UK  HPC  2015  Tuesday  16th  December  2014  

Forward-­‐Thinking  Government  

•   Investment  con9nues  •   Acquirers  not  developers?    •   UK  best  place  for  science    •   HPC  and  big  data    •   Long  may  funding  con9nue  

Image:  Chancellor  George  Osbourne  

Research  Data  Management  

•   Research  intensive  na9on  •   Government  Access  to  Research    •   Research  Council  compliance    •   Data  needs  effec9ve  management    

Commercial  Laggards?  

•   HPC  ‘spreading’  •   Technology  making  HPC  adop9on  easy    •   75:25  split  will  balance  

Image  courtesy  of  Engys  

Technology    

•  Co-processors •  OpenStack •  HPC virtualisation •  HPC appliances •  Warm-water cooling

ApplicaHons    

•  Time  for  vendors  to  relax  

•  More  intelligent  stack    

•  Coding  headache  

Vendor  shake  up?    

EssenHal  integraHon    

•     Last  integrator  standing  

•   Less  vendor  ‘jealousy’  

•   Vital  role  in  2015      

Contact  details  

For  specific  enquiries  contact  Julian  Fielden  jfielden@ocf.co.uk    Visit  the  OCF  website  www.ocf.co.uk/    You  can  also  follow  OCF  on  Twi_er  @ocfplc  and  debate  HPC  issues  at  the  OCFblog  h_p://blog.ocf.co.uk