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{{Short description|Software company in Canada}}
{{Infobox company
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| name = Platform Computing
| logo = Platform Computer logo.gif
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| key_people = [http://www.platform.com/company/leadership-team/ Leadership team]
| ___location = [[Markham, Ontario]], Canada
| num_employees = 530 <ref name="Platform Computing">{{cite web |url= http://www.platform.com/company/corporate-facts |title=Platform Computing Inc. Corporate Facts |
| industry = [[Cloud computing]], [[High performance computing]], [[Distributed computing]], [[Grid computing]], [[Computer software]]
| products = Platform ISF, [[Load Sharing Facility|Platform LSF]], [[Symphony (software)|Platform Symphony]], Platform Cluster Manager, Platform Manager, Platform MPI
| 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 |
| homepage = [http://www.platform.com/ www.platform.com]
}}
'''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|
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|
In 1999, the ''SiteAssure'' suite was announced by Platform to address website availability and monitoring market.
On October 29, 2007, Platform Computing acquired the Scali Manage business from Norway-based Scali AS. Scali was cluster management software.<ref>{{cite
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|
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==
* 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
* [[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
* 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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[[Category:Companies established in 1992]]
[[Category:IBM acquisitions]]
[[Category:Grid computing]]
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