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SC16: Stir it up!

It’s been ages since I’ve posted to this blog. I’ve not forgotten about it - I’ve been figuratively stirring the technical computing goulash pot over on the IBM Systems In the Making blog.

Reminiscing and the computing renaissance

Sifting through boxes of 3.5 inch floppy diskettes - some of questionable provenance in a dusty basement. Gingerly packing up what I consider to be the holy trinity of Commodore Amiga computers - A1000, A2000, A3000 - all in some state of working condition.

Looking back at ISC High-Performance 2015

I’ve always enjoyed a good road trip. There’s just something fun about jumping in the car, and heading to a far off location. As they say, half of the fun is just getting to your destination.

IBM Platform Cluster Manager - how do you like your eggs?

Whether your HPC center is in Lilliput or Blefuscu, you’ll appreciate the importance of a flexible and easy-to-use cluster management solution to empower your populations. Administrators need software that will allow them to easily setup, manage, monitor and maintain their infrastructure and ensure consistency for repeatable performance.

IBM Platform LSF and Docker: A Whale of a time!

Containers are useful. Whether you’re shipping things across the blue seas or encapsulating applications on a computer system, they provide numerous benefits. HPC Administrators will know that applications today can depend upon multiple packages, libraries and environments.

IBM Software Defined Infrastructure: Put the POWER down and jump the chasm!

OpenPOWER continues to put the power down and accelerate strongly in 2015. Earlier this year, the First Annual OpenPOWER Summit took place and more recently Cabot Partners published the paper Crossing the Performance Chasm with OpenPOWER, outlining the benefits of OpenPOWER for HPC.