Read article 'SweGrid gets set for future challenges'
SweGrid gets set for future challenges
SweGrid, the first national Grid test-bed in Sweden, was inaugurated on 18 March in Uppsala.
Read article 'SweGrid gets set for future challenges'
Read article 'WestGrid team announces completion of computing network in western Canada'
WestGrid team announces completion of computing network in western Canada
Scientists leading the WestGrid project in Canada have announced that the major resources of this $48 million project are available for general use by the research community.
Read article 'Smaller institutes look to gain from scientific fallout'
Smaller institutes look to gain from scientific fallout
Alexandru Mihul believes that the distribution of data from large laboratories to smaller institutes for longer term analysis has benefits for all.
Read article 'Gigabits, the Grid and the Guinness Book of Records'
Gigabits, the Grid and the Guinness Book of Records
High-speed networking over the Internet is becoming increasingly important as CERN and other laboratories around the world gear up for the Grid. Olivier Martin takes a look at the evolution towards CE...
Read article 'Exploiting the transatlantic light path'
Exploiting the transatlantic light path
Recent major exhibitions have provided the opportunity to demonstrate the potential of the high-speed link between Europe and North America, as Chris Jones reports.
Read article 'Grid technology goes to Pakistan'
Grid technology goes to Pakistan
As a natural extension of its participation in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project, Pakistan has begun a deeper involvement in the LHC Computing Grid (LCG).
Read article 'The LCG gets started…'
The LCG gets started…
This summer the IT division at CERN was a hive of activity as dozens of young software engineers worked round the clock to launch the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) Computing Grid (LCG) into its first ph...
Read article 'The CERN openlab: a novel testbed for the Grid'
The CERN openlab: a novel testbed for the Grid
A new model for partnership between CERN and industry is both integrating and testing emerging computer technologies for the LHC Computing Grid.
Read article 'Internet for the masses'
Internet for the masses
Onno Purbo, a prominent Indonesian IT expert, sees a self-financed, bottom-up Internet infrastructure as the key to achieving a knowledge-based society in developing countries.
Read article 'Laboratories link up to win Internet land speed record'
Laboratories link up to win Internet land speed record
The transfer of data equivalent to two feature-length movies on DVD between California and Amsterdam in less than one second has been recognized as a new record by the Internet2 consortium.
