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{{Short description|Software company in Canada}}
{{Infobox
company_name = Platform Computing |▼
| fate = Acquired by [[IBM]]
logo = [[File:Platform Computer logo.gif]] |▼
company_type = [[Private company|Private]] |▼
foundation = [[Toronto, Ontario, Canada]] (1992) |▼
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| key_people
industry = [[Cloud Computing]], [[High Performance Computing]], [[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 = Platform ISF, [[Load Sharing Facility|Platform LSF]], [[Symphony (software)|Platform Symphony]], Platform Cluster Manager, Platform Manager, Platform MPI|▼
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revenue = {{increase}} $71.6 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (2010) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.branham300.com/details.php?year=2011&company_ID=62|title=2011 Branham300 Online - Platform Computing Details|accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref> |▼
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homepage = [http://www.platform.com/ www.platform.com]▼
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'''Platform Computing'''
In
==History==
[[File:PlatformComputing.jpg|thumb|Platform
Platform Computing was founded by Songnian Zhou, Jingwen Wang, and Bing Wu in 1992
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|
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. This acquisition added a more complex cluster management solution to Platform's software offerings.<ref>{{cite pressrelease|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=2007-10-29|date=2008-10-02}}</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 pressrelease|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|accessdate=2008-10-02}}</ref>▼
▲On October 29, 2007, Platform Computing acquired the Scali Manage business from Norway-based Scali AS.
On June 22, 2009, Platform Computing announced its first piece of software to serve the [[cloud computing]] space. Platform ISF is software that enables organizations to set up and manage private clouds, controlling both physical and virtual resources, and supporting a wide variety of hardware and OS configurations.<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|accessdate=2009-06-26}}</ref>.▼
▲On June 22, 2009, Platform Computing announced its first
In August 2009, Platform acquired HP-MPI from [[Hewlett-Packard]]. <ref>[http://www.platform.com/press-releases/2009/platform-computing-acquires-mpi-product-from-hp Platform Computing Acquires MPI Product from HP]</ref>▼
▲In August 2009, Platform acquired HP-MPI from [[Hewlett-Packard]].
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==
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* Platform Lava - based on Platform LSF, licensed under [[GNU General Public License#
* [[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==
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==Standards==
Platform products
*[[DRMAA]]
*[[Intel Cluster Ready]]
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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 ==
* [[Distributed computing]]▼
* [[Computational grid]]
* [[CPU scavenging]]
* [[Beowulf (computing)]]
* [[Job scheduler]]s
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== External links ==
* [http://www.platform.com Platform.com] The Official Website for Platform Computing HPC Management Software
* [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
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