gCube

The new version of the gCube software, version 1.5, has been released on 20 November 2009. This release consolidates the previous version. It adds new functionalities and includes a number of improvements related to the system stability.

The D4Science production infrastructure has been upgraded to the latest gCube release 1.4. This upgrade directly enhanced all Virtual Research Environments (VRE) currently deployed in the infrastructure.

A new article entitled "gCube: a Service-Oriented Application Framework on Grid" has just been published on Focus@CNR web pages.

The DLib group, led by Donatella Castelli, of the ISTI-CNR Networked Multimedia Information Systems Laboratory has developed a highly innovative application framework, gCube, for building and operating e-Infrastructures promoting an effective and efficient sharing of computing, content, and application services resources. These e-Infrastructures simplify the creation of Virtual Research Environments, i.e. collaborative digital environments through which scientists, addressing common research challenges, exchange information and produce new knowledge.

Read the whole article on http://www.cnr.it/istituti/FocusByN_eng.html?cds=074&nfocus=11

The D4Science development team is pleased to announce the release of a new enhanced version of the gCube software available at the gCube Distribution Site. This version contains an upgrade of all gCube components as well as new components providing new extended functionality. Due to the specification upgrade, the software is not compatible with the old versions.

Highlights of this release include:

• Full gCore adoption;
• Reusabiltiy of several components in different domains;
• Clean up of the previous source code;
• New components in the Core Service and Information Retrieval areas;
• Support for remote monitoring and management functionality.