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GGF GETS "GLOBAL WORKSPACE"

NOVELL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE SUSE LINUX

Microsoft To Place Bounty On Virus Writers

Special Features

GGF GETS "GLOBAL WORKSPACE": As GGF's community, presently 4000-5000 strong, is spread across the globe, SourceForge Enterprise Edition provides a location-transparent workspace for project-focused communication and collaboration among widely dispersed teams.
HP JOINS BAE, OTHERS ON ADV. AEROSPACE, DEFENSE DESIGN GRID: HP has teamed with BAE SYSTEMS, the Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore, Cardiff University and the University of Wales-Swansea, to use Grid computing for the exploration of advanced, collaborative simulation and visualization in aerospace and defense design.
ACCESS GRID ALLOWS NATIVE AMERICANS TO BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE: The Tribal Virtual Network (TVN), a consortium of Native American communities, is using the Access Grid to provide broadband Internet connection to five tribal museums and cultural centers.
MOVING PAST LIMITATIONS IN REMOTE FILE SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE By K.S. Venkatram: This article will describe the specification that extends effectiveness in working with remote file systems. We will look at holes in the Remote File System infrastructure and start the smarter interest for resolving and modeling to recycle past these infrastructure limitations.

Systems/Enterprise

NETWORK APPLIANCE, FUJITSU SIEMENS EXPAND GRID PARTNERSHIP: Through the partnership, the two companies will open a new state-of-the-art Center of Excellence (CoE) facility at Oracle Corp's Munich, Germany, campus.
FORCE10 ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIPS W/ IBM, NCSA TeraGrid PROJECT: Force10 Networks Inc announced that IBM Corp will resell Force10's 1-Gb per second Ethernet and 10-Gb per second Ethernet switches. Also announced was the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois (NCSA) as the company's first customer.
NOVELL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE SUSE LINUX: With the open source expertise of SUSE LINUX and Novell's support, training and consulting services, Novell will be able to deliver Linux and all its components -- from the server to the desktop -- and give organizations a secure, reliable and mature Linux foundation.

Applications

GLIMMERGLASS, UIC JOIN FORCES TO DEVELOP NEW LambdaGrid APPS: The partnership recognizes the potential associated with the convergence of two new technologies, Grid middleware and affordable lambda networks, which is leading to the creation of LambdaGrids.

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

Breaking News

Security: High Tower Announces Appliance For Real-Time Protection
ISSA Assembles Global Workgroups For Developing Principles
Reactivity, Mindreef Partner To Police Rogue Web Services
Microsoft To Place Bounty On Virus Writers
RSA Security Announces New Encryption Software
Tangram OverSight Blocks Unwanted Software From IT Networks
Platforms: HP, Oracle Top 1 Million Transactions Per Minute
HP Fuels Standards-Based Computing With Expanded Server Line
Sun, Oracle Set Application Server Performance Record
Networking: Redux To Demo Converged TDM And Ethernet Over G.SHDSL.bis
Storage: Network Appliance Agrees To Acquire Spinnaker Networks
VERITAS Delivers Foundation For Utility Computing
Operating Systems & Middleware: BMC Manages Mainframe, Dist. Databases From Common Console
Five Universities To Enhance Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic
OpenLink Releases High-Performance 64-Bit ODBC Drivers
General: Akamai Names Michael Ruffolo Chief Operating Officer
Augmentix JoinsService Availability Forum
E.piphany Hosts "On-Demand Technology For CRM" Webinar
Animation Factory Now Possible With IT Grid
SCS Wins Singapore's National Grid Pilot Platform Tender
StarHub Selected To Connect National Grid Project

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

"Some families from the reservation have to make a 120-mile trip to the city to have access to some sort of education. Access Grid technology will make it easier for rural villages to keep up with everything that's going on in the world." -- Arlan Sando, Access Grid operator for the Jemez Pueblo

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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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