Newsletter - January 19, 2005
Previous issues of Sun Grid News are available at our Grid Community web page under the Resources section (toward the bottom): http://www.sun.com/edu/commofinterest/gridcomp/ To receive future issues subscribe by sending an email to: mailto:grid-sig-request@sun.com DRMAA tutorial materials available online Many people have been interested in the DRMAA tutorial that was held at GGF12. The presentation materials can be found at: http://forge.gridforum.org/docman2/ViewCategory.php?group_id=69&category_id=881 For more information about DRMAA go to http://www.drmaa.org JavaOne Call for papers deadline is January 31st http://java.sun.com/javaone The 2005 JavaOne Call for Papers deadline of January 31st is fast approaching. If you are planning to submit a paper be sure to go to the Program Info and read Casey Cameron's weblog on "How NOT to Have Your Talk Accepted to the java One Conference" to see what the program committee does not want to see! DRMAA implemented in new Gridway4.0 The GridWay Team has announced the development release of GW4.0, which incorporates DRMAA (Distributed Resource Management Application API) support to develop distributed applications. More information and download at http://www.gridway.org Details of the DRMAA implementation are at http://www.gridway.org/gw__drmaa_8h.php. And programming examples with DRMAA & GridWay in http://www.gridway.org/examples.php Solaris 10 Gets Ready to Roll Charlie Schluting, ServerWatch January 5, 2005 http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/10903_3455111_1 Solaris 10: Sun's creative and full-featured operating system aimed at everyone from the home user to enterprise server customers. For some time now, Sun has been trying to push its way into non-proprietary Unix markets, and Solaris 10 is its crowning achievement. An abundance of innovative new features, mostly aimed at administrators rather than users, contributes further to Solaris 10's value proposition. An interesting balance of administrative features and support for new hardware implies Sun is trying hard to maintain its current niche, as well as move into server and workstation territories where Linux has encroached. Sun License Gets Open-Source Nod CNET, 1/19/05; Stephen Shankland http://news.com.com/Sun+license+gets+open-source+nod/2100-7344_3-5540961.html The Open Source Initiative (OSI) approves the Sun-sponsored Community Development and Distribution License (CDDL). In December, Sun submitted its Community Development and Distribution License, or CDDL, for approval by the Open Source Initiative, the nonprofit group that decides whether software license agreements meet the terms of its Open Source Definition. OSI's board approved the CDDL on Friday, board member Russ Nelson said. Marc Hamilton blogs about tools for cluster computing http://blogs.sun.com/marchamilton/20050113 It is a high priority for Sun to provide equivalent functionality of Sun's HPC Cluster Tools for Solaris 10, including both SPARC and AMD Opteron 64 bit optimized versions. I'd be very interested in hearing feedback from the community on Sun's plans. As you probably know, Sun HPC Cluster Tools includes not just an SMP optimized, thread safe MPI implementation but also other tools for cluster management and debugging. IDC sees Sun-Microsoft alliance aiding growth of web services CIO, 1/11/05; David Senf http://www2.cio.com/analyst/report3235.html In an opinion piece, IDC analyst David Senf predicts growth rates in software and services markets related to Web services will rise significantly through 2008. Senf also comments on the market impact of Sun's technology alliance with Microsoft. He explains, "The settlement between Sun Microsystems and Microsoft should allay some of the concerns that organizations have related to interoperability bottlenecks. Yes, both camps support SOAP and WSDL, but there is still plenty of room for improvement in areas such as cross-platform security and performance. This partial laying down of arms will bring to customers more certainty of standards adherence/interoperability and reliability/consistency of offerings up the Web services stack in areas such as identity management." Sun grid computing aids reservoir simulation http://www.itp.net/features/details.php?id=2162 "ADCO's criterion was to run simulations three times quicker than they currently were being done, so they could work efficiently and take businesses decisions faster. With the new high performance Linux grid, ADCO can achieve throughputs three times faster and analyze more accurately," explains Mike Grayston, project manager for Sun Microsystems in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. Sun Microsystems introduces a powerful graphics workstation http://cgw.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=219375 Sun Microsystems invented the desktop graphics workstation, and built its first fortune in the 1980s with Unix-based graphics workstations. Its latest release, the Sun Java Workstation W2100z, takes advantage of AMD's 64-bit Opteron processors and superior graphics from Nvidia to produce a capable system with strong software support. Sun completes the acquisition of SevenSpace Offering Customized Remote Monitoring and Managed Services Across Multiple Environments While Customers Retain Control at Less Cost http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-01/sunflash.20050111.1Sun's John Gustafson on envisioning HPC roadmaps for the future http://www.tgc.com/hpcwire/hpcwireWWW/05/0114/109060.html01.14.05 John Gustafson, a senior scientist and a principal investigator for Sun's HPCS Program, took a brief departure from his work at Sun last year, refreshing his "familiarity with the world of cluster computing and the needs of the HPC community." He is now back at Sun, happily working with the 2009 timeframe of the DARPA initiative. HPCwire tracked John down to examine some of his thoughts on the hot topics in HPC today. Predictions on tech for 2005 feature Sun, AMD What's Ahead for Tech Next Year? http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fastforward/0,15704,1011676,00.html?promoid=yahoo Here are some of my other predictions for technology trends we'll hear about in 2005:
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