Globus, a platform for research data management created by researchers at the University of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, was named the Best Integrated Software Experience Award at the 2021 Data Mover Challenge. The award took place at a recent data moving competition held at the SupercomputingAsia conference to […]
HPC Open Source Container Company Sylabs Appoints Adam Hughes CTO
March 23, 2022 by
Reno, NV – March 23, 2022 – Sylabs, the global leader in providing tools and services for performance-intensive container runtime technology, today announced that it has appointed Adam Hughes to the position of Chief Technology Officer. Hughes will lead Sylab’s technology strategy and relevant roadmaps as the company advances its mission to provide the most […]
DDN at GTC Says Storage Appliance Doubles NVIDIA DGX Performance
March 22, 2022 by
CHATSWORTH, Calif. – March 22, 2022 – AI and multi-cloud data management company DDN today announced flash and hybrid data platforms for NVIDIA DGX POD and DGX SuperPOD AI, analytics and deep learning computing infrastructure. Powering thousands of NVIDIA DGX systems, including NVIDIA’s Selene and Cambridge-1 DGX SuperPOD systems, DDN offers AI data storage solutions for applications such as […]
Let’s Talk Exascale: Container Technologies for Exascale Computing
January 12, 2022 by
In this episode of the Exascale Computing Project’s (ECP) Let’s Talk Exascale podcast series, Andrew Younge of Sandia National Laboratories discusses container technology and how it fits into the wider scheme of exascale and high-performance computing (HPC). Container technology has revolutionized software development by providing greater software flexibility, reliability, ease of deployment and portability. But […]
HPC Cluster Management Software Company Bright Computing Acquired by NVIDIA
January 11, 2022 by
HPC cluster management software company Bright Computing has been acquired by GPU powerhouse NVIDIA. Used by more than 700 companies, Bright Cluster Manager is now part of NVIDIA’s software stack for accelerated computing. The companies declined to disclose the terms of the deal other than to say that Bright’s employees will join NVIDIA. “We’ve been working […]
@HPCpodcast: FTC Takes on Nvidia-Arm Deal; Composable HPC –Why, Why Not and How To
December 8, 2021 by
In this Arm-flavored episode of the @HPCpodcast, Shahin Khan of OrionX.net and Doug Black of insideHPC discuss the latest hurdles thrown in front of Nvidia’s attempted acquisition of Arm Ltd., this time from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, along with comments on Amazon Web Services’ new Arm-based Graviton CPU, targeting compute-intensive workloads. We also open […]
Linux Foundation Hosts Project for Container Collaboration Between Enterprise and HPC
November 30, 2021 by
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30, 2021 — The Linux Foundation has announced it will host the Apptainer project (formerly the Singularity project) — Apptainer being a widely used container system for high-performance computing (HPC) and one of the container systems suited for both enterprise and HPC use cases. It is designed to execute applications at bare-metal performance […]
HPC in the News: Data Management Automation and Faster Processor Gates; Intel and TSMC in Arizona, Europe
July 14, 2021 by
The everlasting rat’s nest that is scientific computing data management, the permanent quest for more advanced-level processing power, and investments in new fabs for advanced chips are HPC topics in the news this week. Taking on data management at the upper reaches of data-intensive workloads is Harvard University Associate Professor Stratos Idreos, who two years […]
Atos Launches Digital Collaboration Initiative: ‘Atos Digital Hub’
July 7, 2021 by
Paris, July 7, 2021 – At its annual “Atos Technology Days” event, Atos today announced an initiative, “Atos Digital Hub,” whose primary objective is to the building of ecosystem platforms. Based on the observation that data is still too siloed within and across organizations and that value creation often lies in data federation, Atos’ approach […]
Ionir: Combating Data Gravity with Kubernetes Native Storage and Data Management Platform
March 10, 2021 by
NEW YORK — March 10, 2021 — ionir today announced expanded availability of its Kubernetes native storage platform. By eliminating complexity in Kubernetes data and storage management, ionir said it empowers customers to achieve a “Kubernetes Everywhere” vision, speeding digital transformation and cutting IT costs. “Based on a simple yet revolutionary concept, ionir gives data […]
