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The Case of Extreme Scientists
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( Please also answer these 3 questions/ paragraph per question)
1. How would you describe the architecture Dr. Schadt uses to do his research?
2. What are the risks Dr. Schadt faces by using Amazon for his supercomputing? What are the benefits?
.3. If you were advising a company trying to make a decision about using cloud computing for key business applications, what would you advise and why?
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With the use of the Web, he’s able to do his work anyplace. Planes are especially favored
because he has significant uninterrapted time. According to one article about Dr. Schadt,
“He has the same access to supercomputers tliat every otlier American with an Internet
connection and a credit card has. He waits till tlie plane climbs to a cruising altitude, then
when allowed to use electronic devices, he uses the plane’s WiFi to get on Amazon.”
Dr. Schadt is able to initiate a complex analysis of his data using Amazon’s seivices, which
crunch the data while Dr. Schadt flies across the countiy. When he lands, tlie analysis is done
and he has the results. This world be equivalent to the computing power of a scientist working
on his company’s multimillion dollar supercomputer, but in tliis case, the cost is just a few
hundred dollars.
Companies like Amazon.com have become vendors of extreme computing power. Some have
compared tlie amount of computing power Dr. Schadt uses while flying on an airplane to the
amount of computing power available to a scientist at major pharmaceutical companies, where
they have multimillion dollar supercomputers. With seivices like tlie computing power available in
the cloud, Dr. Schadt may even have more power available to him tlian tire scientist.
Discussion Questions
1. How would you describe the architecture Dr. Schadt uses to do his research?
2. What are the risks Dr. Schadt faces by using Amazon for his supercomputing? What are tho
benefits?
3. I f you were advising a company trying to make a decision about using cloud computing for
key business applications, what would you advise and why?
Source: Adapted from Tom Junod, “Adventures in Extreme Science,” Esquire Magazine (March 22, 2011),
http://w\vw.esquire.corn/features/eric-schadt-proflle-0411-4 (accessed on February 12, 2012).
