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title: IBM offers supercomputing on demand
date: "2003-01-12T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 981
description: IBM is positioning itself as a 21st-century computer utility by offering supercomputing on demand. This move highlights an early shift towards utility-based high-performance computing models where resources are managed like a public service.
keywords: [ibm, supercomputing, utility computing, on-demand, hpc]
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Now IBM offers [supercomputing on demand](http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/28791.html). Pricing is unclear, but Big Blue is clearly positioning itself as the computer utility house of the 21st century.