Platform Computing

Platform Computing

Infobox_Company
company_name = Platform Computing
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1992)
key_people = [http://www.platform.com/company/leadership-team/ Leadership team]
location = Markham, Ontario, Canada
num_employees = 400 (2007)cite web|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/107/107204.html|publisher=Yahoo Business|title=Platform Computing Inc. Company Profile|accessdate=2007-12-18]
industry = High Performance Computing, Distributed computing, Grid computing, Cloud Computing, Computer software
products = Platform LSF, Platform Symphony, Open Cluster Stack 5.0, Platform Manager, Platform MPI
revenue = )cite web|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/107/107204.html|publisher=Yahoo Business|title=Platform Computing Inc. Company Profile|accessdate=2007-12-18]
homepage = [http://www.platform.com/ www.platform.com]

Platform Computing is a privately held software company that is primarily known for its job scheduling product, Load Sharing Facility (LSF). It was founded in 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is currently headquartered in Markham, Ontario with several local offices across the United States, Europe and Asia.

History

Platform Computing was founded by Songnian Zhou, Jingwen Wang, and Bing Wu in 1992 [cite web|url=http://www.ogf.org/News/documents/ogf_winter_2007.pdf|publisher=OGF|title=GridConnections|accessdate=2007-12-29] . Its first product, LSF, was based on the "Utopia" research project at the University of Toronto [cite web|url=http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/zhou93utopia.html|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|title=Utopia: A Load Sharing Facility for Large, Heterogeneous Distributed Computer Systems|accessdate=2007-12-29] . The LSF software was developed partially with funding from CANARIE (Canadian Advanced Network and Research for Industry and Education). [cite web|url=http://www.canarie.ca/press/publications/tadeng.pdf|publisher=CANARIE|title=Shaping the future: success stories from the CARARIE files|accessdate=2007-12-29]

Platform's revenue was approximately $300,000 in 1993, and reached $12 million in 1997. Revenue grew by 34% (YoY) to US$46.2 million in 2001, US$50 million in 2003, [cite web|archivedate=2005-09-27|archiveurl=http://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] US$55 million in 2006, and US$44.90 million in 2007.

On October 29, 2007, Platform Computing acquired the Scali Manage business from Norway-based Scali AS. This acquisition added a more complex cluster management solution to Platform's software offerings. [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=2007-10-29|date=2008-10-02] On August 1, 2008, Platform acquired the rest of the Scali business, taking on the industry-standard API, Scali MPI, and rebrandning it Platform MPI. [cite pressrelease|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|accessdate=2008-10-02]

Products

In addition to its open source solution, OCS 5, Platform's major products are divided into two separate suites [cite web|url=http://www.platform.com/Products|title=Products - Platform Computing|accessdate=2008-10-29] .

Accelerate
*Platform LSF
*Platform Symphony
*Platform Enterprise Grid Orchestrator
*Platform Process Manager
*Platform LSF License Scheduler
*Platform LSF Session Scheduler
*Platform LSF MultiCluster
*Platform MPI
*EnginFrame

Manage
*Platform Manager
*Platform RTM
*Platform Analytics
*Platform VM Orchestrator

Memberships

Platform Computing is a member of the following organizations:
*The Green Grid
*Open Grid Forum

tandards

Platform products have adopted the following standards:
*DRMAA
*Intel Cluster Ready
*HPC Profile
*JSDL
*Open MPI
*Project Kusu, the basis for the Platform Open Cluster Stack

See also

* High Performance Computing
* Distributed computing
* Cloud computing
* Computational grid
* CPU scavenging
* Grid computing
* Beowulf (computing)
* Job schedulers

References

External links

* http://www.platform.com/
* [http://platform.uark.edu User forum] operated by University of Arkansas for Platform Computing
* [http://my.platform.com Platform Computing user portal] for downloads and commercial support
* [http://www.LinuxHPC.org LinuxHPC.org] Linux High Performance Computing and Clustering Portal
* [http://www.WinHPC.org WinHPC.org] Windows High Performance Computing and Clustering Portal


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