Platform Computing

















































Platform Computing
Type
 Private
Industry
Cloud computing, High performance computing, Distributed computing, Grid computing, Computer software
Successor IBM
Founded
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1992)
Headquarters
Markham, Ontario, Canada
Key people
 Leadership team
Products Platform ISF, Platform LSF, Platform Symphony, Platform Cluster Manager, Platform Manager, Platform MPI
Revenue
Increase $71.6 million USD (2010) [1]
Number of employees
 530 [2]
Website www.platform.com

Platform Computing was a privately held software company primarily known for its job scheduling product, Load Sharing Facility (LSF). It was founded in 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and headquartered in Markham, Ontario with 11 branch offices across the United States, Europe and Asia.[3]


In January 2012, Platform Computing was acquired by IBM.[4]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Open-source participation


  • 3 Memberships


  • 4 Standards


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History




Platform Headquarters in Canada.


Platform Computing was founded by Songnian Zhou, Jingwen Wang, and Bing Wu in 1992.[5] Its first product, LSF, was based on the Utopia research project at the University of Toronto.[6] The LSF software was developed partially with funding from CANARIE (Canadian Advanced Network and Research for Industry and Education).[7]


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.[8]


In 1999, the SiteAssure suite was announced by Platform to address website availability and monitoring market. [9]


On October 29, 2007, Platform Computing acquired the Scali Manage business from Norway-based Scali AS. Scali was cluster management software.[10] 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.[11]


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.[12][13]


In August 2009, Platform acquired HP-MPI from Hewlett-Packard.[14]


In January 2012, Platform Computing was acquired by IBM.[15]



Open-source participation



  • Platform joined the Hadoop project in 2011, and is focused on enhancing the Hadoop Distributed File System[16]

  • Platform Lava - based on Platform LSF, licensed under GPLv2.[17] The Lava scheduler is part of Red Hat HPC.[18] Discontinued in 2011.


  • OpenLava - successor to Platform Lava.

  • Platform FTA - File Transfer Agent for HPC clusters [19]


  • Nagios Plug-ins [20]

  • Community Scheduler Framework - a meta-scheduling framework [21]



Memberships


Platform Computing is a member of the following organizations:



  • The Green Grid

  • Open Grid Forum



Standards


Platform products adopted the following standards:



  • DRMAA

  • Intel Cluster Ready

  • HPC Profile

  • JSDL

  • Open MPI


  • Project Kusu, the basis for the Platform Cluster Manager



See also



  • Computational grid

  • CPU scavenging

  • Beowulf (computing)

  • Job schedulers



References





  1. ^ "2011 Branham300 Online - Platform Computing Details". Retrieved 2011-04-05..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Platform Computing Inc. Corporate Facts". Retrieved 2011-04-03.


  3. ^ Contact


  4. ^ IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing


  5. ^ "GridConnections" (PDF). OGF. Retrieved 2007-12-29.


  6. ^ "Utopia: A Load Sharing Facility for Large, Heterogeneous Distributed Computer Systems". John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved 2007-12-29.


  7. ^ "Shaping the future: success stories from the CARARIE files" (PDF). CANARIE. Archived from the original on July 20, 2004. Retrieved 2011-04-05.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  8. ^ "Platform Computing Inc. Company Profile". Yahoo Business. Archived from the original on 2005-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-02.


  9. ^ Connor, Deni (Nov 8, 1999). "the changing face of web site management". NetworkWorld.


  10. ^ "Platform Computing Acquires Scali Manage Business" (Press release). Platform Computing. 2008-10-02. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008.


  11. ^ "Platform Computing Acquires Scali MPI Business" (Press release). Platform Computing. August 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-02.


  12. ^ "Platform Computing announces private cloud management software". Retrieved 2009-06-26.


  13. ^ "Platform leaps from grids to clouds". The Register. Jun 22, 2009.


  14. ^ Platform Computing Acquires MPI Product from HP


  15. ^ IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing


  16. ^ Platform Computing Announces Commercial Support for Apache Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)


  17. ^ Platform Lava


  18. ^ Red Hat HPC Solution


  19. ^ platform opensource


  20. ^ Systems Management


  21. ^ http://grid1.jlu.edu.cn/csf Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine




External links




  • Platform.com The Official Website for Platform Computing HPC Management Software

  • User forum


  • Platform Computing user portal for downloads and commercial support




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