tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20047183542482536592024-03-05T20:58:48.404-08:00Let IT Scale ...Supporting use of scalable computing to drive innovation and wealth creation.Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-52418838832564103312011-09-27T16:30:00.000-07:002011-09-27T16:30:06.797-07:00Intel to Banish Ninja programmers forever?While detailing Intel's multi-core future, Rattner said "You think you'd have to be some kind of freak to program for multi core, but you don't have to be a ninja programmer" and then he also said, "our goal at Intel is to banish ninja programmers forever."
Ian Phillips of ARM, on Sep 5th, in our Multi-core Challenge workshop at Bristol said, "There are problems that need scientists to solve. Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-83044915682753062232011-09-27T16:26:00.000-07:002011-09-27T16:26:31.919-07:00Has the industry already addressed some of the multi-core problems found in 2006?Gordon Haff in his blog post What became of multi-core programming problems? says that some of the gaming software have managed to really tax the desktop hardware by utilising some of the modern architectures.
I can say that Gordon is one of the rare talent pool.
I will try to get him for a webinar.Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-38693501975993814222011-09-27T16:24:00.000-07:002011-09-27T16:24:18.612-07:00NVIDIA white paper on variable SMPHave you read about NVIDIA's Project Kal-El processor? It implements a novel variable Symmetric Multiprocessing technology.
Essentially, there are five processors in this architecture. Four are designed to work at higher frequencies and the fifth at a much lower frequency. The low frequency chip will work on rendering multimedia. Based on the workload, these chips are enabled and disabled. The Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-74303766194117711592011-09-27T16:21:00.000-07:002011-09-27T16:21:01.888-07:00A Conversation with Intel’s John Hengeveld at IDF 2011Here is a link to Greg Pfister's website containing transcript of his conversation with John Hengeveld of Intel.
The discussion spans several themes ... Use of MIC for streaming, Intel attributing performance to its programming model, MIC versus SoC/SCC, would it support CUDA and OpenCL.
An interesting read
http://perilsofparallel.blogspot.com/2011/09/at-recent-intel-developer-forum-idf-i.htmlMahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-12555122200710955062010-10-01T04:21:00.000-07:002010-10-01T04:21:39.750-07:00The Charity CloudThinkGrid and appiChar are aiming to offer cloud services such as SaaS and Hosted Virtual Desktops for charitable organisations. The cloud suits such organisations as they operate on a variable headcount and a low budget.
Read more here.Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-65172734507431792842010-10-01T04:20:00.000-07:002010-10-01T04:20:10.015-07:00How is Uncle Sam using the cloud?We heard Ian Osborne revealing the latest on the UK’s G-Cloud project.
This made me curious to check out how Uncle Sam is using the cloud. It is said that the US has saved 1.7m$ by moving its services site onto the cloud. Then it has allowed its army to adopt a cloud based CRM tool saving 90% of the cost. And its interior department (DoI) is on track to save 67% of the costs. And there is Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-47373183427341431922010-10-01T04:07:00.000-07:002010-10-01T04:07:48.988-07:00Lack of cloud computing vision is hurting most enterprisesThis is the view expressed by David Linthicum in his cloud computing blog. So, it is really back to the basics then. Enterprises must look at their business problems and look for technology options that solve them instead of jumping on the private cloud bandwagon.
We agree. In fact we are trying to formulate a step by step process for creating a cloud computing strategy. We are sharing Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-41636393965430913562010-10-01T03:57:00.000-07:002010-10-01T03:57:02.373-07:00Cloud Services with End To End Service LevelsOrange Business Services, Cisco, EMC and VMware have formed an alliance, called Flexible 4 Business. Their plan is to offer four cloud services with tiered end-to-end service-level agreements.
The services being offered include: (1) Private cloud that can be deployed either on customers' sites or on Orange Business Services’ (OBS) network (2) data backup (3) Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-67300348353957535142010-09-29T16:15:00.000-07:002010-09-29T16:34:31.698-07:00Book Review: The Art of Scalability
The Scalable Computing Programme examines several dimensions and delivery models of scalable digital systems. Cloud Computing, Multi-core processors, Large Scale Complex IT Systems are the channels we have chosen to examine process, people and technology challenges associated with truly scalable, reliable digital systems. But addressing scalability – across technologies, architectures, deliveryMahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-27415629750373449262010-09-29T16:01:00.000-07:002010-09-29T16:01:28.070-07:00Sustainable IT: EC Code of Conduct for Data CentresThis article examines the European Commission’s Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency.
