OCF boss reflects on 20 years at 'bleeding edge' of HPC market

Russell Slack looks back on OCF’s history from selling Unix workstations to move into HPC market, MBO and navigating component shortages

Josh Budd
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OCF boss reflects on 20 years at 'bleeding edge' of HPC market

With high performance computing reseller OCF turning 20 this year, CRN spoke to managing director Russell Slack to discuss the company's highs and lows in the HPC space over the last 20 years Ho...

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