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When I look back over my 30+ years in the IT industry, one thing stands out clearly: my career has never been defined by job titles. Instead, it’s been shaped by the diverse roles I’ve taken on, the technologies I’ve explored, and the constant drive to understand systems from the inside out.
OCF Steel Stack is a comprehensive software suite designed to streamline High Performance Computing (HPC) deployments.
The selection of processor (CPU), more specifically whether to prioritise cores over clock speeds, can be a crucial decision when designing a cluster
It's fast approaching a decade since I wrote an article for Scientific Computing World, back in December 2016! Where does the time go? Did we enter a new age?
I started my apprenticeship as a Business Administrator with OCF in October last year, and I am writing this post as a way of sharing a little bit about the apprenticeship and my insights so far…
The explosion of AI over the last couple of years has been nothing short of phenomenal. As a software engineer at a High-Performance Computing and AI infrastructure company, I’ve had a front-row seat to the evolution of both the hardware and software powering this new wave of intelligence.
One of the biggest advantages to my role has been access to performant infrastructure, including NVIDIA A100 GPUs, which are ideal for running large language models (LLMs) locally. With the right tools and some engineering, this allowed us to build our own internal AI assistant tailored specifically to our workflows and security needs.
Hello everyone! I just had to share my amazing experience at the NVIDIA GTC Paris 2025 conference on June 11th and 12th. It was great to see NVIDIA GTC back in Europe after so long. The event was held alongside VivaTech 2025 at the Porte de Versailles, Paris Expo centre.
As a first-time attendee, I was super excited to dive into the world of AI and innovation. The absolute highlight for me was Jensen Huang's keynote. I was one of the lucky 4000 attendees who got to watch Jensen present! The crowd was massive, and the lines outside the venue were unbelievably long. The keynote lasted about 90 minutes, and the atmosphere was electric – it felt like a rock concert! Jensen's insights into the future of AI and NVIDIA's advancements were truly inspiring.
As many of my colleagues in the public sector research space eagerly await to hear more detailed news on how the recently announced “ten-year budgets” unveiled on 19th May will affect their organisations, I thought it would be worth sharing how OCF can support customers that are looking to maximise their budgets or existing assets until future funding becomes a bit more clear.
NVIDIA's DGX and HGX platforms represent cutting-edge AI (Artificial Intelligence) infrastructure, each tailored to meet distinct requirements in the field of artificial intelligence.
The DGX series is celebrated for its robust performance and user-friendliness. It aims to facilitate end-to-end AI development and stands out for its integrated approach, combining hardware and software to deliver a comprehensive solution that significantly reduces the time required to gain meaningful insights.