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-- IN THIS ISSUE --
INTERVIEW WITH INTEL'S ROBERT FOGEL
LEADING CYBER SECURITY FIRMS FORM INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION
RAPID PROTOTYPES CHOOSES GATEWAY GRID FOR HIGH-SPEED SIMS
Special Features
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A LOOK AT INTEL'S GRID STRATEGY
By Mike Bernhardt
- Gt'04 conference program director, Mike Bernhardt, caught up with Intel's
director of Grid strategy and business development, Robert Fogel, to get his
perspective on the growing momentum of Grid computing and to learn more
about Intel's role in this exciting market segment.
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INTERVIEW WITH NHPCC '04 ORGANIZER JOHN MIGUEL
By Mike Bernhardt
- Mike Bernhardt, HPCwire contributing editor and GRIDtoday editor-at-large,
interviewed the NHPCC conference organizer, John Miguel, to get an advance
peek at this year's conference.
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NEW SOLARIS 10 FEATURES IMPROVE ALL ASPECTS OF SUN OS
- New features include N1 Grid containers, a "predictive" self-healing
framework, process rights management derived from Trusted Solaris and a
bottleneck-hunting techonolgy called "dynamic trace."
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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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SUN MICROSYSTEMS HELPS SET UP GRID COMPUTING LAB IN TAIWAN
- The center will initially be used in NCU research projects for space
remote sensing, optics, environment, communication systems and
nanotechnology.
Systems/Enterprise
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LEADING CYBER SECURITY FIRMS FORM INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION
- The CSIA is a non-profit corporate-membership organization, whose mission
is to improve cyber security through public policy initiatives, public
sector partnerships, corporate outreach, academic programs, alignment behind
emerging industry technology standards and public education.
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EGENERA ANNOUNCES TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE WITH XCEEDIUM
- Xceedium's flagship product, the Xio UAG Universal Access Gateway, has
been tested by Egenera and validated for use with the Egenera BladeFrame
system. As a result, Xceedium has earned membership in Egenera's Accelerate
Alliance Program, and Egenera has joined the Xceedium Partner Program.
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METAVANTE SELECTS OPSWARE AUTOMATION SOFTWARE
- Metavante will use Opsware to automate many of the manual, time-intensive
tasks associated with managing a complex, multi-data center IT environment.
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OPSWARE COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF TANGRAM ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS
- The transaction adds over 200 customers to Opsware's installed base,
including over 25 percent of the Fortune 1000, including Prudential,
Marriott, UBS, Molex, Unocal and the Farm Bureau.
Applications
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end2end VISIBILITY 3.0 TEMPLATE EASES MONITORING CHALLENGES
- The new template allows enterprises to synchronize and monitor the
performance of distributed business partners across the entire inbound and
outbound supply networks, leading to immediate customer value from the
template.
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RAPID PROTOTYPES CHOOSES GATEWAY GRID FOR HIGH-SPEED SIMS
- Rapid Prototypes is analyzing the design of backplanes for next-generation
optical switching equipment - and saving hundreds of thousands of dollars
in the process - thanks to its use of the Grid computing service from
Gateway Inc and United Devices, leaders in secure Grid solutions.
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HARVARD PILGRIM, PEROT DEVELOP OPEN ARCHITECTURE SOLUTION
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc and Perot Systems Corp have developed an
open architecture solution that enables health care providers to effectively
exchange secure HIPAA-compliant transactions (e.g., claims, eligibility,
etc.) with Harvard Pilgrim via Web services.
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MICROSOFT ASP.NET GAINS MOMENTUM W/ WEB DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
- For developers who currently use ASP.NET or other existing Web
technologies, the Resource Kit provides new controls and components,
discounts on ASP.NET training, and great deals on ASP.NET Web hosting.
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SOFTRICITY MEETS DEMAND FOR FIRST-HAND INFO ABOUT SoftGrid
- The new three-day workshop meets growing demand for hands-on information
about SoftGrid, the company's award-winning solution that virtualizes
applications so they can be centrally deployed and managed as utility
computing services.
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SHARCNET ACCELERATES RESEARCH RESULTS IN KEY AREAS
- SHARCNET (Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network) is a
world-leading, multi-university, interdisciplinary institute with the
ability to accelerate research results beyond what could have been
comprehended only a few years ago.
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SUN, SupplyScape WORK TO COMBAT DRUG COUNTERFEITING
- Sun Microsystems Inc and SupplyScape Corp announced a Pharmaceutical
Anti-Counterfeit RFID Package, an offering enabling companies in the
pharmaceutical supply chain to combat counterfeiting and diversion while
gaining efficiencies throughout the supply chain.
Breaking News
- Security
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Secure Elements Releases Class 5 AVR Network Security App
Entrust Solution Delivers Seamless Strong Authentication
Westbridge Partners With nCipher To Introduce XA2700 Appliance
netForensics Solution To Provide Real-Time Incident Resolution
Reconnex Combats Internal Enterprise Security Threats
Sun Defines Infinite Access Security Model
Webwasher Adds Control Over IM, P2P Traffic
- Platforms
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Appro Announces Broad Range Of Servers Based On Intel Xeon
HP, AMD Form Relationship For Server Innovation, Performance
IBM Adds More Muscle To World's Most Powerful UNIX Server
Motorola PowerPC Processor Delivers New Power Mgmt Features
SuperMicro Releases High Performing 4U Rackmount Server
- Networking
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AMD Introduces Alchemy Au1550 Processor
APCON Introduces T1, E1, J1 Blade
CLEVER eRoute 3.0 Gives Comprehensive Enterprise Routing Info
Fujitsu Microelectronics To Highlight 10Gb Ethernet Technology
Network Instruments Announces New GigaTrunk Probe
MCI Announces Deployment Of Ultra-Long Haul Network Technology
Procket, Others To Build Highest Performance Internet Backbone
E2O, Scintera Announce Error-Free Data Transmissions At 10GbE
Sun, Open Cloud Announce Final Release Of JSR 22
Entire InfiniBand Product Line Achieves IBTA Certification
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
- Storage
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Raining Data Aggregates Pharmaceutical, Health Care Info
- Operating Systems & Middleware
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BEA Triples World Record Benchmark At Low Price/Performance
HighStreet Expands Next-Generation Management Software Family
KS Announces Software Change Management Support For zSeries
NetPro Announces ChangeAuditor For Active Directory
TACC Releases Beta Version Of GridPort 3.0
VMware Announces New Release Virtual Infrastructure Software
- General
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GBA Unveils Revolutionary Healthcare Information System
Intellibank Launches On-Demand Business Collaboration Service
Quote Of The Week
"Grid is on Fortune 500 road maps because there is faith that Grid can deliver real business value, and that Grid has the potential of having the same impact that the Internet has had on their businesses." -- Robert Fogel, Dir. of Grid Strategy and Bus. Dev., Intel
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