Is there anything sweeter than getting behind the wheel of a brand new computer? OK, I realize this is a very old-school attitude, but I’m at least partly serious — the process of upgrading from an OK old computer to a great new computer can still be pretty eye-opening. I recently upgraded my primary home […]
That New-Computer Smell…
December 7th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Grid applications · Usability
Interview — Windows in Financial Services
August 13th, 2007 · No Comments
I recently met with the folks at Windows in Financial Services — a good source of information about the progress Microsoft and its partners are making in the financial services market. They interviewed me about my thoughts on the current market for distributed computing in finance — I ended up talking a lot about the […]
Tags: Grid applications · Partnering with Microsoft · Press coverage
The Economics of Distributed Computing — Finance on Windows article
June 14th, 2007 · No Comments
Finance on Windows, a magazine based in the UK, asked me to write an article on grid computing. I took the opportunity to hammer a few of my favorite themes, mostly based around my own analysis of the economics of distributed computing. The article is in the May 2007 issue (now being handed out at […]
Tags: Grid applications · Press coverage