Keyes and Sterling to Headline IEEE Cluster 2013 Conference

May 21, 2013 | IEEE Cluster 2013 conference organizers today announced that two pioneering computer scientists are the featured speakers at this year's event, September 23-27 at the Hilton Hotel in Indianapolis.
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Cyber Network Gears Up for Growth in the Cloud With IBM PureSystems

May 21, 2013 | IBM today announced that Cyber Network, a Swiss managed services provider (MSP) based in Geneva, has chosen IBM Flex Systems and storage to upgrade its IT infrastructure and grow its cloud business.
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New OMAP5432 Processor-Based Evaluation Module From Texas Instruments

May 21, 2013 | Helping developers jumpstart their product designs, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced its OMAP5432 processor-based evaluation module (EVM) for high-performance industrial applications.
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TwinStrata Introduces On-Demand Disaster Recovery as Service for VMware Users

May 21, 2013 | TwinStrata, an innovator in cloud-integrated storage solutions, today announced CloudArray Disaster Recovery as a Service (CloudArray DRaaS), a new component of TwinStrata's flagship CloudArray offering that delivers seamless disaster recovery (DR) for VMware users on-demand without requiring continuous investment in secondary infrastructure or sites.
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Weidlinger Launches PZFlexCloud Using CliQr Technologies

May 21, 2013 | Weidlinger Associates, Inc., the developer of PZFlex, the popular 3D virtual-prototyping and wave-propagation analysis software, and CliQr Technologies, the leader in cloud application management software, announced the launch of PZFlexCloud on CliQr's CloudCenter platform.
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"Places2Be" Project to Boost European Leadership Around FD-SOI

May 21, 2013 | Led by STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, Places2Be ("Pilot Lines for Advanced CMOS Enhanced by SOI in 2x nodes, Built in Europe") aims to support the deployment of a FD-SOI pilot line at 28nm and the subsequent node, as well as a dual source that will enable volume manufacturing in Europe.
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Cray and VBRX to Host Event for Upstream Applications in Oil and Gas

May 20, 2013 | On May 23rd, Cray and VBRX will host an event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil focusing on upstream applications in the Oil and Gas industry to address the growing demands of high-performance computing in this sector.
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Dell to Deliver Public Cloud Through Partner Ecosystem

May 20, 2013 | Dell is launching the Dell Cloud Partner Program to deliver public cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) through an ecosystem of partners. Acting as a single-source supplier, Dell will offer customers a choice of vendors and technology, freedom from lock-in to a single platform or pricing model and a central point of solution integration and control.
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Mentor and Tezzaron Optimize Calibre 3DSTACK for 2.5/3D-ICs

May 20, 2013 | Mentor Graphics Corp. and Tezzaron Semiconductor Corp. today announced they are collaborating to integrate the Mentor Calibre 3DSTACK product into Tezzaron’s 3D-IC offerings.
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Cloud Provider Selects Mellanox's InfiniBand as Their Cloud Interconnect

May 20, 2013 | Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced that its industry and performance-leading InfiniBand solutions were selected by Dutch cloud service provider, Cloud Provider.
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Xyratex to Present at Barclay Telco and Media Event

May 20, 2013 | Xyratex Ltd, a leading provider of data storage technology, today announced that Satish Gupta, Chief Technology Officer, will present at the Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference.
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Tableau Software Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

May 17, 2013 | Tableau Software, Inc. announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8,200,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $31.00 per share. A total of 5,000,000 shares are being offered by Tableau Software, and a total of 3,200,000 shares are being offered by certain selling stockholders.
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D-Wave Two Quantum Computer Selected for New AI Initiative

May 16, 2013 | D-Wave Systems Inc., the world’s first commercial quantum computing company, today announced that its new 512-qubit quantum computer, the D-Wave Two, will be installed at the new Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, a collaboration among NASA, Google and the Universities Space Research Association.
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Mines' Powerful New Supercomputer to Focus on Energy Research

May 16, 2013 | Colorado School of Mines’ new 155 teraflop supercomputer dubbed “BlueM” will allow researchers to run large simulations in support of the university’s core research areas while operating on the forefront of algorithm development using a powerful hybrid system.
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Kitware Develops Customizable Simulation Framework to Provide HPC for Mid-Sized Manufacturers

May 16, 2013 | Kitware, a leading provider of scientific R&D software solutions, today announces new Phase II SBIR funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for the continued development of an open-source, high performance computing (HPC) simulation and computation framework.
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Next HPC Installation Step Initiated at High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart

May 16, 2013 | The supercomputing infrastructure of GCS centre HLRS (High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart) at the University of Stuttgart will soon enter the next step of its HPC systems installation phase. Prof. Michael M. Resch, director of HLRS, and Dr. Ulla Thiel, Vice President Cray Europe, signed the contract for a Cray XC30 to be deployed at HLRS.
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HybridCluster2.0 Self-Healing, Ultra-High Availability Capabilities Unveiled

May 16, 2013 | Following the recent highly successful launch of version 2.0 of its integrated suite of storage, replication and web clustering software, HybridCluster, an early stage software solution provider to the cloud and hosting industry, today unveils full details of the ultra-high availability platform within HybridCluster 2.0.
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Nominations for SC13 Cray, Fernbach and Kennedy Awards Due July 1

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Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Kotura, Inc.

May 15, 2013 | Mellanox Technologies, Ltd announced its intent to acquire privately held Kotura, Inc.for high-speed networking applications.
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NYSERDA Awards $1.8 Million to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

May 15, 2013 | The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced $1.8 million in funding to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for critical upgrades to the electrical and mechanical infrastructure of the university’s supercomputing center, the Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI).
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Bright Computing Named Finalist for the 2013 Red Herring Top 100 North America Award

May 15, 2013 | Bright Computing, the leading, vendor-independent provider of cluster and cloud management solutions, announced that it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring's 2013 Top 100 North America award. As a finalist, Bright joins a prestigious list honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.
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Flow Science Releases FLOW-3D/MP 5.0

May 15, 2013 | Flow Science, Inc. announces the availability of a new release of FLOW-3D/MP, the distributed memory version of its flagship CFD software, FLOW-3D. FLOW-3D/MPv5.0 enables engineers to take advantage of the scaling potential of the software on multi-core clusters.
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NEC Establishes NEC Ukraine to Strengthen Operations in Russia and the CIS

May 15, 2013 | NEC Corporation announced today that CJSC NEC Neva Communications Systems (NEC Neva) has established a wholly-owned subsidiary, NEC Ukraine, in order to expand its regional information and communications technology (ICT) business. The new company is scheduled to begin operations in May 2013.
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Fujitsu Receives Supercomputer Order From Nagoya University

May 15, 2013 | Fujitsu today announced that it has received an order from Nagoya University's Information Technology Center for a "high-performance supercomputer for academic research."
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Avere Systems Helps Framestore Create Extraordinary Visual Effects for Blockbuster Films

May 15, 2013 | Avere Systems today announced that the Avere FXT Series Edge filers are helping visual effects studio Framestore, the winner of multiple BAFTAs, Golden Globes, Emmys and Oscars, to stay ahead of the technology curve.
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