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THE RISE OF THIRD-GENERATION GRIDS

MOST EUROPEAN COMPANIES HAVE NO INSIGHT INTO GRID LOAD LEVELS

ORACLE DEFINES GRID CONCEPT AT OracleWorld IN PARIS

Special Features

THE RISE OF THIRD-GENERATION GRIDS By Charlie Catlett, Global Grid Forum Chairman: 3G Grid technology will have the potential to allow both competition and interoperability not only among applications and toolkits, but among implementations of key services.
DETER TESTBED WILL IMPROVE DEFENSES AGAINST WEB ATTACKS: This isolated mini-Internet will serve as a shared laboratory where researchers from government, industry and academia can test existing and new security technology, using a wide variety of attack techniques.
DEPT. OF DEFENSE, UNH-IOL CREATE MOONV6 TESTBED FOR IPv6: The U.S. military and major networking companies have joined forces to launch the most aggressive test bed yet of next-generation Internet technology, known in the industry as IPv6, the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) has announced.
MOST EUROPEAN COMPANIES HAVE NO INSIGHT INTO GRID LOAD LEVELS: Oracle Corp unveiled research that provides, for the first time, detailed insight into issues around the use of server hardware and Grid computing among European companies.

CALL FOR SPEAKERS

GRID TODAY 2004 (Gt04) -- the first major conference and exhibition
to focus on the emerging market for commercial business
applications of Grid computing, has issued a Call for Speakers

We are looking for high-level speakers from
commercial organizations to speak on
applications and implementation of Grid computing

Systems/Enterprise

EJASENT ANNOUNCES PERSISTENT CONNECTION MIGRATION PRODUCT: Ejasent Inc, the leading provider of utility computing solutions for today's data centers, announced the availability of the UpScale Connection Filter which enables connection and session preservation during dynamic application migration from one server to another.
MARIMBA JOINS INDUSTRY LEADERS IN LAUNCHING DCML: Marimba plans to provide its in-depth expertise in automating the management of complex server environments for large enterprises. Marimba's Server Change Management offerings provide a unified, automated solution that helps customers provision, change, configure, audit and maintain servers.
ORACLE DEFINES GRID CONCEPT AT OracleWorld IN PARIS: Oracle executives Sergio Giacoletto and Chuck Phillips discussed the company's Grid concept with more than 7,000 customers and partners from around Europe, Middle East and Africa at OracleWorld, the enterprise software leader's premier technology conference.

Applications

FileNet DELIVERS JAVA APPLICATION CONTENT CONNECTIVITY: Image Services Resource Adapter, compliant with and built to the J2EE 1.3/Java Connector Architecture (JCA) 1.0 specifications, provides a Java-based solution to address connectivity between application servers and legacy enterprise information systems.
VITA NUOVA ANNOUNCES INFERNO SYSTEM GRID SUPPORT: Vita Nuova announced support for Grid Computing within the Inferno System. Inferno now provides distributed computation, job scheduling, Grid monitoring and process co-ordination for Windows, Linux and UNIX platforms. Web browsers can be used for remote access and control.

Breaking News

Security: CopySense First Network Device Specifically For P2P Control
High Tower, Foundstone Announce Comprehensive Partnership
NIST Joins FSDB Initiative For Safer Computing
SIS Features Sun Solution At DFW Homeland Security Tech Expo
TManage Announces SSL-Enabled Managed Clientless VPN Service
Platforms: Netreo Releases High-Capacity Omniscient Platform
Networking: Broadcom Revolutionizes LAN Communications
Packeteer Announces Record Third Quarter Financial Results
Qwest Provides High-Speed Network For Illinois Institutions
Storage: NuTec Energy Selects Sistina Storage Infrastructure Software
XIOtech TO Demonstrate First Distributed Storage Cluster
Operating Systems & Middleware: Buzzsaw API Enables Developers To Create Custom Applications
Borland Launches Next-Generation JBuilder X
Lindows.com Launches Developer Program
OuterGrid Available, Based On OSGA Standards
Red Hat Position In Datacenter Solidified With Latest Release
SOWSIA Unveils Grid Management Solution For Oracle 10g
VMware Receives Support From Leading Software Companies
General: Aviation Week To Launch Network-Centric Warfare Publication
webMethods Completes Acquisition Of The Mind Electric

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
4th International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid
(CCGrid 2004: IEEE support pending final approval)
19-22 April, Chicago, Illinois, USA
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/ccgrid2004

Quote Of The Week

"North America has plenty of network addresses, but Asia and Europe are running out of them, leaving North America in danger of becoming an island of IPv4 in an IPv6 world." -- Ben Schultz, Managing Engineer, UNH-IOL

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