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whitepaper AbeBooks Inc. Accelerates Information Delivery With Flexible, Extreme Transaction Processing Solution2008-08-01 Oracle
  AbeBooks Inc. wanted to enhance the online customer check-out experience while increasing Web site performance and scalability and ensure continuous data availability and transactional integrity in the event of a server failure. The challenge was to provide fast and reliable access to frequently used information, such as publication inventory data and ensure the safety of user transactions across all of the company's Web sites. AbeBooks Inc. implemented Oracle Coherence across all six AbeBooks International Web sites to support the company's growing customer base and eXtreme Transaction Processing (XTP) as well as reduced transactional strain on system resources.

Tags: High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Actuary Speeds Calculations by Factor of 10 With Windows-Based HPC Cluster2008-07-01 Microsoft
  Mercer, a global pension consulting firm, developed a new actuarial valuation system that required a sharp increase in numerical computations. By adopting High-Performance Computing (HPC) with Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, Mercer improved calculation speeds by a factor of 10. The new HPC system enhanced the functionality of Mercer's retirement consulting services while keeping cluster management costs low.

Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Procter & Gamble Tests Windows-Based High-Performance Computing to Boost Productivity2008-07-01 Microsoft
  To reduce costs and speed time-to-market, Procter & Gamble wanted to expand its use of computer simulation in research, design, and testing. However, the company needed to first make its High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters easier to use. Procter & Gamble is evaluating Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 as a way to increase HPC use and productivity, while also speeding cluster deployment and management.

Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) in South Africa Adopts Windows HPC Technology Over Linux2008-06-17 Microsoft
  Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Limited (PBMR) was established in 1999 with the intention to develop and market small-scale, high-temperature energy systems locally and internationally. PBMR required an integrated, reliable, and easy to use and administer high performance computing platform rather than the existing isolated Linux platform. PBMR deployed 17 HP Proliant DL Series servers with Windows HPC to start migrating one of the applications (MSC Marc) from Linux to Windows with the help of ESTEQ Engineering (MSC Distributer in South Africa).

Tags: Linux - Open Source, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Leading Supercomputing Center in Italy Eases Use, Improves Access With New Cluster2008-06-12 Microsoft
  CINECA wanted to make supercomputing resources available to more researchers from private industry sectors, but many were unfamiliar with its Linux-based tools and interfaces. To improve access to high-performance computing, CINECA decided to become an early adopter of Windows HPC Server 2008. Researchers will be able to connect to the new cluster from remote locations, and CINECA looks forward to offering supercomputing resources to a broader range of researchers.

Tags: Windows Server 2008, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Facility for Breakthrough Science Seeks to Expand User Base With Windows-Based HPC2008-06-12 Microsoft
  The Distributed Computing Group (DCG) at Daresbury Laboratory provides high-performance computing and advisory services to the academic community in the United Kingdom. For its newest cluster, the DCG chose a dual-boot system with Windows HPC Server 2008 and now benefits from streamlined deployment and enhanced cluster management capabilities. The new cluster will expand user choice and increase ease of use with the familiar Windows environment.

Tags: Windows Server 2008, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Researchers' Move From Linux to Windows Yields Performance Gains, New Capabilities2008-06-09 Microsoft
  As a world leader in the research of protein behavior, the Daggett Research Group at the University of Washington is always in need of more computing power. The group augmented its existing Linux-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources with two new HPC systems based on Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, which has delivered better performance than Linux and enabled the group to make fundamental breakthroughs in how the results of simulations are analyzed.

Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Intel and Silicon Mechanics Make It Simple to Increase Productivity and Solve New Problems With HPC2008-06-01 Intel
  Systems integrator Silicon Mechanics wanted to make it simple for customers to buy, deploy, and manage High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters. By offering certified HPC clusters through the Intel Cluster Ready program, Silicon Mechanics can reduce the complexity of assembling a cluster and assure customers that their registered applications will run as they should, right out of the box. Intel Cluster Checker helps customers streamline ongoing management so they can enhance system reliability and minimize the resources required to keep the system running.

Tags: High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Foundry and Q1 Labs Delivers Security Solution to Provide Better Event Management and Network Behavior Analysis2008-06-01 Foundry Networks
  The University of North Alabama serves 7,100 undergraduates as well as graduate students through its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Nursing and Health. The University wanted to continue to upgrade the network to support new applications and university initiatives, and allow greater visibility into the network and network traffic for better event management and network behavior analysis. The University deployed Foundry Networks high-performance switching, routing, and network management solutions combined with Q1 Labs QRadar for a scalable, campus-wide monitoring platform that will detect security threats and anomalous behavior in network traffic.

Tags: High Performance Computing, Network Administration		   
whitepaper Financial Services Firm Scales Fast-Growing Hedging Application on Low-Cost Cluster2008-05-14 Microsoft
  Milliman, a global financial consulting firm, needed to expand the use of its highly successful variable annuity hedging model. The company deployed Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition on 150 servers - expected to grow to 250 by the end of 2008 - to reduce operating system licensing costs, retain the reliable Windows platform, and avoid the technical risk associated with a move to a Linux-based environment.

Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, High Performance Computing		   


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