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NEW!
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 |
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NEW!
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 |
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NEW!
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Are Managed Network Services the Way to
Interconnect Grid Sites?
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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 |
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Making Reliable Web Services
Message Exchanges Secure and Tamper Proof
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In
Search of the Next Generation Network (NGN)
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New
Broadband Fixed Wireless standard (WiMAX) may be used to access Grid
Computer sites
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Report from the WCA Symposium: January 11-14, 2005 |
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January 2005 |
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IEEE Globecom 2004 Review
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Virtualization of IT resources, fiber build-outs, and
regulatory trends will stimulate Grid Computing |
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December 2004 |
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WS-I November Meeting Report
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WS Security Specs advance; Deutsche Bank presents Secure
WS Application |
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November 2004 |
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Web Services Reliability Becomes an OASIS
Standard
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Will extend use of Web Services for mission critical
e-Commerce and Business Grids |
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November 2004 |
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GGF12 Telecom Related Sessions
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Telecom Panel, Enterprise Grid Workshop, End-to-End
Management of Grids, NMA RG |
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November 2004
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About Alan Weissberger
As the founder and Technical Director of Data Communications
Technology (DCT), a technical consulting firm started in March 1983, Alan J
Weissberger specializes in telecommunications standards and their
implementation. His clients have included network providers (AT&T, NTT, Pacific
Bell, US West, Entel and CTC in Chile, Telkom South Africa, Moroccan PTT,
others) , equipment and semiconductor manufacturers (many), and large end users.
In 1995 and 1996 Alan was the principal architect for the European Commission’s
multi-service, multi-country ATM network – the largest private network in Europe
(that network has now evolved into Gig Ethernet over CWDM). In 2000-2001, he was
Ciena’s lead ITU-T delegate, contributing to the standardization of the optical
control plane in SG13 and SG15. Alan now represents NEC Corp in several OASIS
TCs dealing with Web Services, while also attending the Global Grid Forum and
the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF).
DCT was a Principal Member of the ATM Forum from 1993 to Feb
1997. Previously, Alan has actively participated in the Frame Relay Forum, DSL
Forum, SONET Interoperability Forum, and OIF, as well as T1X1.5, T1E1.4, T1M1.3,
T1S1.5. He has published over 100 technical contributions to these standards
bodies and forums – many in the last five years.
Dr. Weissberger has over 37 years of computer and
communications engineering and strategic planning experience. He was granted
seven patents and has one pending on implementation of SONET/SDH virtual
concatenation (filed by start-up Lambda Networks).
Alan has lectured extensively on network and telecom topics –
both in public seminars and private workshops at client companies. He is very
well known in Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Israel, South America, and South
Africa for his seminars and over 100 published papers in IEEE journals and trade
publications. Alan was an adjunct professor at Santa Clara University from 1975-
1988, where he established the Graduate EE Telecom curriculum and taught 42
graduate EE classes. Weissberger also presented guest lectures at IIT in Madras.
He is a Sr Member of the IEEE (1980) with degrees from SUNY at Stony Brook (BS),
Northeastern University (MSEE) and MIT (ScD).
Weissberger’s assessment of xDSL and DWDM technologies were
published in 1999 by Price Waterhouse Coopers. Dataquest, IDC, Forrester, and
RHK have published Alan’s technology summaries. He was a co-author of the John
Wiley & Sons book on ATM over ADSL (Jan 2000), working closely with co-lecturer
and prime author John Bingham. Alan taught xDSL short courses at IEEE Infocom
1998 and privately for selected clients from 1997-1999.
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