Red Hat Delivers Linux-Based High Performance Computing Platform

RALEIGH, N.C.-- Oct 2, 2008 -- Red Hat (NYSE:RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the delivery of the industry’s first integrated Linux-based High Performance Computing (HPC) platform with the global availability of the Red Hat HPC Solution, an all-in-one stack that customers can leverage to deploy, run and manage their HPC clusters. First announced in collaboration with Platform Computing in November 2007, the HPC Solution is available today through Red Hat Network with the backing of Red Hat’s global 24x7 customer support services. Historically, building and managing HPC clusters has provided cost and expertise challenges for IT departments faced with lengthy deployment timelines and tedious integration work requiring extensive training, planning and upkeep. Today, with the... [read full story]