Stathis Papaefstathiou Takes R&D Reins at Cray
Earlier this month, Cray announced that tech veteran Stathis Papaefstathiou had joined the ranks of the iconic HPC company. As senior vice president of R&D, Papaefstathiou will be responsible ...Full Article
IBM Wants to be “Red Hat” of Deep Learning
IBM today announced the addition of TensorFlow and Chainer deep learning frameworks to its PowerAI suite of deep learning tools, which already includes popular offerings such as Caffe, Theano, ...Full Article
Heresies of the New HPC Cloud Universe
Perhaps ‘heresies’ is a bit strong, but HPC in the cloud is a fast-changing domain that’s increasingly governed by a new mindset, says Tim Carroll, head of ecosystem development ...Full Article
Answered Prayers for High Frequency Traders? Latency Cut to 20 Nanoseconds
“You can buy your way out of bandwidth problems. But latency is divine.” This sentiment, expressed by Intel Technical Computing Group CTO Mark Seager, seems as old as the ...Full Article
IDG to Be Bought by Chinese Investors; IDC to Spin Out HPC Group
US-based publishing and investment firm International Data Group, Inc. (IDG) will be acquired by a pair of Chinese investors, China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co., Ltd. and IDG Capital, the ...Full Article
IBM Re-Ups with U.S. Army for $62M Cloud Deal
IBM has announced its second major cloud win in three months, signing a $62 million, five-year deal with the United States Army to build and manage a cloud solution ...Full Article
“Why Don’t My Security Tools Work?” A Unified Cyber Defense Battle Plan
Threat actors are getting better, faster, and more efficient at compromising networks, taking only minutes or less to breach systems. Unfortunately, organizations are taking weeks, if not longer, to ...Full Article
Spurred by Global Ambitions, Inspur in Joint HPC Deal with DDN
Inspur, the fast-growth cloud computing and server vendor from China, and DDN, a leader in high-end storage, have announced a joint sales and marketing agreement to produce solutions based ...Full Article
Shared Economy Start-up Uses AI-based Compatibility Testing for Online Rental Marketplace
Seeking the next big idea in the “shared economy” pioneered by Uber and Airbnb – while also incorporating compatibility matching capabilities of dating and social media sites – an ...Full Article
Covering Your Assets: Blockchain and Security
The combined market value of blockchain-based technologies, such as cryptocurrencies, is measured in the billions of US dollars. With cryptocurrency gaining legitimacy, it’s worth knowing what security measures are ...Full Article
