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Line 19: ==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~~\|format=PDF~~\|publisher=OGF\|title=GridConnections\|accessdate=2007-12-29}}</ref> Its first product, LSF, was based on the ''Utopia'' research project at the [[University of Toronto]].<ref>{{cite ~~web\|url=http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.121.1434~~document\|publisher=John Wiley & Sons\|title=Utopia: A Load Sharing Facility for Large, Heterogeneous Distributed Computer Systems\|~~accessdate~~citeseerx =~~2007-12-29~~ 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 ~~\|format=PDF~~ \|publisher=CANARIE \|title=Shaping the future: success stories from the CARARIE files \|accessdate=2011-04-05 \|url-status=unfit \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040720151637/http://www.canarie.ca/press/publications/tadeng.pdf \|archivedate=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\|archivedate=2005-09-27\|archiveurl=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=2008-10-02}}</ref> Line 27: On October 29, 2007, Platform Computing acquired the Scali Manage business from Norway-based Scali AS. Scali was cluster management software.<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=2008-10-02 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007105733/http://www.platform.com/press-releases/2007/platform-computing-acquires-scali-manage-business \|archivedate=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 pressrelease\|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\|accessdate=2008-10-02}}</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=~~https://web.archive.org/web/20100516185808/~~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]]\|~~publication-~~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>

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