DECEMBER 16, 2010

ZDNet

10 years ago that would have been a top 10 supercomputer. Now all you need is a credit card and the Internet. Still think cloud computing is a fad?

A large biotech research group needed a lot of CPU cycles to run some simulations. Their own 2000-core cluster was fully booked. Call of Duty: Black Ops was just out!

They turned to CycleComputing’s CycleCloud automated compute cluster creation system. You can build a cluster without them, but CycleCloud also handles details like:

• Scheduling
• Maintaining OS images
• Encryption and associated key management
• Deploying file systems
• Load-based scaling

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