In this episode, Radio Free HPC looks an archival horror story from WGBH in Boston. As the PBS affiliate attempted to move its archived video footage to the American Archive Project, the organization was horrified to discover that many of their files on LTO4 tapes were unreadable. Does your archive strategy match up with today’s…

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team digs into the Grab Bag for Topics of the Week” Dan attended the Lenovo Analyst Conference, and they have him convinced that the company is Going Big on HPC. Rich notes that D-Wave Systems has just landed an additional $29 Million in financing. Is Quantum Computing ready for Prime Time? Henry…

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team looks at CloudHarmony, an online service that measures and compares cloud provider uptime. We simplify the comparison of cloud services by providing reliable and objective performance analysis, reports, commentary, metrics and tools. Got Something to Say? Here is our new Voicemail Box: (503) 852-1843. Send us your questions, comments, and ideas and we’ll…

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team discusses how they’d change the current Student Cluster Competitions in order to make them a more comprehensive test for aspiring HPC professionals. Henry wants to codify rules that span all competitions in order to provide a level playing field and to satisfy his authoritarian nature. Dan isn’t so sure that would…

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team looks at Network Security in light of the recent series of breaches at places like Sony, Home Depot, and Target Our special guest this week is Security Expert Linda Millis, who has a day job as Senior VP of Sol-Pass. Reports surrounding the Sony data breach are missing a…