Radio HPC: The Rich Report

ScaleMP Update on Server Aggregation

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:22:45 PDT

In this podcast, Shai Fultheim from ScaleMP provides an update on the company’s virtualization software solutions for HPC. The company is preparing a big announcement at ISC’12. You can hear some of the details here or check out their booth #303 in Hamburg.

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 expensive custom hardware and components, ScaleMP offers a new, revolutionary computing paradigm.

Learn more at: http://scalemp.com.

Top Benefits of Cloud Databases

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:21:30 PDT

In this podcast, Karen Tegan Padir from EnterpriseDB presents: Top Benefits of Cloud Databases.

PostgreSQL is the #1 enterprise-class open source database with a feature set comparable to the major proprietary RDBMS vendors and a customer list that spans every industry. EnterpriseDB’s Postgres Plus solutions let you confidently develop and deploy PostgreSQL-backed applications that scale all the way from embedded solutions to massive OLTP and data warehouse systems that serve thousands of users.

Learn more at: http://enterprisedb.com.

Time-to-Answer - A Business-Driven Scorecard for Big Data

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:01:56 PDT

In this podcast, Paul Barth from New Venture Partners presents: Time-to-Answer - A Business-Driven Scorecard for Big Data. According to Barth, the key to business success is data preparation (cleanse, normalize, and integrate the data), not the total amount of data that you have.

NewVantage helps clients mitigate the risk of critical business initiatives -- information strategy, data management/governance, customer/digital strategy, and business process alignment -- through a focus on up-front planning and execution: current state assessment, future state vision, roadmap, business case, requirements, capabilities, business architecture, and by providing a critical link between business and technology strategy and capabilities. Succcessful business transformation requires committed business sponsorship and strong technology partnership, and benefit from the independent, expert perspectives of business and technology executives who have “sat in the chair.”

Learn more at: http://newvantage.com.

DDN WOS Software on OCP Storage Hardware to Enable Hyperscale Storage Clouds

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:21:04 PDT

In this podcast, Jeff Denworth from DDN provides details on the company’s recent announcement that their Web Object Scaler (WOS) will support Open Compute server and storage platforms in cooperation with the Open Compute Project.

Historically, there has not been an industry movement around standardizing and driving the adoption of mass-market hyperscale hardware technology,” said Jean-Luc Chatelain, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Technology, DDN. “With the new OCP storage hardware specification, DDN is able to focus its cloud storage efforts and investments on the software intelligence that drives today’s business and social connection. The Open Compute movement allows us to harness the power of crowd-sourced hardware design and a highly optimized supply chain to drive the best value for our customers.”

Learn more at http://datadirectnetworks.com

Spectra to Deliver 380 Petabytes of Tape Storage to Blue Waters

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:06:37 PDT

In this podcast, Michelle Butler from NCSA and Molly Rector from Spectra Logic discuss the massive tape storage system that is being deployed for the 10 Petaflop Blue Waters supercomputer. As announced this week, the Blue Waters system will be one of the world’s largest active file repositories stored on tape media and will scale to a capacity of 380 raw petabytes within the first two years of operation.

NCSA designed Blue Waters to be one of the largest, most powerful supercomputing ecosystems in the world,” said Bill Kramer deputy director of the Blue Waters project at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “The Spectra Logic T-Finity met our rigorous requirements with its high enterprise-level performance, ready data accessibility and massively scalable capacity. We are confident it will provide our user community with fast, reliable access to the massive volumes of critical data stored within Blue Waters’ Petascale near-line file repository.”

Spectra T-Finity tape libraries will provide the Blue Waters project with the ability to keep all near-line data accessible in an active repository, perform automated data integrity verification for the data store, and deliver high performance read/write rates of up to 2.2 PBs per hour utilizing enterprise TS1140 Technology tape drives.

Allinea Software - Meeting the Quest to Run Applications Faster

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:52:32 PDT

In this podcast, Patrick Wohlschlegel from Allinea Software describes the company's advanced parallel debugging capabilities.

Our mission is to make it easier for software developers and scientists to make their software scale up to take full advantage of current and emerging parallel computer systems. We do this by developing innovative tools that ensure correctness and optimization of parallel codes, and we are recognized as a leader and innovator in our market. We created the world's first petascale debugger - allowing users for the first time to debug at any scale. We also developed the first hybrid GPU debugger - enabling simultaneous debugging across multiple architectures in the same tool."

