Datacommodity Service IBM rolls out on-demand computing service aimed at supercomputers. [InfoWorld: Top News]
Selling processing as a utility service (one of the Datacommodities) from a grid computing architecture is finally commercialized. IBM's first customer, Petroleum Geo-Services, expects to save $1.5 Billion for a three-month-long seismic imaging project based in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Customers in some sectors want access to large-scale computing power in short bursts," said Dave Turek, vice president of IBM Linux clusters and grid solutions. "We think this supercomputing offering can change how business is done."
Aggregating peaks and valleys into a plain is a great business. Especially when customers will pay a premium for serving bursts while not having to incur capital expenses at the peak. This will be one hell of a spot market one day.
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