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ONE MAN'S VIEWS ON THE Gt'04 EXPERIENCE

Gt'04 SPEAKERS HIT UPON BENEFITS, OBSTACLES OF GRID DEPLOYMENT

SUN UNVEILS SUITE OF DATA CENTER-FOCUSED N1 GRID SOLUTIONS

Special Features

ONE MAN'S VIEWS ON THE Gt'04 EXPERIENCE By J.S. Hurley, Editor-at-Large: John Hurley, editor-at-large for GRIDtoday and director of Grid evaluation and implementation for The Boeing Company, shares his views on Gt'04. Among the topics covered are the great dialogue between attendees and participants, and his excitement over seeing all the new faces who attended the show.
Gt'04 SPEAKERS HIT UPON BENEFITS, OBSTACLES OF GRID DEPLOYMENT: Speakers, from computer industry executives to end-users and industry analysts, informed attendees about pros -- faster time to market, increased ROI, competitive edge -- as well as cons -- lack of standards, security, startup costs. Here are some highlights.

Systems/Enterprise

BEA AIMS TO IMPROVE RESPONSIVENESS FROM 'MONTHS TO MINUTES': The new technology, BEA WebLogic Server Process Edition features the industry-leading application server and critical features of WebLogic Integration Server to help companies quickly and affordably build SOAs.
$9B ENGINEERING COMPANY SAVES BIG WITH UTILITY COMPUTING: Fluor Corp, an $9 billion engineering and construction company based in Aliso, Viejo, Calif., has cut IT costs by $85 million over the last three years as a result of its use of utility computing.
SUN UNVEILS SUITE OF DATA CENTER-FOCUSED N1 GRID SOLUTIONS: These new enhancements include N1 Grid Engine 6, N1 Grid Console, N1 Grid Tool Kit, N1 Grid for SAP solutions, N1 Grid Blueprint and the availability of ready-to-deploy Grid computing solutions that leverage the Sun Fire V20z Compute Grid rack system.

Applications

X-FACTOR SPEEDS DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION WITH GRID TECHNOLOGY: Adobe After Effects Professional creates motion graphics and effects for film, video, DVD and the Web, and uses the X-Factor extension to allow digital professionals to use Grid computing technology to rapidly increase the speed of preview and rendering capabilities in an easy-to-use and non-intrusive manner.
CANADIAN UNIVERSITY DEPLOYS CROSS-DISCIPLINARY GRID: The University of New Brunswick will use its Grid cluster to analyze text for TAPOR, run complex mechanical engineering experiments and allocate remaining resources to other projects as the need arises.

Breaking News

Security: NorVergence To Integrate Fortinet Firewalls In T-1 Fortress
Network Instruments Introducess 2TB GigaStor Probe
Phoenix Improves Security With cME TrustedCore Suite
Platforms: Broadcom, AMD Develop Opteron-Based Server Chipset Solutions
Fujitsu, Sun Expand Partnership To Grow Solaris Market
Performance Technologies Expands Adv Managed Platform Offering
Sun Sets Records With UltraSPARC IV, AMD Opteron-Based Systems
Networking: European Weather Service Deploys Force10 E-Series
Oman To Become Hub For Region's First Terabit Cable System
Enterprise Router Market Up 8 percent To $1 Billion In 1Q04
Storage: LightSand, HP Create 1,000km Synchronous Mirroring Solution
Operating Systems & Middleware: Apache Announces Apache Geronimo As Official Project
Sun Outpaces Industry In Web Services With Java WSDP
Quest Software Improves J2EE, Web Developer Productivity
Sun Unveils Breakthrough Dynamic File System In Solaris 10 OS
General: Altair Releases Spring 2004 Issue Of Concept To Reality
Ipedo Continues Strong Growth in China
Altair Appoints Business Development Manager For China Grid Workshop To Focus On Old Challenges, New Disciplines

Quote Of The Week

"A high-definition project that took over 33 minutes to render locally with After Effects was completed in just 1 minute, 54 seconds using a Grid of 10 computers." -- Scott Bryant, Owner/Creative Director, Steam

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