Learn more at: http://allinea.com.

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:13:52 PDT

In this podcast, Patrick Geoffray and Torsten Hoefler from the Hot Interconnects Conference lay out thier final Call for Papers. Conference themes include cross-cutting issues spanning computer systems, networking technologies, and communication protocols for high-performance interconnection networks. This conference is directed particularly at new and exciting technology and product innovations in these areas. Contributions should focus on real experimental systems, prototypes, or leading-edge products and their performance evaluation. Submissions are due May 20. Learn more at: http://hoti.org

High Performance Networking Solutions from Emulex & Myricom

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Tue, 08 May 2012 08:26:42 PDT

In this podcast, Seth Walsh from Emulex and Nan Bodin from Myricom present: High Performance Networking Solutions. Today Emulex announced its bringing its new family of OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet Network Xceleration solutions to market in partnership with Myricom.

Partnering with Emulex allows Myricom to bring its unique high performance networking software solutions for specific vertical market applications to a broader market,” said Dr. Nan Boden, chief executive officer, Myricom. “Emulex’s market strength and industry-leading Ethernet road map combined with Myricom’s ultra-low latency performance, lossless packet capture/injection and traffic shaping technology enables the two companies to provide best-of-breed HPC networking.”

Learn more at: http://emulex.com.

Scalable HPC New Accelerations for Parallel Programming Languages over InfiniBand

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:21:17 PDT

In this slidecast, Todd Wilde from Mellanox presents: Scalable HPC New Accelerations for Parallel Programming Languages over InfiniBand.

This presentation will explore new advancements Mellanox has developed in increasing the performance and scalability of parallel programs over InfiniBand. These include Fabric Collectives Accelerator (FCA), and Mellanox Messaging Accelerations (MXM). In addition, the webinar will provide an overview of the parallel programming libraries that are using these accelerations, including the new ScalableSHMEM and ScalableUPC PGAS libraries that Mellanox has recently introduced to run over InfiniBand."

Learn more at: http://mellanox.com.

Startup Offers Crowd-sourced "Call to Action" Engagements

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:30:02 PDT

In this podcast, Seth Elliott from Engagement Media Technologies presents: Crowd-sourced "Call to Action" Engagements.

"Engage.Me™ technology enables clients to create engaging and actionable experiences for consumers to participate in that help build brand ambassadors. Brands can activate a vast user base to perform tasks that result in gained insight for the brand plus increased brand awareness. The tasks can be "gamified" to create a more enticing experience for the consumer. Additionally, Engage.Me Live! technology enables organizations to create rich community experiences around live events involving celebrities, musicians, sports, and more. By using the StringFly™ mobile application, tech-savvy entertainment enthusiasts can engage with their friends, by streaming and uploading text, photos, and videos to branded entertainment channels in real-time."

Learn more at: http://www.emt.tv.

Newvem - Know Your Cloud

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:20:37 PDT

In this podcast, Zev Laderman from Newvem presents: Newvem - Know Your Cloud. "Newvem is the leader in enhancing cloud usage effectiveness through data analytics. Newvem's suite of tools utilize both cloud data analysis and crowd sourcing to enable DevOps, IT Managers and other Cloud Stakeholders to get to the bottom of their cloud faster by operating more efficient, secure, and cost effective clouds." Learn more at http://newvem.com.

Convey Computer Introduces Next-generation Hybrid-core: the HC-2

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:19:01 PDT

In this podcast, Convey CEO Bruce Toal presents: Convey Computer Introduces Next-generation Hybrid-core: the HC-2.

The Convey HC-2 systems increase application performance 2-3 times over previous generations of Convey servers and orders of magnitude over commodity servers. Earlier versions of the Convey systems allow the performance-critical portions of applications to achieve significant acceleration on the coprocessor. Convey's latest hybrid-core systems attain even greater acceleration by vastly increasing performance for the entire application — even those portions not assigned to the coprocessor.

Learn more at: http://conveycomputer.com/convey-hc2-hybrid-core.html

Overview of Univa Grid Engine

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:06:38 PDT

In this podcast, Gary Tyreman from Univa presents an overview of Univa Grid Engine.

Univa Grid Engine is the next generation product that Sun Grid Engine users have been waiting for. Our customers save time and money through increased uptime, and with our innovative feature and product evolution they can significantly reduce the total cost of ownership of running Grid Engine.”

