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In this groundbreaking awards program, Computerworld US honors 12 user companies and another dozen vendors that are leading the way in green-IT. These green leaders are virtualizing, videoconferencing, turning down the cooling systems and turning off the lights. Top honors this year went to Highmark.

Platform Computing this week is rolling out LSF 7.0, an update to its grid software that makes it easier for organizations to manage and share resources across a single grid, the company says.

For UPS, grid computing is not about how to get more horsepower for demanding workloads; it's about consolidating, streamlining and using technology to get an edge on the competition.

While others talk about how utility computing and a services orientation could affect IT delivery, Wachovia Bank is a living demonstration. The financial services giant, which controls assets of about US$541 billion, wins membership to the 2006 Enterprise All-Star Award list for its application virtualization project.

Mention the word "grid" and most IT executives probably think of thousands of CPUs crunching numbers for data-intensive applications such as seismic modeling and drug discovery. Increasingly, however, grids are being considered as platforms for creating more flexible, efficient data center architectures.

As companies migrate to New Data Center architectures, it stands to reason that they'll look at a wide range of vendors with new tools to help. Here are seven promising products.

Platform Computing has rolled out a version of its grid software designed for the financial industry, saying the release will help customers to make better use of compute resources by enabling multiple applications to be managed and share resources across a grid.

IBM announced the first application vendors -- SAS Institute and Absoft -- to support its Grid and Grow bundle of software, hardware and services Tuesday. Big Blue first unveiled the bundle two months ago positioning it as a starter pack for midsize and large companies wanting to move into grid computing. IBM is now looking to extend the offering in a variety of ways both in terms of targeted users and vendor support.

IBM plans to unwrap a bundle of software, hardware and services called Grid and Grow at the LinuxWorld show in San Francisco. The company hopes the bundle will act as a starter pack for mid-size and large companies wanting to move into grid computing, according to an IBM executive.

Seven independent software vendors (ISVs), including Citrix Systems and Cognos, have been the first to take advantage of an IBM program designed to help bridge the gap between commercial software vendors and the world of grid computing.

Trying to further deepen its commitment to its business partners and independent software developers (ISVs), IBM this week rolled out a handful of new programs and technologies to help them better provide IBM-based solutions to IT shops both large and small.