
DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / SEPTEMBER 15, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 37
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-- IN THIS ISSUE --

ELLISON ON GRIDS: INVINCIBLE, INEVITABLE

GRID EFFECT ACCELERATING CHANGES IN BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY

The SCO Group's Open Letter To The Open Source Community

Special Features

GRID EFFECT ACCELERATING CHANGES IN BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY: The network is exercising a powerful effect on businesses, making possible computing power that can be sold as a utility, networks that organize themselves and business processes that reach out to trading partners.
ELLISON ON GRIDS: INVINCIBLE, INEVITABLE: Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison speaks of the advantages and possibilities of Grid computing at OracleWorld San Francisco.
PLATFORM COMPUTING UNVEILS PLAN TO ACCELERATE INTELLIGENCE: Platform Computing Inc, a large independent Grid software provider, unveiled its strategy to help its customers Accelerate Intelligence with its Grid computing technology.
ORACLE TAKES ON IBM WITH NEW GRID STRATEGY: Oracle Corp. on Monday unveiled the latest version of its flagship database product, which is designed to stitch together disparate computer systems and take on rival IBM.
TELECOM GETTING BOOST FROM GRID COMPUTING GROWTH: As the financial services, manufacturing, and health care industries ramp up their use of grid computing technology, the resulting increase in communications traffic will act like a shot in the arm for the hard-pressed telecom sector.
TRIPOS AND UNITED DEVICES ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP: They will work together to port FlexX, FlexX-Pharm and FlexE, and Unity 3DTM to United Devices' Grid MPTM platform.

Systems/Enterprise

NEW GLOBAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN UNDERSCORES CA'S LEADERSHIP: The new campaign employs photographs and text that relay why management software is a "must have" in today's cost-conscious environment while showcasing the depth and breadth of CA technology across critical IT disciplines, including storage, security and enterprise management.
FITECH LABORATORIES BUILDS FINANCIAL GRID ON BEA WebLogic: Fitech Laboratories' system, called xTrade and built on WebLogic Platform 8.1, is designed to offer financial services and securities organizations in Japan with a low-cost alternative for online financial transactions.
HP ADVANCES GRID STRATEGY FOR THE ADAPTIVE ENTERPRISE: By leveraging open Grid standards, HP plans to help customers simplify the use and management of distributed IT resources. The initiative will integrate industry Grid standards, including the Globus Toolkit and Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA), across HP's enterprise product lines.
ORACLE GURUS PROVIDE GRID ROADMAP: Oracle Corporation, one of the world's largest enterprise software companies, highlighted several of this year's gurus at OracleWorld San Francisco, which was held Sept. 7-11.
ORACLE APPLICATION SERVER 10g SIMPLIFIES GRID COMPUTING: Oracle Application Server 10g will enable customers to more easily respond to changing business requirements, such as integrating applications and Web services or increasing computing resources within an enterprise Grid to process payroll at month's end.
PLATFORM ESTABLISHES GLOBAL GRID ACCELERATION CENTERS: In response to the growing demand for proven Grid computing solutions, Platform Computing Inc announced three global Acceleration Centers to help organizations prepare their applications and infrastructure for Grid computing.

Applications

METATOMIX CLOSES $8.3 MILLION VENTURE ROUND: Metatomix, a global provider of real-time visibility and integration technology, announced it has closed $8.3 million in a third round of funding.
PLATFORM SEES FUTURE WITH ORACLE: The joint solution of Platform software and Oracle Database 10g will enable customers to simplify their scheduling environment and efficiently manage Grids across a virtualized, heterogeneous environment.

Breaking News

Security: Audible Magic, Palisade Systems Join Forces
Gilian G-Server 2.5 Awarded Common Criteria Certification
Dutch Railways Picks NetScreen To Secure Data Network
Platforms: SGI Announces Plans To Extend Altix Line
AMD Announces New AMD Opteron Processors
Aspen Systems Offers Two New Intel Based Glacier Systems
Books24x7, Intel Deliver Subscription-Based Online Library
Intel Expands Itanium 2-Based Systems With New Processors
Networking: Allot Expands P2P Support In NetEnforcer AC-1000 Version 5.1
AT&T Selects Lucent To Provide Next-Generation SONET
Buckeye TeleSystem To Deploy Mahi Mi7
Drake, SCC Construct Fiber-Optic Backbone In North Carolina
Foundry Offers Wireless And Wired Infrastructure Products
GDA Technologies Introduces The XGEMAC
University College London Deploys Procket Networks
SiriCOMM Network Technology Under Evaluation
Storage: Gridapp Systems Showcases The D2500 Database Appliance
Operating Systems & Middleware: SG CIB Partners With Platform Computing For Grid Work
Mind Electric GLUE Featured In New Microsoft Press Book
Novell Expands Customer Options For Open-Platform Computing
Major Vendors Showcase Reliable Web Services
Demand Grows For Oracle Application Server
OSDL Establishes Linux Working Group in Japan
Parasoft SOAPtest 2.1 Supports OASIS And UN/CEFACT ebXML
PHP Adoption Reaches Tipping Point In Corporate US
Quest Software Provides Enterprise Fixed Content
The SCO Group's Open Letter To The Open Source Community
TDCI Announces Release 3.0 Of Integration Server
VERITAS Enables Utility Computing In Oracle Environments
Westbridge Tech Selected For ZapThought Leadership Program
General: Gridiron Adds Former Cognos COO To Board As Chairman

Quote Of The Week

"The industry has been on a quest to build bigger and bigger mainframes for the last 40 years. We've been chasing the same dream of building the fastest computer in the world. After 40 years, now there's an alternative to the one, big server approach. It's enterprise Grid computing." -- Larry Ellison, Chairman and CEO, Oracle Corporation

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