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Why Computing's Future Is Graphic
Two almost contradictory pieces of news came out today that prove that the next wave of computing is visual. Good graphics were once a mainstay of heavy industry for 3-D or seismic modeling, but in...
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On the Block: SiCortex's DeLorean-Style Green Supercomputer
SiCortex, a company that makes a green supercomputer using proprietary chips and some “Back to the Future” styling, is seeking to sell its assets by the end of June. (Check out what’s for sale here.)...
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HP Finally Boards the Mega Data Center Bandwagon
Hewlett Packard today announced a new line of servers, a data center mapping program and some consulting and financing services aimed at companies that build out mega data centers. Potential...
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Is Verari Shutting Down?
Verari's FOREST Container Twitter, InsideHPC and others are indicating that blade server and storage startup Verari Systems is being shut down today. My calls to the company were answered by a...
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Big Data, ARM and Legal Troubles Transformed Infrastructure in Q4
Some might call this past quarter in the infrastructure space transformative. The rise of ARM-based processing suggests the days of x86 dominance might be coming to an end, while the Amazon Web...
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Dissecting the New SGI’s Plan for Profitability
After hemorrhaging cash for the better part of a decade and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice in three years, it looks like storied server and supercomputer maker SGI might actually turn a profit...
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Infrastructure Q2: Big data and PaaS gain more momentum
Big data and Platform-as-a-Service offerings highlighted the second quarter, suggesting that we can expect to see a shift in enterprise IT practices around application development and analytics very...
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The curious case of Hadoop in HPC
SGI and Cloudera have entered into an agreement that lets SGI sell clusters preloaded with Cloudera’s Hadoop distribution and commercial support, but the most interesting part of the deal is that it...
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‘My Hadoop is bigger than yours’
Money has turned the Hadoop community, once united under the Apache banner and the cuddly stuffed-toy-elephant logo, into something resembling a frat house: Everyone’s under the same roof, but there’s...
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A near-term outlook for big data
Big data now touches everything from enterprises and hospitals to smart-meter startups and connected devices in the home. Hadoop, meanwhile, is fast becoming the leading tool to analyze that data, and...
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Why service providers matter for the future of big data
One major solution to the big data skills shortage has been the emergence of consulting and outsourcing firms specializing in deploying big data systems that companies need in order to actually derive...
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A milestone from Synthetic Genomics: Yellow algae
The New York Times Magazine published a sweeping feature article on Wednesday on genomic genius Craig Venter, who is on a mission to create synthetic microbes to save the planet from climate change,...
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Here’s what Wikipedia looks like over time and place
When you mix a researcher, a massive online encyclopedia and a supercomputer, the result is a collection of insights and visualizations into what Wikipedia looks like mapped across time and space. In a...
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The world according to Twitter as seen through a high-performance computer
I watched the 2012 elections on Twitter, and I wasn’t alone. Data from the social network proves that out, with more than 31 million election-related tweets recorded that night. But what does that type...
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Report: Green Data Center Design Strategies
Data centers are a critical component of many businesses these days, but because of the amount of electricity they consume, they are extremely expensive to run. However, a great deal can be done both...
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Is Verari Shutting Down?
Verari's FOREST Container Twitter, InsideHPC and others are indicating that blade server and storage startup Verari Systems is being shut down today. My calls to the company were answered by a...
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Why Computing's Future Is Graphic
Two almost contradictory pieces of news came out today that prove that the next wave of computing is visual. Good graphics were once a mainstay of heavy industry for 3-D or seismic modeling, but in...
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On the Block: SiCortex's DeLorean-Style Green Supercomputer
SiCortex, a company that makes a green supercomputer using proprietary chips and some “Back to the Future” styling, is seeking to sell its assets by the end of June. (Check out what’s for sale here.)...
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HP Finally Boards the Mega Data Center Bandwagon
Hewlett Packard today announced a new line of servers, a data center mapping program and some consulting and financing services aimed at companies that build out mega data centers. Potential...
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