Cloud Computing v. Grid Computing: the chicken or the egg?
I’m guessing it’s actually a matter of ‘who cares?’ Although some purists might gnash their teeth to hear that! But if I had to answer it, I’d say it’s not actually a question of what came first. It’s...
View ArticleNew supercomputer underpins Cloud Computing with GoPC
Our latest release of GoPC is being made available to our clients now. It sits on new supercomputer infrastructure within our datacenter. Our latest release of GoPC has been developed with a view to...
View ArticleMajor upgrade to GoPC version 4.0, imminent
The problem with being a perfectionist is that one doesn’t want to mention anything until the pie is completely cooked, taste tested, and absolutely ready for presentation. The problem with Internet...
View ArticleNew GoPC version 4.0 upgrade scheduled for April 30th 2009 (Expect brief...
Finally, after months and months of testing and data migration, we are ready to cut over all users to the new GoPC supercomputer infrastructure. The change over will occur progressively over the next...
View ArticleBessemer's Top 10 Laws for Cloud Computing
Bessemer Venture Partners, Byron Deeter and Philippe Botteri, co- authored an excellent white paper which was published this week on Sandhill.com (the IT investment capital website from the heart of...
View ArticleUtilising IT infrastructure efficiently
Cloud computing is all about efficient IT infrastructure utilisation. In traditional IT environments, we see a lot of isolated systems that are fairly similiar – ie a shared file (or data) server, a...
View ArticleInfiniband and supercomputing
GoPC’s infrastructure has undergone a massive upgrade over the last few months. We are now running on Infiniband, a network backbone technology used in supercomputing. Each cable in the network...
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