http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/rss/ Copyright 2013, Tabor Communications Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:37:58 -0400 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:37:58 -0400 Xtenit http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us HPC in the Cloud: Public Clouds http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-17/datapipe_and_verne_global_s_green_cloud.html With that in mind, Datapipe hopes to establish themselves as a green-savvy HPC cloud provider with their recently announced Stratosphere platform. Datapipe markets Stratosphere as a green HPC cloud service and in doing so partnering with Verne Global and their Icelandic datacenter, which is known for its propensity in green computing. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:03:57 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-17/datapipe_and_verne_global_s_green_cloud.html Top Headline http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-14/cloudsigma_ceo_elaborates_on_science_cloud.html Experimental scientific HPC applications are continually being moved to the cloud, as covered here in several capacities over the last couple of weeks. Included in that rundown, Co-founder and CEO of CloudSigma Robert Jenkins penned an article for HPC in the Cloud where he discussed the emergence of cloud technologies to supplement research capabilities of big scientific initiatives like CERN and ESA (the European Space Agency)... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:31:04 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-14/cloudsigma_ceo_elaborates_on_science_cloud.html Feature http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-13/examining_questions_of_virtualization_and_security_in_the_cloud.html When considering moving excess or experimental HPC applications to a cloud environment, there will always be obstacles. Were that not the case, the cost effectiveness of cloud-based HPC would rule the high performance landscape. Jonathan Stewart Ward and Adam Barker of the University of St. Andrews produced an intriguing report on the state of cloud computing, paying a significant amount of attention to the problems facing cloud computing. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:25:51 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-13/examining_questions_of_virtualization_and_security_in_the_cloud.html Feature http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-10/hpc_in_the_cloud:_old_wine_in_new_bottles.html Cloud computing has become mainstream in today’s HPC world. In order to enable the HPC researchers who currently work with large distributed computing systems, to bring their expertise to cloud computing, it is essential to provide them with easier means of applying their knowledge. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:04:56 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-10/hpc_in_the_cloud:_old_wine_in_new_bottles.html Feature http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-07/research_roundup:_integrating_grids_and_clouds.html In this week’s hand-picked assortment, researchers consider integrating grid and cloud infrastructures, explore building secure governance clouds, and review HPC scheduling systems in grid and cloud environments. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:11:36 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-07/research_roundup:_integrating_grids_and_clouds.html Feature http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-06/openstack_and_the_sdsc_research_cloud.html The San Diego Supercomputer Center launched a public cloud system for universities in the area designed specifically to run on commodity hardware with high performance solid-state drives. The center, which currently holds 5.5 PB of raw storage, is open to educational and research users in the University of California. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:56:21 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-06/openstack_and_the_sdsc_research_cloud.html Top Headline http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-05/floating_genomics_to_the_cloud_with_aws.html David Pellerin and Jafar Shameen, both of HPC Business Development at Amazon Web Services, gave a presentation at AWS Summit 2013 to discuss which industries and companies are using the cloud service to run HPC applications. The talk mostly centered on applications in genomics and the life sciences, as highlighted by a third speaker in Alex Dickinson, SVP of Cloud Genomics at Illumina. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:54:22 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-06-05/floating_genomics_to_the_cloud_with_aws.html Feature http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-30/throwing_cancer_on_the_bonfire.html Cloud environments featuring more elasticity help along that process by providing hospitals a cost-efficient avenue to run simulations on particular radiation treatments, as highlighted by the presentation below by BonFIRE. Thu, 30 May 2013 15:19:47 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-30/throwing_cancer_on_the_bonfire.html Top Headline http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-30/running_stochastic_models_on_htcondor.html In an effort to evaluate creative methods of participating in large scientific projects, research out of Brigham Young University done by Spencer Taylor examined the open source software HTCondor, which makes use of computing power from idle computers to perform jobs on a local network. Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-30/running_stochastic_models_on_htcondor.html Top Headline http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-28/the_science_cloud_cometh.html Monumental scientific undertakings have very different goals, but one important feature in common: the huge amounts of data that must be processed efficiently in order to yield accurate results. The answer to this dilemma may lie in one of today’s most innovative computing delivery technologies: cloud computing. Tue, 28 May 2013 17:39:17 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-28/the_science_cloud_cometh.html Feature http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-23/nasa_builds_climate_in_a_box_.html The study of climate change is one of those scientific problems where it is almost essential to model the entire Earth to attain accurate results and make worthwhile predictions. In an attempt to make climate science more accessible to smaller research facilities, NASA introduced what they call ‘Climate in a Box,’ a system they note acts as a desktop supercomputer. Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-23/nasa_builds_climate_in_a_box_.html Top Headline http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-21/cern_google_and_the_future_of_global_science_initiatives.html 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). Tue, 21 May 2013 10:04:07 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-21/cern_google_and_the_future_of_global_science_initiatives.html Feature http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-17/avoiding_scientific_computing_bottlenecks_in_the_cloud.html 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. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:55:14 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-17/avoiding_scientific_computing_bottlenecks_in_the_cloud.html Feature http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-16/running_computational_fluid_dynamics_in_the_cloud.html When it comes to cloud, long distances mean unacceptably high latencies. Researchers from the University of Bonn in Germany examined those latency issues of doing CFD modeling in the cloud by utilizing a common CFD and its utilization in HPC instance types including both CPU and GPU cores of Amazon EC2. Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-16/running_computational_fluid_dynamics_in_the_cloud.html Top Headline http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-10/in_support_of_cloud-based_rendering.html Australian visual effects company, Animal Logic, is considering a move to the public cloud. Fri, 10 May 2013 19:54:16 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-10/in_support_of_cloud-based_rendering.html Top Headline http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-10/overcoming_the_cloud_security_barrier_for_financial_services.html The private industry least likely to adopt public cloud services for data storage are financial institutions. Holding the most sensitive and heavily-regulated of data types, personal financial information, banks and similar institutions are mostly moving towards private cloud services – and doing so at great cost. Fri, 10 May 2013 18:41:59 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-10/overcoming_the_cloud_security_barrier_for_financial_services.html Feature http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-10/fujitsu_announces_vertically_integrated_virtualization_and_cloud_platform.html Integrated System Cloud Ready Blocks reduces system operational costs by up to 60% over the entire product lifecycle. Fri, 10 May 2013 17:25:29 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-10/fujitsu_announces_vertically_integrated_virtualization_and_cloud_platform.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-09/opennebula_4.0_released.html The fourth generation of OpenNebula is the result of seven years of continuous innovation in close collaboration with its users. Thu, 09 May 2013 12:05:58 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-09/opennebula_4.0_released.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-09/aws_direct_connect_service_now_available_in_equinix_seattle_datacenters.html Equinix, Inc. announced the availability of the AWS Direct Connect service in the Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in Seattle (SE2 and SE3). Thu, 09 May 2013 12:03:43 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-09/aws_direct_connect_service_now_available_in_equinix_seattle_datacenters.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-08/tier_3_debuts_reseller_edition_of_its_enterprise_cloud_services.html Announced today at Interop, the Tier 3 Cloud Reseller Edition is a new collection of branding and administrative features designed for the channel. Wed, 08 May 2013 11:55:59 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-08/tier_3_debuts_reseller_edition_of_its_enterprise_cloud_services.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-01/actuate_integrates_actuateone_and_birt_ondemand_with_amazon_redshift.html Actuate have integrated ActuateOne and BIRT onDemand with Amazon Redshift, AWS’s new petabyte-scale cloud warehouse service. Wed, 01 May 2013 15:55:44 -0400 http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/hpccloud/2013-05-01/actuate_integrates_actuateone_and_birt_ondemand_with_amazon_redshift.html Off the Wire