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GRID "BUILDING BLOCKS" REDUCE COMPLEXITY

BANDWIDTH CHALLENGE TO PUSH LIMITS OF TECHNOLOGY AT SC2003

SUPERCOMPUTER CONFERENCE COVERS FIVE CONTINENTS

Special Features

POLICY-BASED APP. MGMT A KEY IN DATA CENTER AUTOMATION By Ahmar Abbas: Major IT vendors have outlined major initiatives to help enterprises automate the data center and increase flexibility by allowing resource sharing.
BANDWIDTH CHALLENGE TO PUSH LIMITS OF TECHNOLOGY AT SC2003: In the Bandwidth Challenge, contestants from science and engineering research communities around the world will use the conference's state-of-the-art network infrastructure to demonstrate the latest technologies and applications.
LAWRENCE BERKELEY NAT'L LAB. TO SHOWCASE EXPERTISE AT SC2003: Berkeley Lab will feature three days of short technical talks on subjects as diverse as supercomputer performance, data management, applications to improve system and code performance, scientific visualization tools and computational science in climate, combustion and astrophysics.
SUPERCOMPUTER CONFERENCE COVERS FIVE CONTINENTS: SC Global 2003, the largest Access Grid event ever, running in conjunction with SC2003, features participants from at least 60 sites around the world, in 12 different countries and five sovereign tribal nations on five different continents through 60 Constellation and Satellite Sites.
CONCEPT FOR EXTENDING THE REMOTE NETWORK FILE SYSTEM SERVICES By K.S.Venkatram: This article will describe the specification that extends effectiveness in working with remote file systems. For any remote or online referral, these model concepts were defined and penned first as model scope.

Systems/Enterprise

GRID "BUILDING BLOCKS" REDUCE COMPLEXITY: Sun announced the next phase of its Grid computing strategy that uses "building blocks" to tailor Grids to the specific needs of customers.
SUN, VIGNETTE INK DEAL TO ACCELERATE CUSTOMER BENEFITS: As part of the multifaceted agreement, Vignette will integrate the Sun Java System Directory Server with its industry-leading Vignette V7 content management suites.
INFORMATICA JOINS GGF TO ESTABLISH GRID BEST PRACTICES: The GGF membership strengthens Informatica's Grid-computing initiative as the company focuses on integrating this technology into its data integration and business intelligence solutions.

Applications

INTERNET COMPUTING FINDS MORE CANCER GROWTH INHIBITORS: The project has so far used over 1,000 years of computer time, and has involved more than 13,000 PCs from nearly 60 countries. Each PC is running a copy of the THINK software in the background which does not affect normal use of the PC.
PLATFORM GRID-ENABLES COMPLEX MICROSOFT EXCEL SPREADSHEETS: This new feature enables the supercharged processing of compute-intensive Microsoft Excel spreadsheets by transparently distributing the calculations through Platform Symphony to any number of internal compute clusters.
CAMBRIDGE DEPLOYS PROCKET PRO/8801 IN RESEARCH NETWORK: Procket Networks, a leading provider of high performance Internet Protocol (IP) technology and products announced that the University of Cambridge has deployed the PRO/8801 router into its research network to develop industry-leading deep packet inspection applications.
VMware INTRODUCES OPEN VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORM: VMware Inc announced the VMware Software Development Kit (SDK), which provides an open virtual infrastructure platform for VMware's software partners to build their own virtual solutions and integrate their management and utility computing solutions into the VMware virtual infrastructure.

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: U.S. Army 5th Signal Command Extends Websense Commitment
Network Associates, Infodata Provide Protection For ARDA
Attack On Linux Kernel Discovered
Platforms: New IBM, Intel-Based Server Provides Customers With Choice
PowerCenter 7 Helps Companies With Adaptive Data Integration
Networking: Transatlantic 10-Gigabit Ethernet Technology Demonstrated
Cisco Unveils Clientless Virtual Private Network Technology
MiLAN Introduces 9-Port Managed Layer 2+ Switch
Storage: DataDirect SwiftCluster Combines Fibre Channel, 10GigE
General: ASG Joins Object Management Group As Domain Member
Globus Alliance Activities Scheduled At SC03
HECRTF Community Input Workshop Report Now Online

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

"It [Bandwidth Challenge] serves as an inspiration to the scientific community -- researchers see applications doing things that were impossible a year or two ago, and think to themselves, 'Hmmm... I wonder what I could do with that much bandwidth?'" -- Kevin Walsh, San Diego Supercomputer Center

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