inSORS News

CHICAGO --- inSORS Integrated Communications, Inc., a Chicago-based communications firm and Silver Sponsor of the Global Grid Forum (GGF), has today announced that it will utilize the inSORS Grid (IG) platform to highlight presentations and Working Group/Research Group sessions that took place at the recent GGF events.

These playbacks will be available at the GGF Booth at SuperComputing 2002.

GGF5 was held in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 21-24, 2002 and featured three full days of Plenary Sessions and Working Group/Research Group sessions. Playbacks from GGF5 include Rick Stevens from Argonne National Laboratory and Stephen Squires from Hewlett-Packard.

GGF6 took place in Chicago on October 14-18, 2002, and focused on Working Group and Research Group sessions. Playbacks from GGF6 include Charlie Catlett on WG/RG Chair Training and Raj Nagaratnam and Marty Humphrey and the OGSA - Security Working Group. inSORS recorded all of the plenary sessions at GGF5, and a select group of the GGF6 sessions.

inSORS will play back these sessions from the GGF booth throughout the SC2002 conference. Additionally, inSORS will conduct product demonstrations and interactive presentations with other institutions that are utilizing the Access Grid technology on the exhibit floor at SC2002. "The GGF has provided inSORS with a unique opportunity to showcase our product line as well as promote the great work that is being done within the Global Grid Forum, and we are excited to be a part of it," said inSORS Director, Brian Gleason. Mr. Gleason added, "We expect a very successful SC2002 event for both the GGF and inSORS."

For more information regarding the GGF schedule, please see the GGF website or the inSORS website.

The IG, which is the commercialized version of the original Access Grid prototype, links dispersed locations with immersive, interactive, rich-media communications and accelerates the adoption of grid collaboration by the commercial sector. The IG also adds commercial class stability, ease of use, and added functionality to the original platform. Additionally, inSORS provides value-added professional services to implement nodes quickly and efficiently.

About inSORS
Headquartered in downtown Chicago, inSORS was founded in 1998 by visionary leaders in the communications industry. inSORS is a communications solution provider specializing in the design, implementation, and management of integrated collaborative technologies and grid computing. The inSORS Grid and its related Virtual Venue Communication Portal products provide real-time, multi-point audio, data and video interaction via an easy to use browser based interface. The IG product line scales from desktop/laptop systems to auditorium based large room systems. The IG includes client and venue software, documentation and technical support and a comprehensive range of professional services including staging and installation of hardware, network consulting, and training. inSORS also offers custom configurations and private venues.

About the Global Grid Forum
The Global Grid Forum (GGF) is a community-initiated forum of individual researchers and practitioners working on distributed computing, or "grid" technologies. GGF work is done through working groups and research groups in a fashion loosely modeled after the Internet Standards Process, including the development of an ongoing technical document series similar to the IETF's Request for Comments (RFC), where Internet standards are documented. GGF efforts are also aimed at the development of a broadly based Integrated Grid Architecture that can serve to guide the research, development, and deployment activities of the emerging Grid communities. Established initially as 'Grid Forum' in late 1998, GGF meets three times annually with participation from over 30 countries, over 250 organizations, and typically 350-500 participants. For more information about GGF, visit the GGF website at

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