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Jan 27, 2012

Blue Waters to Use Globus Online File Transfer Service

When Blue Waters comes online this year, scientists will be able to spend more time on actual research, thanks in part to Globus Online, a cloud-based managed file transfer service. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) selected Globus Online for its ability to move and synchronize files reliably between multiple locations without the need to install complex software. Read more...

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Hybrid Cloud Ready for Takeoff in 2012

Hybrid cloud computing, which strategically combines the best of on-premise and hosted solutions, is not without challenges; however, when done right, it's a compelling business model, one that maximizes the benefits of cloud while minimizing its risks. This piece looks at how the hybrid approach may be the key to unlocking cloud's potential.
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Mastering Windows Azure Application Development

In the years to come, cloud computing will take a substantial piece of the market from traditional deployment models. This implies growing demand for applications that can operate in a cloud environment, and for software engineers skilled in cloud computing technologies. Mastering application development for Windows Azure is a most valuable investment for a .NET programmer.
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2012 Cloud Forecast

2011 may have been cloud's fifth birthday, but in 2012, the six-year-old will start making a truly distinctive name for itself. Leading Platform-as-a-Service providers will keep investing billions in huge datacenters with megawatts of power capacity, while Software-as-a-Service platform development will be a main goal for software and Internet industry leaders.
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Cloud Computing: It's Not Just for Rocket Scientists

In addition to benefiting a host of industrial and formal research workloads, cloud computing is proving to be an invaluable tool for university students. By developing Master Thesis projects related to this technology, students can complement their standard education and perhaps even create the next scientific breakthrough or successful software startup in the process. What follows is a showcasing of the work done by a group of students at the Complutense University of Madrid.
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Short Takes

Cloud Computing for Spies?

1/26/2012 | US intelligence agencies look to cloud computing to promote better cross-agency communication without compromising security.
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AWS Adds Windows Instances to Free Usage Tier

1/24/2012 | Windows developers will now have access to the same free resources on AWS as Linux developers.
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Quantum Computing Holds Key to Perfect Cloud Security

1/23/2012 | Blind quantum computing protocol preserves the privacy of user data in the cloud.
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What to Do When Your Cloud Breaks

1/17/2012 | Cloud's increasing popularity will invariably lead to a rise in the number of disputes over services rendered, or not rendered as the case may be.
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Europeans Go Local for Cloud

1/17/2012 | Citing privacy concerns, European countries move to strengthen domestic cloud markets.
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AT&T Joins OpenStack Community, Courts Developers

1/10/2012 | AT&T makes cloud-related announcements at the annual AT&T Developer Summit in Las Vegas this week.
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Microsoft Opens Windows Azure Cloud to Linux

1/9/2012 | If the rumors are true, soon Azure customers will be able to create virtual Linux servers without losing data.
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Introducing LRDIMM – A New Class of Memory Modules

01/17/2012 | Inphi | This paper introduces the LRDIMM, a new type of memory module for high capacity servers and high-performance computing platforms. LRDIMM is an abbreviation for Load Reduced Dual Inline Memory Module, the newest type of DIMM supporting DDR3 SDRAM main memory. The LRDIMM is fully pin compatible with existing JEDEC-standard DDR3 DIMM sockets, and supports higher system memory capacities when enabled in the system BIOS.

Optimizing Data Centers for Big Infrastructure Applications

12/08/2011 | StackIQ | Today's application workloads have grown to encompass hundreds or thousands of servers and massive amounts of data. Organizations such as Google and Facebook have developed proprietary tools and techniques to manage their compute environments. But what about the rest of us? This white paper provides an overview of the growing wave of large-scale, ‘Big Infrastructure’ applications and explores the challenges inherent in provisioning, configuring, and deploying software for clusters running massive data workloads.

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Stop losing sleep: Remedies for managing Data Center complexity worries

Complimentary Webcast! Break free from the database vendors that force you to keep investing in additional skills and hardware to accommodate the inefficiencies of their software. Learn how you can achieve higher DBA efficiency and give your DBAs more time to focus on strategic projects and add more value to your business. Join us to hear best practices and client experiences on reducing both the risk and cost associated with growing Data Center complexity.

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Tiffany Trader
Tiffany Trader is the editor of HPC in the Cloud. With a background in HPC publishing, she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to bear on a range of topics relevant to the technical cloud computing space. More > >

Wolfgang Gentzsch
Independent HPC consultant for cluster, grid, and cloud computing, and for data and compute-intensive applications, and General Chair of the ISC Cloud Conference.
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Jose Luis Vazquez-Poletti
Dr. Jose Luis Vazquez-Poletti is Assistant Professor in Computer Architecture at Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), and a Cloud Computing Researcher at the Distributed Systems Architecture Research Group. He is directly involved in EU funded projects, such as EGEE (Grid Computing) and 4CaaSt (PaaS Cloud), as well as many Spanish national initiatives. More > >

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An HPC industry consultant and cloud evangelist, Steve Campbell is a seasoned senior HPC executive. More > >

Bruce Maches
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John Hurley
Principle Investigator and Director for the National Nuclear Security Administration and DOE sponsored Center for Disaster Recovery. More > >