Platform Computing

Platform Computing
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]

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]

On October 29, 2007, Platform Computing acquired the Scali Manage business from Norway-based Scali AS. Scali was cluster management software.[9] 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.[10]

On June 22, 2009, Platform Computing announced its first software to serve the cloud computing space. Platform ISF enables organizations to set up and manage private clouds, controlling both physical and virtual resources.[11]

In August 2009, Platform acquired HP-MPI from Hewlett-Packard.[12]

In January 2012, Platform Computing was acquired by IBM.[13]

Open-source participation

Memberships

Platform Computing is a member of the following organizations:

Standards

Platform products adopted the following standards:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2011 Branham300 Online - Platform Computing Details". Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  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. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  8. ↑ "Platform Computing Inc. Company Profile". Yahoo Business. Archived from the original on 2005-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  9. ↑ "Platform Computing Acquires Scali Manage Business" (Press release). Platform Computing. 2008-10-02.
  10. ↑ "Platform Computing Acquires Scali MPI Business" (Press release). Platform Computing. August 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  11. ↑ "Platform Computing announces private cloud management software". Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  12. ↑ Platform Computing Acquires MPI Product from HP
  13. ↑ IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing
  14. ↑ Platform Computing Announces Commercial Support for Apache Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
  15. ↑ Platform Lava
  16. ↑ Red Hat HPC Solution
  17. ↑ platform opensource
  18. ↑ Systems Management
  19. ↑ http://grid1.jlu.edu.cn/csf

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