Nicole Hemsoth
HP Announces Cinematic G-Cloud for Government Evaluation
Post Date: November 22, 2010 @ 7:24 AM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: Behind the Cloud

Currently in the testbed stage, HP Labs is presenting the G-Cloud as a Minority Report-esque demo to public sector IT pros to show how services can be constructed from hosted components with a management layer on top—and of course, with one security feature piled atop another.

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Nicole Hemsoth
“But There is No HPC in the Cloud”
Post Date: November 19, 2010 @ 4:00 AM, Pacific Standard Time
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While making the rounds during SC10 and striking up conversations with those in traditional HPC fields, it was hard to ignore statements of skepticism about the possibility for broad cloud adoption for HPC applications outside of the few apps that are well-suited already. For every cloud advocate there seemed to be a detractor...

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Nicole Hemsoth
SC10 Video Short: Kathy Yelick on Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and NERSC Projects
Post Date: November 19, 2010 @ 3:51 AM, Pacific Standard Time
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We often write about some of the interesting cloud computing research projects taking place via Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and NERSC, so when we had a chance to record Kathy Yelick,, NERSC Director at SC10, we took the opportunity to help put a face to the name and lend insight into what's happening at one of the more prominent national centers in cloud and HPC research.

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Nicole Hemsoth
Fighting Words from the Interconnect World
Post Date: November 19, 2010 @ 3:08 AM, Pacific Standard Time
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To say the market share for HPC interconnects is imbalanced is a rather dramatic understatement since the vast majority of business is driven by Mellanox. However, there are a few emerging competitors who might be playing a more prominent role in HPC--and by proxy, cloud computing.

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Nicole Hemsoth
Sights and Sounds of SC10
Post Date: November 17, 2010 @ 12:21 PM, Pacific Standard Time
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Since we have plenty of time and room to grant coverage to the technical topics on the agenda at SC10, we thought we'd give those of you who couldn't make it to New Orleans a light sampling of some of the sights and sounds from the first day of the conference. A little off topic? Yes, indeed.

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Nicole Hemsoth
Introduction to the First Annual HPC in the Cloud Editors’ Choice Awards
Post Date: November 10, 2010 @ 2:03 AM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: Behind the Cloud

This year HPC in the Cloud announced the winners for its first annual Editors' Choice award, which pulled together our top eight picks for the year, forming not only a "who to watch" list but also recognizing a handful of vendors for their commitment to improving the cloud for scientific and large-scale enterprise users.

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Nicole Hemsoth
More from the 2010 Editors’ Choice Winners Circle; Photo Highlights
Post Date: November 10, 2010 @ 1:58 AM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: Behind the Cloud

This year marked our first Editors' Choice awards in which we selected a number of vendors who have shown remarkable commitment to the cloud ecosystem via research, outreach and demonstrated service to end users. We leave you with some details on the other winners and some photo highlights from the award presentations.

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Nicole Hemsoth
2010 Cloud Security Innovators: Tie—IBM and Novell
Post Date: November 10, 2010 @ 12:55 AM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: Behind the Cloud

Cloud security innovation goes far beyond providing a particular product that works well or has been widely adopted. IBM and Novell have been selected as innovators due to the research efforts they've led to create more secure cloud enviornments.

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Nicole Hemsoth
2010 Cloud Education and Outreach Innovators: Microsoft
Post Date: November 09, 2010 @ 10:49 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: Behind the Cloud

While Microsoft has a solid platform and several tools in place for scientific users, one arena where the company certainly stands out is in their mission to engage and education the vast "missing middle" of potential cloud users. Others, like IBM are in close running for such an award, but the Redmond giant has been prolific and notable in its engagement efforts.

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Nicole Hemsoth
2010 Cloud Platform Innovators: Amazon Web Services
Post Date: November 09, 2010 @ 10:07 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: Behind the Cloud

While it's oftentimes worthwhile to present awards to those who are providing a remarkable or innovative service yet still fly under the radar, when it comes to cloud platform leaders, sometimes going with the "obvious" choice is the only option--and for good reason.

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