August 20206 The novel COVID-19 pandemic has put the world on a standstill, affecting major operations, leading to an industrial catastrophe. But technology is striking back, and hard! Day by day, more and more organizations are dedicating supercomputing power toward the effort to diagnose, understand, and fight back against COVID-19. In fact, cloud computing giants (IBM, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft (Azure)) have teamed up with the federal government and academia to provide HPC resources to further research about the COVID-19 pandemic. While the consortium underscores HPC's relevance in solving today's problems, this is not the first time the technology has been used in a science and medical setting. Drug discovery and DNA sequencing were some of the earliest and most common HPC use cases. What is more is that HPC is leading to new discoveries in astrophysics, genomics, and medicine, among other academic disciplines; it is even driving business value in unlikely industries such as financial services and agriculture as well.Research and studies suggest that the next-generation HPC will be defined by faster interconnections, higher computing densities, scalable storage, higher efficiencies in infrastructure, eco-friendliness, space management, greater security, and increased workload performance. Future HPC architectures will have more powerful compute nodes and employ newer memory and cloud-based I/O technologies to handle more intensive workloads and scale. Besides, they will feature improved administration and control, response times, environmental hazard protection, and both space and waste management solutions, minimizing organizational friction and environmental impact as well. So far, we have only scratched the surface of what is possible, there is so much more. In this edition of APAC CIO Outlook, we bring you the story of some of the most successful HPC companies in the APAC region that deliver the best solutions for their clients. This edition also offers a combination of thought leadership from subject matter experts with real-life stories on fostering robust partnerships and exclusive insights from CIOs and CXOs. We hope this edition will provide you with the right assistance in choosing the HPC partner that fits your requirements.Let us know your thoughts!Annie JohnsonEditorialUnfolding the Future of HPCAnnie JohnsonManaging Editoreditor@apacciooutlook.comTo subscribe to APACCIOOutlookVisit www.apacciooutlook.comArt & GraphicsAsher BlakeFlynn SmythToby LangtonJie Ch'angManaging EditorAnnie JohnsonSenior WritersLane Adams Clara MathewRoyce D'SouzaEditorialAlfred MardinLouis BeckerRachael ClarkRoy ChowDai ShihDan StanleyCopyright © 2019 ValleyMedia Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.AUGUST - 17 -, 2020, Volume 06 - Issue - 65 (ISSN 2644-2876)Published by ValleyMedia Inc.*"Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff"Emailsales@apacciooutlook.comeditor@apacciooutlook.commarketing@apacciooutlook.comSalesJames Williamjames@apaciooutlook.com
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