AVAKI Works With IBM to Bring Grid Computing to a Broader Spectrum of Commercial Customers.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2002 IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) To Use AVAKI's Grid Computing grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high availability by employing multiple computers—typically personal Software at Grid Innovation Centre; Purchases Licenses for Internal Use Avaki Corporation, a pioneer in global grid An open systems architecture that provides global connectivity instantaneously on warrior demand. The global grid can support both vertical and horizontal information flow to joint and multinational forces. software, today announced it is working with IBM on several new initiatives to bring grid computing to a broader spectrum of commercial customers. AVAKI 2.1, the first commercially available grid software to integrate both data grid  The introduction to this article is vague. To comply with Wikipedia's guidelines, it should be improved. and compute grid capabilities, is one of the core technologies available at IBM's new Grid Innovation Centre in Montpellier, France. Additionally, IBM's Life Sciences Division has purchased multiple licenses of AVAKI's software for internal use and for client evaluation and demonstration purposes. In parallel with these and other IBM-related efforts, AVAKI is broadening support for IBM customers by adding the IBM eServer This article is about the IBM family of computer servers. For the open access electronic text archive, see EServer.org. IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. UNIX servers running AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. to the list of computing platforms supported by AVAKI 2.1. IBM's Grid Innovation Centre is a unique new resource that offers customers the opportunity to explore grid technologies and learn about the benefits of grid computing. At the Grid Innovation Centre, AVAKI grid software is available to the European customers of IBM and its partners for demonstrations, prototyping, and evaluation. "IBM is pleased to be working with AVAKI in Europe where we are seeing tremendous demand for grid computing solutions," explains IBM's Philippe Bricard, manager of grid computing solution sales in Europe. "AVAKI's data grid capability complements compute grids and interoperates with other solutions, enabling us to offer a wide range of products that work together to meet market needs." In both Europe and the United States, grid computing is rapidly being adopted in life sciences sectors (such as pharmaceuticals and bioinformatics) where the ability to gather and analyze massive amounts of genomic and proteomic data efficiently can be critical to drug discovery initiatives. Grid computing helps these organizations streamline access to current data for scientists and informatics professionals, improve utilization of IT resources across computing platforms, locations, and administrative domains, and eliminate many manual steps for both users and systems administrators. "We`re seeing tremendous demand for grid solutions in life sciences," confirms Steve Beckhardt, distinguished engineer and chief architect, IBM Life Sciences Solutions. "AVAKI's grid software combined with the IBM eServer platform, which AVAKI now supports, will enable a larger number of life sciences companies to take advantage of grid services. Both technologies incorporate some of the most advanced grid capabilities on the market today, and can be deployed quickly at customer sites." "Along with life sciences, AVAKI is also seeing demand from financial services and manufacturing sectors," says Dave Fish, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , AVAKI. "Our work with IBM, which began with the standards initiatives proposed to the Global Grid Forum In 2006, the Global Grid Forum merged with the Enterprise Grid Alliance and formed the Open Grid Forum. This article is kept for historical reasons, and should be synchronized with the OGF article. in February, is now being extended by these efforts to inform and educate more customers and will continue with specific client engagements." Also under the terms of the agreement, AVAKI is broadening support for IBM's customers by extending its computing platform support to include IBM's AIX. Today, AVAKI 2.1 supports a range of computing platforms including Linux, major UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platforms, and Microsoft Windows. About AVAKI: AVAKI Corporation offers the first commercial grid software solution to provide highly secure, wide-area access to processing, data and application resources in a single, uniform operating environment. The flagship product, AVAKI 2.1, allows enterprises to capitalize on the true power of grid computing and thereby accelerate time to market, and increase ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). on existing computing infrastructure. Backed by Polaris Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and Sofinnova, AVAKI is located in Cambridge, Mass. For more information, please visit www.avaki.com or email info@avaki.com. IBM, AIX, and eServer are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, others countries, or both. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through The Open Group. |
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