A Building Front for Cloud Computing

摘要

Over the past few years, cloud computing has rolled into view, but the uptake remains unclear. In particular, one wonders: Who is taking advantage of this high-powered opportunity for flexible access to computing cores, storage, software and other services? As this article shows, some of the biggest users of high-performance computing are starting to explore this technology. In September, 2010, at SPE's Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Florence, Italy, Microsoft and Accenture released a survey of 172 experts in the oil and gas industry. In the results, 64 percent said that they would benefit from a simpler and more unified computing environment. Moreover, half of those polled pointed out that the explosion of data hinders their work.