Monday, October 23, 2017

Cray, Microsoft Team To Add Supercomputers To Azure

Seattle-based Cray said this morning that it has inked a deal with Redmond-based Microsoft, where Microsoft will offer up access to Cray's supercomputer systems within Microsoft Azure datacenters. According to Cray, the deal will allow customers to run AI, advanced analytics, and modeling and simulation workloads, all directly within the Azure cloud. Cray and Microsoft did not say how many Cray supercomputers will be installed as part of the new Azure service. The new service will offer up access to Cray XC and Cray CS supercomputers, tied with Cray ClusterStor storage systems.