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Great Speakers Lined Up for PBS Works User Group

Today Altair published the agenda for their PBS Works User Group Meeting, which takes place Sept. 14-17 in Silicon Valley. At the event, engineers, IT administrators... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | July 1, 2015 at 10:40 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Chips That Never Forget

And as memory sales increase, In IEEE Spectrum ... " ... The Computer Chip That Never Forgets ... Melding spin-based logic and memory could lead to low-power, instant... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 1, 2015 at 09:46 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Storage Sales Expand Rapidly

An indication of how quickly data is being stored and indexed. An indicator of future needs for Big Data and analytics capabilities. Increased risk of data losses... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 1, 2015 at 09:37 AM

From Schneier on Security

Office of Personnel Management Data Hack

I don't have much to say about the recent hack of the US Office of Personnel Management, which has been attributed to China (and seems to be getting worse all the... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 1, 2015 at 07:32 AM

From insideHPC

Job of the Week: HPC Solutions Architect at Amazon

Amazon is seeking an HPC Solutions Architect in our Job of the Week. The post Job of the Week: HPC Solutions Architect at Amazon appeared first on insideHPC.... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | July 1, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From Putting People First

[Book] Drawing Energy

Drawing Energy: Exploring perceptions of the invisible Authors: Flora Bowden, Dan Lockton, Rama Gheerawo and Clare Brass. Editor: Rama Gheerawo. Royal College of... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 1, 2015 at 03:08 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Thoughts on #ISTE2015 Tuesday

Today was about the conversations. I was able to connect with a number of the people I respect and admire who I communicate with online most of the year. One of... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 30, 2015 at 08:20 PM

From Schneier on Security

Twitter Followers: Please Use the Correct Feed

The official Twitter feed for my blog is @schneierblog. The account @Bruce_Schneier also mirrors my blog, but it is not mine. I have nothing to do with it, and... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | June 30, 2015 at 02:16 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

The History and Future of Operations

Good thoughts, in the end it is the operation of a process to get something done better! Or even at all, to create value. Recall that the original term 'Operations... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 30, 2015 at 01:39 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

An Executive's Guide to Machine Learning

We did machine learning at Procter & Gamble starting in the mid 80s, and they continue today. This is a nice mostly non tech overview for execs I could have used... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 30, 2015 at 12:00 PM

From insideHPC

SuperMUC Upgraded to 6.8 Petaflops

On Monday, the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) celebrated the expansion of their SuperMUC cluster. Now in production mode, the 6.8 Petaflop "Phase 2" supercomputer... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | June 30, 2015 at 11:53 AM

From insideHPC

South Africa’s CHPC Builds a Better Infrastructure with Altair PBS Works

At the Centre for High-Performance Computing (CHPC) in South Africa, the mission is to enable cutting-edge research by supporting the highest levels of HPC available... staff
From insideHPC | June 30, 2015 at 11:20 AM

From insideHPC

Slidecast: DDN Strategic Vision for High Performance Storage

"For more than a decade, DDN’s innovative, proven technology has been at the forefront of solving big data storage challenges in the world’s largest and most demanding... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | June 30, 2015 at 10:54 AM

From insideHPC

DDN Boosts Object Storage with WOS 360 2.0

Today DataDirect Networks announced the latest release of its advanced WOS object storage platform. WOS 360 2.0 includes a new, low-cost capacity node, increased... staff
From insideHPC | June 30, 2015 at 10:46 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Re Thinking the Database

Can the Database be made fundamentally easier to work with? Democratizing its power. In SiliconAngle:" ... Databases aren’t for everyone. They’re incredibly... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 30, 2015 at 09:19 AM

From Schneier on Security

Tracking the Psychological Effects of the 9/11 Attacks

Interesting research from 2012: "The Dynamics of Evolving Beliefs, Concerns, Emotions, and Behavioral Avoidance Following 9/11: A Longitudinal Analysis of Representative... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | June 30, 2015 at 07:27 AM

From insideHPC

Solar Superstorms Documentary Powered by Blue Waters

A new high-resolution science documentary about the dynamics of the Sun will feature data-driven supercomputer visualizations produced by NCSA. Narrated by Benedict... staff
From insideHPC | June 30, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Reading Minds is not the Same as Reading Words

In Cognition and Culture: Practical, technical and philosophical thoughts. Cultural difference, and no evidence we have cracked the neural memory code of the... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 30, 2015 at 04:40 AM

From Writing

Ping-Play: Big Pipe Streaming for the Play Framework

I’ve just open sourced a library called ping-play which brings BigPipe streaming to the Play Framework. It includes tools for a) splitting your pages up into small...
From Writing | June 30, 2015 at 03:00 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Cisco Announces six Pillars of IOT

Cisco unveils 15 products, six pillars to address the growing complexity of the internet of things deploymentsIn ComputerWeekly: " .....Networking kingpin Cisco... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 30, 2015 at 12:30 AM