Industry Group Discusses Grid Computing Networking Implications

Industry Group Discusses Grid Computing Networking Implications

The Globus Consortium — a Grid computing industry group driven by Cisco, HP, IBM, Intel, Nortel, Sun and Univa — today released the June issue of the Globus Consortium Journal (www.globusconsortium.org/journal). This month, the newsletter focuses on the network-specific requirements and directions being ushered in by enterprise Grid computing.

Highlights include:

* Nortel’s Franco Travostino shares info about some fascinating breakthroughs his team has made with Xen hypervisors and virtualized network resources.

* Two of Univa’s brightest and most experienced networking veterans — Richard Wellner and Scott Koranda — answer some specific questions about network considerations for Grid.

* Leading networking industry analyst Andreas Antonopoulos from Nemertes Research explains how Grid relates to other emerging technologies enterprises are evaluating to make their datacenters shine.

* A sneak preview of the widely-anticipated enterprise Grid book hitting the shelves in 2006: Grid Networks, Enabling Grids With Advanced Communication Technology.

* “Grid and the Future of the Network Machine” — Revisiting one of the most memorable panels at GlobusWorld 2005 (moderated by Network World editor in chief, John Dix).

Visit: www.globusconsortium.org/journal