Welcome to the latest edition of the IBM HPC Insights digital newsletter. In this issue, you’ll learn how integrated solutions from IBM are helping organizations in a wide range of fields capitalize on the power of HPC. Plus, you’ll get a sneak peek at Supercomputing 09 (SC09)—the Supercomputing conference that will be held later this month in Portland, Oregon.

Read on and discover:

• SC09—Preview IBM’s contributions to this year’s Supercomputing conference, which centers on technologies that promote sustainability.
  
  
• IBM System Cluster 1350 solutions—Learn how HPC solutions from IBM can deliver outstanding performance and the flexibility to build tailored solutions without adding complexity.
  
  
• IBM Cluster Solutions customer success stories—See how three prominent organizations use integrated HPC solutions from IBM to improve the resolution of computer models and accelerate projects while also reducing energy consumption.

We hope you enjoy this issue!

Featured Stories

		IBM to Preview Energy-Saving Innovations at Supercomputing 2009 This year’s Supercomputing Conference (SC09), scheduled for November 14–20 in Portland, Oregon, will focus on technologies that foster sustainability—and IBM will be there to showcase high-efficiency offerings like the next generation of IBM supercomputing hardware based on the soon-to-be-released IBM® POWER7™ processors. Read more
		Flexible HPC configurations—integrated solutions From locating new energy sources and running crash test simulations to sequencing human genomes and performing advanced business analytics, organizations turn to high-performance computing (HPC) to gain the computational power to solve complex problems. System Cluster 1350 solutions give organizations the performance to tackle complex and challenging problems, the flexibility for creating tailored systems and the confidence that customized clusters will perform as expected. Read more
		IBM Cluster Solutions customer success stories Around the globe, research organizations, government agencies and businesses are implementing integrated solutions from IBM to capitalize on the computational power of high-performance computing (HPC). See how three prominent organizations use integrated HPC solutions from IBM to improve the resolution of computer models and accelerate projects while also reducing energy consumption. Read more

Editor's picks

I/O Performance of GPFS on HS21 Blades and IBM System Storage DS5300 This paper documents a study to demonstrate the I/O capability of General Parallel File System (GPFS) on HS21 blades inside the IBM BladeCenter blade server with the System Storage DS5300 storage subsystem using a 8Gbps Fiber Channel interconnect. Learn more

IBM's Blue Gene Supercomputer Honored With National Medal Of Technology And Innovation President Obama recognized IBM (NYSE: IBM) and its Blue Gene family of supercomputers with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the country's most prestigious award given to leading innovators for technological achievement. Learn more