Renesas Technology Unveils 18- And 36-Megabit QDRII SRAMs

Operating Systems & Middleware
Idea Integration Develops New GIS Web Application

General
BEA Provides 69 Percent Cost Advantage Over WebSphere
William A. Halter Elected To webMethods' Board Of Directors

Quote Of The Week

"I don't have all the answers, but I do know that the Globus Project has a toolkit that includes security measures that could potentially help control terrorist involvement." -- Tho Nyugen, Manager of Data Integration Strategy, SAS

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