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-- IN THIS ISSUE --
NEW RECORD SET IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
FIRST PHASE OF TeraGrid GOES INTO PRODUCTION
GridIron, ADOBE TO BUNDLE COMMERCIAL GRID SOLUTION FOR SMBs
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
Special Features
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NEW RECORD SET IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
- The Distributed Computing Foundation's "Man vs. Machines Challenge,"
presented by Y3K, set a new Guinness world record in distributed computing.
This new record more than doubles the number of machines seen in previous
contests between distributed computers and a single human opponent.
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ORACLE EXEC SPEAKS OF COMPANY'S FUTURE ON LINUX
- Addressing thousands of attendees at LinuxWorld, the vice president of
Oracle's Linux Platform Office, Dave Dargo, delivered the message that
Oracle on Linux provides the ideal foundation for enterprise Grid computing.
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THIS WEEK'S BRIEF ANALYSES OF RECENT GRIDtoday NEWS ITEMS
By Rolf McClellan
- Following are brief evaluations of recent news stories from GRIDtoday.
Rolf McClellan has nearly 20 years of experience in the network and computer
industry.
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VENDORS SCRAMBLE TO IMPLEMENT SOA
- Vendors are thinking more and more about service-oriented architectures,
or SOAs these days. Different solutions are appearing as vendors change or
add to their products to enable SOA, and vendors are taking notice.
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FIRST PHASE OF TeraGrid GOES INTO PRODUCTION
- The first computing systems of the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid
project are in production mode, making 4.5 teraflops of distributed
computing power available to scientists across the country who are
conducting research in a wide range of disciplines, from astrophysics to
environmental science.
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THE POSSIBILITIES OF 'WEB SERVICES'
- Though the term "Web Services" is familiar with many technical and
engineering experts on college campuses, many people may be unsure as to
what the term actually means.
Systems/Enterprise
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AKAMAI, EQUINIX TO EXPAND CONTENT DELIVERY IN U.S., ASIA
- In addition to directly connecting to networks within Equinix's Internet
hubs via private cross-connects, Akamai will utilize Equinix's GigE Exchange
service in the Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley-area centers.
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GridIron, ADOBE TO BUNDLE COMMERCIAL GRID SOLUTION FOR SMBs
- Adobe will use GridIron Software's Grid computing technology to increase
the speed of the preview and rendering capabilities of Adobe After Effects
by dividing and distributing the work ordinarily performed on a single
computer among several computers joined together in a network.
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ORACLE APPLICATIONS ARCHITECT SHARES INTEGRATION DETAILS
- Oracle Senior Vice President of Applications Technology Cliff Godwin spoke
to Oracle AppsWorld attendees about the company's standards-based leadership
in the applications market, and outlined integration options for customers
in heterogeneous environments who want a single source of customer truth.
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IBM OFFERS SPECIALIZED GRIDS TO FIVE KEY INDUSTRIES
- IBM is expanding its Grid program into the commercial sector, offering
programs to the aerospace, government, life sciences, financial and
automotive industries. The company already is working with Charles Schwab on
Grid-enabling its headquarters in San Francisco.
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RENOWNED COMPANIES HARNESS POWER OF ORACLE DATABASE 10g
- Companies spanning multiple industries -- consumer-packaged goods,
financial services, government agencies, life sciences, retailers -- have
adopted Oracle Database 10g as their preferred database for simplified
database administration and management.
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SUN SEES INCREASED DEMAND FOR TOTAL NETWORK SOLUTIONS
- Sun announced it has secured major deals with several industry-leading
businesses and organizations that are looking to manage ever-changing
workload needs with high-end servers.
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MARKET RESEARCH VALIDATES VERITAS' UTILITY COMPUTING STRATEGY
- Independent research by Dynamic Markets has revealed that a growing number
of organizations are deploying service level agreements (SLAs) between their
IT departments and lines of business.
Applications
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ALBERTA RESEARCHERS ACCELERATE RESULTS WITH GRID INITIATIVE
- A new three-year joint initiative between the government of Alberta,
Silicon Graphics and the University of Alberta will make it easier for
Alberta researchers, universities and organizations to use Grid computing to
solve complex scientific problems.
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BORLAND EXTENDS APPLICATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP
- Deployment Op-Center is designed to reduce the complexity and high
operational overhead associated with controlling the availability and
continued "health" of software infrastructure, applications, and services in
today's highly distributed and heterogeneous IT environments.
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HP TO ACQUIRE NOVADIGM, CONSERA SOFTWARE
- Upon close, each will add powerful automation capabilities to the HP
OpenView software portfolio for unified management of the complete
enterprise IT environment.
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PLATFORM COMPUTING BUILDS GRID MOMENTUM IN FINANCIAL SERVICES
- Leading financial institutions around the world, including JPMorgan Chase
and Groupe Societe Generale are using Platform Symphony to improve front-
and back-office application performance, deliver guaranteed service
execution and reduce processing times from days or hours to minutes.
Breaking News
- Security
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Network Box Advises Clients Against Using P2P Applications
- Platforms
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Aspen Systems Introduces Glacier Dual Blade Server System
HP To Begin Offering Opteron-Based Servers
Intel Boosts Computer Chips
- Networking
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Abilene Network Upgrade To 10 Gbps Complete
EMCORE, Corona Optical Systems Sign Cross Licensing Agreement
Extreme Networks Eliminates Costly Upgrades W/ 48-Port Switch
Foundry Networks Reports Fourth Quarter, Year End Results
IP VPN Services Market Poised To Grow
Procket Release Enables Wire-Speed, Reliable IP Services
Tech Laboratories Introduces DynaTraX 'Virtual Technician'
Xilinx Demonstrates 10 Gbps NRZ Backplane Reference Design
- Storage
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QLogic Shipping First Stackable Fibre Channel Switches
- Operating Systems & Middleware
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FineGround, F5 Networks To Deliver High Performing Web Apps
Mandrake Re-Engineers Linux Development Process
Novell Launches New Certifications To Promote Linux Adoption
Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Joins OSDL
OSDL Announces First Chinese Member
- General
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New Book By XAware CTO, CO-Founder Now Available
First Book About IBM's e-business On Demand Vision Released
Nassda Full-Chip Co-Simulation Solution Adopted By Aeluros
Oki Introduces Microsoft .NET-based Telephony Server
Packeteer Announces Record Financial Results
W3C Names New Web Services Activity Coordination Group Chair
Quote Of The Week
"With the TeraGrid, we can solve a much bigger problem. It enables us to look at real-world problems that no one has been able to solve before." -- Barbara Minsker, Research Scientist, NCSA
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