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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 pressreleasepress 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 |url-status=dead |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 pressreleasepress release|publisher=Platform Computing|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122203607/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/|accessdate=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|accessdate=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>