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{{Short description|Software company in Canada}}
{{Infobox company
company_name = Platform Computing |▼
| fate = Acquired by [[IBM]]
company_type = [[Private company|Private]] |▼
| logo = Platform Computer logo.gif
key_people = [http://www.platform.com/Company/Leadership.Team/ Leadership team] |▼
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| ___location = [[Markham, Ontario]], Canada
industry = [[Distributed computing]], [[Grid computing]], [[Computer software]] |▼
| num_employees = 530 <ref name="Platform Computing">{{cite web |url= http://www.platform.com/company/corporate-facts |title=Platform Computing Inc. Corporate Facts |access-date=2011-04-03}}</ref>
products = [[Load Sharing Facility|LSF]], Symphony, Open Cluster Stack 5.0|▼
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revenue = [[image:red down.png]]$44.90 million [[United States dollar|USD]] ([[2007]])<ref name="yahoobiz">{{cite web|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/107/107204.html|publisher=Yahoo Business|title=Platform Computing Inc. Company Profile|accessdate=2007-12-18}}</ref> |▼
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homepage = [http://www.platform.com/ www.platform.com]▼
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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 CiteSeerX |title=Utopia: A Load Sharing Facility for Large, Heterogeneous Distributed Computer Systems|citeseerx = 10.1.1.121.1434}}</ref> The LSF software was developed partially with funding from [[CANARIE]] (Canadian Advanced Network and Research for Industry and Education).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canarie.ca/press/publications/tadeng.pdf |publisher=CANARIE |title=Shaping the future: success stories from the CARARIE files |access-date=2011-04-05 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040720151637/http://www.canarie.ca/press/publications/tadeng.pdf |archive-date=July 20, 2004 }}</ref>
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>
In 1999, the ''SiteAssure'' suite was announced by Platform to address website availability and monitoring market.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Connor |first=Deni |date=Nov 8, 1999 |title=the changing face of web site management |magazine=NetworkWorld }}</ref>
On October 29, 2007, Platform Computing acquired the Scali Manage business from Norway-based Scali AS. Scali was cluster management software.<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.platform.com/press-releases/2007/platform-computing-acquires-scali-manage-business |publisher=Platform Computing |title=Platform Computing Acquires Scali Manage Business |date=2008-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007105733/http://www.platform.com/press-releases/2007/platform-computing-acquires-scali-manage-business |archive-date=October 7, 2008 }}</ref> On August 1, 2008, Platform acquired the rest of the Scali business, taking on the industry-standard [[Message Passing Interface]] (MPI), Scali MPI, and rebranding it Platform MPI.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Platform Computing|url=http://www.platform.com/press-releases/2008/platform-computing-acquires-scali-mpi-business/|title=Platform Computing Acquires Scali MPI Business |date=August 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122203607/http://www.platform.com/press-releases/2008/platform-computing-acquires-scali-mpi-business/|access-date=2008-10-02|archive-date=2009-11-22}}</ref>
On June 22, 2009, Platform Computing announced its first software to serve the [[cloud computing]] space. Platform ISF (Infrastructure Sharing Facility) enables organizations to set up and manage private clouds, controlling both physical and virtual resources.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.platform.com/press-releases/2009/platform-computing-announces-private-cloud-management-software|title=Platform Computing announces private cloud management software|access-date=2009-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516185808/http://www.platform.com/press-releases/2009/platform-computing-announces-private-cloud-management-software|archive-date=2010-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/22/platform_goes_cloudy/|title=Platform leaps from grids to clouds|website=[[The Register]]|date=Jun 22, 2009}}</ref>
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>{{cite web|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/36372.wss|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508190022/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/36372.wss|archive-date=2012-05-08|title=IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing|access-date=2024-02-25}}</ref>
==Open-source participation==
* Platform joined the [[Hadoop]] project in 2011, and is focused on enhancing the Hadoop Distributed File System<ref>[http://www.platform.com/press-releases/2011/PlatformAnnouncesCommercialSupportforApacheHDFS Platform Computing Announces Commercial Support for Apache Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)]</ref>
* 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]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* [[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>
==Memberships==
Platform Computing is a member of the following organizations:
*[[The Green Grid]]
*[[Open Grid Forum]]
==Standards==
Platform products adopted the following standards:
*[[DRMAA]]
*[[Intel Cluster Ready]]
*HPC Profile
*[[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 ==
* [[Distributed computing]]▼
* [[Computational grid]]
* [[CPU scavenging]]
* [[Beowulf (computing)]]
* [[Job scheduler]]s
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== External links ==
* [http://www.platform.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080814011407/http://www.hpccommunity.org/ User forum]
* [http://my.platform.com Platform Computing user portal] for downloads and commercial support
[[Category:Software companies of Canada]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1992]]
[[Category:IBM acquisitions]]
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