tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44484422601556222622024-03-05T04:15:54.858-05:00Platform Computing BlogPlatform Computing, an IBM Company, is a leader in cluster, grid and HPC cloud management software serving more than 2,000 of the world’s most demanding organizations. For over 20 years, its workload and resource management solutions have delivered optimized IT infrastructures, ease of management, and lower costs for enterprise, HPC, and technical computing clients. Visit www.ibm.com/platformcomputing.Platform Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13048134250777318462noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-53663627935831425762012-06-28T16:34:00.000-04:002012-06-28T16:47:11.828-04:00Hadoop MapReduce low latency matters! BGI Shenzen wins IDC Innovation Award
Last week IDC released the winners for
the HPC Innovation Excellence Awards.
As per IDC’s announcement, BGI Shenzen
saved millions of dollars while enabling faster processing of their large
genome data sets. The IBM
Platform Symphony product was used for the Hadoop MapReduce applications.
Platform Symphony provides a low latency Hadoop MapReduce implementation.
In conjunction with its uniquePlatform Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13048134250777318462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-54782039337406192782012-06-11T15:23:00.000-04:002012-06-11T15:23:21.691-04:00The win in Monaco and a hot season continues
Mark Webber's winning dive into the pool, he's mid air!
As Red Bull Racing prepares for their upcoming race events, a recent highlight was at the Monaco Grand Prix where the team won the race for the third consecutive time! It was a nail biting race and that also resulted in a second consecutive win for Mark Webber in Monaco.
Platform Compuitng logo on the car. Very Platform Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13048134250777318462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-67149807211528867612012-04-10T14:20:00.002-04:002012-06-11T15:25:47.263-04:00Infrastructure Cloud Strategies
San Francisco, Monday Feb 20th, evening. I'm wondering what path most Platform customers will take to the cloud over the next decade, and perhaps more interesting, what will the intermediate steps be as they prepare for that journey. I'm here for the molecular tri-con, and had the pleasure, or more properly, the learning experience of listening to people like Deepak Singh of Amazon, Chris Chris Porter - Product Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05977085666307897631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-78785178320718555542011-11-24T11:45:00.004-05:002011-11-24T11:52:55.674-05:00And the winner is... Jaguar Land Rover for business IT project of the year!<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Christopher Nathan/Platform Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01099330286849859716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-30105227860523784552011-11-23T00:53:00.008-05:002011-11-23T10:16:00.674-05:00Big Data report from SC’11In my previous blog I expressed high expectations for the Big Data-related activities at this year’s Supercomputing conference. Coming back from the show, I’d say the enthusiasm and knowledge on Big Data within the HPC community truly surprised me. Here are the major highlights from the show:
Good flow of traffic at the Platform booth for Platform MapReduce. Many visitors stopped by our booth toJie Wu, Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise Analyticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667460319039496490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-66149154264824299242011-11-15T01:43:00.006-05:002011-11-15T01:54:07.973-05:00Linux Interacting with Windows HPC ServerThere are many interesting technology showcases at SC’11 this week. One of the Birds of a Feather sessions this week will discuss a solution implemented at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) that mixes Linux with Windows HPC Server in a cluster for processing large amount of data.Without a proper tool or a lot of practice, getting Linux and Windows to work together seamlessly to William Lu, Director of Product Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14848857201923086690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-50738595230421594302011-11-11T17:19:00.001-05:002011-11-11T17:21:50.750-05:00Wading throughthe Pre-SC’11 HPC News <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chris Porter - Product Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05977085666307897631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-49321230705229071962011-11-09T16:36:00.006-05:002011-11-09T20:21:57.212-05:00Big Data’s Big Show at SC’11It’s less than a week away, everyone in the HPC community are drumming up for SC’11. As someone who has been to SC for the past seven years, I was pleased to see that Big Data appears to be the new kid on the block this year. Roughly 20 sessions will be dedicated to Big Data related topics at this year’s Supercomputing show. From basic training on Hadoop and MapReduce to the challenges and Jie Wu, Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise Analyticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667460319039496490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-72404651277339782012011-11-03T17:55:00.001-04:002011-11-03T18:00:20.768-04:00Blog Series – Five Challenges for Hadoop MapReduce in the Enterprise, Part 5
Challenge #5: Lack of Multiple Data Source Support
With this blog entry, we have reached the final chapter of the Hadoop challenge series. In this blog, I am going to discuss the fifth challenge for current Hadoop implementations – the lack of multiple data source support.The current Hadoop implementation does not support multiple data sources; instead, it supports only one distributed file Jie Wu, Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise Analyticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667460319039496490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-17483180224444020572011-10-26T02:52:00.004-04:002011-11-03T08:41:38.597-04:00Blog Series – Five Challenges for Hadoop MapReduce in the Enterprise, Part 4
Challenge #4: Lack of Quality of Service
We are back after a short break. The challenge with the current implementation of Hadoop MapReduce continues. In this blog let’s take a look at the fourth challenge in the existing Hadoop stack – the lack of quality of service.