What is it? It is a voluntary initiative that aims to inform and stimulate data centre operators and owners to reduce energy consumption in a cost-effective manner without hampering the mission critical function of data centres.
Where is it? You can access the code using this link http://Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-81244122996470025512010-09-28T06:28:00.000-07:002010-09-28T06:33:56.259-07:00Exciting webinars on fresh topicsCurrently we are running a new webinar series on fresh topics related to Scalable Computing, Cloud Computing and Sustainable IT. Each webinar features an industry expert and his/her area of work.
Our idea is to deliver around 13 webinars over 15 weeks. As of now, we have delivered 2 webinars and 6 others are already scheduled.
Sharing Research Assets Over The Cloud: 13th Oct 2010 Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-25364766602150745132010-07-13T12:58:00.000-07:002010-07-13T12:58:01.315-07:00Cloud Computing and Corporate Karma
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Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-87362662208850797482010-04-29T16:09:00.000-07:002010-04-29T16:09:34.858-07:00Time to move on - series of webinarsPerhaps it is only a little exaggeration if I say that the industry is slowly getting saturated with fundamental knowledge of cloud computing. We have seen many events where cloud has been introduced, its types are discussed, there seems to be basic understanding of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. It is time to move on.I will be running a series of webinars on a variety of topics. First wave of these Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-61044488737954885532010-04-08T15:44:00.000-07:002010-04-08T15:44:40.308-07:00Webinar: Lessons from Cloud ComputingThe IT industry doesn’t seem to get tired about cloud computing! Everybody seems to be speaking about virtualisation, private clouds, PaaS, SaaS of late. But there are silent implementations, adoption of cloud computing technologies and businesses have learnt many lessons. So, we believe that now we should take time out and look at lessons learnt so far.
The Digital Systems Knowledge Transfer Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-33639931866764393592010-04-05T16:23:00.000-07:002010-04-05T16:24:06.174-07:00Beyond SPT (Security, Privacy and Trust) What Else You Must Worry About in the Cloud?Perhaps by now you would have attended at least two workshops on cloud computing and heard half a dozen people emphasizing three top cloud computing worries Security, Privacy and Trust. Not surprisingly significant effort is being put to find reasonable solutions to Security, Privacy and Trust in the industry and academia. Consortiums are also trying to set standards for identity management etc.Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-64129648892030162442010-04-05T09:34:00.000-07:002010-04-05T09:39:45.757-07:00Scalable Computing Programme OrganizationScalable Computing Programme is one of the three programmes of Digital Systems Knowledge Transfer Network. I run this program. Here is a detailed overview of the programme.
Scalable Computing Programme builds on the extensive work done by GridComputingNow! KTN. We have changed our focus to address variety of stakeholders that DSKTN might interact with.
As shown in the picture below, we have Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-4194128526028848632010-03-03T03:48:00.000-08:002010-03-03T03:48:32.303-08:00Digital Britain TestbedYesterday I attended a workshop on Second Generation of Digital Test beds – which we (DCKTN) and TSB jointly had organized in London.
Digital Test Bed is an opportunity for anyone to test the feasibility of their ideas. TSB (Technology Strategy Board) welcomes any idea that has potential to transform the society/community/world for the better. TSB will help you with find resources and offer a Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004718354248253659.post-1295675337328721982010-02-05T16:44:00.000-08:002010-02-05T17:23:08.648-08:001, 2, 3 – Scale!I decided it was time to wake up when I saw tips on cloud computing in the January 2010 edition of Readers Digest. (Page 119 “1001 things that everyone should know about”) Although the tip had oversimplified the cloud to be a mere synonym of the Internet, it seemed like an invitation to use Amazon Web Services or GoogleApps. And the author had gone a step ahead and declared that it is safe to Mahesha Pandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09571812812878242410noreply@blogger.com0