News archive for December 2008

OGSA-DAI 3.1 released

05th December 2008. Filed under: News, Announcements

OGSA-DAI 3.1 released
The OGSA-DAI project, a partner in OMII-UK, have released version 3.1 of their database access and integration software.
OGSA-DAI is an extensible framework for the access and management of distributed heterogeneous data resources - whether these be databases, files or other types of data - via web services. OGSA-DAI provides a workflow engine for […]

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DECI Awards 2009

05th December 2008. Filed under: News, Announcements

DEISA Extreme Computing Initiative Awards 2009 on AlphaGalileo
Forty two scientific projects have recently been awarded supercomputing resources through DEISA, the EU’s unique infrastructure of supercomputing systems. The awards, totalling more than 49 million processor hours, collectively comprise the largest amount of supercomputing resources ever allocated at a pan-European project call.
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http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?_rss=1&fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=534422

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FT: Supercomputers: Speed within reach

05th December 2008. Filed under: News, Media coverage

EPCC’s Mark Parsons appears in the Financial Times, talking about providing supercomputing facilities for business.  Read more:
FT.com: Supercomputers: Speed within reach at affordable prices

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Guardian: LEaD Project

05th December 2008. Filed under: News, Media coverage

EPCC’s Judy Hardy talks to The Guardian about the LEaD project, which is investigating student experiences of learning technology…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/digitalstudent/academia

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