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Video: Take a Look Inside the Analytics 2011 Conference

Feb 15, 2012
In this Inside Analytics 2011 video series, you will hear from a number of key conference participants on topics including high-performance analytics and why it is a game-changer for businesses, the development of the SAS® High-Performance Analytics suite and how to empower the analytical expert.
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Video: Appro Chief Technology and Software Engineer Discusses the Appro Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer

Feb 03, 2012
The Appro next generation Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer recently launched has made headlines across the nation over the past month. In this interview we sit down with Appro CTO, Giri Chukkapalli to discuss the new system design of the Xtreme-X™ supercomputer to support future technologies. In addition, he also talks about the Appro Cluster Engine™ (ACE) management software suite, part of Appro’s cluster software stack that is tightly integrated with the new Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer.
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Video: Appro Video Blog: Interview with Sandia about Intel MIC Experimental Cluster

Feb 03, 2012
Doug Eadline, Editor of Cluster Monkey had a chance to sit down with Jim Ang, Technical Manager at Sandia National Laboratories for an interview about the “First of a Kind” Experimental Cluster, Appro Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer ,using Intel’s Knights Ferry (KNF) Software Development Platform for the Intel® Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture. Just for the record, Knights Ferry is available only to select individuals including Jim Ang’s group at Sandia and represents a potential new direction in HPC.
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Video: TLCC2 – Appro Deploys Multi-Million Dollar Procurement to 3 Major National Labs

Feb 03, 2012
As a multi-million and multi-year contract, the TLCC2 project was awarded to Appro as a joint procurement offered by the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) where Appro has begun delivering the Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer to 3 major national Laboratories including Sandia (SNL), Los Alamos (LANL) and Lawrence Livermore (LLNL). Matt Leininger of LLNL and Appro’s VP of Advanced Technology, John Lee, discuss the TLCC2 in further detail as the project is underway.
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Video: Turbocharging HPC Applications - Appro’s Next Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer

Feb 03, 2012
Power, performance, and scalability are just a few enhancements of Appro’s next generation Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer which addressed four HPC workload configurations including capacity, hybrid, data intensive, and capability computing. Appro sustains its position as a leading HPC solutions provider by offering the complete package with innovative products based on industry-level standards and exceptional professional services. The new Xtreme-X™ supercomputer is your solution to a better future.
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Webcast: Stop losing sleep: Remedies for managing Data Center complexity worries

Sep 06, 2011
Complimentary Webcast! Break free from the database vendors that force you to keep investing in additional skills and hardware to accommodate the inefficiencies of their software. Learn how you can achieve higher DBA efficiency and give your DBAs more time to focus on strategic projects and add more value to your business. Join us to hear best practices and client experiences on reducing both the risk and cost associated with growing Data Center complexity.
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Webcast: pNFS: Are We There Yet?

Aug 29, 2011
NFS has been the standard protocol for NAS systems since the 1980s. However, with the explosive growth of Linux clusters running demanding technical computing applications, NFS is no longer sufficient for these big data workloads. After years of development effort, driven by Panasas and others, pNFS is now just around the corner and promises to dramatically improve Linux client I/O performance thanks to its parallel architecture. Watch the on-demand webinar – “pNFS: Are We There Yet?”
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Webcast: ISC'11 Analyst Crossfire

Jun 26, 2011
In this lively panel discussion, Addison Snell of Intersect360 Research engages four forward-thinking leaders of the supercomputing industry on a range of thought-provoking topics, providing a high-pace conclusion to the ISC conference.

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Webcast: Amazon EC2 and HPC. Watch hands-on video tutorial and get free trial.

