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Archives for January 2016
New Hortonworks Partnerworks Program Meets Demands of an Open and Growing Ecosystem
January 15, 2016 by
Impetus Technologies Reveals Plans to Hire 150 Senior Technologists and Data Scientists in the U.S.
January 14, 2016 by
Impetus Technologies, a big data thought leader, software, services and solutions company, announced plans to hire 150 big data architects, senior developers and data scientists to support the rapid growth of its business.
Video: Bridges Supercomputer to be a Flexible Resource for Data Analytics
January 14, 2016 by
In this video, Nick Nystrom from PSC describes the new Bridges Supercomputer. Bridges sports a unique architecture featuring Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) large-memory servers including HPE Integrity Superdome X, HPE ProLiant DL580, and HPE Apollo 2000. Bridges is interconnected by Intel Omni-Path Architecture fabric, deployed in a custom topology for Bridges’ anticipated workloads.
Géant Expands Europe’s National Research and Education Network
January 14, 2016 by
Géant, Europe’s collaboration on e-infrastructure and services for research and education, and operator of the network that interconnects Europe’s National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), has extended its 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network into data centers.
Podcast: Simulating how Lasers can Transform Materials
January 14, 2016 by
Researchers are using XSEDE compute resources to study how lasers can be used to make useful materials. In this podcast, Dr. Zhigilei discusses the practical applications of zapping surfaces with short laser pulses. Laser ablation, which refers to the ejection of materials from the irradiated target, generates chemical-free nanoparticles that can be used in medical applications, for example.
Seagate to Power CEA Supercomputing Data Management Infrastructure
January 14, 2016 by
Today Seagate announced that the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has selected the Seagate ClusterStor L300 for its GS1K HPC storage needs. GS1K is the next-generation supercomputing data management infrastructure for CEA’s Military Applications Division.
The State of Data Science in 2016
January 14, 2016 by
More and more people are entering the data science field everyday, but how have methodologies changed over the past few years? The infographic below courtesy of Platfora provides several key points.
Data Is the New Content
January 14, 2016 by
In this special guest feature, Moshe Kranc, CTO at the tech consulting firm Ness, discusses how big industry players will increasingly try to corner the market on high quality one-of-a-kind data that can yield actionable insights – unseating content as king.
Evaluating NoSQL Performance: Which Database is Right for Your Data?
January 13, 2016 by
The presentation by Sergey Sverchkov during JAX London below focuses on real-world successful attempts to benchmark four of the most popular NoSQL databases side by side.
Allinea Tools Help Deliver 30% Performance Boost in Reservoir Simulation
January 13, 2016 by
Today Allinea reports that developers of Roxar Software Solutions at Emerson Process Management used the Allinea Forge to increase the performance of their Tempest MORE next-generation reservoir simulator by 30 percent.
