Grid Computing News : Platform Takes Aim at Grid Apps

Platform Computing is adopting a standard that makes it easier to use applications in grid computing environments. The company announced an agreement with FedStage Systems to distribute FedStage's Distributed Resource Management Application API (DRMAA) with Platform LSF. The FedStage DRMAA library for LSF is an open source implementation of the Open Grid Forum's DRMAA 1.0 specification, a standard interface that makes it easier to adopt and write applications for grid environments. "FedStage Systems is a significant player in bringing standards to the high-performance computing industry and providing our ISV partners and customers the core capabilities necessary for greater interoperability." For more information and a download link, visit http://www.fedstage.com/wiki/FedStage_DRMAA_for_LSF . And 3Tera has announced the alpha release of what it claims is a new concept in data center operations, Dynamic Appliances , "where elements become so simple to manage that they can be configured to manage themselves." Dynamic Appliances are packaged data center operations like backup, migration or SLAs that users can add to their applications to provide functionality.... read more