Apr 12, 2011
Speed up innovation and eliminate costs with Amazon EC2. No more procuring, configuring and operating in-house compute clusters. Access compute resources in minutes instead of months. See for yourself–build a 64-core parallel cluster and run a molecular dynamics simulation in under 10 minutes. Learn more
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Webcast: Meeting Unstructured Data Storage Requirements with Scale-Out Storage

Feb 24, 2011
Watch movie clip by ESG: How scale-out storage can help create a storage backbone that can handle the tremendous challenges of unstructured data growth. These systems can scale to multiple petabytes under a single system image, making them an ideal consolidation platform.
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Webcast: Webinar: Modular HPC Solutions with GPU Flexibility based on NVIDIA Tesla M2050 Computing

Nov 01, 2010
Discover the benefits of Appro’s hybrid CPU/GPU servers and clusters based on NVIDIA Tesla M2050 computing. Learn how to maximize HPC system performance while achieving reliability, density and easy upgradeability for small, medium, and large-sized installations.
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Webcast: Opening Night at SC10, New Orleans, LA

Nov 01, 2010
Join us for an up close and personal tour of Appro cluster and supercomputing technology solutions and learn how Appro can help you accelerate application results for a lower TCO.
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Webcast: SC10 End-User and Technology Presentations

Nov 01, 2010
Get an overview of many cutting-edge products and solutions and best practices for modern HPC implementations that will help accelerate application results at a lower TCO. Here from experienced HPC leaders as they discuss installs from Lawrence Livermore National Labs, Virginia Tech, and San Diego Supercomputer Center.
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Webcast: HPC Blog & Video: Appro Talks Super-Dense Servers

Nov 01, 2010
Appro has upped the ante by offering more GPUs than any other manufacturer with the Appro 1U Tetra GPU server that fits 2 AMD or Intel CPUs with 4 GPUs. The differences between the AMD and Intel versions depend on the characteristics of the workload. AMD procurements can be configured with more memory and have more cores while the Intel CPUs have fewer cores but greater memory bandwidth and also great bandwidth to the GPUs.
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Webcast: Modular & Flexible HPC Clusters based on AMD Opteron 6100 Series

Oct 01, 2010
This webcast will present the key value and benefits of the new Appro GreenBlade System based on 8 to 12- cores AMD Opteron™ 6100 series processor. You will learn how to maximize the system performance scalability, reliability and serviceability while reducing electricity costs in your datacenter. In addition, we will go over GreenBlade System building block recipes that enables multiple clusters to be built based on the same cluster architecture for small, medium and large-sized HPC deployments across a broad range of vertical markets. Register for this Cloud Computing webinar now!
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Webinar: Confronting HPC Cloud Computing Security Concerns

Oct 01, 2010
Escalating energy and operational costs of building and maintaining data centers are forcing enterprises to adopt cloud computing models. But are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions like IBM's Computing on Demand (CoD) really cost effective? Join the discussion as industry experts discuss how you can exploit cloud computing for maximum ROI.
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Webcast: Modular HPC Solution with GPU Flexibility based on NVIDIA Tesla M2050 Computing

Sep 23, 2010
Discover the benefits of Appro’s hybrid CPU/GPU servers and clusters based on NVIDIA Tesla M2050 computing. Learn how to maximize HPC system performance while achieving reliability, density and easy upgradeability for small, medium, and large-sized installations.
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Webcast: Are you drowning in data?

Jun 29, 2010
In this webinar you will hear about the current storage challenges facing the HPC community, how Panasas storage solutions provide exceptional performance, scalability, and manageability, and how you can achieve the lowest total Cost of Ownership with a system that installs and configures in 15 minutes.
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Webinar: Watch SC09 Birds of a Feather Video: Scalable Fault-Tolerant HPC Supercomputers

Jan 11, 2010
Learn about scalable fault-tolerant architectures and examples of energy efficient and scalable supercomputing clusters using dual QDR InfiniBand to combine capacity computing with network failover capabilities with the help of programming languages such as MPI and a robust Linux cluster management package.
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Webinar: Virtualized Data Center Roundtable

Jan 11, 2010
Join this online panel discussion for live Q&A with leading industry experts, analysts, and end-users to discuss the latest innovations, best practices, barriers to implementation, and measurable benefits of server virtualization with a particular focus on today's real world solutions.
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Video: Supercomputers on Wheels

Nov 19, 2009
LIVE@SCO9: Fabio Gallo, VP and Director for Extreme Computing at Bull (winners of two HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards) discusses Mobull – the new mobile data center solution featuring significant processing power, very high levels of density and flexibility, and rapid implementation. See all the Bull SCO9 announcements online at www.bull.com and take a look at this live video right from the show floor in Portland, OR.
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Video: Convey's Hybrid-Core Computers

