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Univa UD & BioTeam Announce Collaboration on Sun Grid Engine Software Service OfferingsPartnership Greatly Extends Univa UD's ReachLisle, IL, September 22, 2008 — Univa UD, the alternative in HPC systems management software for the complete distributed computing lifecycle, announced today a strategic partnership with The BioTeam, Inc. that will see the two companies jointly market professional services offerings centered around Sun(TM) Grid Engine software, one of the leading job scheduling tools available for cluster users. Univa UD will become a reseller of BioTeam's world-class Sun Grid Engine cluster expertise. The BioTeam Inc. is a highly respected professional and scientific consultancy in HPC focused on enabling value from science and research in life sciences, financial services, digital content, oil & gas and computational fluid dynamics. The BioTeam, with hundreds of implementations of the most popular distributed resource managers under its belt, has amassed technical knowledge and advanced administration know-how. Under the partnership, Sun Grid Engine expert Chris Dagdigian and his high performance computing team will coordinate requirements, feature design and service delivery with Univa UD's product and services organizations. Mr. Dagdigian is a regular Sun Grid Engine presenter and author of www.gridengine.info. Professional Services offerings available immediately:
The offerings are applicable to any industry that utilizes high performance computing, including but not limited to Life Sciences, Industrial Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Electronic Design Automation and Financial Services. "BioTeam looks forward to working closely with Univa UD," said Stan Gloss, Founding Partner and Managing Director, The BioTeam Inc. "This is a great opportunity to combine our 8 years of knowledge and practical experience with a great product. The combined solution will enable our customers be more productive." "We are pleased to partner with BioTeam and expect that this relationship will significantly add value to Univa UD's customers," says Gary Tyreman, vice president and general manager of Univa UD HPC. "The depth and breadth of these offerings will significantly increase our customers' ability to confidently deploy Sun Grid Engine software." "Sun is pleased to see the combination of BioTeam's broad industry expertise and Univa UD's integrated cluster software stack offered to Sun Grid Engine software customers," said Fritz Ferstl, the director of HPC & Grid Software Engineering in Sun Microsystems. "This partnership validates Sun's ecosystem with its increasingly developed capability of generating tremendous value for customers." UniCluster from Univa UD is a fully integrated, community-enabled open source cluster software stack with unrestricted support for all its components. Available by download, this product simplifies the deployment, configuration and management of clusters, from installation and job scheduling to monitoring and remote access. UniCluster's single package, simple price model is being well received as companies look to migrate their computing infrastructures away from expensive proprietary systems. Recently announced, UniCluster 4.0 delivers on Univa UD's HPC mission of bringing systems management best practices to HPC while providing better value for a better price. UniCluster 4.0 Test Drive is now available for download at: http://www.grid.org/downloads. About The BioTeam, IncBioTeam is a high-performance consulting practice. We are dedicated to delivering objective, technology agnostic solutions to the life science researchers. We leverage the right technologies customized to our client's unique needs in order to enable them to reach their scientific objectives. About Univa UDUniva UD is the leading provider of HPC systems management and data center automation software. Univa UD products simplify the complex nature of deploying and operating HPC and data center virtualization environments, saving customers time and resources while giving them confidence that their solution will perform as expected. Hundreds of market-leading companies come to Univa UD to build and operate their production infrastructures, from workgroup clusters to enterprise grids to dynamic data center application provisioning. With a focus on making business easier for our customers, Univa UD is advancing the vision and practice of HPC and data center virtualization. Visit us at www.univaud.com. Sun and Sun Microsystems are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. |
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