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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Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Exascale Systems Call for Papers

May 15, 2013 | Meeting the performance, energy-efficiency, and resilience requirements of systems and applications at Exascale will require rapid, accurate, and dynamic evaluation of tradeoffs. To provide these capabilities, significant advances in predictive modeling and simulation methods are needed.
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Multimillion Pound Project to Develop Next Generation Computing Systems

May 14, 2013 | A national collaboration of electronic engineers and computer scientists is aiming to develop the next generation of energy-efficient computing systems.
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HPC Simulations Target Nanoscale Materials Under Strain

May 14, 2013 | Findings from Yong Wei Zhang of the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore and co-workers may now make it easier to use metallic glass in practical engineering applications.
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New IBM Center in Beijing to Speed Linux Applications on Power Systems

May 14, 2013 | At a press conference in Beijing today, IBM further extended its reach into China with the opening of the first Linux innovation center for Power Systems clients and business partners.
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OpenCL Software Development Kit Fosters FPGA Exploitation

May 14, 2013 | Altera Corporation today announced the broad availability of its SDK for OpenCL and supported third-party production boards. Availability of the SDK for OpenCL enables software programmers to access the high-performance capabilities of programmable logic devices.
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S&P Capital IQ and Kuberre Systems Sign Data Facilitator Agreement

May 14, 2013 | S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of multi-asset class data, research and analytics, today announced that it has signed a Data Facilitator Agreement with Kuberre Systems. Kuberre Systems gains access to S&P Capital IQ's full suite of data feeds, including financials, global market data, equity research and estimates, fixed income, news and events, and security valuations and pricing.
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Solarflare to Speak at Linux Foundation Enterprise End User Summit

May 14, 2013 | Solarflare, the leading provider of application-intelligent networking I/O, today announced Davor Frank, senior solutions architect, will speak at the Linux Foundation Enterprise End User Summit.
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SDSC Hosts First Annual Industry Partners Research Review

May 13, 2013 | The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego will host its first annual research review for current and prospective industrial partners and affiliates as part of a broader strategy to foster increased collaborations that may benefit from the center’s extensive research capabilities.
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AMD Targets Server Performance with Open 3.0 Release

May 13, 2013 | AMD today announced availability of servers based on its AMD Open 3.0 specification, defined as part of the Open Compute Project, delivering workload versatility and performance equal to competing proprietary OEM servers at significantly lower cost.
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BICS Selects Infinera DTN-X for 500G Pan-European Network

May 13, 2013 | Infinera and BICS announced today the selection of the Infinera DTN-X platform to upgrade BICS' Pan-European network. The Infinera DTN-X delivers 500 Gigabit per second (Gb/s) long haul super-channels, enabling BICS to deliver flexible and cost effective 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) services.
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Juniper Systems Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

May 13, 2013 | This year Juniper Systems is celebrating its 20th year in business. Founded in 1993 by Ron Campbell, the company continues to be operated by members of the Campbell family. Ron’s son, Rob Campbell, has served as president of Juniper Systems since 2001.
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