Penguin Computing and Cluster Resources Extend Successful Partnership to Deliver Industry-Leading Workload Solutions

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 15, 2008 -- Penguin Computing, a leading provider of HPC cluster solutions, and Cluster Resources, provider of the Moab family of intelligent workload-management solutions, have expanded their relationship and extended an agreement allowing Penguin Computing to distribute Moab Cluster Suite under the brand name Scyld TaskMaster?.

"The renewal and continuation of the international OEM relationship between Cluster Resources and Penguin Computing marks a highly successful ongoing endeavor to provide the industry's most powerful HPC and cluster-management solutions to enterprises in a wide range of industries," Michael Jackson, president of Cluster Resources, explained. "Scyld TaskMaster, powered by Cluster Resources technology, enables organizations to maximize the utilization of their HPC resources and optimize mission-critical workload processing with unparalleled ease of use and flexibility."

"The combination of Scyld ClusterWare with its unique cluster provisioning and management features and Scyld TaskMaster with its advanced workload management capabilities, allows our joint customers to maximize the utilization of computational resources on clusters that are as easy to manage as single systems," says Charles Wuischpard, president of field operations, Penguin Computing .

The recently released version 3.0 of Scyld TaskMaster builds on the success of Moab version 5.2, providing advanced job scheduling and workload-management capabilities. Scyld TaskMaster includes the industry's most flexible policy engine and a very intuitive graphical user interface. Scyld TaskMaster schedules jobs according to user-defined policies and allows for achieving resource utilization of up to 99% while meeting workload deadlines and other service-level requirements.

About Penguin Computing:

Penguin Computing is a privately held firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. Penguin Computing has been specializing on Linux since 1998, delivering a powerful combination of Linux software, systems and services. In 2003 Penguin Computing acquired Scyld Software, developer of the industry leading HPC Linux clustering software Scyld Beowulf. Focused on the high performance computing, enterprise consolidation and web hosting markets, the company has an extensive customer base including Fortune 100 companies, government agencies and educational institutions. For more information about Penguin Computing and Penguin products, please go to www.penguincomputing.com.

About Cluster Resources:

Cluster Resources, Inc., is a leading provider of workload- and resource-management software and services for cluster, grid, and utility computing environments. Cluster Resources is recognized as a leader in innovation and software that provides high return on investment through its popular Moab line of products. With more than 1,500 clients worldwide and more than a decade of industry experience, Cluster Resources delivers the services and software products that enable organizations to understand, control, and fully optimize their compute resources. For more information about Cluster Resources and Moab products, please go to www.clusterresources.com.

Penguin Computing is a registered trademark and Altus is a trademark of Penguin Computing, Inc. Cluster Resources and Moab Cluster Suite are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cluster Resources, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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