HPC in the Cloud: Applications

CometCloud: Using a Federated HPC-Cloud to Understand Fluid Flow in Microchannels

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:25:38 EDT

The ever-growing complexity of scientific and engineering problems continues to pose new computational challenges. Thus, we present a novel federation model that enables end-users with the ability to aggregate heterogeneous resource scale problems. The feasibility of this federation model has been proven, in the context of the UberCloud HPC Experiment, by gathering the most comprehensive information to date on the effects of pillars on microfluid channel flow.

CERN, Google, and the Future of Global Science Initiatives

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:04:07 EDT

Large-scale, worldwide scientific initiatives rely on some cloud-based system to both coordinate efforts and manage computational efforts at peak times that cannot be contained within the combined in-house HPC resources. Last week at Google I/O, Brookhaven National Lab’s Sergey Panitkin discussed the role of the Google Compute Engine in providing computational support to ATLAS, a detector of high-energy particles at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Avoiding Scientific Computing Bottlenecks in the Cloud

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:55:14 EDT

Frank Ding, engineering analysis & technical computing manager at Simpson Strong-Tie, discussed the advantages of utilizing the cloud for occasional scientific computing, identified the obstacles to doing so, and proposed workarounds to some of those obstacles.

Internet2 Awards Program Seeks Innovative Applications

Tiffany Trader — 2013-05-10

Program provides cash awards up to $10,000 for the best open-source end-user applications deployed on 100G network.

Heirloom Computing's ELPaaS Platform Faster than Mainframe Computing Alternatives

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:00:43 EDT

The latest benchmark testing by Heirloom Computing revealed that the company's ELPaaS cloud platform for legacy applications is faster than mainframe computing alternatives.

Pramati Acquires Assets of WaveMaker from VMware

Wed, 01 May 2013 11:55:46 EDT

Pramati announced the acquisition of certain assets of WaveMaker from VMware.

1010data Releases Version 6 of its Cloud-Based Big Data Analytics Platform

Wed, 01 May 2013 11:06:57 EDT

1010data announced the release of Version 6 of its cloud-based Big Data analytics platform.

IncrediBuild Version 4.6 Gets Games to Market Faster

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:34:50 EDT

IncrediBuild version 4.6 gets games, software applications and mobile apps out the door by accelerating code builds and the entire application life cycle management process.

IDC: Big Data, Analytics and Cloud Drive Enterprise Software Growth

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:55:52 EDT

International Data Corporation released the latest results from the Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker.

Rosslyn Analytics and Pitney Bowes Partner for Cloud-Based Analytics

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:08:39 EDT

New partnership will provide data enrichment for business intelligence on Rosslyn’s RAPid analytics platform.

Setting Up CUDA in the Cloud

Tiffany Trader — 2013-03-26

Tutorial describes how to implement CUDA and parallel programming in the AWS Cloud.

HPC in the Cloud Research Roundup

Tiffany Trader — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:21:39 EDT

The top HPC cloud research story this week addresses the question: What if it were possible to cheaply and easily test the suitability of moving to a cloud platform – a virtual "try it before you buy it"? In other items, researchers explore the reliability of HPC cloud, take another pass at GPU virtualization, and evaluate I/O performance in Amazon's EC2 cloud.

Kawasaki Selects Virtustream for Cloud-based Dealership Portal

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:43:37 EDT

Virtustream announced that Kawasaki has deployed Virtustream’s enterprise cloud solution, xStream.

QMachine Combines HPC with WWW

Xtenit Help — 2013-03-14

QMachine leverages the processing power of Web browsers to create a commodity supercomputer.

HPC Bolsters Life Sciences

Tiffany Trader — 2013-03-14

HPC, cloud and big data are experiencing this rich synergy, and it seems nowhere is this more evident than in life sciences. The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC), a new state-of-the-art facility in Western Mass., just received more than $4.5 million in funding for a cloud-based system for computational biology that will tap into this union.

Amazon Chooses Opscode Chef for AWS OpsWorks

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:32:45 EST

Opscode announced that Amazon Web Services' (AWS) new OpsWorks application management solution uses Opscode Chef as the framework to automate everything from configuring server instances to deploying applications in AWS.

Yottamine Serves Up Predictive Analytics On-Demand

Tiffany Trader — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:32:10 EST

Startup Yottamine Analytics is riding the twin waves of cloud and big data. Its cloud-based predictive modeling solution combines the benefits of EC2 spin-up automation and large-scale program parallelism to provide predictive power by the hour for pennies a minute.

Actuate Expands Big Data App Deployment Options for AWS

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:52:29 EST

Actuate Corporation announced enhanced options for their customers using Amazon DynamoDB and other AWS services for their high performance, BIRT-based business analytics.

WSO2 Attracts $10 Million in Funding

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:52:33 EST

WSO2, the lean enterprise middleware company, today announced that it has closed a $10 million funding round led by Toba Capital, and joined by Cisco and Intel Capital.

Cavium Announces Project Thunder SDK for Cloud

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:05:31 EST

Cavium announced the availability of Project Thunder software development platform kit (SDK).

SiSense Expands Big Data Cloud Offering

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:26:26 EST

SiSense and Microsoft Corp. announced that they are working together to add Windows Azure to SiSense Cloud offer.