high performance computing

High-performance computing – or HPC – fuels groundbreaking research. To show you how this powerful technology can be used across disciplines in higher education, we’ve started a high-performance computing series that provides real use cases for these supercomputers. Today, we’re talking big data. If…

High-performance computing – or HPC – fuels groundbreaking research. This isn’t news to scientists, but most researchers studying fields other than quantum mechanics and molecular modeling probably don’t realize that they can use a supercomputer to ramp up their analysis. This power, historically re…

It’s hard to imagine where we’d be as a civilization without the dreamers and doers who aren’t afraid to ask “Why?” or “How?” Just the discoveries and advances in science and medicine and technology in my lifetime are mind boggling: ice on Mars and new planets outside our solar system, developments…

Virtualizing Oracle Databases – The Time Has Come! Overall, virtualization of IT applications and databases is quite pervasive.  Estimates from industry analysts show that some applications and databases have virtualization penetration rates of 80 to 90%.  Overall the estimates for datacenter virtua…

On November 5th I posted part 2 of the Algo Boost series with a fantastic discussion around Customer proof points on the Nexus 3548.  In our third and final segment in the series I interviewed Chih-Tsung Huang, Director of Engineering in the Server, Switching, & Virtualization Product Group to s…

Alas… the much anticipated FCS (First Customer Shipment) of the earth shattering Cisco 3548 Switch is now available. When your business depends on nanoseconds, this switch enables unprecedented advantages in lowest latency with a full feature set. Customers should also bear in mind that in conjuncti…