Partner Relationship Agreements
Organizations may enter into partner relationships with the DICE program. Participating organizations have signed agreements with DICE and typically loan equipment or software to the test bed, provide senior expertise, and/or jointly work with the DICE team to develop funding strategies for research that has broad community appeal. Through these partner relationships, we are working together to solve community-wide HPC and IT challenges to accelerate the discovery of new solutions.
| Organization | Description of Relationship |
|---|---|
| Computer Science Corporation (CSC)/ HPC Center of Excellence |
CSC and the DICE team have a joint research relationship to support discovery of new technology and approaches for IT and HPC centers. CSC was involved in the original design and implementation of the DICE program. CSC’s senior HPC research team actively participated in the concept development and design phases of the program. CSC continues to support the DICE program through contribution of expertise and through a formal contract with the DICE program. CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business. Visit the company's website at www.csc.com. |
| IDC, HPC Group |
IDC and Avetec have a joint marketing, research and evaluation agreement. We have worked together on power and cooling studies including the challenges, current solutions and trends for power efficiencies IT and HPC data centers. For more information, please visit www.idc.com. |
| Obsidian Strategics |
Obsidian Strategics and the DICE team have a partnering agreement to support the evaluation and use of long-haul InfiniBand applications. Obsidian Strategics™ is the developer of Longbow™, a series of InfiniBand products featuring range extension, routing and encryption. Longbow technology allows an InfiniBand fabric, normally a short-range network used in HPC, to be extended via optical fiber over varying distances. Longbow connects across Campus, Metro or Global networks to offer unparalleled high-bandwidth, low-latency access to InfiniBand compute and storage resources. For more information, please visit www.obsidianstrategics.com. |
