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May 27, 2012

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ALSO CALLED: HPC, High-Performance Clusters, High-Performance Computing, High Performance Clusters DEFINITION: High-performance computing (HPC) is the use of parallel processing for running advanced application programs efficiently, reliably and quickly. The term applies especially to systems that function above a teraflop or 1012 floating-point operations per second. The term HPC is occasionally used as a synonym for supercomputing, although technically a supercomputer is a system that performs at or near … Definition continues below.
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Staying On Top of Algos sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about the real-time analytics capabilities of complex event processing (CEP) and discover how this technology can be leveraged for business agility, particularly for algorithm monitiring in hte trading industry. Posted: 04 May 2012 \| Published: 04 May 2012 TOPICS: Business Activity Monitoring \| Equity Processing \| High Performance Computing \| Real-time Analytical Software \| Real-time Analytics

Imagination to Insight: Accelerating Discovery with the Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Under-performing processors can limit the potential of HPC applications and interfere with an organization's ability to run simulations and solve problems in a timely manner. This solution brief discusses the latest processor developments that optimize performance, strengthen security, and enable parallelism in business infrastructures. Posted: 17 Apr 2012 \| Published: 17 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Bandwidth Management \| Data Center Management \| Hardware \| High Performance Computing \| Performance Testing \| Processor Architectures \| Research and Development \| Security

The Main Components of a Unified Fabric sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: A Unified Fabric is the merging of the SAN / LAN and infiniband capabilities into one wire and switch. Though this change will save businesses money, it's important to get all the administrators on the same page. In this exclusive resource, learn how a Unified Fabric works and who should manage it. Posted: 05 Jan 2012 \| Published: 05 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Fibre Channel \| High Performance Computing \| LAN \| Network Management \| Networking \| SAN \| Storage Management

Enhance Customer Loyalty through Higher Responsiveness sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: The user experience associated with web applications relies in large part on the availability and management of their session data, its persistence, and its management. This white paper focuses on the topic of data availability and management for mission-critical web applications. Posted: 03 Jun 2011 \| Published: 03 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Performance Management \| Customer Loyalty \| Customer Retention \| eCommerce \| High Availability \| High Performance Computing \| Oracle (Product) \| SOA \| Web Applications Management

Virtualization Defined: 8 Best Practices to Reap Proven Virtualization Rewards sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Many organizations are eager to enjoy all the benefits virtualization offers, such as high availability and cost-savings, but transitioning is no easy task. Read this white paper to learn how to manage the various aspects of successfully implementing virtualization and review tools that can help you get the most from your project. Posted: 15 Dec 2010 \| Published: 15 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| High Availability \| High Performance Computing \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

Get More Storage Efficiency with Oracle's Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Exponential data growth is challenging today’s IT managers to scale their storage capacity while delivering high performance and staying within tight budgets. Read this paper to find out so much more. Posted: 01 Oct 2010 \| Published: 01 Oct 2010 TOPICS: High Performance Computing \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Open Source Software \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Fibre Channel Essentials sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: The protocol utilized to transport data between servers and storage for High Performance Computing (HPC) and to define a Storage Area Network (SAN) is Fibre Channel(FC). Fibre Channel is an "invisible" protocol, because it is only known to the technicians that implement it and keep it working. This paper will provide an overview of this technology. Posted: 25 Jan 2010 \| Published: 25 Jan 2010 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| High Performance Computing \| Network Management \| Network Management Protocols

Enhance Customer Loyalty through Higher Responsiveness sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: The user experience associated with web applications relies in large part on the availability and management of their session data, its persistence, and its management. This white paper focuses on the topic of data availability and management for mission-critical web applications. Posted: 18 Sep 2009 \| Published: 18 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Performance Management \| Customer Loyalty \| Customer Retention \| High Availability \| High Performance Computing \| Oracle (Product) \| SOA \| Web Applications Management

Quantum's StorNext 3.0 - High Performance Data Sharing with Built-in Data De-duplication sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: Acting quickly since its acquisition of ADIC last August, Quantum recently announced a major update to its StorNext software solution. Posted: 13 Jun 2007 \| Published: 13 Jun 2007 TOPICS: Content Archiving \| Data Management Software \| Data Replication \| File Server Software \| High Performance Computing \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management Software

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HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DEFINITION (continued): … the currently highest operational rate for computers. Some supercomputers work at more than a petaflop or 1015 floating-point operations per second.The most common users of HPC systems are scientific researchers, engineers and academic institutions. Some government agencies, particularly the military, also rely on HPC for complex applications. High-performance systems often use custom-made components in addition to so-called commodity components. As demand for processing power and speed grows, HPC will likely interest businesses of all sizes, particularly for transaction processing and data warehouses. …
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