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February 12, 2003 | TORONTO, CANADA
Platform Computing Ships LSF 5.1, Next Version of Enterprise Grid Foundation Software
Increasing the speed and ease of Grid deployment, Platform Computing announced the availability of Platform LSF® 5.1, the latest version of Enterprise Grid foundation software. Platform LSF 5.1 harnesses IT resources to provide the industry's most reliable, flexible and scalable Grid computing solution, with enhanced prioritization policies to optimally match compute resources with an organization's business objectives.
In addition to the recently-announced source code availability of LSF user commands, first-come-first-served scheduler, Java API, Web GUI components, and support for the MAUI Scheduler and other plug-in interfaces, new LSF 5.1 Enterprise capabilities include:
- Support for dynamic node membership: LSF 5.1 enables node membership into a Grid without the need for configuration modifications, reduces administration costs and increases ease and speed of production Grid deployment.
- Customizable preemption policies: Preemption policies can be customized based on runtime or preferred queues, ensuring mission-critical work is completed on time.
- Enhanced reservation scheduling policies: Flexible specification of resource reservation and policy-based advance reservation ensure resources are available when applications need them to meet service level agreements.
- Enhanced security: Enhanced communication protocols prevent denial-of-service attacks, and ensures secure installation of nodes in a cluster.
With LSF 5.1's dynamic node membership, enhanced enterprise scheduling policies and improved security features, we are once again setting new benchmarks for Enterprise Grid computing," said Ian Baird, vice president marketing and sales operations, Platform. "LSF 5.1 further extends the open, modular, high performance architecture of Platform LSF 5, allowing organizations to deploy Grids across heterogeneous resources faster and easier than ever before. ."
Platform LSF enables organizations to harness unused computing capacity in their globally distributed IT resources to build Enterprise Grids, enabling virtual collaboration and dynamic sharing of all heterogeneous resources - including operation systems, desktop computers workstations, applications, servers and data. Engineered for the most demanding, mission-critical environments, Platform LSF has unprecedented scalability, performance and flexibility to help enterprise simplify the management of complex computational workloads. Visit Platform's online User Forum (http://www.platformusers.net) to exchange information with other users and chat with Platform product experts.
About Platform Computing
Platform Computing provides distributed and Grid Computing solutions that help enterprises effectively connect, measure, manage and optimize their enterprise resources. Platform's integrated desktop to Grid software 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. For more information visit www.platform.com.
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