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GRID TOP DOGS ON GGF11, COOPERATION WITH EGA

TOPSPIN, PLATFORM TO GRID-ENABLE CAPITAL MKTS, RISK MGMT APPS

GRID SPEEDS COMPUTATION ON MATLAB MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE

Special Features

GRID TOP DOGS ON GGF11, COOPERATION WITH EGA By Tom Tabor, Publisher: Global Grid Forum executives Charlie Catlett, Steve Crumb and Walter Stewart talked with Tom Tabor, GRIDtoday's publisher, about, among other issues: the success of GGF11; cooperation between GGF and the EGA; Catlett's new role within the organizations; and what we can expect at GGF12 in Brussels.
PLATFORM, MACROVISION TO DELIVER ENHANCED GRID CAPABILITIES: The integration between Platform Computing and Macrovision will be incorporated into future versions of the new product suite through FLEXnet Connector, the standards-based interface used by partners to integrate to the FLEXnet universal licensing platform.
SC GLOBAL TECHNICAL PREPARATIONS BEGIN AT ACCESS GRID RETREAT: It's time to start planning your participation in SC Global 2004, the Access Grid-enabled component of SC2004. SC Global offers a chance for people to participate in SC2004 without leaving home and to contribute to SC2004 from a remote location.

Systems/Enterprise

HALLIBURTON EMPLOYS GRID TO OPTIMIZE MIDDLE EAST OIL MANAGEMENT: Landmark Graphics Corp, a wholly-owned business unit of Halliburton, announced it has opened an Asset Management Center in Abu Dhabi at the Center of Excellence for Applied Research and Training to enable production optimization initiatives for the Middle East region.
NEW PLATFORM GRID SOLUTION TARGETS ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY: Using the best-in-class Platform LSF Electronics Edition, enterprises in the competitive Electronics marketplace are able to improve resource utilization and system manageability enabling them to achieve faster, more accurate chip designs with higher Quality of Results (QoR).
ENIGMATEC, SONIC TO DELIVER ESB ON DEMAND FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES: The partnership combines the distributed services architecture of Sonic ESB (enterprise service bus) with automated policy-based management provided by the Enigmatec Execution Management System (EMS).
TOPSPIN, PLATFORM TO GRID-ENABLE CAPITAL MKTS, RISK MGMT APPS: The jointly certified solution allows Platform customers and partners to implement Grid solutions that leverage the network speed of Topspin's InfiniBand-based server switch technology and accelerate trading applications that require high performance in both compute and data intensive environments.
webMethods INTRODUCES ENTERPRISE SERVICES PLATFORM: The webMethods Enterprise Services Platform enables customers to achieve quick quantifiable returns on their investments and extend other IT investments by linking business processes, seamlessly integrating enterprise and legacy applications and databases, and enabling enterprise-scale Web services deployment.

Applications

AUSTRALIAN PARTNERSHIP FOR ADVANCED COMPUTING GETS $29 MILLION: The funding will enable APAC and its partners to develop and install a Grid infrastructure that will allow Australian researchers to get seamless access to the computational and data resources in the National Facility as well as a new range of services to support research collaboration.
GRID SPEEDS COMPUTATION ON MATLAB MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE: MATLAB is a high-level technical computing language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis and access, and numerical computation.

Breaking News

Security: ArcSight Launches Product To Shrink Window Of Vulnerability
Cisco Announces Virtualization For Catalyst 6500
Reactivity Introduces Desktop XML Firewall For WS Developers
RSA Security Announces Strategic Partnership With Passlogix
Plumtree, Oblix Team To Deliver Federated ID Mgmt For Portals
Platforms: Apple Unveils New Power Mac G5 Line
Ipedo Ships New Version Of XML Intelligence Platform
Networking: CERN Selects SPECTRUM Integrity
MCI Launches On-Demand Application Service
3DIcon Corp Hails Extension Of LambdaRail To Tulsa
Opvista MetroVista Tops 600Km At 10G Without Dispersion
Storage: Blue Titan Intros Native SOA Data Store
Grayhair Sees Big Results With 3PAR Utility Storage
SAVVIS Features Virtualization, Utility Computing At SIA Conf.
VERITAS Extends Linux Solutions To Itanium 2-Based Platforms
Operating Systems & Middleware: Borland, Segue Collaborate To Optimize J2EE Performance
ComponentOne Releases DevKits For Visual Studio .NET
ESRI Announces ArcSDE Support For Oracle 10g
NEOS 'Vgo' Brings Speed, Efficiency To Software Conversion
OSDL Appoints Masanobu Hirano As Director Of Asia
OSDL Appoints William Weinberg As Architecture Specialist
Wily Unveils New J2EE Application Performance Services
General: Chorus Systems Oversubscribes 'A' Round Funding
Kumar To Leave Computer Associates
NetScout, Evident Deliver Solutions For Dist. Infrastructures
Grid Among IDC Criteria For Successful Offshore Strategy
Plumtree Hires Tony Sanders As VP Of Worldwide Channels
Speedera Selects AboveNet For Co-Location In 7 Data Centers

Quote Of The Week

"Given that a key business objective behind the adoption of Grid is usually time to market, it is essential that Grid offerings pre-integrate the application licensing, delivery, reporting and management into 'turn key' business solutions." -- Nick Gall, SVP/Principal Analyst, META Group

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