Cloud Computing: ConnectX launches first space-based supercomputing company

Grazed from Examiner.  Author: Victoria Ross.

Ericsson, the Swedish telecom provider, has purchased a majority stake of a platform in service provider Apcera. It has done this because, “Cloud technology is disrupting the global ICT infrastructure market, and service providers must modernize to provide more value to their customers,” according to its press release to CloudTech on Friday.

Closer to home, LA based ConnectX, the space-based supercomputing company, unveiled in a press release on Friday its bold mission to unlock the value and insight of all Big Data by creating the first space-based supercomputing platform…


I had an opportunity to exchange a Q & A with Lance Parker, CEO and founder. The premise for this space-based supercomputing service is due to current limits of cloud computing. “Distributed cloud computing was not designed for the exponential growth in Big Data. It needs a new platform,” according to Parker. “To achieve this, we have to rethink network, storage and computing systems to tap into this enormous opportunity.”…

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