inSORS News

December 3, 2001

CHICAGO, IL --- inSORS Integrated Communications, Inc., a Chicago-based communications firm specializing in high-end distributed computing technologies, has implemented its inSORS Grid conferencing and collaboration solution at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The inSORS Grid, which utilizes multicast networks to join voice, video, and data into an integrated communications solution that is scaleable to over 100 locations, is an innovative blending of technologies that was born from the Access Grid and its related projects.

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, inSORS has installed a four-server version of an inSORS Grid node that will be used for general meetings as well as daily discussions between ORNL and the U.S. Department of Energy's Washington, D.C. headquarters.

ORNL personnel are enthusiastic about their new ability to collaborate with other national laboratories and diverse experts from around the globe, and they are looking forward to increasing the overall usage of Access Grid technologies. They were also very pleased with inSORS' management of the project.

inSORS completely installed, tested, and had the node running in one day. This accomplishment was one that garnered appreciation from the ORNL staff as well as one that greatly impressed the Access Grid community.

inSORS' Art Ziarko, who headed the ORNL project, noted that he received several comments from other Access Grid community members concerning the excellent performance of the ORNL node.

Concerning this recent deployment, inSORS' Director of Business Development Brian Gleason stated that the company is enthusiastic. "Through this and other inSORS Grid deployments," Mr. Gleason said, "inSORS continues to show its support of the Access Grid technology and Access Grid community. inSORS is committed to working in tandem with this institution to further the development and promise of the Access Grid and its related technologies."

For more about inSORS and the inSORS Grid, visit www.insors.com.