Nov 19, 2009
LIVE@SCO9: Bruce Toal, CEO, President and Co-Founder of Convey Computer demonstrates how their hybrid-core computing technology delivers significantly higher performance at much lower power. And how, with their proprietary adaptive architecture, servers can dynamically and transparently reload different "personalities” that are optimized for different applications. Convey (www.conveycomputer.com) was presented with an HPCwire Editors’ Choice Award as a top vendor “positioned to lead FPGAs out of the HPC wilderness”. Take a look at their virtual booth video live from SC09.
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Video: Meet Fermi - The Brand New GPU

Nov 19, 2009
LIVE@SC09: Andy Keane, General Manager for the Tesla GPU Computing Business Unit at NVIDIA talks about the recent launch of their new GPU specificially designed for HPC. On the show floor, Andy demonstrates how Fermi unlocks the power of the GPU and how anybody can now get access to parallel computing. Can’t make it to SC09? Check out the NVIDIA booth online at www.NVIDIA/com/SCO9 - winners of 3 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards!
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Video: More Storage And A Smaller Footprint

Nov 19, 2009
LIVE@SC09: Derek Burke, EMEA Marketing and Channel Director at Panasas announces their first HPC scalable storage solution that includes solid state drives to add performance and capacity in a modular fashion. Looking to expand your simulations into new areas? Be sure to visit www.Panasas.com for all their SC09 annoucements and listen to live video now!
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Video: High Performance Computing for a Smarter Planet

Nov 19, 2009
LIVE@SCO9: The IBM team discusses new innovations in hardware, software and services that help clients better understand their workloads and get insight from their R&D efforts. Technology demonstrations include the soon-to-be-released Power7 HPC processor, the DCS990 system with 2.4 petabytes of storage, the xCAT management tool, secure HPC cloud computing and more. Winners of two HPCwire Readers' and Editors’ Choice Awards! Take the IBM virtual tour at SC09 or more information go online to: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/deepcomputing/sc09.html
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Video White Paper: HPC Development Solutions: Sun Studio & Sun HPC ClusterTools

Dec 05, 2008
Sun Studio Compilers and Tools and Sun HPC ClusterTools allow you to create high performance parallel applications for OpenSolaris, Solaris and Linux. Sun Studio Express 11/08 includes MPI performance analysis capabilities and full OpenMP 3.0 compiler support. Learn about all this and the latest in Sun HPC ClusterTools 8.1.
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Video White Paper: Dell Expands HPC Access and Adoption with Intel Cluster Ready Program

Dec 04, 2008

Source: Addison Snell, GM/VP, Tabor Research; sponsored by Dell

Many organizations that could benefit from the use of HPC clusters find that it is complicated to get the systems up and running because of limited IT resources or the complexities of the clusters themselves. Learn how the Intel Cluster Ready program, for which Dell was an original partner, seeks to address this challenge for entry level and mid-range HPC users.
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Video White Paper: Beginners Guide to Sun Grid Engine

Sep 23, 2008
Sun Grid Engine software is the world's leading - and most widely deployed - distributed resource manager. The Sun Grid Engine software supports extreme scalability, simplifies administration and supports a diverse set of use case scenarios. It has industry-leading reliability and offers fast return on investment. Originally released by Sun in September 2000, the newest release is Sun Grid Engine 6.2 Update 3 and it is built on the Grid Engine open source project. Learn how to manage your workloads in an high performance computing environment and get your free white paper.
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Video White Paper: Architecting a Better Network Storage Solution

Aug 28, 2008
BlueArc's Titan architecture represents an evolutionary step in file servers by creating a hardware-based file system that can scale bandwidth, IOPS, and overall data capacity well beyond conventional software-based devices. With its ability to virtualize a massive storage pool of up to four usable petabytes of tiered storage, Titan can scale with growing data requirements, offering a competitive advantage for businesses, researchers, or other enterprises seeking to better manage data growth while still ensuring optimal performance.
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