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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).