Microsoft

SQL Server 2022 pricing and licensing

Introducing a new cloud billing option for SQL Server customers, providing pay-as-you-go flexibility across on-premises and cloud environments. License by vCore [4]New Allows customers to elect to ...
IEEE

Load Imbalance in HPC Applications: Improved Profiling and New Ways to Use Wasted Cycles

Abstract: As the scale of High Performance Computing (HPC) applications increases, load imbalance and other inefficiencies become correspondingly more significant. In this work we extend a previously ...
IEEE

Stabilizing Quality of Wi-Fi-Based Location Services Using High-Performance Distributed Stream Processing and Data Pipelines

Abstract: Location-based Systems (LBS) are popular for delivering customized information. However, some issues, such as place credibility, the efficiency of position calculations, and communication ...
The Boston Globe

Energy, water use, and pollution by data centers is expected to double in four years

WASHINGTON — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...