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The Portland Group
The Portland Group, Inc. (also known as PGI) develops and markets high performance parallel Fortran, C and C++ compilers and tools. Offering world class performance and comprehensive cross-platform support and optimization, PGI supports multicore 64-bit AMD64 and Intel 64, and 32-bit x86 processor-based workstation, servers and clusters running over 30 popular Linux, Mac OS X and Windows releases. Key advantages include fast compilation speed, integrated graphical parallel debugger and profiler, comprehensive documentation, online tutorials, and outstanding technical support. Go to www.pgroup.com for more information.
ISC’11: The International Supercomputing Conference
ISC is Europe’s premier international conference and exhibition on supercomputing. It provides an unrivaled opportunity to learn about the most important developments in the fields of supercomputing, networking and storage. The 4-day conference with its exceptional lineup of speakers and the 3-day world-class HPC show as well as the great networking opportunities will draw some 1,500 participants. For more information, please visit www.supercomp.de/isc09. insideHPC.com is proud to be a media partner of ISC’11.
Scalable Informatics
Scalable Informatics is a privately-owned high performance computing solutions company focusing on delivering pragmatic solutions to your computational and storage needs. Based in Canton, MI, Scalable Informatics designs, builds, integrates, deploys, and supports high performance storage and workstation hardware, computing clusters, scalable and accelerated software, and offers support, consulting, and development services. Celebrating our 7th year in business, we continue to help our customers lower costs and achieve game-changing performance with our mix of products, support, and service offerings. For more information, contact Scalable Informatics at 734.786.8423 or visit www.scalableinformatics.com.
Penguin Computing
Penguin Computing, headquartered in San Francisco, California, specializes in complete, integrated HPC clustering solutions. Penguin has been a successful innovator for over a decade, providing Linux HPC solutions to a variety of industries. Penguin’s staff, including the originator of the Beowulf Cluster architecture, has unsurpassed experience in delivering a powerful combination of fully integrated HPC clusters, comprehensive cluster management software, and services. For more information about Penguin Computing and Penguin products please go to www.penguincomputing.com.
ScaleMP
ScaleMP is the leader in virtualization for high-end computing, providing higher performance and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). The innovative Versatile SMP (vSMP) architecture aggregates multiple x86 systems into a single virtual x86 system, delivering an industry-standard, high-end symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) computer. Using software to replace custom hardware and components, ScaleMP offers a new, revolutionary computing paradigm. Solutions based on vSMP Foundation provide superior performance at prices significantly lower than traditional SMPs and comparable to managed x86 clusters. vSMP Foundation also simplifies implementation of clusters, in terms of installation and on-going management costs. For more information, visit www.ScaleMP.com or contact ScaleMP at info@ScaleMP.com or 1-877-MAX-vSMP.
Intel
Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com and blogs.intel.com.
Convey Computer Corporation
Based in Richardson, Texas, Convey Computer breaks power, performance and programmability barriers with the world’s first hybrid-core computer—a system that marries the low cost and simple programming model of a commodity system with the performance of a customized hardware architecture. Convey brings decades of experience and intellectual assets to performance problem-solving. Its executive and design teams all come from successful backgrounds of building computer companies, most notably Convex Computer Corporation and Hewlett-Packard. Convey Computer investors include Braemar Energy Ventures, CenterPoint Ventures, Intel Capital, InterWest Partners, Rho Ventures, and Xilinx. More information can be found at: www.conveycomputer.com.
Mellanox Technologies
Mellanox Technologies is a leading supplier of end-to-end connectivity solutions for servers and storage that optimize data center performance. Mellanox products deliver market-leading bandwidth, performance, scalability, power conservation and cost-effectiveness while converging multiple legacy network technologies into one future-proof solution. For the best in performance and scalability, Mellanox is the choice for Fortune 500 data centers and the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Founded in 1999, Mellanox Technologies is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and Yokneam, Israel. To learn more, visit us at www.mellanox.com.
