RECENT REPORTS AVAILABLE FROM TABOR RESEARCH:

2008 TECHNICAL HPC SERVER MARKET REVIEW
Server Revenue Estimates for the Traditional HPC Market

This Tabor Research report presents our 2008 server revenue estimates for the traditional High Productivity Computing (HPC) market. Tabor Research estimates that the traditional HPC server market generated approximately $7.50 billion in revenue in 2008, declining from $7.76 billion in 2007. The traditional HPC server market declined 3.4% year-overyear.

Key estimates from the study include:

  • The Supercomputer segment represents a respectable 18.5% of the HPC market. Supercomputers were the only product class to experience growth during 2008.
  • HP led the market in 2007 and 2008, with IBM within three share points of the lead. Each company has captured about a third of the market for the last three years.
  • In 2008, HPC sales in EMEA and Asia-Pacific showed positive growth while North America declined in growth. North America still represents over half of the market at 54.5%.
  • The largest portion of sales in economic sectors went to Commerce/Industry with 45.0% of the market.

This report was sent automatically to InterSect360™ Subscribers.

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HOW IT ALL WENT WRONG FOR SGI IN HPC
It's been a long ride down for SGI, and now it's finally over...

Do you know what the saddest part is of Rackable's attempt to acquire SGI's assets out of bankruptcy for a paltry $25 million in cash? There would be very little effect on the HPC market as a result. Thanks to a cascading series of problems - bad marketing, operational misfires, bad technology bets, and ordinary bad luck - SGI didn't have much left to lose.

It's been a long ride down for SGI, and now that it's finally over, it comes almost as a relief, like when a beloved relative who has been suffering in pain for years with a terminal disease, a mere shadow of former self, finally passes. It gives us one last chance to light candles, join hands, and remember an icon that once exemplified Silicon Valley greatness.

The industry is full of opinions on what went wrong with SGI, and I've got my stories too. Before becoming an HPC industry analyst, I worked at SGI myself for a little over six years in product management and product marketing roles in SGI's server group.

Read the Full Blog Post at HPCwire.com


Podcast: Oracle Buys Sun; Flash Memory in HPC; AMD's New Roadmap
HPCwire/Tabor Research launch a weekly joint podcast

Listen to the HPCwire/Tabor Research inaugural weekly podcast!

This week's topics:

  • Oracle buys Sun: Will Oracle become an HPC player?
  • The future of flash memory in HPC
  • AMD's new roadmap, and its prospects for a turnaround

Listen to the first show now by clicking here:

http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090424-HPCwirePodcast_mixdown1.mp3




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Management Change at Tabor Communications

Effective April 15th, Tom Tabor will resume the role of Chief Executive Officer of Tabor Communications. Tom will be replacing Debra Goldfarb, who will be leaving the company.

The move reflects the need to bring operational costs in line with the softened global revenue conditions.

"Through her exceptional vision and leadership, Debra has made many long lasting changes and improvements to the Tabor infrastructure. We plan to build on the improvements that Debra has made to this organization, with a renewed focus on creating opportunities for our clients to reach new customers in new ways," said Tabor.


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