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Line 8: \| 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 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2011-04-03}}</ref> \| 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 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2011-04-05}}</ref> \| homepage = [http://www.platform.com/ www.platform.com] }} Line 20: ==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\|~~accessdate~~access-date=2007-12-29}}</ref> Its first product, LSF, was based on the ''Utopia'' research project at the [[University of Toronto]].<ref>{{cite ~~document\|publisher=John Wiley &~~citeseerx ~~Sons~~\|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 \|~~accessdate~~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\|~~accessdate~~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 ~~\|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 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/\|~~accessdate~~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\|~~accessdate~~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> Line 36: ==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 ~~\|url-status=dead~~ }}</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 ~~\|url-status=dead~~ }}</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 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</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 ~~\|url-status=dead~~ }}</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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