Grids for Telcos- A Huge Opportunity being Missed?
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Having participated in numerous grid computing events and the GGF for almost three years now, this author is convinced that grids offer huge opportunities for telcos- first as a grid user and later as a grid networking provider. However, the telcos – especially those in the US- seem to be out to lunch with respect to this huge opportunity. This is especially puzzling, since the grid technology continues to mature, while grid standards evolve and product offerings stabilize. |
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July 2005 |
Grid VIP Summit
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At this 4th Grid VIP Summit, speakers, senior executives, and grid industry luminaries (e.g. Ian Foster, Charlie Catlett, etc) discussed areas of common concern regarding Grid project justification, use, future developments and market trends. The focus was clearly on industrial applications and challenges. Market Research Analysts attempted to clarify the definition of grid and how the grid was being used to share resources, but it seems they created more questions then they answered. |
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July 2005 |
Follow Up from GGF14: Telco CG Meeting and Comments on Other GGF Activities
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The GGF Telecommunications Community Group (telco-cg) held their inaugural meeting June 29th at GGF14 in Chicago. This is the first chartered GGF "Community Group." It differs from a Working Group or Research Group in that a CG is an industry community of interest, which develops informational documents, rather then specifications or profiles. |
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July 2005 |
Finally, Open Grid Service Architecture (OGSA) is Real!
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Several very important developments at the GGF14 meeting in Chicago, June 27-30 have the potential to greatly accelerate grid middleware development. This could lead to interoperable distributed computing sooner then expected and on a much larger scale then has been seen to date. |
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June 2005 |
Web Services Interoperability June Meeting Report
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Probably the most important event at this meeting – an IBM led BOF (Birds of a Feather) session on B2B Web Services Profile- was a non- happening for WS-I. This raises the question of what new work WS-I will take on now that the Basic Security Profile (BSP) documents are nearing completion. The B2B Profile, presented by IBM, includes three sets of emerging web service standards: WS Addressing, WS Reliable Messaging (without WS Policy aspects) and the WS-I BSP. It was noted that two of three WS Addressing documents were nearing completion in W3C (core document and SOAP binding). The WS Reliable Messaging standard work is just starting this month in the newly formed OASIS WS-RX TC. The BSP work should be completed by this fall at the latest (see BSP WG report below). So it appears that all referenced web services standards are mature enough for profiling. |
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June 2005 |
What Type of Reliable Messaging will be needed for Grid Computer Networks?
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The advantages of Web Services reliable message delivery for eCommerce and eBusiness have been well documented by IBM, Microsoft and others. However, there has been almost nothing published on how grid data, control, and management messages will be reliably delivered to one or more end points (over a grid computer network). We do know that grid networks are different from conventional Intranets and Extranets, but what’s so special about grids? How do they differ from previous distributed systems? |
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May 2005 |
Backgrounder on IEEE 802.22 Wireless Regional Area Network Working Group
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WRAN technology is initially targeted at wireless broadband (remote) access for geographically dispersed, sparsely populated areas. |
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April 2005 |
Are Managed Network Services the Way to Interconnect Grid Sites?
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What Role will Web Services Play in Managed Networks? |
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March 2005 |
Web Services Interoperability March Meeting Report
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WS-I Advances BSP documents and Explores New work items |
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March 2005 |
Making Reliable Web Services Message Exchanges Secure and Tamper Proof
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February 2005 |
In Search of the Next Generation Network (NGN)
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January 2005 |