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By: Sabine Soellheim

April 2, 2014 8:13 am

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Scale up to 256 sockets and 64TB memory with SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server

Widely used in science, engineering and industry, High Performance Computing (HPC) is no longer a niche market in the IT world. Now enterprises are interested in leveraging HPC for data-intensive analysis. So it's  no wonder that, according to IDC, the HPC market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CARG) of 6.8 to […]

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By: David Byte

November 19, 2013 10:06 pm

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SC13 is going FAST

We just put the wraps on day two of SC13 here in Denver.  Heading into the next 2 days, we still have a tremendous amount of information to deliver in our booth (#301) and in meetings.  We have already had great mini-theater presentations from partners like Solarflare, SGI and Bright Computing and a […]

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By: David Byte

November 4, 2013 9:07 am

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SC13 is nearly here!

If you're in the HPC space, chances are you are already aware of SC13 (sc13.supercomputing.org) being hosted in Denver the week of 11/17.  While the show is focused on HPC, it is also a good chance to see how vendors are crossing into "new" spaces. It is interesting to see technologies […]

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By: David Byte

July 22, 2013 8:40 am

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Why You Should Be Using SLES 11 SP3

When it comes to change, most IT shops and OEMs would prefer not to make a jump to a recent OS update until they absolutely must. I understand, I've been there and done that. Understanding the aversion, I am still encouraging every partner (end user, IHV or OEM) to make the jump to SLES […]

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By: David Byte

July 8, 2013 6:58 am

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Surrounded by SUSE

As I look around and observe everyday life, it is amazing just how prevalent SUSE Linux is in the background fabric of critical infrastructure.  Whether it is something as simple as going to the store, visiting your doctor, flying on a plane or making a transaction in your 401k, it is extremely likely that […]

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By: Meike Chabowski

November 15, 2012 5:31 pm

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SUSE and High Performance Computing – Part V: How HPC innovation is spilling over to mainstream IT

Today is the last day of exhibition at Supercomputing Conference 2012. And the Salt Lake Tribune really hits the mark with its recent article about Supercomputing being now part of everyday life. In a sense, everyone has baby supercomputers these days, whether or not they are used for technical workloads. An important category within threshold […]

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By: amiej

November 13, 2012 7:33 pm

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Why 20 Years of Linux Expertise is Good for Supercomputing

We’re not the only ones that turned 20 this year. On the first day of this year’s Supercomputing Conference, the TOP500 List also kicked off its 20th year by announcing its latest list of the 500 fastest supercomputers in the world. At the top of this year’s list was Titan, a Cray […]

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By: Meike Chabowski

November 13, 2012 12:49 pm

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SUSE and High Performance Computing – Part IV: Linux and "High Productivity Computing" in the Enterprise

Linux is the undisputed operating system of choice for traditional HPC workloads or "number crunching". This is again proven by the most current list of the top500 supercomputers, which has just been published yesterday during the Supercomputing Conference 2012 in Salt Lake City. An impressive 93,8% of all supercomputers listed here is running […]

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By: Meike Chabowski

November 12, 2012 12:54 pm

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SUSE and High Performance Computing – Part III: Challenges and Trends of the HPC Market

Back in June, when I was speaking about SUSE's position in HPC, I promised to continue with the short series of HPC blogs - it took a while but finally here you go! Another important topic which we have to discuss quite often are the challenges and trends of the HPC market, and what innovations […]

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