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June 25, 2007
IBM Extends Deep Computing on Demand Offering
ARMONK, N.Y., June 21 -- IBM today expanded its Deep Computing Capacity on Demand (DCCoD) solutions. In a collaboration with Intel, IBM plans to offer the latest Dual-Core and Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor technology on its System x servers for users who rent compute time at IBM’s hosted DCCoD centers.
The offering is targeted primarily at financial markets
customers, who require additional, high-performance computing power to
run intraday and post-trading analytics, for example. The IBM/Intel
platform offers a fast, highly secure addition to companies’ computing
infrastructure which can be used on a flexible basis. The solution can
be purchased in increments as small as eight hours a day, five days a
week.
“Companies are facing increasing limitations -- primarily around space
constraints and power consumption -- when it comes to adding
high-performance infrastructure,” said David Gelardi, vice president of
Deep Computing at IBM. “This new extension of our DCCoD offering provides
companies with the flexibility to access horsepower as necessary, while
allowing them to conserve the footprint of their data center and avoid
new energy expenditures.”
“Collaborating with IBM on this high-performance computing service
based on the latest Intel Quad-Core Xeon processor technology will
drive the benefits of this combined computing technology to where the
financial markets and other industries will benefit the most -- directly
to their bottom lines,” said Richard Dracott, general manager of the Intel
High Performance Computing Group.
The expanded Intel/IBM offering will be initially available at IBM’s
DCCoD center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. IBM maintains other DCCoD centers
in Rochester, Minn., and two in London, with a total of more
than 14,000 processors. The centers enable customers to easily tap
into IBM-owned-and-hosted high-performance resources on a flexible and
secure basis and benefit from a pay-as-you-go arrangement. With a
number of industries facing issues of constrained datacenter resources
and high energy costs, DCCoD can help mitigate issues of space, power
and cooling.
DCCoD can help a broad spectrum of companies that have peaks and
valleys in their need for supercomputing power. Commercial industries
that have benefited from supercomputing power on demand include biotech
research companies, financial services organizations, government
agencies and national research laboratories.
For more information, visit www.ibm.com/servers/deepcomputing/cod.
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Source: IBM-----
Source: IBM
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