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What is a managed service provider? Strategic outsourcing for IT services

CIO Business Intelligence

A managed service provider (MSP) is an outsourcer contracted to remotely manage or deliver IT services such as network, application, infrastructure, or security management to a client company by assuming full responsibility for those services, determining proactively what technologies and services are needed to fulfill the client’s needs.

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Looking beyond linpack: new supercomputing benchmark in the works

Data Center Knowledge

The new benchmark being proposed is called the High Performance Conjugate Gradient (HPCG), and should better correlate to computation and data access patterns found in many applications today. It measures the ability of a system to solve a dense system of linear equations. Designing for a Benchmark, or Applications?

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IT Automation Provider Puppet Labs Acquires Cloudsmith

Data Center Knowledge

Cloudsmith provides tools for system administrators and developers that make it easier to automate management of IT resources through intuitive GUIs and SaaS applications. Disaster Recovery. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. He writes about a range of topics at DCK, with an emphasis on cloud hosting.

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Animal Logic Contemplates Cloud Options for VFX Rendering - Data.

Data Center Knowledge

The changing trends in cloud computing and supercomputers has left the company contemplating options for on-shore clouds and new supercomputers. RELATED POSTS: Instart Logic Launches Application Streaming Network. Disaster Recovery. “We are really trying to see whether it make sense for us to use those services.

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