Powers Unfiltered

An entrepreneur’s journey into grid computing and partnering with Microsoft, by John Powers

Powers Unfiltered header image 4

The Digipede Network, Version 2.0 — More better

July 27th, 2007 · No Comments

OK, I’m back from vacation in Oregon, and while I promised to bore everyone catching up on old news, I think that news will still be old later — Better to start with some new news.
It’s time to leak some information about the Digipede Network Version 2.0, coming this summer to a grid near you.
Never [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Compute Cluster Server · Grid applications · Partnering with Microsoft

Digipede Network Version 1.3 — Beyond the Press Release

October 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

OK, here’s where I get to tell the real story about the new release the Digipede Network that I could not fit into the somewhat restrictive form of a press release earlier this month.  For the facts, you can go see “what’s new.”  But for the STORY, well, read on.  First, let’s go deep into [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Compute Cluster Server · Entrepreneurship · Grid applications · Press coverage · Startup Life

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference — Andy Lees’ Keynote

July 12th, 2006 · No Comments

I attended the keynote sessions again this morning at the Microsoft WWPC.  The highlight of the morning, for me, was Andy Lees, who talked extensively about the progress Microsoft had made in the server market.  He was quite clear about how he sees the high-performance computing (HPC) market, and the opportunity for Microsoft and its [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Compute Cluster Server · Events · Partnering with Microsoft

Partnering with Microsoft — Promotional Opportunity for VSIP Members

June 28th, 2006 · No Comments

If you’re a Microsoft partner, (specifically, in the Visual Studio Industry Partners, or VSIP program), and you have any sort of free offer, you owe it to yourself to check out something called an MSDN Flash.  (It is, of course, not easy to find this opportunity on the dreaded partner.microsoft.com site.  Searching on “MSDN Flash” finds a single [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Partnering with Microsoft