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SPECIFICATIONS TO UNIFY GRID, WEB SERVICES
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE TO REVOLUTIONIZE SCIENCE
FERMILAB EXPERTS HELP BRING GRID TO CLASSROOMS
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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CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE TO REVOLUTIONIZE SCIENCE
- The convergence of information and communication technologies into a
national "cyberinfrastructure" is poised to revolutionize the environmental
sciences and many other disciplines in the coming years, according to
researchers presenting at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle.
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FLOW-BASED ROUTING BREAKTHROUGH DEMONSTRATED
- NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, in collaboration with the University
of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) and the University of Tokyo, demonstrated
innovative new IP network congestion control capabilities based on the
latest generation flow-based routing technology.
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ENOUGH TALK: TECHNOLOGY DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEATHER
By Alan Ganek, Vice President Of Autonomic Computing, IBM
- A revolutionary new weather-forecasting system being developed by a group
of universities will be able to give more precise and timely alerts of
life-threatening meteorological events than ever before.
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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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SALESFORCE.COM SUCCESS SPARKS DEBATE OVER SOFTWARE RENTING
- Salesforce.com is garnering attention because they offer "software as a
service" or "computing on demand," which is a highly controversial issue.
The idea involves businesses renting software, and accessing it through
commercial companies' Web sites for a fee.
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USC RECEIVES $75,000 GRANT FOR ACCESS GRID VISUALIZATION WALL
- The data visualization wall, also known as an access Grid, consists of a
collection of technologies designed to share complex information in visual,
aural and written formats.
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SPECIFICATIONS TO UNIFY GRID, WEB SERVICES
- The new specification include WS-Notification, The Web Services Resource
Framework, WS-Resource Properties and WS-Resource Lifetime.
Systems/Enterprise
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AKAMAI ELECTS C. KIM GOODWIN TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- With over 17 years experience in investment and financial services,
Goodwin's career includes senior executive positions at American Century
Investments, Putnam Investments, Prudential Investments and Mellon Bank.
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HP DELIVERS NEW STANDARDIZATION OFFERINGS FOR ENTERPRISES
- The offerings enable companies to better leverage standardization --
through industry-standard architectures, reusable components and consistent
implementation -- to reduce costs and simplify change.
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ORACLE EYES MICROSOFT WITH 10g DATABASE PRICE DROP
- The Standard Edition One of Oracle Database 10g has been lowered by
$1,000, to $4,995 per processor and the maximum server capacity has been
extended to two processors. It also is available for licensing at $149 per
user, down from $195, with a minimum of five users.
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ADOPTION OF WEB SERVICES, DEMAND FOR SOA INCREASING
- Westbridge Technology released the results of a comprehensive Web Services
usage survey indicating a strong demand among enterprises for solutions that
feature integrated Web Services management and security functionality.
Applications
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CALLIDUS, ENSPIRE LEARNING DELIVER TRAINING FOR EIM CUSTOMERS
- Callidus Software Inc and Enspire Learning announced a partnership to
develop online training modules for Callidus' TrueComp application. The
online training uses case studies and interactivity to address the complex
training needs of Callidus' growing customer base.
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FERMILAB EXPERTS HELP BRING GRID TO CLASSROOMS
- During the workshop, teachers of introductory physics discussed how Grid
tools and techniques could meet the instructional needs of their classrooms.
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Breaking News
- Security
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NetScreen Sets SSL VPN Industry Benchmark With Secure Access
New Sun Security Solutions Protect Against Cyber Threats
- Platforms
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Rackable Systems Achieves 100 percent Growth
Sun Microsystems Rolls Out New Servers, Software
- Networking
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E2O Transceivers With SFP Support Gigabit Ethernet At 120km
Florida A&M Chooses Foundry To Upgrade Network Performance
2004 To Be Key Year For GigE
Ixia Dual-PHY Capability Of Optixia Platform
Mellanox Delivers Third Gen. InfiniBand HCA With PCI Express
Network Processing Forum Gains Three New Members
NTL To Link UK And Ireland Education IT Systems
Packeteer Helps Financial Group Save More Than $500,000/Year
Qwest Wins Multi-Million Dollar NASA Networking Deal
VIA NET.WORKS Wins Key Customers For New Managed VPN Services
Optillion Announces Hot Swappable 10Gb/s Ethernet Transceiver
- Storage
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3PAR Secures $32 Million In Financing
- Operating Systems & Middleware
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Attunity CDC Provides Right-Time Data Access, Movement
Compuware Releases OptimalJ 3.1
Index Grid Services Using Globus Toolkit 3.0
Free OpenHSF SDK Posted On openhsf.org
OSDL Releases Position Paper On SCO Lawsuit With Novell
Network Inference Backs W3C OWL Specification
Article Describes How To Create Grid Counter Service Portlet
SDSC Enhances Rocks Cluster Management Toolkit
Segue Introduces SilkPerformer Component Test Edition
Sun Announces Sizzling Beta Version Of New Java Platform
WRQ Verastream 5.5 Accelerates IT Initiatives
- General
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Blazent Joins DCML Organization
Egenera Names Robert M. Dutkowsky Chairman, President, CEO
Evans Study: New Technologies Gaining Favor In North America
TIBCO, Intel Working Together To Speed Integration
Quote Of The Week
"Cyberinfrastructure is empowering a new generation of environmental researchers in their quest to unravel how the world around us works." -- Margaret Leinen, Head of Geosciences Directorate, NSF
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