TORONTO, CANADA, September 14, 2006 – The editors of GRIDtoday have awarded Platform Computing, the global leader for enterprise grid software solutions, its inaugural Editor’s Choice Award for most innovative grid solution. A new annual feature in the publication, readers also honored Platform with best price-performance middleware solution and most innovative grid middleware solution. These awards showcase Platform’s leadership and dedication to successfully developing innovative solutions for its customers addressing both their technical and business needs.

At the GridWorld industry show in Washington, Platform has been bestowed the:

• Editors’ Choice Award: Most useful and innovative Grid SOLUTION OR BUILDING BLOCK available today
• Readers’ Choice Award: Best price-performance MIDDLEWARE solution for a Grid implementation
• Readers’ Choice Award: Most innovative Grid MIDDLEWARE solution

The GRIDtoday Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards are determined through a survey of thousands of GRIDtoday readers, and will be a permanent annual feature of the publication. GRIDtoday has designated two categories of awards: (1) Readers' Choice, where winners have been determined by a random poll of GRIDtoday readers, and (2) Editors' Choice, where winners have been determined by votes of an advisory group of recognized luminaries, contributors and editors influential in Grid and Service-Oriented IT.

About Platform
Platform Computing is the leading systems infrastructure software company that accelerates applications and delivers IT agility for increased business performance and reduced cost. Founded in 1992, Platform is a pioneer in HPC, Cluster and Grid Computing technologies. Platform has over 2000 global customers and strategic relationships with DellÔ, HP, IBMÒ, IntelÒ, MicrosoftÒ, NovellÒ, Red HatÒ and SASÒ, along with the industry's broadest support for third-party applications. For more information please visit www.platform.com

About GRIDtoday
Published weekly, GRIDtoday (www.gridtoday.com) is the world’s leading source of news, information and events covering Grid and Service-Oriented IT. In addition to the weekly publication, GRIDtoday offers daily news alerts capturing the top and most relevant stories from around the globe as well as event-specific coverage from industry cornerstone events.