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According to a recent IDC survey, 77 percent of respondents agreed that lack of timely access to data is inhibiting their businesses. For system admins, ensuring that data and applications are available is key in the age of big data, deep learning, and Internet of Things (IoT). Perhaps the greatest resource for admins that must manage enterprise clusters is their time, and thus, the question becomes how best to save it.

Let’s look at some of the time benefits of using cluster management software over a do it yourself (DIY) management plan.

Even in the simplest environment, keeping track of all the activities involved in managing a cluster manually is not only complex but time-consuming. Enterprise clusters host multiple jobs and multiple tenants simultaneously, with mission critical applications competing for resources. Managing these clusters in a way that keeps them up and running efficiently is critical to business success. 

Everyone knows how important it is to be organized. There are books, magazines, and entire websites devoted to the topic. Googling the phrase, “getting organized,” returns over 15 million results preaching the benefits of reducing the clutter in your home, your office, or your computer’s hard drive. But what about your cluster?

You've already seen how Bright Cluster Manager simplifies the tasks involved in deploying and managing a cluster. But there's even more to it than that. 

If you follow Bright, it won’t come as a surprise to you that we’re big fans of GPU-accelerated data centers. Bright Cluster Manager has shipped with built-in support for NVIDIA GPUs right from the start. So we are very excited to bring your attention to something new from NVIDIA: NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM).

In recent years there have been major changes in the technology that is used to run data centers.  Thanks to all of the growth that has taken place in cloud computing, big data, HPC (high-performance computing), etc, the task of managing all of these newer technologies has become much more complex and important, resulting in an increased need for excellent management tools.  

Recently, InsideHPC's Rich Brueckner sat down with our new CEO, Bill Wagner. Watch the video below to listen in as they talk about what attracted Bill to join Bright Computing and what lies ahead for system management software.

By Bright Computing

It would be pretty cool to try on smart socks, text your refrigerator, and flick on a light bulb that acts as a security system. To actually do all that at one place in one day, you had to attend the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

It’s hard to say what will become household staples like the VCR, camcorder, and DVD, which debuted at CES in 1970, 1981, and 1996, respectively. But the three new products listed below all have one thing in common: big data. Like so many other products at this year’s show, all three use sensors to collect data and connectivity to transmit it in real time. This use of IP connectivity, otherwise known as the Internet of Things (IoT), was so prominent that many visitors and media declared big data the biggest story of CES 2015.