http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/may/21/ornl-may-add-security-role/ By Frank Munger Knoxville News Sentinel May 21, 2011 OAK RIDGE - Oak Ridge National Laboratory has become America's hub for scientific supercomputing, hosting the Department of Energy's top supercomputer (Jaguar) as well as the top-rated machines of the National Science Foundation (Kraken) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Gaea, Mother Earth). Now it appears that a push to expand the Oak Ridge role could bring U.S. security agencies into the fold. During a recent visit to Oak Ridge, DOE science chief William Brinkman said security agencies are supporting a plan, currently under review at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, to use private financing for construction of a major new computer center at ORNL. "They want to put some of their own computers down here," he said. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Mon May 23 2011 - 02:10:10 PDT
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