CGG Taps PC Clustering in Oil Hunt
By 2020, experts say, worldwide demand for oil will truly begin to outstrip supply and prices will skyrocket. We’re running out. Anxious fuel companies want
By 2020, experts say, worldwide demand for oil will truly begin to outstrip supply and prices will skyrocket. We’re running out. Anxious fuel companies want
What is it? Paying for computing the way you pay for heat and hot water. A company would be billed only for the processing power,
With budgets tight, technology managers are using tactics from the financial world to decide which projects are worth pursuing. Project portfolio management (PPM) is a
Viewing projects as part of a portfolio helps justify potentially risky initiatives. The definition of what’s risky, however, varies from company to company. Take this
Use the worksheet below to calculate the costs and benefits of implementing a network based on a pay-as-you-go approach. This example, taken from a model
Oil-exploration firm CGG Americas replaced its supercomputers with a cluster of several thousand personal computers linked by specialized networking software. Here’s one view of how
Remember how you felt when grades came out in school? Now manufacturers are giving report cards around the clock to suppliers and expecting them to
Gartner Inc. is to the technology analyst industry what IBM is to computer technology. It’s a fitting comparison considering the company’s origins. Gartner was founded
Serious handicappers betting on ponies know they’re always bucking the odds. But the rigging of the Pick Six payoff at the Breeder’s Cup championship showed