Computerworld

The federal government is offering the use of a Vulcan supercomputer, which is now operating at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL), to U.S. businesses that can help make the country more competitive. Businesses would have to demonstrate they can accelerate advances in science and technology and help develop the country's high-performance computing workforce. Companies could use the government system for proprietary work in exchange for covering "their fair portion of the operating costs of the computer centers," says LLNL's Jeff Wolf. The U.S. government posted an ad in June on its Federal Business Opportunities clearinghouse for vendors to attract attention to the initiative. The lab is now "receiving responses daily and expects the rate to increase as we get through the summer into fall," Wolf says. To read further, please visit http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240869/U.S._makes_a_Top_10_supercomputer_available_to_anyone_who_can_boost_America_.