Anil Maurya writes that the Dell Lifecycle Controller provides a simplified method for the installation or updating of drivers on a cluster with heterogeneous platforms. Dell Lifecycle Controller (LCC) is an onboard systems management device that is a part of the iDRAC express and above on the 11th generation Dell servers. The Lifecycle Controller (LCC) includes […]
IBM to Acquire Platform Computing
October 11, 2011 by
Today IBM announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Platform Computing, a Canadian vendor of cluster and grid management software for distributed computing environments. While financial terms were not disclosed, the acquisition is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of 2011. IBM considers the acquisition of Platform Computing to be a […]
Video: PBS Professional Looks Out 20 Years on Scalability
July 26, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuFmfChtbOE In this video, Rich Brueckner from insideHPC interviews Bill Nitzberg, CTO of PBS Works at Altair Engineering. The company recently celebrated the 20th anniversay of PBS Professional, Altair’s EAL3+ security certified, commercial-grade HPC workload management solution. Recorded at the ISC’11 Conference in Hamburg.
Robert Clyde Joins Adaptive Computing as New CEO
July 19, 2011 by
Today Adaptive Computing announced that Robert Clyde has joined the company as its chief executive officer to support the company’s continued growth in cloud and HPC markets. Clyde brings more than 25 years of industry experience to Adaptive Computing, including executive positions at Symantec, AXENT, and Raxco, Inc. I am thrilled to join the Adaptive […]
At Drexler, Bright Computing Frees Up Users to Focus on Science
July 15, 2011 by
This week Bright Computing announced that the company’s Cluster Manager software is being on Drexel’s most powerful supercomputer — freeing scientists to focus on leading-edge cosmology research instead of managing their complex GPU-based system. The Drexel system is capable of delivering 176,514 GFLOPS of GPU performance, thanks to 68,352 NVIDIA GPU cores and 48 TB RAID […]
Video: Adaptive Computing's HPC Evolution
July 5, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzD7eFqaIEU In this video, Adaptive Computing COO Michael Jackson describes the HPC Evolution towards Gen4, a future capability where entire datacenters can be managed as a single resource. Recorded at the ISC’11 conference in Hamburg, June 22, 2011.
MOAB-CON User Group Event Comes to Hamburg June 17
June 15, 2011 by
Adaptive Computing will be hosting their first-ever European MOAB-CON user group event on Friday, June 17 in Hamburg. The one-day conference will feature packed with information to help users optimize workload management and scheduling. In addition to technology and roadmap updates, they will also feature case study presentations from Moab users, attendees will have direct access […]
Video: Opscode Hosted Chef Goes GA for the Cloud
June 14, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be5qf62jQ2E In this slidecast, Opscode co-founder & CEO Jesse Robbins discusses the company’s latest offering called Hosted Chef. “Thousands of companies have been successfully automating their businesses with Opscode’s Hosted Chef and we are proud to deliver the industry’s first SLA, relentlessly focused on providing 24/7 customer support and the ability to immediately deploy common […]
NextIO and Bright Computing Team up for Financial Services Market
April 5, 2011 by
GPUs offer the promise of lots of compute power for the dollar. But how do you manage these devices efficiently? This week NextIO and Bright Computing announced that the two companies are offereing a GPGPU cluster computing and cluster management solution for HPC customers in the financial services industry. “With Bright Cluster Manager, NextIO customers […]
Video: ClusterVision: Optimizing Utilization with Bright Cluster Manager
March 22, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcokAAAk-Ts In this video, ClusterVision’s Arno Ziebart presents on Optimizing Utilization with Bright Cluster Manager. Recorded at the HPC Advisory Council Switerland 2011 Workshop in Lugano. Workshop lides are available here.