By high quality of service, we are referring to the capability of dynamically allocating available IT infrastructure Jie Wu, Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise Analyticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667460319039496490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-11697308991707130362011-10-18T09:44:00.025-04:002011-11-03T08:46:56.766-04:00Why Combine Platform Computing with IBM?You may have read the news that Platform Computing has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by IBM and you may wonder why. I’d like to share with you our thinking at Platform and what our relevance is to you and the dramatic evolution of enterprise computing. Even though not an old man yet and usually too busy doing stuff, for once I will try to look at the past, present and future.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-83197138311923848392011-10-07T03:46:00.005-04:002011-10-07T03:57:49.594-04:00Taming Big Data – A Recap of the O’Reilly Strata ConferenceO’Reilly Strata, a conference dedicated to data science, held its second meeting of the year from September 22 – 23 in New York City. The conference drew close to 500 attendees, including all the major technology providers in the space as well as user organizations from various industries that are dealing with Big Data problems. Platform Computing was one of the sponsors of the conference, Jie Wu, Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise Analyticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667460319039496490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-77078782001304789182011-09-30T10:48:00.001-04:002011-09-30T10:52:45.150-04:00ISC cloud 2011 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Chris Porter - Product Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05977085666307897631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-1752194668789341472011-09-28T11:34:00.000-04:002011-09-28T11:34:00.822-04:00Congratulations to Rick Parker – a Platform Customer, Partner and SuperNova Semifinalist!
Over the past year, I’ve had the pleasure of working closely
with someone I regard as a true visionary when it comes to IT management and
unlocking the power of private cloud computing. I am referring to Rick Parker
who, until recently, has been the IT Director at Fetch Technologies, a longtime
customer of Platform Computing, which leverages Platform ISF for their private
cloud management. Now Jay Muelhoeferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338815860367568260noreply@blogger.com0Boston, MA, USA42.3584308 -71.059773242.170698800000004 -71.375630199999989 42.5461628 -70.7439162tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-79817452363602841062011-09-27T14:54:00.008-04:002011-09-29T16:24:58.877-04:00One small step for man, one enormous leap for scienceNews from CERN last week that E may not, in fact, equal mc2 was earth shattering. As the news broke, physicists everywhere quivered in the knowledge that everything they once thought true may no longer hold and the debate that continues to encircle the announcement this week is fascinating. Commentary ranges from those excited by the ongoing uncertainties of the modern world to those who are Louise Westoby, Sr Product Marketing Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370439420250731412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-8086643563319416522011-09-27T07:58:00.001-04:002011-09-27T08:04:36.214-04:00IDC HPC User Forum – San Diego <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Courier New"; panose-1:2 7 3 9 2 2 5 2 4 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 2 1 2 1 8 4 8 7 8; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 0 65536 0 Chris Porter - Product Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05977085666307897631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-53293037505990702022011-09-26T15:36:00.006-04:002011-09-27T12:24:32.777-04:00Blog Series – Five Challenges for Hadoop MapReduce in the Enterprise, Part 3
Challenge #3: Lack of Application Deployment Support
In my previous blog, I explored the shortcomings in resource management capabilities in the current open source Hadoop MapReduce runtime implementation. In this installment of the “Five Challenges for Hadoop MapReduce in the Enterprise” series, I’d like to take a different view on the existing open source implementation and examine the Jie Wu, Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise Analyticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667460319039496490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-50270776805690072452011-09-21T14:17:00.000-04:002011-09-27T11:43:49.311-04:00VMworld Signage - "Are You Cloud Intense?"VMworld always attracts some interesting booth strategies and signage. We were highlighted as being one of the most innovative with our "Are you Cloud Intense?" theme on our shirts and booth imagery.
