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LONDON, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, today announced that Sporting Index, world leaders in sports spread betting, has selected Platform Symphony for high-performance grid computing. The company is using Platform Symphony grid management software to increase the volume of transactions and event updates that it is able to handle, and in doing so underpin its expansion plans. Sporting Index is experiencing significant...

TORONTO, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, today announced the introduction of the Platform Application Center, a new product that enables HPC end users to easily submit and manage various HPC applications through a web-based portal interface. In addition, Platform is announcing two upgrades to its HPC products: Platform LSF 7 Update 6 and Platform HPC Workgroup Manager 1.1. Platform Application Center is available as an...

TORONTO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, today announced a partnership and joint technology solution with Microsoft for organizations to take advantage of high performance computing (HPC) clusters independent of a cluster's operating system (OS). The combination of Platform ISF Adaptive Cluster and Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 provides HPC users an efficient and flexible infrastructure management solution that...

TORONTO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, is expanding cloud computing capabilities for high performance computing (HPC) with two new offerings. The company today announced the release of Platform ISF Adaptive Cluster, a product that dynamically changes the operating systems and personalities of compute nodes managed by Platform LSF and Platform Symphony. It effectively increases application capacity and resource...

LONDON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Waters Power Europe -- Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, today announced the launch of Platform Symphony 5, a new version of its service-oriented architecture (SOA) grid solution for high performance computing (HPC) environments. Representing a leap forward in performance over previous versions, Platform Symphony 5 helps financial services organizations eliminate data access bottlenecks while squeezing even more...

TORONTO, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Platform Computing, the leader in grid and cloud computing software, today announced that Platform will be enabling Singapore's largest commercial grid computing service with its technology. Platform will be providing virtual machine management and high performance computing (HPC) software to Alatum, Singapore's cloud computing utility. Alatum, established by SingTel in conjunction with partners including Platform, delivers Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)...

Global Financial System Demands Rapid Analysis and Decision Response Capabilities TORONTO, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Platform Computing, the global leader in grid and cloud solutions for the financial services industry, announces that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has selected Platform Symphony for high-performance grid computing. The IMF works to advance global growth and economic stability by monitoring the economic and financial policies of its 185 member countries and the world's...

Cost Reduction and the Need to Maximize Use of Existing Resources Drive Cloud Adoption in FS TORONTO, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Platform Computing, the global leader in grid and cloud solutions for the financial services industry, continues to see strong revenue growth in its FS business as organizations move aggressively to reduce costs through the adoption of grid and cloud technology. In the depths of a global financial crisis, Platform continues to bring on new customers through...

- Available immediately, new version features 36 new effects and many enhancements - CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects software for the film, broadcast and video industries, today announced the release of version 3 of its Sapphire Plug-ins for the Avid(R) AVX(TM) architecture. The new version includes several new features to help editors working on Avid Media Composer(R), Symphony(TM) or NewsCutter(R) systems to enhance their...

By Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun Jun. 21--Marin Alsop's inaugural season as music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is ending pretty much the way it started, with a program that places a sizable contemporary American work alongside a blockbuster from the standard European canon. In this case, the former is Joan Tower's big and often bracing Concerto for Orchestra; the latter is Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. The results Thursday night at the Music Center at Strathmore were also...