Platform Computing has launched Platform HPC Academic, a workload management product bundle enabling universities and research institutions to accelerate compute and data intensive applications, and manage cluster and grid systems.
The Platform Academic HPC product bundle consists of Platform LSF, Platform MPI, Platform RTM, Platform LSF MultiCluster, Platform Management Console and 24x7 technical support. This offering is being made to a community where a predominance of open source software is used. Platform's objective is to deliver superior technology and commercial support to educational institutions at prices they can afford.