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RSS clusters in newsFemtocells to save mobile operators over $5bn?
News Femtocells also need to be deployed in clusters to ensure they can effectively substitute the capacity of macrocell networks - else they could simply end up being a burden to operators, said Informa. Mobile operators could make "significant savings... [13 Aug 2008]
'Cool' new rival set to challenge Google?
News Cuil clusters the results of each web search performed on the service into groups of related web pages. A start-up led by former star Google engineers has unveiled a new web search service that aims to outdo the internet search leader in size, but... [28 Jul 2008]
Google open sources data-moving tool
News Protocol Buffers could be useful for other organisations that need an efficient way to move structured data around a network, for instance in large clusters or data centres, DiBona said. Google has open sourced an internal development tool called... [11 Jul 2008]
Beep beep! Move over for IBM's super Roadrunner
News The system ranked last on the current list would have been ranked number 255 just six months ago, 406 of the computers on the list were defined as clusters. IBM once again dominated the competition in semi-annual rankings of supercomputers - but... [13 Nov 2007]
Silicon Fens and Glens need more support
News The UK has several "clusters of excellence" but the government needs to adopt a US-based approach to set out clear budgets and guidelines for SMEs and start-ups, according to a report. These geographical clusters of innovation are important to... [08 Jun 2007]
Ballmer fires off Linux patent warning shot
News We have done very well versus Linux on the desktop and on the server, and I am hopeful that we will build share, particularly in web servers and high-performance clusters, from Linux in the next year," he told analysts. [21 Feb 2007]
Flu simulation puts spotlight on homeworking
News The exercise simulated levels of staff sickness rising from 15 per cent at the start of the exercise to a peak of 49 per cent at the height of the pandemic - with clusters of absence taking the peak rate up to 60 per cent in some business units. [05 Jan 2007]
Digital X-ray plan hits halfway in London and south
News This brings the number of acute trusts using Pacs in the London and southern clusters to 51, as 18 sites in the clusters already had Pacs in place. The majority of Pacs deployments have been in these two clusters - only nine deployments out of 42... [09 Aug 2006]
Torvalds issues new Linux kernel
News This software governs how a single pool of data is shared by a group of servers, a crucial element of Oracle efforts to make clusters of low-end computers a viable database alternative to expensive multiprocessor servers. [22 Mar 2006]
NHS "disappointed" by digital imaging delays
News It said, so far, there have been 24 deployments of Pacs in Eastern, London and Southern clusters, and deployment of Pacs systems are now taking place at the rate of more than one per week. The NHS has admitted it is "disappointed" with the delivery... [13 Mar 2006]
World's biggest grid seeks secrets of the universe
News Individual scientists can then access data from Tier-3 sites which could be local clusters or individual PCs. The mysteries of dark matter, multiple dimensions and even the conditions following the Big Bang could be solved with the help of the... [24 Nov 2005]
Gates to bang supercomputing drum
News Bill Gates plans on Tuesday to announce Microsoft's foray into the world of supercomputing, though its first operating system for computer clusters remains in beta testing. Academic institutions and some industrial customers have been combining... [15 Nov 2005]
Supercomputing gets $148m cash injection
News The project began as a pair of Itanium-based clusters at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and San Diego Supercomputing Center but expanded to include the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and several other sites. [23 Aug 2005]
Rollins: Dell to be $80bn company by 2009
News Rollins said Dell is encouraged by the more than 750 high-performance computing clusters the company has contracted out to financial services and telecommunications companies. Dell CEO Kevin Rollins says the computer maker has the potential to be... [18 Jul 2005]
Cisco snaps up Topspin for $250m
News The acquisition gives the networking giant access to Topspin's switches, which are used to help companies assemble their servers into computing clusters and link them to networks and storage systems. Cisco Systems is buying start-up Topspin... [15 Apr 2005]
