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INT'L TEAM GETS BIG RESULTS WITH TeraGrid

EXECUTIVES EMPHASIZE NEED FOR PERVASIVE INTEROPERABILITY

UNITED DEVICES UNVEILS DYNAMIC GRID INFRASTRUCTURE SUITE

Special Features

INT'L TEAM GETS BIG RESULTS WITH TeraGrid: In a three-month project centered on the Supercomputing 2003 conference last November in Phoenix, a Boston-U.K. team of scientists linked more than 6,000 processors and 17 teraflops of computing at six different facilities on two continents.
EXPLORING THE MANY AVENUES FOR BUSINESS CONTINUITY: Techniques for business continuity, which have basically consisted of high availability mechanisms and real-time data replications, may soon be radically affected with the advent of various new technologies.
CCT HPC MANAGER ON THE OUTLOOK FOR LINUX CLUSTERS By Derrick Harris, Editor: GRIDtoday interviews Brian Ropers-Huilman, CCT's HPC manager, about the current state and future of Linux clusters and their place in HPC.
EXECUTIVES EMPHASIZE NEED FOR PERVASIVE INTEROPERABILITY: At The Open Group's Spring 2004 conference, "Boundaryless Information Flow: Managing the Flow," industry and government executives discussed the challenges of information management and emphasized the need for pervasive interoperability and a holistic approach.
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.

Systems/Enterprise

ACXIOM NAMED AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS FINALIST: Acxiom is one of six finalists in the "Most Innovative Company" category. Entries are judged on specific accomplishments within the category, related to past performance and industry standards. Other finalists in the category include UPS, Humana Inc, and Memphis Light, Gas and Water.
AIGT, LEHMAN BROTHERS ENTER INTO MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT: Based on a utility computing model, the engagement calls for the migration and consolidation of Lehman Brothers' operating environment to AIGT's Livingston, N.J., data center and ongoing management of the firm's back-office operations.
EGENERA BladeFrame AVAILABLE ON immixTechnology GSA SCHEDULE: Under this agreement, immixTechnology will help to facilitate the government procurement process and accelerate the sale of Egenera solutions to the public sector.
IPVoice COMMUNICATIONS INTENDS TO ACQUIRE NETSCO SERVICES: NETSCO would become an integral part of the IPVoice Homeland Security strategy by combining with Digital Computer Integration Corp (DCI), a majority-owned subsidiary of IPVoice.
UNITED DEVICES UNVEILS DYNAMIC GRID INFRASTRUCTURE SUITE: These new offerings stand to dramatically improve utilization and performance of new and existing compute assets as well as deepen the company's penetration into large, distributed enterprise computing.

Applications

BEA, MOTIVE PARTNER TO HELP REDUCE COMPLEXITY IN APP MGMT: Motive plans to incorporate BEA WebLogic Server in the company's next-generation management products. By leveraging BEA's unified, simplified and extensible infrastructure platform, Motive customers can more easily integrate Motive applications into their existing BEA WebLogic environments.
TACC RELEASES GridPort VERSION 3.0: The new features include improvements to GridPort architecture, administration client, demo portal and enhanced GridPort usability.
UNIVERSITY OF YORK INSTALLS VITA NUOVA'S INFERNO GRID: The Inferno Grid will be used to support distributed computation for sequence matching using BLAST and biomolecular simulations using CHARMM (Chemistry at Harvard Molecular Mechanics).
MKS TOOLKIT EASES PORTING UNIX CODE, SCRIPTS TO 64-BIT WINDOWS: Enterprise customers and ISVs now have a single solution that will allow them to migrate both 32-bit and 64-bit UNIX/Linux applications for deployment on 64-bit Windows platforms.
PLATFORM ACCELERATES PRODUCT QUALITY, SAFETY FOR ENTERPRISES: Platform Computing announced a global Industrial Manufacturing Acceleration Center and new Grid-enabled solutions to help manufacturing, automotive and aerospace customers enable their infrastructures and applications for Grid computing.
POINDEXTER ADDS UTILITY COMPUTING TO POE OPTIMIZATION SUITE: SmartServe is the company's innovative technology that provides trafficking, campaign management and detailed reporting by leveraging the concept of utility computing.

Breaking News

Security: Aventail, WholeSecurity To Provide Endpoint Security
IMERYS Selects SilverBack IT, Security Monitoring Software
Arrest Made In United Kingdom "Phishing" Case
Security Takes Lead In Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SafeNet Luna SA Hardware Security Module Supports Oracle 10g
Sygate Attracts Former Cisco Security Leader
Platforms: Standards-Based HP Integrity Servers Up To 128 Processors
StarNet Launches 64-Bit PC X Server For Opteron Systems
Tarari Lays Out Roadmap For XML Silicon Products
Transmeta Efficeon Processor Enables JM-net Blade Server
Networking: Alacritech Samples Small, Powerful Multi-Port Gigabit TOE ASIC
Bintec Ships New VPN Access Line
CENIC Initiative Can Speed Broadband Deployment Nationally
Foundry Establishes IPv6 Leadership
Force10 Networks To Showcase 10GbE Technology During N+I
INS Releases NetControl 2.0 for Next Generation IP Management
Overture Awarded Patents For Breakthrough In Circuit Emulation
Packeteer Demonstrates Benefits Of App Traffic Management
University Of Oregon Deploys Procket PRO/8801 Router
Siemens Intros HiPath 8000 Real-Time IP System
3Com Scales Up Network Management Application Suite
Storage: HP Delivers Solution Based On Industry-First 'Storage Grid'
Operating Systems & Middleware: Oracle 10g Sets World Record
Hybrid Kernel Boosts Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Seagull Software Reports New Major Shareholders
StarNet Launches Free Linux Tech Support Service
Virtual Global Releases TeamIntel 2004i
Burlington Selects Topspin For Server Virtualization
Tridium, QNX Announce OEM Agreement
VERITAS Launches New Products And Services
Insights Into Insight For Active Directory
General: CENIC CEO, President Resigns To Lead National LambdaRail
Finisar To Acquire Infineon Fiber Optics Business
Foundry Expands Mgmt Team With Addition Of New Sales VP
Glimmerglass Chooses MEMSCAP For Products Manufacturing
Packeteer Appoints New Vice President Of Marketing
New, Existing Customers Bump up Speedera's Revenue

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