Show Your Cloud Intensity
I'm not sure we are philosophers, but we definitely know how to help customers build private clouds with IaaS management software!Jay Muelhoeferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338815860367568260noreply@blogger.com0Boston, MA, USA42.3584308 -71.059773242.170698800000004 -71.375630199999989 42.5461628 -70.7439162tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-55091174949886667602011-09-19T10:02:00.005-04:002011-09-19T10:12:15.832-04:00The Release of Platform HPC 3.0.1 Dell EditionLast week, Platform HPC 3.0.1 Dell Edition was released. One of the significant features of this release is the support of high availability for management nodes on the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1. Why is support for management node HA special when many cluster management tools support it already?Well, Platform HPC is not just a cluster management solution. It is an end-to-end William Lu, Director of Product Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14848857201923086690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-44453342757254293602011-09-14T19:05:00.008-04:002011-09-27T12:40:55.970-04:00Platform MapReduce v1.5 brings enhanced functionalities to MapReduce runtime
We are pleased to announce that Platform Computing 1.5 is now available. Compared to its predecessor, Platform MapReduce v1.0 released in late June, the newly released version brings a number of enhancements in the key functionalities the product delivers. Major improvements include the availability of the MapReduce application adapter technology, which allows users to executeJie Wu, Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise Analyticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667460319039496490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-28140643976531868402011-09-13T14:09:00.000-04:002011-09-13T15:36:16.972-04:00Best of VMworld Award for Private Cloud Management
One of the fun
elements at VMworld is participating in the “Best of VMworld” awards. Platform Computing entered the Private Cloud
Management category against 15+ vendors.
After several web meetings, live demos and reference reviews, we were
awarded the Finalist position.
Best of VMworld 2011 Private Cloud
This award follows other
recent successes such as being Jay Muelhoeferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338815860367568260noreply@blogger.com0Boston, MA, USA42.3584308 -71.059773242.170698800000004 -71.375630199999989 42.5461628 -70.7439162tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-2614508600546394832011-09-09T13:20:00.002-04:002011-09-13T15:36:30.002-04:00Top 5 VMworld 2011 Takeaways for Private Cloud
4 days. 115 degrees outside. 20,000 of my closest virtualization
friends. VMworld Las Vegas
was quite an experience. The Platform Computing booth was busy from
start to finish with a demo of our award-winning
Platform ISF private cloud (IaaS) management solution.
From attending the
keynotes and speaking with attendees, I had 5 key takeaways from the Jay Muelhoeferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338815860367568260noreply@blogger.com0Boston, MA, USA42.3584308 -71.059773242.170698800000004 -71.375630199999989 42.5461628 -70.7439162tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-58959026327527801782011-09-08T16:11:00.000-04:002011-09-08T16:11:56.697-04:00HPC from A - Z (Part 26) - ZZ is for… Zodiac
The wonders of the universe will remain of interest to the human race until the end of time or at least until we think we know everything about everything. Whichever comes first…
With the developments in technology of late, the amount of information we have about constellations and other universes is growing exponentially. For all we know, in fifty years we may be taking Louise Westoby, Sr Product Marketing Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370439420250731412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-44202130674495851902011-09-07T00:16:00.006-04:002011-09-27T13:07:04.702-04:00Blog Series – Five Challenges for Hadoop MapReduce in the Enterprise, Part 2Challenge #2: Current Hadoop MapReduce implementations lack flexibility and reliable resource management
As outlined in Part 1 of this series, here at Platform, we’ve identified five significant challenges that we believe are currently hindering Hadoop MapReduce adoption in enterprise environments. The second challenge, addressed here, is a lack of flexibility and resource management Jie Wu, Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise Analyticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667460319039496490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448442260155622262.post-57391338065646307362011-08-30T14:29:00.004-04:002011-08-30T16:18:14.488-04:00HPC from A-Z (part 25) - YY is for… yield strength
Think how many children play with plasticine and Play-Doh and day dream about being an artist or a sculptor when they grow up. The majority of adults actually follow different career paths but the true passions of a child often resonate with their adult selves in a different and more advanced form. Just look at the number of engineers in the world!
‘Yield strength’ or ‘Louise Westoby, Sr Product Marketing Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370439420250731412noreply@blogger.com0