Platform Computing Acquires Scali Manage Business

LONDON, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Strategic Acquisition Next Step in Realising Platform's Vision of 
Offering an Integrated HPC Infrastructure Software Solution

Platform Computing announced today it has acquired the Scali
Manage business from Massachusetts-based Scali Inc. Scali Manage(TM) is an
integrated and flexible High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster management
and monitoring system. This strategic acquisition supports Platform's vision
to be the partner of choice for HPC infrastructure software worldwide. The
Scali Manage product complements Platform's existing HPC offerings and
extends Platform's products' cluster and grid management capabilities.

While the use of clusters and grid infrastructure is on the
rise, the integration and management of these systems remains complex.
Products such as Platform Open Cluster Stack (OCS) and Scali Manage have
been developed specifically to improve performance, simplicity, and lower the
support cost necessary to operate a HPC infrastructure. With the acquisition
of Scali Manage, Platform will build upon the success of Platform OCS by
integrating components of both technologies into a best-of-breed product
offering.

As part of the purchase agreement, Platform has retained all
key sales, development, and support personnel and will continue to sell,
support, and enhance Scali Manage. In addition, Scali Manage will be
integrated with Platform's LSF product by the second quarter of 2008. Scali
Manage customers will receive ongoing support and maintenance consistent with
Platform's world-class 24/7 support and services practice.

"This acquisition will enable Platform to extend customer
value and create significant growth within the HPC market," said Songnian
Zhou, CEO, Platform Computing. "Building on 15 years of market leadership, we
intend to expand our product offerings to meet customer and industry demands,
and to redefine the market by providing a common HPC infrastructure stack for
heterogeneous cluster and grid environments."

"The sale of Scali Manage allows Scali to focus on our ongoing
commitments to deliver the highest performing MPI product line in the
industry," said Jack Kay, CEO, Scali Inc. "This deal is a win-win for both
companies."

Platform's mission is to help analysts, engineers and
scientists advance the world by exploiting the power of High Performance
Computing. The company is a pioneer in HPC and Grid software solutions.
Platform's strategy is to define and deliver the complete infrastructure
software stack for scale-out applications in all HPC industries including
Electronics, Oil and Gas, Industrial Manufacturing, Government/Research,
Education, Life Sciences and Financial Services, globally.

About Platform Computing

Platform Computing is a pioneer and the global leader in High
Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure software. The company delivers
integrated software solutions that enable organisations to improve
time-to-results and reduce computing costs. Many of the world's largest
companies rely on Platform for workload management and cluster and grid
management. Platform has over 2,000 global customers and strategic
relationships with Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat and SAS, along
with the industry's broadest support for HPC applications. Building on 15
years of market leadership, Platform continues to define the HPC market.
Visit http://www.platform.com.

About Scali Inc.

Founded in 1997, Scali is the leading developer of higher
performance clustering solutions that enable companies to maximise their
investment in their performance datacenters. Hundreds of companies, including
Goodyear, Daimler, Chrysler, Lockheed Martin, US Army and Naval Air, and
Schlumberger benefit from using Scali's cluster management solutions and MPI
libraries. Scali helps these customers fully leverage their datacenter
investments, respond quickly to evolving business requirements, lower IT
costs and reduce datacenter complexity. The company is headquartered in
Marlborough, Massachusetts with research and development in Oslo, Norway and
Nagpur, India.

This product includes software developed by the Rocks Cluster Group at
the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego
and its contributors. All product and company names herein may be trademarks
of their registered owners.

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