Solution offers beneficial price/performance for HPC deployments of any
size
SUPERCOMPUTING, RENO, Nevada, November 13, 2007 –
Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced an agreement with Platform Computing, the
global leader in High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure
software, to jointly offer a new product, the Red Hat HPC Solution,
that fully integrates Platform's Open Cluster Stack* with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. The new offering provides users with an end-to-end
solution with a range of tools necessary to deploy and manage an HPC
cluster in a wide range of environments, from SMB to Enterprise, while
offering competitive pricing and outstanding performance.
Businesses are increasingly utilizing HPC clusters to gain a
competitive edge; the new Red Hat HPC Solution allows users to deploy
their HPC applications in a more cost-effective manner, while providing
tools in a single, easy-to-deploy package. The Red Hat solution
incorporates the operating system, device drivers, cluster installer,
resource and application monitor and job scheduler for every node in
the cluster.
The integrated HPC software stack includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
the world's leading open source operating system, designed to deliver
maximum application performance using today's low-cost,
industry-standard systems. The solution also incorporates the device
drivers and interconnect support necessary for efficiently running a
high-performance cluster, and also includes Platform's Lava-based job
scheduler to rapidly schedule user workloads. All of the components,
supported by Red Hat's global 24x7 enterprise-level services, are
delivered in one product, reducing the complexity and time needed to
set up and optimize an HPC cluster.
“Platform’s 15 years of expertise deploying high-performance clusters,
combined with the performance and stability of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux, provide a perfect technology match for customers looking for an
HPC solution,” said Paul Cormier, executive vice president, Worldwide
Engineering at Red Hat. “This agreement also enables us to tailor our
existing enterprise solutions for smaller-sized customers, so this new
and rapidly growing HPC market can enjoy the benefits of open source
software.”
"Platform is excited to partner with Red Hat to reach new markets for
HPC solutions," said Songnian Zhou, CEO, Platform Computing.
"Organizations from Enterprise to SMB will be able to adopt open source
solutions that are fully supported and easy to use. This agreement
supports Platform's strategy to enable organizations to improve time to
results and reduce computing costs when deploying cluster and grid
software solutions."
The Red Hat HPC Solution has completed certification on a range of
hardware platforms and will be available at the end of 2007. For more
information about Red Hat, visit www.redhat.com.
About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat, the world’s leading open source solutions provider, is
headquartered in Raleigh, NC with over 50 satellite offices spanning
the globe. CIOs have ranked Red Hat first for value in Enterprise
Software for three consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor
Value study. Red Hat provides high-quality, low-cost technology with
its operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, together with
applications, management and Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)
solutions, including the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite. Red Hat
also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers
worldwide. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com.
About Platform Computing
Platform Computing is a pioneer and the global leader in High
Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure software. The company
delivers integrated software solutions that enable organizations to
improve time-to-results and reduce computing costs. Many of the world’s
largest companies rely on Platform for workload management and cluster
and grid management. Platform has over 2,200 global customers and
strategic relationships with Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat
and SAS, along with the industry’s broadest support for HPC
applications. Building on 15 years of market leadership, Platform
continues to define the HPC market. Visit www.platform.com.
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