April 25, 2012
Penguin Computing on Demand (POD) recognized by Intel as 2011 most innovative new product
FREMONT, Calif., April 25 — Penguin Computing, experts in high performance computing (HPC) solutions, has been awarded the 2011 Data Center Solution Innovation Award from Intel during this year's Intel Solutions Summit. The award is given to the company that best demonstrates the successful deployment and integration of a data center or server solution resulting in superior return on investment for the client.
"The Penguin team developed a differentiated and leading edge offering with Penguin Computing on Demand," said Charles Wuischpard, CEO, Penguin Computing. "As a company, we are honored to be recognized by Intel for our offering. We will continue to devote our efforts into innovative solutions and maintain a leading role in the space."
Penguin Computing on Demand is an HPC cloud that offers the flexibility and security of a virtualized user interface with the power and dependability of a bare-metal computing environment. Designed to meet the most demanding technical computing needs, PODs are being used by commercial, academic and government organizations world-wide to augment or replace their on-premise high-performance computing or storage systems.
Intel Solutions Summit is the largest channel event where Platinum Partners get a chance to hear the latest industry and Intel news, attend courses on new technologies and Intel products, and meet with a number of other Intel channel partners.
For more information, visit www.penguincomputing.com.
About Penguin Computing
For well over a decade Penguin Computing has been dedicated to delivering complete, integrated Enterprise and High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions that are innovative, cost effective, and easy to use. Penguin offers a complete end-to-end portfolio of products and solutions including workstations, rackmount servers, custom server designs, power efficient rack solutions and turn-key clusters. Penguin also offers the Scyld suite of software products for efficient provisioning and infrastructure monitoring. For users who want to use supercomputing capabilities on-demand and pay as they go, Penguin provides Penguin Computing on Demand (POD), a public HPC cloud that is available instantly and as needed. Penguin counts some of the world's most demanding organizations as its customers, including AOL, Yelp, Caterpillar, Life Technologies, Dolby, Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force.
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Source: Penguin Computing, Inc.
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