Atipa and Scyld to Partner and Provide High Performance Computing Solutions

Annapolis, MD (PRWEB) February 2, 2001 - Scyld Computing and Atipa today announced
that Atipa and Scyld will form a relationship to provide pre-integrated, tested high performance computer systems using hardware systems from Atipa and Scyld's Beowulf cluster operating system.

Scyld is filling the need for a standard, supported, high performance cluster operating system. It has recently released its Scyld Beowulf Next Generation clustering operating system which provides simplified cluster integration and setup, minimal administration, and seamless scalability.

"Atipa is committed to bringing complete solutions to our customers. By partnering with Scyld, we are able to bundle our award winning hardware with their next generation Beowulf cluster operating system," said Jeffrey Keenan, Atipa's Chairman and CEO "Scyld has excellent technical expertise and a strong product that Atipa would like to capitalize on."

"Scyld is pleased to partner with Atipa to meet the needs OF their expansive market
base, including previous customers such as Motorola, Sharp Electronics, NASA,
M.I.T., and other leading public and private institutions involved in high performance computing," said Donald Becker, Chief Technology Officer of Scyld. "Atipa has a strong base of hardware and systems experience that together with Scyld forms a very powerful solution for the computational clustering market.

About Scyld Computing Corporation

Scyld Computing Corporation develops and supports software for high-performance
computing. Donald Becker, CTO, and Scyld developers are well known in the Linux
community for their extensive contributions to the Linux kernel. Scyld is based in Annapolis, Maryland. Further information may be obtained at www.scyld.com.

About Atipa Corporation

Atipa Corporation is one of the leading suppliers of pre-configured Open Source and
Linux workstations, servers and clusters for information management today. Best known as one of the first dedicated Linux solutions companies, Atipa partners with other technology and market leaders to make its products available in complete Open Source and Linux solutions for businesses of all sizes. In early 2000 Atipa received over $30 million in equity capital from an investment group led by affiliates of Soros Private Equity Partners LLC, TA Associates, and WR Hambrecht + Co.

Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, Atipa develops, manufactures, licenses and
markets solutions, products, technologies and services for business, education, consumer, scientific and engineering and government customers. Atipa provides Linux solutions based on Red Hat, SuSE, Caldera, and Corel Linux. For additional information about Atipa Corporation, the Product Solution Series or our end-to-end services, visit Atipa on the Web at www.atipa.com or call Toll Free (800)360-4346. Atipa Linux Solutions and the Atipa Linux Solutions logo are trademarks of Atipa Corporation.

About Beowulf

Beowulf, and Beowulf clustering are terms that describe a technique of connecting commodity computers together , using a modified version of Linux, to create a High
Performance Computer. Started in 1994, by Donald Becker and Thomas Sterling, early
development was sponsored by NASA. In 1997, Beowulf clusters broke the ten billion
operations per second mark, and today can perform over 200 billion operations per second. Today, there are tens of thousands of Beowulf clusters installed in government, educational, and commercial facilities. Beowulf is a descriptive service mark held by Linux International.

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