Electric Cloud Speeds Application Development With ElectricAccelerator for Microsoft Windows HPC Server.Electric Cloud Electric Cloud, Inc. is a privately held software corporation specializing in high-performance software build tools. Electric Cloud is based in Mountain View, California and currently offers two products. Running on Windows HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. Server Delivers Efficient, High Performance Software Production and as Much as 20X Faster Software Builds SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Electric Cloud[R], a leading provider of software production management solutions, today announced the availability of its product line, including the ElectricAccelerator[R] software build solution, for Microsoft's High Performance Computing (HPC) platform. The Electric Cloud solution provides a more efficient, manageable IT infrastructure and as much as 20x faster throughput for software builds. Electric Cloud made its announcement in conjunction with Microsoft's Windows HPC Server 2008 announcement also made today. "Software development is one of the highest 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). applications in high performance computing," said Mike Maciag, Electric Cloud 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. . "We partnered with Microsoft to enable the industry's fastest builds for some of the world's largest software development organizations with Electric Cloud's products on top of Microsoft's HPC 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. ." "One of the core applications for high performance computing technology is software development, and partners like Electric Cloud are helping customers make big productivity gains in this area," said Vince Mendillo, director of HPC at Microsoft Corp. "Companies will benefit from both the power and efficiencies provided by the Electric Cloud solution and Windows HPC Server 2008 to enable agile development See agile software development. methodologies and build better software faster." Windows HPC Server 2008 and ElectricAccelerator Windows HPC Server 2008, the next generation of high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. , provides enterprise-class tools for a highly productive HPC environment. Built on 64-bit technology, Windows HPC Server 2008 can efficiently scale to thousands of processing cores and includes management consoles that help developers proactively monitor and maintain system health and stability. Job scheduling In a large computer, establishing a job queue to run a sequence of programs over any period of time such as a single shift, a full day, etc. , interoperability and flexibility enables integration between Windows and Linux-based HPC platforms, and supports batch and service-oriented application (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) workloads. Enhanced productivity, scalable performance, and ease of use are some of the features that make Windows HPC Server 2008 best-of-breed for Windows environments. Working with Microsoft, Electric Cloud has optimized ElectricAccelerator to work seamlessly with Windows HPC Server, so that users gain the performance and ease of use benefits of a high performance computing environment to support application development. About Electric Cloud Electric Cloud is the leading provider of software production management (SPM SPM - Sequential Parlog Machine ) solutions. Electric Cloud solutions automate, accelerate and analyze software build-test-deploy processes to optimize both physical and virtual IT environments. The company's patented and award-winning products help development organizations to speed time to market, boost developer productivity, and improve software quality. Leading companies across a variety of industries, including semiconductors, enterprise IT, ISVs, mobile devices, and transactional Web sites rely on Electric Cloud's Software Production Management solutions to transform software production from a liability to a competitive advantage. For customer inquiries please contact Electric Cloud at (408) 419-4300 or www.electric-cloud.com. (c) 2003-2008 Electric Cloud, Inc. All rights reserved. Electric Cloud, ElectricInsight, ElectricAccelerator, ElectricCommander and Electric Make are registered trademarks of Electric Cloud. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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