Learn more at: http://univa.com.

Bina - Accelerating Data-Driven Healthcare

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:04:28 PDT

In this slidecast, Narges Bani Asadi from a new Startup called Bina presents: Bina - Accelerating Data-Driven Healthcare.

In 2008, a renowned team of researchers at Stanford and UC Berkeley came together to solve a critical problem for cancer researchers who were severely constrained by their existing computing capabilities for large-scale data analysis. Through this work they created a new approach to the integrated co-development of statistical algorithms, software and hardware for high performance data analysis. The result was a dramatic improvement in the accuracy, computational efficiency and cost of data analysis. The team founded Bina Technologies in 2010 to bring this approach to market.”

Learn more at: http://binatechnologies.com.

How to Best Align Your Big Data Strategy: Start at the End

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:02:52 PDT

In this podcast, Mike Boyarski from Jaspersoft presents: How to Best Align Your Big Data Strategy: Start at the End. Jaspersoft provides the most cost effective and widely deployed business intelligence software in the world, enabling better decision making through highly interactive, web-based reports, dashboards and analysis. Learn more at: http://jaspersoft.com.

TPC - Creating Benchmarks to Meet Changing Industry Demands

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:58:45 PDT

In this podcast, Michael Poess from the TPC Transaction Processing Council presents: Creating Benchmarks to Meet Changing Industry Demands. Learn more at http://tpc.org

IBM's Big Data Platform - Smarter Analytics for the Information Deluge

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:20:42 PDT

In this podcast, IBM's David Corrigan presents: IBM's Big Data Platform - Smarter Analytics for the Information Deluge. Learn more at http://ibm.com/bigdata.

Bright Computing Takes Cluster Management to the Next Level

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:04:53 PDT

In this podcast, Bright Computing Founder and CEO Matthijs van Leeuwen describes how the company is taking cluster management to a new level.

Bright Cluster Manager is a comprehensive cluster management solution for managing all types of HPC clusters and server farms, including CPU and GPU clusters, storage and database clusters, and big data Hadoop clusters. Bright also manages your clusters in the cloud.

mCloud Solutions Overview for the Cloud

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:59:16 PDT

In this podcast, Kaz Brecher from MorphLabs presents: mCloud Solutions Overview for the Cloud.

Learn more at: http://www.morphlabs.com/solutions/enterprise-solutions/

NetApp Solutions for HPC

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:56:45 PDT

In this podcast, Rich Clifton from NetApp discusses the company's storage solutions for HPC.

Learn more at: http://www.netapp.com/us/solutions/a-z/high-performance-computing.html

Intergence – 6 Steps to Cloud Heaven

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:29:37 PDT

In this podcast, Intergence CEO Peter Job describes how the company takes businesses onto the Road to Cloud Heaven.

SAP & Big Data – Turning Information into Actionable Knowledge

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:16:54 PDT

In this podcast, Carolee Gearhart from SAP presents: Big Data - Turning Information into Actionable Knowledge. Gearhart is National VP of OEM & Strategic Partner Group for North America at the company.

Learn more at: http://sap.com

SGI NAS – Scalable, Modular Open Storage

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:43:40 PDT

In this podcast, Floyd Christofferson from SGI presents: SGI NAS - Scalable, Modular Open Storage. The company has combined a number of leading-edge, open technologies including ZFS and DTrace to accelerate network attached storage.

Learn more at: http://sgi.com

6 Steps to Cloud Heaven

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:07:34 PDT

In this podcast, Intergence CEO Peter Job describes how the company takes businesses onto the Road to Cloud Heaven.

Learn more at: http://www.cloudcomputing-365.info/news_full.php?id=21637

HPC Analyst Crossfire – Live from the National HPCC Conference 2012

overheardinpdx@gmail.com (Rich Brueckner) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:04:41 PDT

In this podcast, Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research leads a panel discussion on current issues facing the high performance computing community. Recorded March 28, 2012 at the National HPCC conference in Newport.

Panelists:

Marc Hamilton, HP
Dr. Mark Fernandez, Dell
Merle Giles, NCSA
Steve Finn, Cherokee Information Systems

Watch the video at: http://insidehpc.com/2012/04/04/hpc-analyst-crossfire-live-from-the-national-hpcc-conference-2012/