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Linux Networx Announces Record Growth; Company to Focus on Delivering Linux Supersystems.


SALT LAKE CITY -- Linux Linux

Nonproprietary operating system (OS) for digital computers. In 1991 Linus Torvalds of Finland began asking for volunteer programmers over the Internet to collaborate on the development of a UNIX-like OS for personal computers; the “1.
 Networx The GSA Networx is the largest set of government contracts for civilian telecommunication to date in the United States. It consists of two contract vehicles - Networx Universal and Networx Enterprise. , The Linux Supercomputing Company, announced today record company growth and an expanded corporate focus on delivering a systems experience to Linux supercomputing users. Linux Networx also announced the LS Series, a family of Linux Supersystems that blend the price/performance of Linux with the power of legacy supercomputing while providing total systems value.

2005 third quarter revenues were the largest in Linux Networx's history, surpassing the previous record set in the second quarter of 2005. The company now delivers more than one third of its Linux supercomputers to new customers who are taking advantage of the price/performance of Linux supercomputers for the first time. Overall, Linux Networx has enjoyed compound annual revenue growth in excess of 50 percent, fueling its expansion to deliver its new line of Linux Supersystems, the LS Series.

"Linux Networx's growth validates our Linux supercomputing leadership and also points to the expanding adoption of Linux by supercomputing users," said Robert Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923.

American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876).

Noun 1.
 (Bo) H. Ewald, 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 Linux Networx. "We expect our new LS Series to power even more users to leverage the advantage offered by Linux within our high-value, easy-to-own and operate Linux Supersystems."

Linux Networx's success stems from the company's commitment to listen and respond to customer requirements -- providing supercomputing solutions that meet users' ever-changing Adj. 1. ever-changing - marked by continuous change or effective action
changing

dynamic, dynamical - characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm"
 and expanding needs. The LS Series represents the company's latest response to users' requests for Linux Supersystems proven to deliver optimum supercomputing performance blended with ultimate systems value. The LS Series is designed to eliminate the risk, cost and complexity associated with first-generation first-gen·er·a·tion
adj.
1. Of or relating to a person who has left one country and settled in another.

2. Of or relating to a person or persons whose parents are immigrants.

3.
 cluster cluster, in astronomy: see star cluster; galaxy.


(1) Two or more systems working together. See clustering.

(2) Also called an "allocation unit" or "file allocation unit," it is some number of disk sectors that are treated as a unit.
 deployment and operations -- providing users with application-optimized Linux Supersystems that are delivered ready for performance at power-up.

About Linux Networx

Linux Networx, The Linux Supercomputing Company, delivers Linux Supersystems that combine the price/performance advantage of Linux clusters with real-world supercomputing expertise and technology innovation. Linux Networx provides customers a full range of supercomputing products and services. Every day customers in government, academia, aerospace, automotive, life sciences, and oil and gas leverage the power of Linux Networx Supersystems to solve their most difficult supercomputing challenges The Supercomputing Challenge is an annual state wide competition in Supercomputing held in New Mexico for high school programmers.

Begun in 1991 from a grant from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Supercomputing Challenge offers students a chance to write a program and
. Today, the company's solutions power more than 150 customers to enhance time-to-discovery and time-to-results. For more information about Linux Networx, visit www.linuxnetworx.com.
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