[LINK] Melb Uni, Grids and Open Source

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Quite exciting really .. 

'HCL and the  University of Melbourne  to collaborate on  Grid Computing 
Technologies'

Source: IRIS  (3rd August 2006)  

<http://www.gridbus.org/> based at <http://www.csse.unimelb.edu.au/>

HCL Technologies Ltd (HCL), India`s leading global IT services company, 
has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with, "The Grid Computing and 
Distributed Systems" (GRIDS)  Laboratory at the University of Melbourne, 
Australia. 

Under the terms of the MOU, HCL and GRIDS will jointly conduct research 
in this field and undertake multilateral projects for academia and 
industries. 

HCL has teamed up with GRIDS to work collaboratively in the area of grid-
computing and High-performance computing (HPC) using Open Source 
software. 

Grid Computing is an enabling technology that optimises idle computing 
capacity dispersed across an enterprise without resorting to new computer 
hardware, thereby providing tremendous cost-benefits. IDC (International 
Data Corporation) projects the total grid technology market opportunity 
at more than USD  13 billion by 2007. 

Commenting on the collaboration, Rajkumar Buyya, Director of GRIDS 
Laboratory, University of Melbourne, said, "We are excited to collaborate 
with HCL, as it will help bridge the gap between the industry know-how 
and the academia R&D. HCL with its expertise in the application area and 
market penetration will help us to develop products as per the market 
requirements and standards``. 

HCL has identified Grid Computing Technology as a growth area and has 
been actively involved in Grid-enabling of applications, research on 
various Grid related technologies like virtualization of physical 
resources, development of Grid Middleware for on-demand resource 
provisioning, dynamic resource allocation, Grid-wide resource information 
collection and job management using distributed resources in the grid. 
--

Cheers all ..
Stephen Loosley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:25 PM
Subject: [LINK] Exotic Particulars [Was Grid Computing dialogue]

> This isn't quite what Stephen (or Ian) were looking for, but try 
> reading this message as though it was written by Terry Pratchett. 
> Feels right to me.
> 
> 
>>----- Original Message -----
>>To: <link at anu.edu.au>
>>Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 1:13 AM
>>Subject: [LINK] CERN drives Grid computing, needs volunteers
>>
>>
>>>  Although one expert claims they haven't done enough,
>>>  (http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/711859.html) CERN
>>>  is working hard on the development of a world Grid.
>>>
>>>  The problem appears to be the lack of commercial apps
>>>  driving grid-computing development. We need Grids :-)
>>>
>>>  http://gridcafe.web.cern.ch/gridcafe/GridatCERN/gridatcern.html
>>>
>>>  "CERN has a reputation for being at the forefront of networking
>>>  technology and 'where the Web was born' is the lab's motto.
>>>
>>>  When it comes to Grid technology, this is particularly true: CERN is
>>>  leading some of the most ambitious Grid projects in the world.
>>>
>>>  CERN has chosen Grid technology to solve a huge data storage and
>>>  analysis challenge it faces in 2007, when the Large Hadron Collider,
>>>  the biggest scientific instrument in the world, starts running.
>>>
>>>  At that time, thousands of physicists around the world start 
clamouring
>>>  for access to the huge mounds of data that will come out of the
>>>  instrument. The data will be a goldmine for finding traces of new
>>>  exotic fundamental particles of matter, which in turn will tell
>>>  physicists a lot more about how the Universe was formed and what its
>>>  future might be.
>>>
>>>  The data will be produced at about 10 Petabytes a year. That is more
>>>  than 1000x the amount of information in book form printed every year
>>>  around the world, and nearly 10% of all information that humans 
produce
>>>  on the planet each year - including digital images, photos and what
>>>  have you. In short, that is a LOT of information.
>>>
>>>  The only reasonable way to access this amount of information seems to
>>>  be Grid technology.
>>>
>>>  So CERN has taken a big gamble on Grid technology, and is pushing the
>>>  technology forward in several ways, in order to make the 2007 
deadline
>>>  for the LHC ..."
>>>
>>>  **Current Volunteer @home public projects**
>>>
>>>  http://gridcafe.web.cern.ch/gridcafe/gridprojects/athome.html
>>>
>>>  Climateprediction.net
>>>  Compute Against Cancer
>>>  Distributed Folding
>>>  figthAIDS at Home
>>>  Folding at Home
>>>  Genome at home
>>>  LHC at home
>>>  Mersenne Lifesaver
>>>  SETI at home
>>>  The Smallpox Protection Project
>>>  World Community Grid
>>>  ----
>>
>>Cheers, Ian
>>Stephen Loosley
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