Since 1992, Platform has established a reputation as an industry leader in High Performance Computing (HPC) management software, bringing the most powerful commercial HPC solutions to leading global enterprises.

Platform is:

• The world’s largest enterprise HPC cluster and grid software solution provider with more than 2,000 customers worldwide.
• Privately held, self-funded company with 16 consecutive years of profitability.
• Leadership team includes experienced industry leaders from IBM, Novell, Oracle, Sun and SGI.
• A strong global presence with 530 global employees in 10 offices throughout North America, Asia Pacific and Europe.
• The industry’s largest critical mass of HPC expertise dedicated to research and development.
• Partnered with leading hardware, software and operating system vendors including Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat and SAS

Engineering Products for Mission-Critical Environments:

• The industry’s most powerful and comprehensive commercial and open-source HPC management software to support heterogeneous HPC environments.
• Customers include leading global enterprises in industries including Electronics, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Government & Education, and Life Sciences.

Developing the Industry's Largest Library of HPC-Enabled Applications:

• Platform has HPC-enabled more than 100 applications to simplify HPC deployments from vendors such as ANSYS, Cadence, Fluent, Mentor, Microsoft, SAS, and Synopsys.

Partnering with Industry Leaders:

• Strategic relationships with industry leaders Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat and SAS, support emerging computing models such as on-demand, utility computing and e-business.
• Major system vendors, including Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM and NEC depend on Platform to deliver custom grid solutions to their customers.
• Independent software vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle and SAS, consider Platform software a key component of their HPC strategy.

Driving Industry Standards:

• Founding member of and major contributor to the New Productivity Initiative (NPi),  now the Open Grid Forum (OGF).
• Contributed specifications to the Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) with The Globus Alliance and IBM.
• In consultation with The Globus Alliance, Platform created the Community Scheduler Framework (CSF), an open source metascheduler framework that provides basic protocols to help resources work together in different environments.

Supporting Green IT:

• As a member of The Green Grid™, Platform Computing is prominent among software companies meeting the challenges of aligning environmental considerations with business success.