Steven Newhouse
Steven Newhouse
Microsoft
The Cloud... the Future of Grid Computing?
The Cloud has been touted as the next phase of Grid Computing... but is it anything new? The way we use software continues to evolve. When network connectivity was poor we installed software on our local machine. As network connectivity improved we were happy to pass management of our local machines to the IT department of our Enterprise. As ubiquitous high speed networking in the home, the workplace and when we are on the move becomes a reality - does it really matter where the physically the software, the computer and your data resides?
Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others are all offering the opportunity to buy services in the Cloud - ranging from low-level resources (i.e. computation and storage) to high-level user focused services (e.g. email, social networking, photo sharing, ...). Is this any different to what is currently being done within Grid Computing? Or is Cloud Computing just another shift in emphasis - the same way that we all moved from Distributed High Performance Computing to Grids a decade ago?
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Biography
Steven Newhouse received his BEng degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College London in 1991. He remained at Imperial completing a PhD in numerical acoustic modeling in 1995. Through his post doctoral work he became involved in parallel computing and ultimately spent several years establishing an applied research community as part of the College's High Performance Computing Centre. He became involved in the UK e-Science programme when it started in 2001, leading the Centre's involvement in the Global Grid Forum which was eventually to become the Open Grid Forum (OGF). His move to the University of Southampton in June 2004 as Deputy-Director of the Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute (OMII) led to his participation in various requirements analysis in order to bring a more user focused
orientation to OMII's activities. He went on to lead the OMII-UK collaboration as Director from January 2006 before leaving to join Microsoft in May 2007 as part of the HPC product group. There he leads the group's engagement with the OGF where he co-chairs the High Performance Computing Profile Working Group and serves as an Area Director for Application in the Standards Council.