Centering Corporate Cloud Control

May 11, 2011 | InsideHigherEd | As clouds become pervasive questions are emerging about who controls the merger of hardware, software and content sources. 
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HPC Clouds Defined in Three Minutes

May 11, 2011 | Cloud computing researcher gives a record-setting definition of clouds in this video interview.
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HP Pounces on CIO Concerns

May 11, 2011 | CRN | HP has announced a series of strategic IT advisory services that are being wrapped in a message intended to strike CIOs where they will feel it most.
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Australian Research Network Delivers Storage as a Service

May 11, 2011 | ComputerWorld Australia | The Australian Academic Research Network (AARNet) has announced that its CloudStor storage as a service project has emerged from beta to aid member institutions.
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NSA Invests Big in HPC, Cloud Security

May 11, 2011 | Information Week | The National Security Agency (NSA) has released unclassified documents detailing a new supercomputing facility and a cybersecurity initiative focused on cloud security and mobility.
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Defense Information Systems Agency Builds on Cloud Successes

May 11, 2011 | Forge.mil Community | The Defense Systems Information Agency (DISA) in the United States is taking open collaborative access for government software contractors to a higher level
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European e-Science Group Extends Cloud Focus

May 11, 2011 | The e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (Registration Req'd for Draft Document) | A European group that focuses on e-Science infrastructure has released a new draft report that demonstrates how cloud computing options are figuring into existing grid and distributed resource sharing paradigms.
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FutureGrid Team to Present Analysis of Virtualization in HPC

Apr 14, 2011 | IEEE Cloud 2011 | A team of researchers from Indiana University has performed an analysis of performance and other advantages and problems with existing virtualization technology options.
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University of Texas to House Largest Cancer Research Cloud

Apr 06, 2011 | IDG | The MD Anderson Cancer Research Center at the University of Texas is gearing up to become the home of the world's largest private cloud dedicated to understanding genome-cancer links.
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The Shifting Economics of Software ROI

Apr 05, 2011 | DevProConnections | For many developers, the cloud provides the ability to scale on a moment's notice but also brings with it perceived complications on the pricing, licensing and ROI front.
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Oracle’s Cloudy Path to Growth

Apr 01, 2011 | Zacks | While there's no doubt its hardware and standard software aren't disappearing anytime soon, some analysts see the key to Oracle's future in the clouds.
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Cost Issues at Heart of HPC Cloud Debate

Mar 28, 2011 | GCN | During a recent symposium, national lab leaders weighed in on the pricing and performance differences for HPC "private" versus public clouds.
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The Big Data/Cloud Symbiosis

Mar 24, 2011 | GigaOm | CA Technologies' CTO discusses the symbiotic relationship that might be devleloping between big data and cloud computing.
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Amazon Provides Peek into 10-Minute HPC Cluster Creation

Mar 23, 2011 | Amazon Web Services | Amazon Web Services has opened the window a crack for potential HPC users to take their cloud creation process for a test drive.
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Behind the Buzz About Nexenta

Mar 22, 2011 | Wall Street Journal Blogs | In the sea of storage-related cloud players it is difficult to stand out. One company, Nexenta, has managed to do so via its unique appeal to large cloud providers.
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Clouds Considered at Upcoming GPU Technology Conference

Mar 21, 2011 | NVIDIA / GTC2011 | Cloud computing is on the agenda for October's GPU Technology Conference (GTC '11) following a year full of news and case studies highlighting GPU-powered cloud resources.
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SeaMicro Leading the Way Down the FAWN Path

Mar 16, 2011 | CloudBzz | The concept of Fast Arrays of Wimpy Nodes (FAWN) could shape the next generation of data centers and alter the way public clouds operate.
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Bill Gates Seeds Cloud-Driven Biopharmaceutical Company

Mar 16, 2011 | Fast Company | Nimbus, a rising star in the drug discovery sphere has significantly sped its time to market using cloud-based models.
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AMD Ramps Up Hiring to Address Cloud Challenges

Mar 15, 2011 | Dice | AMD is reportedly on a cloud-driven hiring spree as it looks to firm up hardware and software offerings prime for the coming virtual shakeup.
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Red Tape, Kryptonite Chains Prompt Resignation of NASA CTO

Mar 15, 2011 | NASA Blogs | Citing confining agency policies and the vision of turning to the startup lifestyle NASA CTO Chris Kemp formally resigned today.
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Research Predicts Dramatic Decline in On-Premises Software

Mar 10, 2011 | Datacenter Dynamics | While on-site installed software is still the norm, IDC predicts rapid growth in SaaS models that will replace traditional software paradigms.
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Businesses Soon to Sample Maine’s Supercomputing CIDER

Mar 07, 2011 | MaineBiz | The University of Maine is preparing for a new supercomputing resource to lend to local business with power and cooling help from a potential paper mill and riverwater partnership.
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Emerging Services Extend Public Cloud Portability

Mar 04, 2011 | NetworkWorld | Once applications are up and running on public clouds, it is difficult to move them over to another cloud. Some services are trying to help manage migration ability to allow greater portability and thus more options.
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Practitioners v. Preachers in the Grid-Cloud Transition

Mar 04, 2011 | ITBusinessEdge | Cloud computing is still in a long maturation phase and some, including GridGain's CEO see this process as akin to similar movements in grid computing.
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“Cloud Robotics” Research Aims to Create Smaller, Smarter Machines

Mar 03, 2011 | IEEE Spectrum | A new research subfield of robotics relies on using the cloud to power robot access to information and new skills and for offloading computationally-intensive tasks.
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