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May 28, 2003 | TOKYO, JAPAN
Platform Computing Signs Agreement with NEC to Deliver Grid-enabled Solutions to Global Customers
TOKYO, JAPAN, May 28, 2003 - Platform Computing announced that they have signed a comprehensive OEM agreement with NEC Corporation (NEC) (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.l) (TSE: 6701), in which NEC will offer Platform Computing’s software on its IA Server Express5800 Series. Through this partnership, NEC will provide its customers in manufacturing, government and education with comprehensive, integrated solutions to increase productivity and performance through improved collaboration and sharing of heterogeneous compute resources across multiple domains and geographic locations within and between companies.
"NEC and Platform Computing have worked together successfully for many years with customers. This agreement formally recognizes the added value of our integrated products and technical capacity," said Yasuo Iwaoka, Executive General Manager, Computers Software Operations Unit, NEC. "With Platform Computing’s solutions, we can exploit a real computing utility era and deliver true global computing. Distributed and Grid computing has the potential to enormously impact HPC, and with Platform Computing's solutions we can improve our customers' collaboration, productivity and performance."
"As the next evolution of distributed computing, we are eager to continue working with NEC to drive the adoption of Platform LSF," said Robert Gordon, CEO, Platform Computing. "Platform Computing's software, coupled with NEC’s high performance servers, will provide integrated, Grid-enabled solutions for high performance computing."
NEC will sell, install and support Platform Computing's unique suite of comprehensive solutions, including Platform LSF. NEC will also provide Platform Clusterware, the industry’s first and only cluster management solution combining workload management and systems management into a single, integrated package, on Express5800 Series including cluster systems.
NEC is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. Ranked as one of the world's top patent-producing companies, NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 140,000 people worldwide and had net sales of approximately $39 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2003. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at: www.nec.com.
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, NEC, SAS and SGI, and the industry’s broadest application integration support. For more information visit www.platform.com.
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