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Cisco e il CERN Collaborano per Accelerare l'Innovazione nel Next Generation Computing

Bruno Guillaume — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:18:26 +0000

Vimercate (MB), 15 giugno 2015

Cisco ha annunciato la partecipazione al CERN openlab, la piattaforma per le partnership scientifiche e industriali del CERN.

Nel quadro dell’iniziativa openlab, sia il CERN sia Cisco individueranno un team di esperti che avrà il compito di sviluppare tecnologie per infrastrutture di computing evolute ed altamente sicure, che siano in grado di gestire volumi di dati enormi e in costante crescita. Il loro mandato è produrre idee del tutto innovative e nuovi approcci per creare i sistemi di computing di prossima generazione. Studieranno nuovi concept, basati sulle più recenti evoluzioni in campo hardware, progetti di sistemi eterogenei e funzionalità dell’hardware per l’interfaccia di rete.

CERN openlab mette a disposizione un framework per sviluppare e portare a prototipo tecnologie “state of the art” all’interno del suo sofisticatissimo ambiente di ricerca. Inoltre, offre l’opportunità di formare i futuri ingegneri di rete e lavorare con i migliori talenti su scala internazionale, grazie al fatto che il CERN collabora con le migliori università di tutto il mondo.

Il CERN gestisce la più grande area scientifica mondiale, in cui fisici ed ingegneri stanno esplorando la struttura fondamentale dell’universo. Il programma di ricerca del Large Hadron Collider (LHC) richiede la raccolta e l’analisi di dati provenienti da milioni di sensori. Oggi, questi sensori possono produrre dati al ritmo di un petabyte al secondo (circa l’equivalente del contenuto di 20.000 dischi blu-ray). Nei prossimi dieci anni, il CERN ritiene che questo ritmo aumenterà in modo significativo, al punto da richiedere non solo strutture di computing e di storage molto grandi, ma anche nuovi approcci da adottare in molte aree dell’IT legate alle sue attività.

Alberto di Meglio, responsabile di CERN openlab al CERN, dichiara: “Il successo del Large Hadron Collider dipende in modo critico dall’evoluzione nelle tecnologie per processare le informazioni e nei componenti necessari a tale scopo. Servono soluzioni avanzate per gestire in modo efficiente e sicuro, in un ambiente di tipo aperto, strumenti scientifici quali l’acceleratore e i rivelatori. Abbiamo bisogno di tecnologie che siano le più evolute e attualmente disponibili e, in molti casi, che siano anni avanti rispetto agli standard generali del settore. Per questo stiamo creando partnership con le aziende leader e siamo molto lieti di dare il benvenuto a Cisco nel nostro CERN openlab”.

Maciej Kranz, vice president Corporate Technology Group di Cisco, aggiunge: “Gestire e analizzare grandi volumi di dati sono sfide che affrontano molte organizzazioni, incluso il CERN. Sia il settore pubblico che quello privato stanno evolvendo verso piattaforme digitali: per questo motivo open innovation, collaborazione fra leader di settore, istituti di ricerca, università e startup sarà vitale per il successo dell’economia globale. Siamo entusiasti di collaborare con CERN openlab, intravedendo infinite possibilità di creare innovazione grazie all’inventiva delle persone ed alle tecnologie”.

Il sito di CERN openlab: www.cern.ch/openlab

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Cisco und CERN Entwickeln Neue Ansätze für Next Generation Computing

Bruno Guillaume — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:39:31 +0000

Jun 10, 2015

Cisco und CERN entwickeln neue Ansätze für Next Generation Computing

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Experimente am Large Hadron Collider (LHC) werden in den kommenden Jahren den Datendurchsatz wesentlich vergrössern
Viele Unternehmen stehen vor ähnlichen Herausforderungen bei Big Data
Entwicklung neuer hochsicherer Technologien für die Infrastruktur

Cisco ist dem CERN openlab beigetreten, um gemeinsam mit der Europäischen Organisation für Kernforschung neue Ansätze für Next Generation Computing zu erforschen. Dazu stellen Cisco und CERN ein Team von Experten zusammen, das neuartige, hochsichere Server-Infrastruktur-Technologien entwickelt. Sie sollen die Bearbeitung grosser und immer weiter steigender Datenmengen bewältigen. Die Experten werden neuartige Konzepte untersuchen, die auf aktuellen Entwicklungen der System-Hardware, heterogenen Systemdesigns und erweiterten Funktionen der Netzwerkschnittstellen basieren.

«Das Verwalten und Analysieren grosser Datenmengen stellt für viele Organisationen eine Herausforderung dar, so wie bei CERN», erklärt Maciej Kranz, Vice President der Corporate Technology Group bei Cisco. «Durch die Digitalisierung im öffentlichen und privaten Sektor werden offene Innovation und Zusammenarbeit zwischen branchenführenden Unternehmen, Forschungsinstituten, Universitäten und Start-ups immer wichtiger für den Erfolg der globalen Wirtschaft. Wir freuen uns sehr über unsere Mitwirkung am CERN openlab und auf die unendlichen Innovationsmöglichkeiten.»

