Platform Computing: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox Companycompany

| status = [[Acquired]]

| successor = [[IBM]]

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___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=2011-04-03}}</ref> |

industry = [[Cloud Computingcomputing]], [[High Performanceperformance Computingcomputing]], [[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=2011-04-05}}</ref> |

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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>

On Oct. 11, 2011, [[IBM]] announced their intention to buy Platform Computing.<ref>http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2011-10-12/ibm_makes_bet_on_distributed_computing_with_platform_buy.html?featured=top</ref>

==Products==

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*Platform ISF (Infrastructure Sharing Facility) - Management software for building private IaaS clouds

*[[Platform LSF]] (Load Sharing Facility) - Platform's workload management software for clusters and supercomputers

*[[Symphony (software)|Platform Symphony]]

*Platform Process Manager - workflow management

*Platform LSF License Scheduler

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*[[Dell]]

*[[HP]]

*[[IBM]]

*[[Intel]]

*[[Microsoft]]

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== See also ==

* [[High Performance Computing]]

* [[Distributed computing]]

* [[Cloud computing]]

* [[Computational grid]]

* [[CPU scavenging]]

* [[Grid computing]]

* [[Beowulf (computing)]]

* [[Job scheduler]]s