Nvidia
The NVIDIA® Tesla™ 20-series is designed from the ground up for high performance computing (HPC). Based on the next generation CUDA GPU architecture codenamed “Fermi”, it supports many “must have” features for technical and enterprise computing. These include ECC protection for uncompromised accuracy and data reliability, support for C++, and double precision floating-point performance. When compared to the latest quad-core CPU, Tesla 20-series GPU computing processors deliver equivalent performance at 1/20th the power consumption and 1/10th the cost.
HPC Advisory Council
The HPC Advisory Council’s mission is to bridge the gap between high-performance computing (HPC) use and its potential, bring the beneficial capabilities of HPC to new users for better research, education, innovation and product manufacturing, bring users the expertise needed to operate HPC systems, provide application designers with the tools needed to enable parallel computing, and to strengthen the qualification and integration of HPC system products. For more information about the HPC Advisory Council, please visit www.hpcadvisorycouncil.com.
Colfax International
Colfax International is a leading provider of innovative and expertly engineered workstations, servers, clusters, storage, and personal supercomputing solutions. Colfax International is uniquely positioned to offer the broadest spectrum of high performance computing solutions, all of them completely customizable to meet your needs – far beyond anything you can get from any other name brand. Ready-to-go Colfax HPC solutions deliver significant price/performance advantages, and increased IT agility, that accelerates your business and research outcomes. Colfax International’s extensive customer base includes Fortune 1000 companies, educational institutions, and government agencies. Founded in 1987, Colfax International is based in Sunnyvale, California and is privately held.
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers have been bringing the knowledge of experts to the computing community since 1984. Our goal is to provide timely yet timeless content to research and development professionals, business leaders and information technology managers, everyday practitioners, and academia. Through superior print and digital content, our leading authors educate readers and inspire future innovation. We publish textbooks that often redefine the trajectory of computer science education and technical references that help professionals stay ahead of the curve.
CDM Media
The Strategic Business Summits division of CDM Media was derived from the need for face-to-face interaction between our technology solution provider clients, analyst partners and industry IT leaders across several verticals. While many business professionals’ days are consumed with online work and communication, the SBS Division of CDM Media puts the value of a face-to-face executive exchanges back into the ROI category. Learn more at: http://www.cdmmedia.com/.
HPCC 2011 Conference
The National High Performance Computing and Communications Council holds an annual High Performance Computing and Communications Conference each Spring. This is one of the few conferences that emphasize communication between manufacturers and users, as well as academics and the government agencies which establish policy and regulate the use of advanced technologies. Each year the Council Conference Committee plans an agenda full of prominent speakers who provide a wealth of information in a forum designed for exchanging information, discussing technical issues, and transferring technology within the HPCC community. Learn more at hpcc-usa.org.
Liason Public Relations
Founded in 1998 by Heidi Lowell, Liaison Inc. is a public relations consulting company that focuses on emerging companies and technologies across multiple markets, ranging from digital content creation (DCC), broadcast, film and game development to computer-aided design (CAD), visualization and high performance computing (HPC). Liaison Public Relations raises brand awareness and drives sales through a combination of traditional PR methods, social media and Web 2.0 tools which allow us to authentically reach customers, inspire collaboration and build communities on the Web. With these methods and content management systems, we also provide an easy way to track, organize and display a brands activity in the blogosphere and online media.
Opal Events
Opal Events coordinates leading pharmaceutical, healthcare and investment management conferences across the United States, Europe and South America. These events provide delegates with the necessary information and networking opportunities to help their business grow in today’s competitive environment.
Kirkley Communications
To build sales and stay ahead of your competitors, you need outstanding marketing collateral that delivers the right message to the right audience. High-impact, well-written, targeted content is essential. And that’s where Kirkley Communications comes in. I am a marketing communications content creator with more than 25 years experience writing for leading high technology companies. I’m very good, very fast, and my prices are competitive. From crisp web copy to inspiring success stories and compelling, informative white papers, I can meet the full spectrum of your marcomm and business communications copywriting needs. I am also a professional voiceover artist so I can not only write your video and podcast scripts, but voice them as well. Learn more at http://www.kirkleycommunications.com.