Weltweit grösster Teilchenbeschleuniger
CERN betreibt die weltweit grösste wissenschaftliche Einrichtung. Mit dem Large Hadron Collider (LHC) arbeiten Physiker und Ingenieure an der Untersuchung der grundlegenden Strukturen des Universums. Das Forschungsprogramm umfasst das Sammeln und Analysieren von Daten aus Millionen von Sensoren. Diese können heute Datenraten von bis zu einem Petabyte pro Sekunde erzeugen. Diese Menge entspricht dem Inhalt von etwa 20.000 Blu-ray Discs. In den nächsten zehn Jahren erwartet CERN, diese Rate deutlich zu steigern. Dies erfordert nicht nur sehr grosse Server- und Datenspeicher-Anlagen, sondern auch neuartige Ansätze in vielen weiteren IT-nahen Bereichen.

«Der Erfolg des LHC hängt entscheidend von den Fortschritten in Technologien der Informationsverarbeitung und deren Komponenten ab», sagt Alberto Di Meglio, Leiter vom CERN openlab. «Fortgeschrittene Technologien sind nötig, um wissenschaftliche Instrumente, wie den Teilchenbeschleuniger und die Detektoren, sicher und effizient in einer offenen Umgebung zu betreiben. Wir benötigen Technologien, die an der Spitze der heutigen Praktiken stehen und in vielen Fällen erst mehrere Jahre später allgemein verfügbar werden. Deshalb gehen wir Partnerschaften mit branchenweit führenden Unternehmen ein und heissen Cisco im CERN openlab herzlich willkommen.»

CERN openlab
CERN openlab ist die Plattform für öffentlich-private Partnerschaften der Europäischen Organisation für Kernforschung (CERN) mit Unternehmen im Informations- und Kommunikationstechnikbereich. Im Rahmen des CERN openlab werden aktuelle Technologien in der hoch anspruchsvollen Forschungsumgebung des CERN entwickelt sowie als Prototypen getestet. CERN openlab trägt auch zur Ausbildung junger Entwickler bei und ermöglicht weltweite Zusammenarbeit mit Fachkräften dank der Partnerschaft des CERN mit zahlreichen Spitzenuniversitäten.

Weitere Informationen zum CERN openlab gibt es unter: www.cern.ch/openlab

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Cisco and CERN Collaborate to Accelerate Innovation in Next Generation Computing

Bruno Guillaume — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 08:39:47 +0000

June 09, 2015

Cisco and CERN Collaborate to Accelerate Innovation in Next Generation Computing

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, expects a significant increase in data processing rates over the next decade, produced by the experiments on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
With the advance of digitization, many organizations will face big data challenges similar to the ones CERN is facing today.

GENEVA, Switzerland – Today, Cisco announced it is joining CERN openlab, CERN’s platform for science and industry partnerships.

As part of the CERN openlab initiative, CERN and Cisco are both assigning a team of experts with the aim to develop cutting-edge, highly secure computing infrastructure technologies, capable to deal with large and ever increasing amounts of data. Their mandate is to develop ground-breaking ideas and new approaches for next-generation computing systems. They will investigate novel concepts that build on the latest evolution of hardware, heterogeneous system designs and increasing functionality of the network interface hardware.

CERN openlab provides a framework to develop and prototype state-of-the-art technologies in CERN’s highly sophisticated research environment. It also offers an opportunity to train the next generation of engineers and work with a global talent pool, thanks to CERN’s collaboration with the world’s top universities.

CERN operates the world’s largest scientific facility where physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) research program involves collecting and analyzing data from millions of sensors. Today, these sensors can produce data at a rate of up to a petabyte (equivalent to around 20,000 Blu-ray discs) per second. Over the next decade, CERN expects these rates to grow significantly, which will require not only very large computing and storage facilities, but also novel approaches in many IT related domains.

Supporting quotes

Alberto Di Meglio, head of CERN openlab, CERN

“The success of the LHC depends critically on advances in information processing technologies and components. Advanced technologies are needed to operate scientific instruments, such as the accelerator and the detectors, safely and efficiently in an open environment. We need technologies that are at the forefront of today’s practices and in many cases several years ahead of general industry usage. Therefore, we are partnering with industry leading companies and are pleased to welcome Cisco into CERN openlab.”

Maciej Kranz, vice president, Corporate Technology Group, Cisco

“Managing and analyzing large amounts of data are challenges many organizations are facing, including CERN. As the public and private sector evolve to a digital platform, open innovation and collaboration across industry leaders, research institutes, universities and start-ups will be vital to the success of the global economy. We are excited about our involvement with CERN openlab and the endless possibilities for innovation from inventive people and technologies.”

Supporting resources:

CERN openlab website: www.cern.ch/openlab

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