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Computer scientists at the DOE have simultaneously booted one million Linux kernels, all of which ran as virtual machines on the Thunderbird supercomputer at Sandia National Laboratories.
Cluster Resources, whose Moab automation software is widely used in high performance computing, is expanding its focus to the data center and adopting a new name: Adaptive Computing
Is virtualization licensing "broken" when it comes to the cloud? Steve O'Donnell tackles the subject over at The Hot Aisle, discussing the forumulas used by virtualization vendors to bill for their software.
Is virtualization licensing "broken" when it comes to the cloud? Steve O'Donnell tackles the subject over at The Hot Aisle, discussing the forumulas used by virtualization vendors to bill for their software.
webappVM, a new cloud computing startup funded and advised by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, plans to help enterprise companies deploy and manage applications in the cloud.
Pingdom has assembled a review of Ten of the Coolest and Most Powerful Supercomputers, starting with the Cray 1 in the 1970s right up through Roadrunner 2.
SiCortex, which specializes in energy-efficient systems for high-performance computing, shut down its engineering operations Wednesday and is selling its assets.
Linden Lab will expand the back-end for Second Life to the East Coast, adding server infrastructure at the NAP of the Capital Region, a large data center operated by Terremark Worldwide (TMRK) in Culpeper, Virginia.
Wolfram Alpha's supercomputer-backed infrastructure hasn't performed well in traffic load tests, and this evening's live launch of the "knowledge engine" service will likely be postponed.