SGI, a global leader in HPC and data center solutions, today announced the immediate availability of Cyclone, the world’s first large-scale, on-demand cloud computing service specifically dedicated to technical applications.

Until now, cloud solutions have been primarily focused on running important business applications like CRM, ERP, email and other database programs. Cyclone capitalizes on over 20 years of SGI high performance computing (HPC) expertise to specifically address the growing science and engineering technical markets that rely on high-end computational hardware, software and networking equipment to achieve rapid results. Cyclone initially supports a number of leading applications partners and five technical domains, including computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, computational chemistry and materials, computational biology and ontologies.

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