Decoding the True Value of XaaS

May 22, 2012 | Lately the menu of cloud-based XaaS (anything-as-a-service) offerings has expanded to include a virtual armada of new IT acronyms. Regardless of what type of XaaS you may be considering, the true benefit is being able to partially or fully outsource your IT needs to a highly skilled service provider who can help manage your vital IT functions.
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Cloud Services Satisfy a Higher Calling

May 15, 2012 | Higher education involves many collaborative projects that lend themselves to cloud services, however often those services are not tailored to the uniqueness of an academic environment. That's where the Internet2 NET+ project comes in. By partnering with 16 major cloud providers, the networking consortium is seeking to expedite the delivery of cloud services and by doing so advance research and innovation in the United States.
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Univa CEO Gary Tyreman on the Evolution of HPC, Big Data and Cloud

May 07, 2012 | It's been a little over a year since Univa took over stewardship of the open source workload manager and acquired the founding Sun Grid Engine team from Oracle, and the company just announced its third production release. CEO Gary Tyreman discusses the latest enhancements as well as the company's plans around cloud, big data and the enterprise.
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Bright Streamlines Cloud-Bursting with Data-Aware Scheduling

May 01, 2012 | Bright Cluster Manager 6.0 allows users to extend on-site clusters or create entirely new clusters using the Amazon EC2 cloud, but what company officials are perhaps most proud of is the addition of data-aware scheduling. This set-it-and-forget-it job submission feature adds significant value to the cloud bursting model by boosting productivity and cycle times.
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Cycle Spins Up 50,000-core Cluster in Amazon Cloud

Apr 24, 2012 | The case for utility supercomputing just got a lot bigger, literally. Cycle Computing has created a 50,000-core virtual supercomputer to assist in the development of novel drug compounds for cancer research.
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Cloud Features Prominently at Moabcon 2012

Apr 23, 2012 | During Moabcon, which took place earlier this month, Adaptive Computing highlighted its recent product refresh, laid out future plans and provided a forum for customer feedback. The well-attended event stirred lots of discussion around the relevancy of cloud computing to HPC, and contributor Steve Campbell was there to capture the proceedings.
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SoftLayer Rolls Out GPU-Powered HPC Cloud

Apr 17, 2012 | The short-list of HPC cloud providers just got a little longer. Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider SoftLayer has added high-end NVIDIA Tesla GPUs to its line of dedicated servers.
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Live from GlobusWorld 2012

Apr 10, 2012 | GlobusWorld 2012 kicked off today at Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago. While the official conference starts tomorrow, day one was reserved for the pre-conference tutorials. The Globus team has a lot going on this year.
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What Mainstream Supercomputing Might Mean for the World

Apr 03, 2012 | The age of "mainstream supercomputing" has been forecast for some years. There has even arisen something of a debate as to whether such a concept is even possible — does "supercomputing," by definition, cease being "super" the moment it becomes "mainstream?" Whether mainstream supercomputing is here or ever literally can be, however, it is indisputable that more and more powerful capabilities are becoming available to more and more diverse users, and despite the naysayers, cloud computing is playing a big role in this process.
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WaaS Up? IBM Unveils Watson-as-a-Service

Mar 27, 2012 | Since its infamous Jeopardy win over a year ago, IBM's AI-darling Watson has been busy establishing real-world relationships in the financial and health care sectors. This month, IBM representatives revealed Watson's next steps in a live Twitter chat.
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Software Development Takes to the Cloud

Mar 27, 2012 | 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.
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Adaptive Computing Revs Up Moab

Mar 20, 2012 | Adaptive Computing recently released a new version of Moab 7.0, both the HPC Suite (basic and enterprise editions) and also the Cloud Suite. While the workload management vendor has made important enhancements to its portfolio, what's even more interesting is how these offerings fit into an increasingly cloud-based IT environment. This in-depth interview with Adaptive Computing CEO Robert Clyde and Chad Harrington, Adaptive's vice president of marketing, shows how the company has leveraged its HPC roots to strengthen its cloud offerings.
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CycleCloud BigScience Challenge Boosts Stem Cell Research

Mar 13, 2012 | Cycle Computing has proclaimed the winner of the 2011 CycleCloud BigScience Challenge. Victor Ruotti, a computational biologist at the Morgridge Institute for Research, will receive $10,000 in credit from Cycle Computing and four hours of CycleCloud engineering support, plus an additional $2,500 in credit from Amazon Web Services. The award will be used for cutting-edge stem cell research.
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Pan-European Cloud to Support Big Science

Mar 06, 2012 | Three of Europe's most prominent research centers, CERN, the European Space Agency, and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory have teamed up to launch a massive cloud computing project. Helix Nebula – the Science Cloud was created to support the fast-growing IT demands of European researchers. Supply-side partners, including IaaS provider CloudSigma, are working to design a cloud computing environment that meets the specific requirements of the HPC community.
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Cloud Computing Helps Fight Pediatric Cancer

Feb 28, 2012 | As part of its Powering the Possible charitable program, Dell is providing the secure cloud-based IT infrastructure to support the world's first personalized medicine clinical trial for pediatric cancer. The research is being conducted by the Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium (NMTRC) at the Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) and supported by The Translational Genomics Research Institute (Tgen).
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Cloud Connect Speakers Reflect Industry's Growth and Challenges

Feb 20, 2012 | This week's Cloud Connect conference in Santa Clara, Calif., exhibited all the energy and diversity of topics you might expect from one of the IT industry's fastest-growing sectors.
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Cloudnumbers Expedites Cloud-Based Supercomputing

Feb 14, 2012 | Configuring a cluster on a public cloud infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services potentially requires a lot of work. The various steps involve setting up the machines, dealing with the security keys, installing the applications, negotiating the administration, and more. Most HPC users would prefer to avoid this time-consuming process if possible. That's where German startup Cloudnumbers comes in.
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TIBCO Seeds Cloud with Silver Grid

Feb 07, 2012 | TIBCO is moving its grid computing software to the cloud, starting with its GridServer product. The company is leveraging the Amazon Web Services computing infrastructure to provide customers with an easier and less expensive way to access its sophisticated grid computing technology.
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Learning from Clouds Past: A Look Back at Magellan

Jan 31, 2012 | Despite high-hopes, community support, and a lot of good science, the Magellan cloud computing project has ended after a two-year run. Like the famous explorer, the current-day Magellan also navigated uncharted waters and documented the journey for the benefit of future generations. The results of the two-year study are now available in the form of an extensive 169-page report.
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Blue Waters to Use Globus Online File Transfer Service

Jan 24, 2012 | 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.
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Hybrid Cloud Ready for Takeoff in 2012

Jan 17, 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

Jan 10, 2012 | 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

Dec 15, 2011 | 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

Dec 05, 2011 | 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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Nimbix Aims to Accelerate HPC Cloud Adoption

Nov 23, 2011 | It's been a little over a year since Nimbix announced the initial beta launch of its Nimbix Accelerated Compute Cloud (NACC). During the SC11 show in Seattle last week, HPC in the Cloud sat down with Nimbix Co-Founder and CEO Steve Hebert to find out where the company fits in with the small-but-growing stable of cloud providers who specialize in supporting HPC workloads.
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