HPC in the Cloud: Other Topics

Brian Krzanich Elected Intel CEO

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-02

Intel announced that the board of directors has elected Brian Krzanich as its next chief executive officer, succeeding Paul Otellini.

Pankaj Mehra Named Chief Technology Officer for Fusion-io

Xtenit Help — 2013-05-01

Fusion-io announced Dr. Pankaj Mehra has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President.

BTI Adds Former VMware Executive to Board of Directors

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:26:26 EDT

BTI Systems announced that software industry visionary Tod Nielsen is joining its board of directors.

AWS Reduces EC2 Pricing for the 26th Time

Tiffany Trader — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:19:25 EST

It's looking like a race to the bottom as far as cloud pricing is concerned.

Intersect360 Hires Michael Feldman as Senior Analyst

Xtenit Help — 2013-02-11

Intersect360 Research announced that it has hired Michael Feldman, a 35-year computer industry veteran, to augment its analyst team.

Volunteer Grid Project Finds Biggest Prime Ever

Tiffany Trader — 2013-02-08

The 17,425,170-digit prime number was discovered after a five-year hunt.

Vic Bhagat Joins EMC as Executive VP, CIO

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:01:43 EST

EMC Corporation announced that 20-year General Electric (GE) veteran Vic Bhagat has joined EMC as Executive Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Information Officer.

CRN Unveils the Data Center 100

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:14:42 EST

UBM Tech Channel's CRN today announced the 2013 Data Center 100. This annual list recognizes technology vendors for powering, supporting and protecting today's data center services.

HPCwire Reveals the 2013 People to Watch

Xtenit Help — 2013-01-25

HPCwire has published its 2013 People to Watch list, comprised of an elite group of the best and brightest minds contributing to HPC research.

Rajkumar Buyya Named Editor in Chief of New IEEE Computer Society Cloud Computing Journal

Tiffany Trader — 2012-12-27

Well known in the cloud computing community, Buyya will serve as editor in chief of the new journal IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing.

GE's Grid IQ Key to Develop Modern Grid

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:24:59 EST

Grid IQ "Solutions as a Service" (SaaS) replaces utilities' IT infrastructure requirements with cloud-based computing and helps utilities manage risks associated with long-term technology investment decisions.

Research and Markets Announces Virtualization Software Market

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:32:45 EST

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Cloud Virtualization Software Market 2011-2015" report to their offering.

Joyent Accelerates Momentum with CEO Appointment

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:04:22 EST

Joyent, the high-performance cloud infrastructure company, today appointed Henry Wasik as chief executive officer.

Tabor Communications Debuts Green Computing Report

Xtenit Help — 2012-11-07

Tabor Communications Inc. announced the debut of its newest online news and information portal covering energy-efficient and eco-friendly computing in the datacenter, Green Computing Report.

AMD Unveils 64-Bit ARM Strategy

Tiffany Trader — 2012-11-01

On Monday, AMD announced it is adding ARM-based Opterons to its portfolio, the first non-x86 server chips in the company's history. The new processors, due out in 2014, will use 64-bit ARM SoCs on top of its SeaMicro Freedom Fabric technology, and will be aimed at the datacenter and cloud space.

Tabor Communications Names Richard L. Brandt as Editor of Green Computing Report

Tiffany Trader — 2012-10-25

Tabor Communications today announced that Richard L. Brandt has been appointed as the Managing Editor for the recently announced Green Computing Report.

Promoting Hemispheric Advancement Through Collaborative Research

Tiffany Trader — 2012-10-23

The Organization of American States (OAS) has been called the UN of the Americas and it is involved in everything from food security to supercomputing. It is the prime political forum of the western hemisphere and the world's oldest regional organization.

Sony Removes Folding@home Service from PS3

Tiffany Trader — 2012-10-22

After a successful five-year run, Sony is ending its participation with Stanford University's Folding@home project.

Cycle Scavenging Startup Gets Its Grid On

Tiffany Trader — 2012-10-16

Portland-based CPUsage operates kind of like the volunteer computing grids, except the startup pays users for their "extra" compute power.

Digital Gold Rush Powered by GPUs

Robert Gelber — 2012-10-09

Coinlab, a Seattle-based startup that offers a unique monetization service, is considering a move into high performance computing. Today the company mines Bitcoins, digital currency to help online gamers make money. But they believe the same infrastructure that powers their operation can be parlayed into an HPC service business.