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Platform Explores Evolution Of
Grid Computing With Customers
To provide a forum for discussion about best practices in distributed and
grid
computing, Platform Computing hosted two regional user summits in San Jose and
Boston in early December.
With representation from the financial services, government life sciences,
manufacturing and software development industries, the User Summits allowed
Platform customers and partners to share their experiences in achieving
competitive advantage through grid distributed computing.
Speakers from Adaptec, ARM, AstraZeneca, Cadence, GridFrastructure,
Microway,
Myriad and RLX discussed key trends such as Linux clustering, automating
complex job flows, and global license management.
Platform also be demonstrated Platform Intelligence its new "IT Analytics"
solution.
Platform Intelligence provided visibility into the utilization, performance
and value of grid distributed enterprise-wide IT resources.
Armed with this data, organizations can adopt a more flexible IT strategy
to
ensure consistent service delivery, effective capacity planning, and informed
IT investments.
The agenda for the two events was:
- Cadence Server Farm Initiatives by Tom M. Grotton Jr., Director, IT
Server Farm Initiative, Cadence Design Systems
- Global License Management by Kelly Overgaard, System Operations Manager,
Adaptec
- Understanding Your Cluster, Understanding Your Project by Ibrahim "Hoomi"
Chadirchi, IT Development Manager, ARM
- Software Support for high-throughput Proteomics by Alan F. James,
Director, Software Development, Myriad Genetics
- Architectural and Solution Process Overview of Platform Intelligence by
David E. Antila, Director, Product Management, Platform Computing
- Cluster Technologies for 2003 by James Owen, vice president Business
Development, Microway
- Server Blades in scale-out Computing Architectures by Ed Cichone, Team
Leader, Field Sytstems Engineering, RLX
- Supercomputing for Drug Discovery by William Hayes, PhD, Bioinformatics
Scientist, AstraZeneca
- Grid-Enabled Scheduling of Complex Job Flows by Rakesh Modi, Development
Manager Platform JobScheduler and Application Integration, Platform
Computing
- Managing Grid Deployment -- Requirements and Tools by Dan Feldman,
President, GridFrastructure
- NCSim Server Farm -- An Overview by Steven G. Esposito, Architect,
Cadence
About Platform
Platform Computing provides distributed and Grid computing software
solutions
that help enterprises effectively connect, measure, manage and optimize their
enterprise resources.
Platform's integrated desktop to Grid solutions are used by over 1,500
customers worldwide in the financial services, government, life sciences and
manufacturing industries to deliver higher quality products and services,
improve business performance and maximize the return on IT investments.
Founded in 1992, Platform has strategic relationships with Apple, Dell, HP,
IBM, SAS and SGI, and the industry's broadest application integration
support.
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