Hardware & Grid
Zircon Computing Improves Load Balancing
NEW YORK-To improve the performance of its grid-enabling middleware, dubbed Zircon Software Product Suite, Zircon Computing has included a separate service pool for the platform's internal load balancer in version 3.1, which was made generally available…
Tibco Plans Cloud Play
New York-Following its purchase of grid platform provider Data Synapse last year, middleware messaging vendor Tibco is looking to leverage the acquisition to enter the cloud computing environment space, DWT has learned.
Outlook: Cloud to Reign in 2010
Cloud computing is gaining board-level attention as a technology that delivers value. But while it offers a range of opportunities for the data world, cloud also presents a unique set of challenges. By John Akbari, an independent consultant to the data…
2010: Virtual Reality
Opinion
Banks Unfazed by Public Clouds
NEW YORK-The industry will find ways to allay concerns about the public nature of cloud computing as practiced by corporations such as Google and Amazon.com, according to panelists at the Waters USA 2009 conference hosted by sibling publication Waters .
List Group Eyes Grid Portfolio
LONDON-Trading application and risk management platform provider List Group released its first grid-enabled application for tier-two and tier-three financial institutions that seek the computing benefits of a grid environment without deploying an…
Microsoft Rolls Out Grid Betas
NEW YORK-Operating system and software giant Microsoft recently released beta versions of its Windows HPC Server 2008 server operating system and Microsoft Excel 2010 spreadsheet application that will reduce computing time for the largest Excel workbooks…
Cloud Computing: The Future, Delayed
LONDON-Cloud computing is unavoidable at present-consumer-grade offerings have already hit the market, universities and city governments are using a number of cloud-based applications, while software vendors and cloud service providers are touting its…
Carnegie Bank Upgrades PC Blades
NEW YORK-As part of a trading floor re-fresh, Swedish investment bank Carnegie Bank plans to roll out the latest version of ClearCube Technology's quad-monitor PC blade platform across its trading floor, vendor officials announced today, Sept. 21.
Cloud Consortium Starts Monterey Initiative
NEW YORK-Several cloud computing vendors have announced the planned availability of an integrated enterprise cloud computing test bed, dubbed Monterey, today, Sept. 14.
Data Cloud Has a Silver Lining
As more firms and vendors consider transferring non-core, compute-intensive data requirements such as tick history management to virtual processors in cloud computing environments, Rob Daly, editor of sibling publication Dealing with Technology ,…
AMD to Round Out Istanbul Family with Cloud Offering
NEW YORK-On the heels of last month's introduction of the six-core version of its Opteron processor line, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) expects to add an Extremely Efficient (EE) line of processors tailored to the needs of high-density and…
GigaSpaces Technologies Debuts XAP Upgrade
HERZLIYA, ISRAEL-In a bid to improve application scalability, grid computing vendor GigaSpaces Technologies plans to announce this week the availability of version 7.0 of its eXtreme Application Platform (XAP), officials tell DWT .
3Tera Sets AppStore Beta Date
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF.-Cloud computing technology provider 3Tera plans to roll out next quarter a beta version of its AppStore grid operating system that is designed to support and scale Web applications, officials tell DWT .
Intel Preps New Nehalem Server Line
SANTA CLARA, CALIF.-To meet the demands of its high-end enterprise customers, Intel is developing a new family of expandable server platforms built on the Xeon processor, codenamed Nehalem-EX.
Appro Rolls Out Hybrid Server
MILPITAS, CALIF.-Enterprise server maker Appro has released its first server offering-the Appro HyperPower Cluster (APC)-that marries graphical processing units (GPUs) from Nvidia with Intel Xeon processors, today, May 18, according to a vendor…
Industry Finds Savings in Green IT
NEW YORK-Many financial services firms' IT projects have been put on hold due to the tough economic conditions that are still gripping organizations worldwide. However, green initiatives may be one of the bright spots on firms' "to do" lists at the…
Merrill Lynch Cooks Up Internal Cloud
NEW YORK-To reap the cost-saving benefits of cloud computing, Merrill Lynch and parent Bank of America are in the process of developing an enterprise file system (EFS) that will power the bank's internal cloud computing initiative.
Intel Rolls Out ‘Nehalem' Family
NEW YORK-The financial services industry will be able to wring out even more energy efficiency and power usage from the new Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, vendor officials tell DWT .
Platform Targets Latency with Symphony Update
NEW YORK-Grid computing software provider Platform Computing aims to reduce latency and improve data transfer capabilities with the latest release of its Symphony product, vendor officials announced today, March 16.
Egenera Expands PAN Coverage
MARLBORO, MASS.-Datacenter virtualization software and hardware provider Egenera has recently made its PAN Manager platform available on the Dell 10G line of servers, which includes PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure and M600 blades, according to vendor…
Knight Grows N.J. Datacenter
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-To meet the demands of its growing electronic trading business, broker-dealer Knight Capital Group is currently building out additional space in its datacenter and on its trading floor, DWT has learned.
Appro Readies GreenBlade
MILPITAS, CALIF.-Enterprise server maker Appro will release its new GreenBlade system designed to run high-performance and high-density computing applications tomorrow, Feb. 17.