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High Performance Computing (HPC) enables solving complex problems that would be otherwise impossible to compute with ordinary desktop computers in an acceptable time. HPC services, offered in cloud, could foster new products and/or services development, faster time to market and optimization of production processes for Small and Medium sized enterprises (SME). However, cloud HPC services adoption among SMEs is still scarce and not all SMEs are viable to use HPC. The goal was to assess the cloud HPC potential among SMEs, select the viable SMEs and support them in implementation of the technology. For this purpose we have developed a web-based multi-criteria assessment tool to measure the potential of the SMEs to use cloud HPC services. In this paper we present the analysis of the 61 assessed organizations, among which 38 were SMEs. The analysis offers a limited insight into the state of the European SMEs and other organizations, but is important for understanding the needs and opportunities, that the cloud HPC services offer. |
