TORONTO, CANADA and SINGAPORE, August 14,
2006 – Platform Computing, the global leader for enterprise
grid software solutions, today announced that it has entered into an
agreement to hire the principals of Scalable Systems Pte Ltd.
Based in Singapore, the Scalable Systems team brings a wealth of
experience in the development of open source software solutions and
will be instrumental in the establishment of Platform’s Open Source
Grid Development Center (OSGDC).
The Singapore center will initially be focused on supporting,
developing and contributing to the Rocksä development at the San Diego
Supercomputing Center. Over the last two and a half years,
Platform has marketed Rocks cluster system software and has seen the
opportunity for market expansion in this area. Moving forward,
the OSGDC will be involved in new initiatives to advance Platform’s
strategy of a standardized cluster software stack and the adoption of
x86 clusters across the enterprise. As the market for open
cluster solutions continue to expand and reduce the need for costly SMP
servers, Platform is well positioned to leverage this opportunity and
drive the industry forward.
“Platform will continue to be aggressive in pursuing strategies that
enables us to broaden our market leadership and maximize the
opportunities we see emerging in enterprise IT. The Scalable
Systems team brings a wealth of open source know-how and industry
relationships to Platform that further deepen our open source project
development and are an ideal fit,” said Songnian Zhou, CEO, Platform
Computing. “The evolution of cluster computing and the expansion
of its applicability to an extended set of business computing
challenges is a key strategy for Platform and the OSGDC will play a
critical part in realizing our vision of a standardized cluster
software stack.”
“Scalable has been co-developing Rocks since 2001 and is eager to
bring this valuable experience to Platform Computing where we believe
we can make a larger contribution to the open source cluster and grid
community,” said Laurence Liew of Scalable Systems. “Our combined
expertise in open source cluster technologies and Platform’s tremendous
partner ecosystem provide a winning combination for customers in terms
of quality of solution and choice of vendors for their cluster
environments”.
"I congratulate Platform Computing on the establishment of an open
source grid development centre in Singapore,” said Boon Swan Foo,
Managing Director of the Agency for Science, Technology & Research
(A*STAR) in Singapore. “Platform Computing's presence will
contribute to the rapidly growing grid related R&D and businesses
in Singapore and the region."
For information on please visit http://www.platform.com.
About Scalable Systems
Scalable Systems Pte Ltd is a leading provider of high performance and
grid computing solutions and services in Singapore and the Asia Pacific
region with partners in USA and Europe. Scalable Systems is a
co-developer of Rocks (since 2001) contributing Parallel Virtual File
system, Grid Engine and various drivers and mathematical libraries
integration into Rocks.
About Rocks
The Rocks project was started at SDSC in early 2000, with the goal of
"making clusters easy." Today, the Rocks user base includes
Top500 computers, and several hundred clusters around the
globe.
About Platform Computing
Platform Computing is the global leader for grid computing solutions
and a technology pioneer of the supercomputing world. The company's
solutions for enterprise and high performance computing helps the
world's largest organizations integrate and accelerate business
processes, to increase competitive advantage and enjoy a higher return
on investment from IT. With over 2000 customers, the company has
achieved a clear leadership position in the market through a focus on
technology innovation and execution. Founded in 1992, Platform
Computing has strategic relationships with Dell, HP, IBM, Intel,
Microsoft, Novell and Red Hat, along with the industry's broadest
support for third-party applications. For more information please visit
www.platform.com
Rocks, Rocks Clusters, and Avalanche Installer are registered marks of
The Regents of the University of California.
This product includes software developed by the Rocks Cluster Group
at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and its contributors.
For more information:
Carrie Maynard
Public Relations Manager
Platform Computing
(905) 948-4247
cmaynard@platform.com
