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'''Platform Computing''' was a privately held software company primarily known for its job scheduling product, [[Load Sharing Facility]] (LSF). It was founded in 1992 in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada and headquartered in [[Markham, Ontario]] with 11 branch offices across the United States, Europe and Asia.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111207055026/http://www.platform.com/company/contact-us Contact]</ref>
In January 2012, Platform Computing was acquired by [[IBM]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120112053601/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/36372.wss IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing]</ref>
==History==
[[File:PlatformComputing.jpg|thumb|Platform Headquarters in Canada.]]
Platform Computing was founded by Songnian Zhou, Jingwen Wang, and Bing Wu in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ogf.org/News/documents/ogf_winter_2007.pdf|publisher=OGF|title=GridConnections|access-date=2007-12-29}}</ref> Its first product, LSF, was based on the ''Utopia'' research project at the [[University of Toronto]].<ref>{{cite
Platform's revenue was approximately $300,000 in 1993, and reached $12<!-- Canadian? --> million in 1997. Revenue grew by 34% (YoY) to US$46.2 million in 2001, US$50 million in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|archive-date=2005-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050927230807/http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/107/107204.html|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/107/107204.html|publisher=Yahoo Business|title=Platform Computing Inc. Company Profile|access-date=2008-10-02}}</ref>
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In August 2009, Platform acquired HP-MPI from [[Hewlett-Packard]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090905133936/http://www.platform.com/press-releases/2009/platform-computing-acquires-mpi-product-from-hp Platform Computing Acquires MPI Product from HP]</ref>
In January 2012, Platform Computing was acquired by [[IBM]].<ref>
==Open-source participation==
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* Platform Lava - based on Platform LSF, licensed under [[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GPLv2]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hpccommunity.org/section/lava-5/ |title=Platform Lava |access-date=2011-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421033714/http://www.hpccommunity.org/section/lava-5/ |archive-date=2011-04-21 }}</ref> The Lava scheduler is part of ''Red Hat HPC''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.redhat.com/hpc/ |title=Red Hat HPC Solution |access-date=2011-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218055720/http://www.redhat.com/hpc/ |archive-date=2010-12-18 }}</ref> Discontinued in 2011.
* [[OpenLava]] - successor to Platform Lava.
* Platform FTA - File Transfer Agent for HPC clusters <ref>[ftp://ftp.platform.com/pub/opensource/ platform opensource]{{
* [[Nagios]] Plug-ins <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hpccommunity.org/section/sysmgmt-117/ |title=Systems Management |access-date=2011-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303225228/http://www.hpccommunity.org/section/sysmgmt-117/ |archive-date=2011-03-03 }}</ref>
* Community Scheduler Framework - a meta-scheduling framework <ref>[http://grid1.jlu.edu.cn/csf http://grid1.jlu.edu.cn/csf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707024635/http://grid1.jlu.edu.cn/csf/ |date=2011-07-07 }}</ref>
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*[[JSDL]]
*[[Open MPI]]
*[[Project Kusu]], the basis for the Platform Cluster Manager <ref>{{cite book|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-24091-1_64|year=2011|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-24091-1_64 |last1=Zhang |first1=Liang |last2=Wan|first2=Zhenkai |title=Computing and Intelligent Systems |chapter=Kusu Cluster Computing Introduction and Deployment of Applications |pages=484-490|isbn=978-3-642-24090-4 }}</ref>
== See also ==
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