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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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ALCATEL SOLUTIONS SELECTED FOR GERMAN GRID RESEARCH PROJECT
Alcatel announced that it is part of a multi-party consortium, including
Deutsche Telekom (DTAG), and that it will provide key optical and IP
technologies for project VIOLA (Vertically Integrated Optical test bed for
Large Applications).
Through the VIOLA project that is led by DFN, the German research network
provider, a computer Grid will be developed to link research center computers
as well as to help generate new ideas for advanced applications and services.
VIOLA will be a multi vendor and multi layer, integrated data and optical
network.
The VIOLA network will connect a new Supercomputer with more than 8 TeraFlops
of computing power (8 trillion operations per second) located in Julich, near
Bonn, to several other computing clusters supporting different applications
and requirements. Alcatel will provide most advanced equipment from its
optical and data portfolio and will also research and develop new concepts to
meet the specific bandwidth demands required by Grid computing.
Many research organizations, including Research Center Julich, the Fraunhofer
Institutes for Scientific Computing and for Media Communication, caesar
(Center for Advanced European Studies and Research), the University of Bonn
and the FH Bonn Rhein Sieg are partnering in the consortium. They will
contribute to the evolution of the converged data and optical network.
"VIOLA means another important step for the high performance broadband network
for science in Germany. The Federal Government will support VIOLA with 10.5
million Euros," said Wolf-Dieter Dudenhausen, the German Federal State
secretary for Research and Education in Berlin. "The German research community
in science and industry will join efforts to sustain a worldwide leadership in
network and communication technology. Entering into Grid-based e-science is
crucial and I appreciate the commitment from Alcatel and its project partners.
It opens the doors for Grid communication computing as the next generation of
the networked innovation systems even across the German border."
"Alcatel looks forward to supporting this German e-science initiative with
state-of-the-art optical and data products and innovative ideas," stated Niel
Ransom, Alcatel chief technology officer. "The VIOLA project is an
extraordinary test bed for future hybrid data and optical networks. We are
excited to play a key role in creating this foundation for new ideas and
research concepts."
Further information to VIOLA can be found under
www.viola-testbed.de.
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