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CSILabs Helps Researchers Get "More Science Per Dollar" With supercomputing cluster Built on Intel Gigabit Adapters

CSILabs is the high-performance computing HPC division of Concentric Systems Inc., a large systems integrator based in Alpharetta, Georgia. The challenge was to design a supercomputing solution for JLab that can perform challenging physics theory calculations at higher bandwidth and lower cost than currently available switched cluster interconnects. Driven by...

Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, supercomputing cluster, adapter, bandwidth, Intel Corp., high-performance computing, supercomputing, Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet, high-performance

Case studies 2006-05-04

supercomputing cluster Boosts Boeing's Delta IV Rockets

In 2001, a team of engineers at Boeing Space and Communications in Huntington Beach, California, acquired a new AMD Athlon MP- based Linux Supercomputing cluster from Linux Networx to perform aerodynamic analyses for a new family of rockets, named Delta IV. The Linux Networx Supersystem is used to perform computational...

Tags: Supercomputing Cluster, Linux NetworX, Rocket, Boeing Co., Linux Networx Supersystem, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

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Nortel Demos Virtual World Platform

Nortel demoed a virtual world prototype here in a Ottowa at a day long event. Dubbed Web Alive, the virtual world is the first project to come out of Nortel new research effort that imposes a VC-like model for funding research. Like other virtual worlds, Web...

Tags: Web, Collaboration, Nortel Networks Corp., Voice, World Platform, Web Alive, Channel Management, Telecommunications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Spot (sitx)

Finally, advanced DXCluster management for OS X amateur radio operators. Spot allows you to chase the DX that really matters by putting you in charge of which DX spots you need to see and alarming you when they appear. Reach your DX'ing goals in record time with Spot, the only...

Tags: Radio, Abroham Neal Software, Apple Mac OS X, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-16

With the Quickness: HD Moore sets new land speed record with exploitation of Debian/Ubuntu OpenSSL flaw

So, for those who haven't heard, a Debian packager modified the source used for OpenSSL on Debian based systems Debian and the whole of the Ubuntu family to remove the seed used for PRNG Pseudo Random Number Generator used when creating SSL keys.  Well, HD Moore set a new record...

Tags: OpenSSL, SSH, Debian, Key, Flaw, HD, ID, Ssl/Tls, Operating Systems, Open Source, Security, Software, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Photos: Where the building is the network

The San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.Behind the scenes of "smart" buildings, including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Sears Tower in Chicago, lies technology from Echelon. The company doesn''t call its embedded control technologies "green,"...

Tags: Network, Echelon, Photograph, Building, It', Echelon', That', Networking, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-14

TechNet Edge Series: Interview with Elden Christensen, Cluster PM

Interview with Elden Christensen, program manager for fail-over clustering, where he talks about clustering and geo-clustering. To view the entire video click here.

Tags: Clustering, Microsoft TechNet, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software

Videos 2008-05-13

Unixfication II

Can the Linux community get over its "not invented here" ideology which has often hindered its ability to adopt technological improvements from outside sources? I keep saying to myself, I hope so. But recent events have shown me that we have a long way to go until we become a...

Tags: GPL, Virtualization, Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Virtualization discussion with Oracle

I recently had a chance to chat with Oracle's vice president of Linux engineering, Wim Coekaerts, and senior director of product marketing, Monica Kumar, about Oracles virtualization efforts and a bit about the philosophy behind the company's efforts. In summary, Oracle sees virtualization technology as just another tool organizations can...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Blaupunkt Brisbane SD48

With the Brisbane SD48 digital media receiver, Blaupunkt--a name synonymous with car stereos of old--is proving that it can make products for the digital age. It may look like a regular single-DIN head unit, but like the Alpine iDA-X001, the Brisbane SD48 is a "mechless" device designed to support digital...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Brisbane SD48

Product reviews 2008-05-07

LG 47LG60

LG has been quietly gaining market share producing both plasma and LCD flat-panel HDTVs over the last couple of years, but there's nothing quiet about the LG60 series. The 47-inch 47LG60 reviewed here incorporates two unique design quirks that basically scream "look at me!" among the rows of nearly indistinguishable...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, LG 47LG60, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV

Product reviews 2008-05-07

Wipe File (exe)

Wipe File deletes files beyond recovery by any undelete software. If you want to remove a file so that it can not be recovered you must wipe securely delete it instead of deleting it holding down the shift key or by emptying the Recycle Bin. There is no undelete, data...

Tags: Software, File, DombajSoft, Wipe File, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-05-06

OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up

What would Ubuntu be like if it were an OS for grown-ups? This week at its CommunityOne event in San Francisco, Sun will release its May 2008 build of OpenSolaris (2008.05) the Open Source operating system based on the source code of the...

Tags: Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris 10, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., BSD, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-05

Sun plans layoffs following weak quarter; Blames U.S. economy

Sun plans layoffs following weak quarter; Blames U.S. economyProduct Mix Shift May Explain Margin DiveSun has two businesses going, one is the high-revenue, high-margin, high services attached high-end SPARC servers (M-series), and also a low-revenue, low-margin, low services attached x64 business.There was a significant margin dive. And product mix...

Tags: Sales strategy, Processors, M-series, Sun Microsystems Inc., plans layoff

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Intelligent search with Attivio

  As much as people talk about information relevance in search, it's not much good unless tied to an activity. Attivio is seeking to solve this problem with its Active Intelligence Engine. Rather than restricting itself to one or a small number of data types, Attivio is...

Tags: Data, Attivio, Content Management, Real Estate, Search, Enterprise Software, Databases, Software, Business Operations, Data Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Selecting the right virtualization tools

Virtualization is a very broad topic that includes mechanisms to move many types of functions into a logical environment that can have enhanced characteristics over physical environments. Access to applications, the applications themselves, processing of system functions, networking functions, storage functions can all be moved into this logical or virtual...

Tags: Tool, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-05-01

TechNet Edge Series: Windows Server®2008 Failover Clustering

Demonstration uses six virtual machines all running on one laptop (domain controller, iSCSI SAN, three Server Core cluster nodes and a 2008 member server from which he runs the demo). To view the entire video click here.

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Clustering, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software, Windows Server 2008, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Microsoft Windows, Servers, Storage, Hardware

Videos 2008-04-29

Gillmor: Why Google should worry about Live Mesh

Gillmor: Why Google should worry about Live MeshOh yeah, I can just see the data breaches...in the cloud. :)I agree - the companies that blend will seea better result. Especially the ones that require a disconnected view. It will be fun to see what happens.RE: Gillmor: Why Google...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Desktops, Digital media, Google Documents, Google Inc., Live Mesh, Gillmor, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-28

Hardware comparability in benchmark comparisons

Hardware comparability in benchmark comparisonsWhat's fair? PRICEMy former employer had a yearly workstation benchmark process. We would invite the big 4 UNIX workstation vendors (HP,Sun,IBM,SGI), give them the applications and test matrix - and let them tune their boxes to their hearts content. After the benchmark was complete, we looked...

Tags: Operating systems, Workstations, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Linux, workstation, hardware, paging

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Belkin Nostromo n52te

Gaming keypads are funky little accessories. To the layperson, they're just little partial keyboards for the left hand that sit next to a keyboard that offer all the same controls. For hardcore gamers, however, they're valuable tools. These programmable keypads let gamers completely customize their gaming experience, mapping their favorite...

Tags: Games, pad, n52te, game, Belkin Corp.

Product reviews 2008-04-10