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ACCESS GRIDT TOOLKIT 2.0 CREATES SWELL OF GRID INTEREST

GRIDtoday TEAMS UP WITH NOBLEMEN GROUP TO OFFER WEBCASTS

CGI, SUN TO LAUNCH LIFE SCIENCES UTILITY COMPUTING SOLUTION

Special Features

GRIDtoday TEAMS UP WITH NOBLEMEN GROUP TO OFFER WEBCASTS: The Webcasts will include interviews with executives from the leading suppliers of Grid computing technology, CIOs of leading organizations stepping up as early adopters of Grid computing, and other industry experts.
RICHARD TAPIA CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY IN COMPUTING A SUCCESS By John Hurley, Editor-at-Large: This conference, held Oct. 15-18 in Atlanta, was the second in a series of bi-annual conferences with the goal of promoting and celebrating diversity in computing.
NCSA/ALLIANCE BOOTH TO SHOW CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES: A highlight of the NCSA/Alliance will be high-resolution animated visualizations of an evolving tornado using a 7,000 lumen HDTV projector.
GRIDS: N.C.'s $10 BILLION MONEY MACHINE: A study sponsored by the Rural Internet Access Authority estimates Grid computing will give a $10 billion economic boost to the state's economy through 2010, leading to an additional 24,000 jobs and $7.2 billion in personal income.
DEFINING A CONCEPT FOR REMOTE NETWORK FILE SYSTEM SERVICES By K.S.Venkatram: Today, files are most common user interest and have many naming conventions associated with them. The unique principle proposed in this article, "Extending the Remote Network File System Services -- Remote File System Access Decision Model," is defining design for manageability.

Systems/Enterprise

BENETTON SELECTS SUN FOR NEXT-GENERATION INFORMATION SYSTEM: After extensive analysis, tests and benchmarks, Benetton decided to move to Solaris 9 as the best solution to the company's needs. Benetton's IT infrastructure and strategy is based on open standards including Unix (both Solaris and Linux), Java technology and XML.
FORCE10 NETWORKS, IBM SIGN MULTI-TIERED, WORLDWIDE AGREEMENT: IBM Global Services will provide end-to-end support for the E-Series switch/routers -- including consulting, implementation and technical assistance center (TAC) support -- for enterprise customers worldwide.
TECH LABORATORIES TO PARTICIPATE IN IBM INNOVATION FORUM: The Innovation Forum's purpose is to provide promising ISVs with an introduction to the e-business on demand model and explore various opportunities.
INTENTIA STANDARDIZES ON IBM'S OPEN TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM: As part of the alliance, Intentia will standardize and ship its J2EE-based Movex collaboration applications on IBM's open middleware and hardware running on Linux, OS400, UNIX and NT.

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

Applications

ACCESS GRID TOOLKIT 2.0 CREATES SWELL OF GRID INTEREST: Evidenced at the recent AG Development sessions held outside of Chicago, the interest and demand for collaborative tools continues to drive development of Grid applications allowing distributed resources to work together seamlessly.
CGI, SUN TO LAUNCH LIFE SCIENCES UTILITY COMPUTING SOLUTION: Under the Sun model, CGI will obtain network computing resources based on usage from Sun, and in turn, CGI will offer pay-for-use pricing to customers such as Genome Quebec.

Breaking News

Security: SSL VPN Features Enable Vendors To Expand User Base
Waveset Supports Oracle Identity Management
Platforms: Appro Introduces Mid To High-Range Level Workstation Solution
IBM Unveils New Servers At CAE Symposium In Germany
Networking: Glimmerglass System 300E Enables High-Performance Apps
Ixia Verifies 10 Gb Ethernet Transcontinental Network
NCSA Chooses Force10 For TeraGrid Deployment Phase II
Storage: Brocade To Deliver Multiprotocol Fabric Routing For SANs
MirrorStore Delivers High Availability Data Protection
Operating Systems & Middleware: OpenLink Releases Fully Managed .NET Data Providers
AppForge Announces New Product To Support .NET Platform
GemFire Suite, Version 2.2 Features Increased Performance
Sharman Networks Launches Kazaa v2.6 Beta
OpenLink Software Delivers Virtuoso 3.2
SpiritSoft Delivers SpiritWave Real-Time For Next Generation
CA's Unicenter WSDM Delivers State-Of-The-Art .NET Management
General: Foundry Networks Posts Third Quarter Results
globusWORLD 2004 Issues Preliminary Program
Microsoft Reports First Quarter Earnings

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

"Grid computing is undoubtedly beginning a migration from the scientific and technical community, where it was spawned, to establishing a new paradigm in distributed computing that will permeate corporate IT infrastructures." -- Mike Bernhardt, Executive VP, The Noblemen Group

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Avaki - CCLRC - First Option - General Dynamics Decision Systems - HP - Indiana Univ. - Institute for Scientific Research - MCNC - Platform - Red Hat - United Devices - USC

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