The Cloud Computing paradigm Clause Samples

The Cloud Computing paradigm. In the original CompBioMed proposal we mentioned the fact that academically run HPC systems invariably support diverse groups of many users and so are subject to resource contention issues. Although within research environments this lack of quality of service guarantee is an inconvenience, scientists are resigned to it and simply work around the problem in order to benefit from the ultimate goal of producing high-quality research papers which make use of and often depend on access to large-scale computing resources. However, in environments subject to hard deadlines (for example, when decision support is required for urgent clinical intervention) it becomes important to be able to immediately and reliably allocate appropriate resources sufficient to meet the goal. When the original CompBioMed proposal was written this certainly was an important aspect to explore, two years later cloud providers have become key players in both academic and non-academic environments for the provision of on-demand computing. There are many reasons for this, the following two being the most important for us: (a) containers are progressively more powerful, flexible and efficient, even when deployed on traditional HPC resources, and (b) at the same time that governmental supercomputing centres are selling core hours on their resources, commercial cloud providers offer "bare metal" instances improving their HPC capacities. It is worth remarking the importance of containers: they are reduced versions of an operating system with all associated software that a given application needs to run. They are therefore an extremely flexible way of deploying applications reliably, reproducibly, and rapidly, in heterogeneous cloud environments. For these reasons, we strongly believe that Cloud Computing is the real novel HPC architecture today. Cloud computing advances for biological systems and its importance as an HPC resource are described in [3], a work partially funded by CompBioMed. This makes the observation that in the last ten years, virtualisation technologies underwent significant enhancements to their accessibility and ease of use. Considering also the current great abundance of hardware resources, not only full-stack but also lightweight virtualisation (containers) are becoming ideal platforms on top of which users can build their own "cloud-based platforms". Operating-system-level virtualisation, also known as “containerisation”, is an increasingly popular strategy today. There a...
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  • Cloud Computing State Risk and Authorization Management Program (TX-RAMP In accordance with Senate Bill 475, Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., pursuant to Texas Government Code, Section 2054.0593, Contractor acknowledges and agrees that, if providing cloud computing services for System Agency, Contractor must comply with the requirements of the state risk and authorization management program and that System Agency may not enter or renew a contract with Contractor to purchase cloud computing services for the agency that are subject to the state risk and authorization management program unless Contractor demonstrates compliance with program requirements. If providing cloud computing services for System Agency that are subject to the state risk and authorization management program, Contractor certifies it will maintain program compliance and certification throughout the term of the Contract.

  • Cloud Computing State Risk and Authorization Management Program In accordance with Senate Bill 475, Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., pursuant to Texas Government Code, Section 2054.0593, Contractor acknowledges and agrees that, if providing cloud computing services for System Agency, Contractor must comply with the requirements of the state risk and authorization management program and that System Agency may not enter or renew a contract with Contractor to purchase cloud computing services for the agency that are subject to the state risk and authorization management program unless Contractor demonstrates compliance with program requirements. If providing cloud computing services for System Agency that are subject to the state risk and authorization management program, Contractor certifies it will maintain program compliance and certification throughout the term of the Contract.

  • Closing of the Company’s Transfer Books At the Effective Time: (a) all shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and all holders of certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights as stockholders of the Company; and (b) the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed with respect to all shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. No further transfer of any such shares of Company Common Stock shall be made on such stock transfer books after the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, a valid certificate previously representing any shares of Company Common Stock (a "Company Stock Certificate") is presented to the Exchange Agent (as defined in Section 1.7) or to the Surviving Corporation or Parent, such Company Stock Certificate shall be canceled and shall be exchanged as provided in Section 1.7.

  • Time Off for Union Activities The employer agrees to grant the necessary time off, without discrimination or loss of seniority rights and without pay, to any employee designated by the Union to attend a labor convention provided that there is two-week notice of any union convention. Due consideration shall be given to the number of personnel affected in order that there shall be no disruptions of employer's operations due to lack of available employees.

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