HPTi

Infobox Company
company_name = High Performance Technologies, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1991
key_people = Timothy P. Keenan
location_city = Reston, Virginia
location_country = USA
industry = Federal IT Consulting
num_employees = 300+
homepage = [http://www.hpti.com/ http://www.hpti.com/]

High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi) is an IT consulting firm based in Reston, Virginia. [cite web |url=http://www.hpti.com/tblTopicsTemplate.asp?ID=105 |title=Corporate History |publisher=High Performance Technologies, Inc. |accessdate=2007-08-08] Founded in 1991, the company is notable for several high-profile solutions for the federal government. For instance, the company developed a Linux-based supercomputer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that ranked as the 8th fastest supercomputer in the world in 2002. [cite web |title=NOAA Research Supercomputer Now the 8th Fastest Supercomputer in the World |publisher=National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration |accessdate=2007-08-08 |url=http://www.fsl.noaa.gov/media/hotitems/2002/02Dec26.html] HPTi also developed the Secure Payment System for the Department of the Treasury [cite web |title=Timothy P. Keenan |publisher=OHIO STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION |accessdate=2007-08-08 |url=http://www.ohiostatealumni.org/awards/keenan.php] - a system that processes payments totaling $1.5 trillion annually. HPTi was recently in the news for winning the American Business Award for Best Executive (Computer Hardware or Services) and Best Support Staffer.

HPTi has relationships with the technology departments of several universities. They host an annual algorithm competition at James Madison University [ site web |title=JMU Algorithm Competition Article |accessdate=2008-04-03 |url=http://www.jmu.edu/cob/CoB2/GC_CoBNewsroom.shtml] . They also run a problem solving competition at Penn State University [ site web |title=Penn State Problem Solving Competition Article |accessdate=2008-04-03 |url=http://ist.psu.edu/newsevents/?pageID=736&HeadlineID=1771] . A site for the competitions exists at http://www.hptichallenge.com/

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