NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX 11/08/04 Today's focus: Linux's SuperComputing day
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], In this issue: * Linux at SuperComputing 2004 * Links related to Linux * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Cisco Systems Special Report: Bridging the Gap; Enterprise ROI IT professionals today don't indulge in the latest-greatest technology for their own sake; instead they concentrate efforts on projects that are most likely to help achieve business goals. Read about the challenges and opportunities when IT starts 'bridging the gap' and directly contributes to enterprise ROI. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=87953 _______________________________________________________________ SECURTIY SUMMIT: CAN SECURITY BE A COMPETITIVE EDGE? Recently 23 prominent IT executives and academics gathered at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH for a daylong roundtable to address such questions. CIOs and VPs from some of the largest and most well-known companies in the US shared with peers their security fears, goals, frustrations and challenges. Find out more: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=87862 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Linux's SuperComputing day By Phil Hochmuth As the SuperComputing 2004 show kicks off in Pittsburg this week, Linux technology will be well represented among the big honking processor, storage and networking technologies on display. That's because Linux has established itself as an essential component in supercomputing cluster technology, with some of the world's largest distributed computing systems being comprised of thousands of Intel Linux processors. Among the cluster-related and supercomputing Linux products will be several offerings aimed at managing the configuration and setup of clustered Linux systems. Panasas is announcing Version 2.0 of its ActiveScale File System and new hardware products. The software allows users of Linux clusters to more efficiently move from the cluster to back-end storage system, such as a storage-area network (SAN) or network-attached storage (NAS). Panasas also provides Linux cluster NAS hardware with up to 5T bytes of storage capacity. Appro will show off its latest blade server products targeted at Linux clusters in a blade environment. The Appro HyperBlade servers use AMD Opteron processors and are optimized to work with InfiniBand interconnect technology for high-speed node-to-node communications in a cluster. Appro will also have on display several storage configurations for the HyperBlade Linux clustering systems, including SAN and NAS products from partners. For developers of applications that run on parallel Linux clusters, Etnus is announcing its TotalView 6.6 software product. Entus calls its software an advanced debugging tool for developers of applications that run on Linux and Unix. The software is specifically geared towards debugging applications written in C, C++ and Fortran that run on threaded and parallel systems. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS More on SuperComputing 2004 http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2004/ _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Phil Hochmuth Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former systems integrator. You can reach him at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Microsoft Why pay more for Linux than Microsoft(R) Windows(R)? Through a variety of tests and comparisons, major third-party research and analysis firms found Windows to be less expensive than Linux in the long run. Read all the studies and see for yourself. 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