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ScaleMP CEO to Present at SYS-CON's Virtualization Conference & Expo, November 19-21, San Jose, CA

Clusters face certain limitations in High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments
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October 31, 2008 12:16 PM EDT
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Clusters face certain limitations in High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments.

1. For applications requiring large memory footprint and not supporting MPI, cluster solutions are not a viable solution. Large memory systems are the only option for many HPC customers, but they can be expensive.

2. There is a high operational cost and complexity associated with the installation and management of clusters: multiple OSs, cluster interconnects, cluster file systems, and application provisioning. The session will present a virtualization technology for high-end computing environments called aggregation, which addresses these issues, combining the advantages of large shared memory systems and clusters while avoiding their limitations.

Speaker Bio:
Shai Fultheim is Founder & CEO of ScaleMP. He designed and architected the core technology behind the company, and is now responsible for its strategy and direction. Fultheim has more than 15 years of experience in technology and business roles, including a few years on the IT end-user side. Before founding ScaleMP, he was CTO of BRM Capital, a first-tier Israeli venture capital firm. Prior to BRM, he was co-founder, CTO, and VP R&D at several technology startups. He has also served in the Israeli Defense Force's central intelligence unit, where he led a large IT organization. He holds a bachelor of technology and applied science from the Jerusalem College of Technology. He has been an active member of several open source initiatives such as Apache, Jakarta Tomcat, Amanda and the Linux kernel.

Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, November 19-20-21, 2008
SYS-CON Events announced today that Amazon CTO Dr. Werner Vogels will deliver the opening keynote at SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.cloudcomputingexpo.com), which will take place November 19-21, at the Fairmont Hotel at the heart of Silicon Valley, in San Jose, California. The first International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo will be colocated with the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo (www.virtualizationconference.com)..

Building the right infrastructure that can scale up or down at a moment's notice can be a complicated and expensive task, but it's essential in today's business landscape. This applies to an enterprise trying to cut-costs, a young business unexpectedly saturated with customer demand, or a start-up looking to launch.

There are many challenges when building a reliable, flexible architecture that can manage unpredictable behaviors of today's internet business. This presentation will review some of the lessons learned from building one of the world's largest distributed systems; Amazon.com. The focus will be on state management which is one of the dominating factors in the scalability, reliability, performance and cost-effectiveness of the overall system.

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About the Speaker:
Dr. Werner Vogels is Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com where he is responsible for driving the company's technology vision. Prior to joining Amazon, he worked as a research scientist at Cornell University where he was a principal investigator in several research projects that target the scalability and robustness of mission-critical enterprise computing systems.

Vogels holds a Ph.D. from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and has authored close to 80 articles for journals and conferences, most of them on distributed systems technologies for enterprise computing.

Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities
Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities Offered on a First-Come First-Served Basis. To inquire about sponsorship and exhibit opportunities please contact Carmen Gonzalez at 201-802-3021 or by email at events(at)sys-con.com. Currently, a limited number of sponsorship and exhibition packages with multiple sponsorship discounts are available for the upcoming events.

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