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Special Features
- THE GRID: DEFINING THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET
(Part 1 0f 3)
By Wolfgang Gentzsch, MCNC Grid Computing & Networking Services
- In this three-part series, Wolfgang Gentzsch, managing director of Grid
computing and networking services at MCNC, provides a general overview of
Grid computing designed to benefit readers wondering what, exactly, is Grid,
and what it stands to offer them. Future installments include "The Three
Waves Of The Grid Computing Evolution" and "Benefits Of Grid Technology."
- HOW TO DEAL W/ DISTRIBUTED COLLECTIONS AND SETS USING JavaSpaces
By Avi Kapuya
- Avi Kapuya believes that systems must be redesigned in order to be able to
work not only on multiple boxes but in many cases, on top of a
geographically distributed network. In this online-only article, he
discusses how to deal with distributed collections and sets using
JavaSpaces.
- OGC CALLS FOR SPONSORS FOR SPATIAL WEB SERVICES INITIATIVE
- The Open GIS Consortium (OGC) has issued a call for sponsors for an OGC
Web Services (OWS 3) interoperability initiative, a test bed activity to
advance OGC's open framework for interoperability in the geospatial
industry.
Systems/Enterprise
- CALLIDUS GRID SOLUTION GAINS MOMENTUM IN FINANCIAL SERVICES
- Through its award-winning TrueComp software, Callidus processes millions
of monthly transactions in incentive compensation payments for tens of
thousands of payees within premier banking institutions, such as Citizens
Bank, Key Bank, Bank of America and Development Bank of Singapore.
- IBM SOFTWARE TO HELP COMPANIES AUTOMATE ACROSS ENTERPRISE
- The software is based on BPEL, an XML-based open standard for defining how
to combine Web services to implement business processes, and provides
support for WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation, WebSphere MQ
message queuing software and Rational Rose XDE development tools.
Applications
- Datastream ANNOUNCES NEW GIS CAPABILITIES
- Datastream 7i is based on a Web-services architecture that enables the
creation of easy-to-use and easy-to-configure zero-footprint HTML
interfaces. These interfaces can be used to access functionality from other
applications, such as those from ESRI.
- TRACKING VOLCANOES: GEON HOSTS NAVDAT DATABASE AT SDSC
- By providing leading-edge integration and Grid computing services to
support geosciences research and collaboration on unprecedented scales, GEON
is making it possible for geoscientists to weave the separate strands of the
earth sciences into a unified picture of the whole earth.
- NCSA ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF NEESgrid 3.0
- Building on the idea of integrating physical and computational
simulations, the NEESgrid software brings together various components for
sharing knowledge, enabling researchers to breach traditional disciplinary
and geographical barriers to deliver innovative solutions to problems of
seismic safety.
- SURA, AT&T ENABLE SOUTHERN LEG OF NATIONWIDE RESEARCH NETWORK
- SURA has reached an agreement with NLR to light dark fiber from
Jacksonville, Fla., to Houston. SURA anticipates using the newly lit fiber
to support Grid applications in collaborative bio-informatics and
telehealth, medical research and high performance computing, among other
projects.
Breaking News
"Integrating diverse types of geoscience data is a core part of
GEON cyberinfrastructure, and will support collaborations among
scientists from different fields in ways not previously
possible, transforming the practice of the geosciences." -- Chaitan Baru, Coordinator of IT Research, GEON
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