The 3 Reasons Why Companies Should Use Data Intensive Computing

The 3 Reasons Why Companies Should Use Data Intensive Computing

Researchers have estimated that 25 years ago, around 100GB of data was generated every day. By 1997, we were generating 100GB every hour and by 2002 the same amount of data was generated in a second. We’re on trajectory – by 2018 – to generate 50TB of data every single second – the equivalent of 2000 Blu-ray discs – a simply mind-boggling amount of information.

While the amount of data continues to skyrocket, data velocity is keeping pace. Some 90% of the data in the world was created in the last two years alone, and while data growth and speed are occurring faster than ever, data is also becoming obsolete faster than ever.

All of this leads to substantial challenges associated with identifying relevant data and quickly analyzing complex relationships to determine actionable insights. Which certainly isn’t easy, but the payoff can be substantial. CIOs gain better insight into the problems they face daily, to ultimately better manage their businesses.

Predictive analytics has become a core element behind making this possible. And while machine learning algorithms have captured the spotlight recently, there’s an equally important element to running predictive analytics – particularly when both time-to-result and data insight are critical: high performance computing. “Data intensive computing,” or the convergence of High Performance Computing (HPC), big data and analytics, is crucial when businesses must store, model and analyze enormous, complex datasets very quickly in a highly scalable environment.

Firms across a number of industry verticals, including financial services, manufacturing, weather forecasting, life sciences & pharmaceuticals, cyber-reconnaissance, energy exploration and more, all use data intensive computing to enable research and discovery breakthroughs, and to answer questions that are not practical to answer in any other way.

There are a number of reasons why these organizations turn to data intensive computing:

In manufacturing, the convergence of big data and HPC is having a particularly remarkable impact. Auto manufacturers, for example, use data intensive computing on both the consumer side and the Formula 1 side. On the consumer end, the auto industry now routinely captures data from customer feedback and physical tests, enabling manufacturers to improve product quality and driver experience. Every change to a vehicle’s design impacts its performance; moving a door bolt even a few centimeters can drastically change crash test results and driver safety. Slightly re-curving a vehicle’s hood can alter wind flow which impacts gas mileage, interior acoustics and more.

In Formula 1 racing, wind flow is complicated by the interplay of wind turbulence between vehicles. During a race, overtaking a vehicle – for example – is difficult by nature. Drivers are trying to pass on a twisting track in close proximity to one other, where wind turbulence becomes highly unpredictable.

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