The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) selected IBM to help build a massive data-management system built on Grid computing. IBM’s “Storage Tank” virtualization technology will be used to manage huge amounts of data using a single file namespace regardless of where or on what operating system the data reside. IBM and CERN will work together to extend Storage Tank’s capabilities so it can manage and provide access from any location worldwide to the torrent of data — billions of gigabytes a year — that CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is expected to produce when it goes online in 2007. The Large Hadron Collider is a particle accelerator that aims to recreate — on a tiny scale — conditions that existed shortly after the Big Bang.
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- Separately, IBM elevated Michael Haley and Chris Couper, both employees with its Global Telecommunications Industry division, to the rank of Distinguished Engineer (DE), one of the company’s top honors. Haley, Global Executive for Grid Computing in IBM’s Global Telecommunications sector, is responsible for assessing implications for Grid Computing and new grid computing solutions for IBM’s customers and alliance partners. Couper is currently chief technology officer for IBM’s Global Wireless e-Business responsible for the design and development of wireless solutions for a variety of industry sectors.