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TOKYO, JAPAN -- Fujitsu Limited has announced that it plans to launch in June a new solution for scientific applications called the Grid Solution for the Sciences, which combines the construction of a Grid system environment, education, and operational support. This solution would assist customers with Grid construction based primarily on Fujitsu's PRIMEPOWER high-performance Unix server (running Solaris), PRIMERGY Intel architecture server (running Linux) and VPP Series supercomputers (running UXP/V). A variety of universities and research institutions have started to develop and introduce Grid systems, which promise to make accessible to individual scientists' terminals huge calculation capability and databases, various applications and expert advice previously unobtainable by any one scientist. Working with its research arm, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Fujitsu has been a pioneer in Grid development. Fujitsu supplied Grid middleware to the IT-based Laboratory (ITBL) project, which is part of the e-Japan initiative, and, as part of the SuperSINET project, ported the Globus Toolkit Grid middleware to its VPP Series supercomputers installed at the Universities of Kyushu, Kyoto, and Nagoya. In addition, Fujitsu is conducting research on Globus Toolkit portability and other Grid-related technologies in conjunction with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), an independent, public sector institution. Fujitsu has an established track record in this field, both in Japan as well as overseas. It is the only Japanese corporate sponsor of the Global Grid Forum (GGF), an international community promoting Grid research and standardization, and is participating in the UNICORE project, which is part of EUROGRID, a European Grid research project. Fujitsu's new Grid solution builds on this expertise to provide a system optimized for the sciences, and the company has assembled a Science Grid Promotion Team from a number of relevant departments to speed future developments in this field. Moreover, recognizing that business will be another area in which Grid computing is likely to have a major impact, Fujitsu is actively working to advance Grid technology tailored for business and other applications. Fujitsu's Grid Solution for Sciences at a Glance Fujitsu's Grid Solution for the Sciences encompasses a wide range of support services - from software development for the Grid platform to Grid middleware and implementation of applications - and full lifecycle - from design through operation - for helping customers construct Grid systems utilizing its high-performance PRIMEPOWER, PRIMERGY and VPP hardware platforms. Grid Construction Services: Installation, setup, and network configuration of Globus Toolkit for Fujitsu's PRIMEPOWER high-performance Unix servers, PRIMERGY high-performance IA servers, or VPP supercomputers; Grid middleware development, applications development, and creation of custom-tailored Grid solutions. Grid System Support Services: Periodic support including responding to customer queries regarding the Globus Toolkit installed on their Grid systems, providing information on troubleshooting, system problems and functional enhancements, etc. Grid System Educational Services: Training services for construction, administration and usage methods for Grid systems. For more information visit www.fujitsu.com.