BAE Systems Signs Grid Computing Development Collaboration Agreement with Entropia.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2003 DCGrid Augments and Expands BAE 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 Capabilities for a Wide Range Of Engineering Software Design Applications Entropia Inc., the leading provider of PC grid computing solutions, today announced a strategic development collaboration with BAE SYSTEMS BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. , a leading systems and aerospace company. This relationship combines BAE SYSTEMS' global expertise in engineering and mechanical design with Entropia's technological leadership in PC grid computing to further the goal of unifying BAE SYSTEMS' compute resources under a grid architecture umbrella. Entropia's DCGrid(R), a powerful and cost-effective PC grid computing platform that provides high performance computing capabilities by harnessing the unused processing cycles of networks of existing Windows(TM)-based PCs, will be integrated within the infrastructure at BAE SYSTEMS. BAE SYSTEMS intends to use their PC grid as a research platform for their existing proprietary and third party applications. Additional capabilities that will allow for embedding 1. (mathematics) embedding - One instance of some mathematical object contained with in another instance, e.g. a group which is a subgroup. 2. (theory) embedding - (domain theory) A complete partial order F in [X -> Y] is an embedding if DCGrid within their proprietary applications will be jointly developed during this collaboration. "We've employed grid methodologies for a while now but the addition of the Entropia technology provides a professionally engineered solution that was built for the desktop. DCGrid's open architecture facilitates interoperation, using OGSA OGSA Open Grid Services Architecture OGSA Ontario Golf Superintendents' Association (Canada) and Globus Toolkit The Globus Toolkit, currently at version 4, is an open source toolkit for building computing grids developed and provided by the Globus Alliance. Standards implementation The Globus Toolkit is an implementation of the following standards: Born in London Alan Gould's family lived in Northern Ireland, Germany and Singapore before arriving in Australia in 1966. , grid project leader, BAE SYSTEMS Advanced Technology Centre. "BAE SYSTEMS' diverse application requirements make them an ideal partner to further enhance the capabilities of Entropia's product family for the engineering market sector," commented John Wark John Wark (born Glasgow, 4 August 1957) was a Scottish footballer who grew up in the Ipswich Town side of the 1970s and went on to become a player synonymous with the club. He was also part of the all conquering Liverpool side of the mid 1980s. , president & 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. of Entropia. "Given our mutually strategic objectives, BAE SYSTEMS will benefit directly from a dedicated software development effort, while DCGrid is stress tested under real world production conditions in the engineering arena." About Entropia Entropia Inc. is the leader in PC grid computing. Entropia's grid computing solutions harness and manage the untapped processing power of desktop PCs within an enterprise network to process computationally intensive jobs for business and scientific applications. Entropia's solutions benefit enterprises that deploy compute-intensive applications such as those widely used in pharmaceutical, material sciences, chemical and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industries. By unleashing the untapped power of existing PCs, Entropia's solutions accelerate innovation and dramatically increase the return on investment for an enterprise's computing and network infrastructure. Entropia's DCGrid product line, with its easily scalable architecture and open technology platform, delivers computing capabilities that meet or exceed the power of high performance compute clusters -- at a fraction of the cost. Existing proprietary and commercial applications can be deployed on the DCGrid platform quickly and easily using DCGrid's rapid integration features which allow enterprises to achieve business objectives faster, with higher throughput, increased precision and more meaningful results in less time than previously possible. Ultimately, DCGrid solutions enable new and more difficult problems to be solved -- problems enterprises previously simply didn't have the computing power to attack. Founded in 1997, the company is headquartered in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . To find out more about Entropia, visit its Web site at www.entropia.com. About BAE SYSTEMS BAE SYSTEMS is a systems company, innovating for a safer world. BAE SYSTEMS employs nearly 100,000 people including joint ventures, and has annual sales of around pound 12 billion. The company offers a global capability in air, sea, land and space with a world-class prime contracting ability supported by a range of key skills. BAE SYSTEMS designs, manufactures and supports military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, radar, avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. , communications, electronics, guided weapon systems and a range of other defense products. BAE SYSTEMS is dedicated to making the intelligent connections needed to deliver innovative solutions. Entropia, DCGrid and the Spherical Design A spherical design, part of combinatorial design theory in mathematics, is a finite set of points on the d-dimensional unit hypersphere Sd such that the average value of any polynomial f of degree t are trademarks and registered trademarks of Entropia Inc. All other trademarks depicted herein are the intellectual property of their respective owners and no affiliation, sponsorship or association is claimed between those parties and Entropia Inc. |
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