To monitor the state of a cluster computer with hundreds of computing nodes is not as simple as monitoring the state of ones personal computer at home. Especially when handling such valuable systems where essential computations for scientific or important business purposes are being executed, it is essential to be up-to-date about the systems functions. This book presents a classification of the wide and vaguely used term «monitoring» for computer clusters. In addition to that a solution is developed to perform scaleable monitoring of clusters with an InfiniBand network interconnection....
To monitor the state of a cluster computer with hundreds of computing nodes is not as simple as monitoring the state of ones personal computer at home...
In the quest for better differentiation of their products, many firms in B2B markets have started to systematically invest in brand building. Stefan Worm analyzes how component supplier brand strength among original equipment manufacturers' (OEMs') customers affects component suppliers' market performance in their relationships with these OEMs. Further, the author determines which management instruments are effective in building, sustaining, and leveraging component supplier brand strength. The analysis relies on data collected from multiple manufacturing industries.
In the quest for better differentiation of their products, many firms in B2B markets have started to systematically invest in brand building. Stefa...