Dear All,

I am happy share a news (please see below) on commercial companies such as
Singapore
Computer Systems support for the use of Gridbus technologies in production Grid
environment and also involve in extending technologies to the next application
level.

Thank you all for your support.

cheers
Raj
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SINGAPORE COMPUTER SYSTEMS SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE FOR THE
COLLABORATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN GRID COMPUTING

Singapore, 17th November 2003 -- Singapore Computer Systems Ltd (SCS)
today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with The Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Laboratory in The
University of Melbourne, Australia.

SCS will collaborate with the GRIDS laboratory on Gridbus technology and
provide resources and engineers to further develop Gridbus into production
quality software which SCS can then deploy in its various Grid computing
projects. GRIDS laboratory will further act as advisors to the project.

"We are honoured that Dr Rajkumar Buyya from the GRIDS laboratory is
collaborating with SCS. As one of the early pioneers in Grid computing, Dr
Buyya will provide SCS with a researched and advanced Gridbus platform on
which we can further contribute to and build upon," said Mr Laurence Liew,
Manager of SCS Linux Competency Centre.

"It is one of the many technologies we hope to offer to our Grid computing
customers in the future", he added.

"We are excited about this opportunity to collaborate with Singapore Computer
Systems in advancing the adoption of Grid computing," said Dr Rajkumar Buyya.
Dr Buyya, the Program Leader/Director for Grid Computing and Distributed
Systems at GRIDS laboratory added, "We have collaborated informally with SCS
for quite sometime now and the formal adoption of Gridbus technologies by SCS'
grid computing team will give SCS a competitive edge, by being able to deploy
one of world's leading Grid computing softwares."

"While Grid computing is an emerging technology in Singapore, it is already
gaining ground. SCS is deploying Grid technologies for the National Grid Pilot
Platform Project - the first phase of a national cyber-infrastructure project
that
links up compute resources in Singapore via a high-speed network. SCS is in the
thick of action as we are providing resources as well as helping to manage their
operations," said Mr Pek Yew Chai, President and Chief Executive Officer of
SCS.

The MOU includes joint research and development on Grid computing
technologies, sharing of Grid technologies via seminars and training events to
be
conducted in Singapore, and the co-development of Gridbus software.

About Singapore Computer Systems

SCS is a leading information and communications technology (ICT) service
provider in the Asia-Pacific region. Its key competencies are in IT and Business
Consultancy, Systems Integration, Outsourcing, Networking, E-commerce and
R&D/Product Development. Other services include business recovery and call
centre services, e-Learning solutions, provision of a wide range of computer
hardware and software through systems integration and many more.
Incorporated in 1980, SCS has 2,000 employees who operate from Singapore
and nine countries - Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New
Zealand, India, Philippines, Thailand and the United States. The Group's
subsidiaries include: SCS Enterprise Solutions, SCS Enterprise Systems, SCS
Foresight, SCS Networks, iGlobal Services, Mach30, PeridotHealth Systems,
and TX123. (bold red maybe to take out). It has added Scalable Systems Pte
Ltd to its list of investments on 7th Nov, 2003.

About GRIDS Laboratory, The University of Melbourne

The Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Laboratory is a software
research and development group within the Dept. of Computer Science and
Software Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia. The members of
GRIDS Lab and PDC research group are actively engaged in the design and
development of next generation computing systems and applications. The
GRIDS lab is working towards realizing this vision through its flagship project
called Gridbus. For further information, please visit the Gridbus Project
Website -
- www.gridbus.org/

Media contact:
Wee Lai Ming
Corporate Communications
Singapore Computer Systems
Tel : +65 68273150
Email : weelm@...
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