Paris, France, April 26, 2006 – Platform
Computing, the global leader for enterprise grid software solutions,
today announced that Electromagnetic Geoservices AS (emgs) has selected
Platform LSF HPC and Platform Rocks as its solutions for workload
processing and cluster management. Based in Trondheim, Norway, emgs is
a global leader for SeaBed Logging (SBL) – a proprietary
electromagnetic exploration technique the company provides to the
world’s leading oil and gas companies. As the technology for SBL has
become more sophisticated, relying on compute-intensive 3D depth
migration modeling, emgs recognized the need for a more powerful,
scalable IT environment to support these evolving requirements. After
an exhaustive evaluation process, they made the decision to go with 500
Dell™ Poweredge™ 1855 blade servers combined with Platform Rocks for
simplified cluster management and configuration. In addition, emgs also
deployed Platform LSF HPC, to accelerate workload processing and ensure
optimal usage of compute resources. Through deploying the combined
Platform-Dell solution, emgs has a dynamic IT environment that
elegantly combines breakneck performance, intuitive management and high
levels of scalability – easily meeting the needs of their business
today, and for the future.
"As worldwide energy needs continue to rise and demand for seabed
logging products increases, it is imperative we innovate within our IT
environment to allow us to extract resources more efficiently and
safely," said Helge Stranden, IT-manager, emgs. "Through working
closely with Platform Computing on our cluster infrastructure, we have
a solution that’s optimized for our most compute-intensive tasks, while
intelligent enough to allocate resources where and when they’re needed.
When you combine this with a simple, highly automated management
environment it adds up to a very compelling return on investment for
our business."
"The market for HPC clusters continues to expand rapidly, with more
and more companies looking to the compelling cost, efficiency and
performance benefits of these powerful solutions," said Dominique
Comte, Vice President and General Manager, Platform Computing EMEA.
"Through working closely with emgs and our strategic partner Dell, we
have delivered a flexible solution that is easily tailored to meet the
unique needs of the customer. We look forward to working with emgs as
they continue to chart new depths exploring the ocean SeaBed."
About Platform LSF®
Platform LSF is software for managing and accelerating workload
processing for compute-and data-intensive applications. With Platform
LSF, you can intelligently schedule and guarantee completion of
workload across a distributed, virtualized IT environment regardless of
operating system, including desktops, servers and mainframes.
About Platform Rocks
Platform Rocks is a commercially supported and enhanced implementation
of the open source cluster management toolkit, Rocks, developed by the
Rocks Cluster Group at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and its
contributors. Platform Rocks provides customers a standardized tool to
simplify management and make it easy and cost-effective for users to
rapidly deploy, configure and monitor their cluster environment.
For information on Platform Rocks and Platform LSF please visit http://www.platform.com.
About Platform Computing
Platform Computing, the global leader in grid computing and
cluster management solutions, helps enterprises accelerate key business
applications, reduce operational and capital costs, guarantee service
levels and optimize their IT resources. Platform’s cluster management
and enterprise grid software solutions are used by over 1,700 customers
worldwide in a broad range of industries to deliver higher quality
products and services, improve business performance and maximize the
return on IT investments. Founded in 1992, Platform has strategic
relationships with Apple, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, SAS and SGI, and the
Industry’s broadest application integration support. For more
information visit www.platform.com
