March 13, 2013
PROVO, Utah, March 13 — Adaptive Computing, the largest provider of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and private cloud workload management software, today announced that its annual user conference, MoabCon 2013, will be held April 8-11 at the Hyatt Escala in Park City, Utah. The HPC and cloud computing conference is sponsored by Intel, HP, and IBM.
MoabCon 2013 will bring together Adaptive Computing customers, partners and industry experts for four days of talks, technical sessions, and networking events. The conference will provide attendees with opportunities to learn the latest HPC and cloud computing best practices and get an early look at the Adaptive Computing product roadmap.
Presentations at MoabCon 2013 will cover hot topics in HPC and cloud computing, including:
Conference speakers are from the industry's leading organizations, including:
Sponsor Speakers
End-user Speakers
"MoabCon brings together the industry's best minds to discuss how to optimize HPC and cloud resource management and utilization," said Rob Clyde, CEO of Adaptive Computing. "In addition to discovering the myriad ways Moab solves today's complex management problems, attendees will have the unique opportunity to interact with industry experts and discuss the latest issues and trends."
At MoabCon 2013, Adaptive Computing will be honoring its customers with the first annual Adaptie Awards. Adapties are given to organizations and individuals that continually push the technological envelope. In 2013, Adaptie awards will be given for:
Adaptive Computing manages the world's largest computing installations with its Moab self-optimizing HPC workload management and cloud management solutions. The patented Moab multi-dimensional decision engine delivers policy-based governance, allowing customers to consolidate resources, allocate and manage services, optimize service levels and reduce operational costs.
About Adaptive Computing
Adaptive Computing is the largest provider of High-Performance Computing (HPC) workload management software and manages the world's largest private cloud computing environment with Moab, a self-optimizing dynamic cloud management solution and HPC workload management system. Moab, a patented multi-dimensional intelligence engine, delivers policy-based governance, allowing customers to consolidate and virtualize resources, allocate and manage applications, optimize service levels and reduce operational costs. Adaptive Computing offers a portfolio of Moab cloud management and Moab HPC workload management products and services that accelerate, automate, and self-optimize IT workloads, resources, and services in large, complex heterogeneous computing environments such as HPC, data centers and private cloud.
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Source: Adaptive Computing
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