Testing 1 2 3
This is a test to see if I can blog from my Android phone. I’m on the road this week and my laptop is behaving badly, so if I don’t want to miss the first week of blogidol.ca this better … Continue reading
Author Archives: Ron Van Holst
Ron is the founder of High Performance Computing Insights Canada and Director, Research Development, HIgh Performance Computing at Ontario Centres of Excellence. He is an electrical engineer with nearly three decades of experience in the development and management of telecommunications and High Performance Computing (HPC) products and services. His passion is to see HPC technology employed to make Canadian enterprises more globally competitive.
To Do List for May 2012
Let’s see, better make time for Blogging Idol 2012. That will be a challenge, as I’m travelling the first week of the competition – this that shameless self-promotion? Oh well, the contest hasn’t started yet, so it’s fair game for … Continue reading
I Believe in Miracles
Now there are two kinds of miracles, the traditional kind which are supernatural events, outside the realm of science and in the realm of the spiritual. Then there are what we call modern miracles, things which were not possible a few … Continue reading
Most Canadian Cloud compute cycles will be SMB
In a previous post, I presented some rationale to support the projection that most cloud compute cycles will be HPC. The principle rationale was that although many HPC applications have requirements not suitable to the cloud, a fourth paradigm of big data … Continue reading
Recognizing Canadian Innovation and Achievement
Last night I attended the 26th Annual CATAAlliance Innovation and Leadership Awards Gala Dinner, and I had a chance to meet some of the award winners: Jason Goldberg, founder and president of Ideal Life won the Wellington West Award for Outstanding … Continue reading
Most Cloud Compute cycles will be HPC
A few months ago, I was chatting with a friend on the phone about HPC when he made the statement which is the title of this post. I jotted it down, and it’s been rattling around in my brain ever … Continue reading
Dark Clouds over Canada
I attended the Trend Micro seminar in Ottawa last week, where their CTO opened the talk on Cloud Computing security with the term ‘Dark Clouds‘. Rafael Ruffolo covered that same seminar in Toronto the next day with this article, but … Continue reading
BYOT – what are your requirements?
I’ve been thinking about this week’s theme of BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology) to work, and how I can add value to the excellent posts already written. So it’s inevitable; not only will devices be selected by end users (even … Continue reading
the best social media service depends on YOU
The question being considered in this category is “the best social media service for IT”. Well that depends. What is best depends on your requirements. What are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to accomplish anything with social media? … Continue reading
Shopping for a smartphone – part 3 – freedom to innovate
This has been a crazy week for me, perhaps if I already had my smartphone, I might have been able to complete this post earlier. With this third post, I’m getting to the heart of what I’m looking for in … Continue reading
Shopping for a smartphone – part 2 – bright & shiny objects
Thanks Kevin for commenting on my first post in this series, and adding the “bright and shiny” requirement to the requirements analysis, which fits naturally into this post on hardware. When I think of bright and shiny objects, my brain … Continue reading
Shopping for a smartphone – part 1
I’m a bit embarrassed, but I don’t have a smartphone. I look around me and everyone has a smartphone, even kids have smartphones. Even some my kids have smartphones. I don’t consider myself a late adopter, maybe just for things that … Continue reading
Don’t forget to smell the roses
Since Kevin is posting pictures of his dog Isabel; I might as well add one of our cat Ebony before I sign off for the long weekend. I was thinking along similar lines to Kevin’s post on powering down to get some … Continue reading
That is what you should NOT do …
… so let that be a lesson to you. These words are etched into my mind, having read them countless times to my children when they were small. It’s a reminder that we all learn from our mistakes, even parents, … Continue reading
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