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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Special Features:
PLATFORM, MACROVISION TO DELIVER ENHANCED GRID CAPABILITIES
Platform Computing and Macrovision announced an expanded partnership that will
enable Platform customers to optimize their Grid computing implementations.
Platform Computing and Macrovision originally partnered in 2003 when
Macrovision announced the formation of their FLEXnet alliance program. As part
of the alliance program, Macrovision will certify Platform Computing products
for operation with FLEXnet, Macrovision's award-winning universal licensing
platform. Macrovision is the market leader in software licensing, with more
than 3,000 ISV's and 850 enterprises using the company's solutions to maximize
the value of their software assets.
The integration between Platform Computing and Macrovision will be
incorporated into future versions of the new product suite through FLEXnet
Connector, the standards-based interface used by partners to integrate to the
FLEXnet universal licensing platform.
In a separate announcement made today, Platform Computing announced the launch
of Platform LSF Electronics Edition, the first end-to-end Grid solution
targeted specifically for the semiconductor sector in the electronics
industry.
"We are pleased to have Platform Computing and Macrovision working together to
help us maximize the utilization of our software and compute resources and
minimize the cost and time for product development," said Ann Gatlin of
Legerity Inc.
"Our partnerships with Macrovision, along with our launch of Platform LSF
Electronics Edition, further illustrate Platform's strong commitment to
provide industry-specific Grid solutions," said Peter Nichol, vice president
of electronics at Platform Computing. "Platform leads the industry in
Grid-enabling more than 100 applications from ISV and system software
partners, and we continue to build and expand partnerships in order to drive
the adoption of Grid in the electronics marketplace."
"Platform Computing is the leading Grid software developer and this
partnership supports our efforts to help companies optimize their software
licenses in Grid environments," said David Rowley, vice president of business
development at Macrovision. "By connecting third party partners to our FLEXnet
platform via FLEXnet Connector, we are able to provide better integrated, more
robust joint solutions to our mutual customers."
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