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TORONTO, July 7 /PRNewswire/ — Platform Computing, the leader in grid and cloud computing software, today announced that Platform will be enabling Singapore’s largest commercial grid computing service with its technology. Platform will be providing virtual machine management and high performance computing (HPC) software to Alatum, Singapore’s cloud computing utility. Alatum, established by SingTel in conjunction with partners including Platform, delivers Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ecosystem to businesses and public sector organizations within Singapore and across Asia. Platform’s software helps manage the infrastructure behind this large scale cloud computing project, equipping enterprises with on-demand and pay-as-you-go access to data center compute resources and software including HPC and business applications.

Alatum will deliver a range of computing power, storage and software applications on a pay-per-use basis, on-demand and online to enable commercial and public sector organizations access to more cost-effective, integrated and easily-managed IT solutions. Combining the benefits of Platform VM Orchestrator (VMO), Platform LSF, Platform Cluster Manager (PCM) and Platform Symphony software with some of the leading technologies from vendors including Citrix, HP, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat and Salesforce.com has created a robust computing environment for both business and technical users. Customers already using the Alatum platform include Research International, K2 Specialist Services and Vestas Technology R&D Singapore.

It’s always interesting to read how HPC/grid solutions are being deployed, and what technologies are being used, in this case Platform, I’m off to read up more.

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