Scyld and PSSC Labs Explore Alliance

Irvine,CA - Scyld Computing Corporation and PSSC Labs have begun discussions to form a formal partnership that offers to bring a complete solution to the Beowulf community. The relationship will be announced at the upcoming LinuxWorld Expo in New York.

"For PSSC Labs, working with Scyld will give us us greater legitimacy in the marketplace," states Alex Lesser, Vice President of PSSC Labs. "To be able to work with Scyld, whose CTO, Donald Becker, began the Beowulf revolution, will enable us to provide a complete, high quality turn-key solution to our customers and will potentially help to open a broader commercial market for PSSC Labs."

Donald Becker sees excellent synergies between the two companies. "Scyld's focus is on providing commercial software solutions for Beowulf users. PSSC Labs, in contrast, deals primarily with custom manufacturing Beowulf clusters," states Becker. Scyld's initial contact with PSSC Labs explored the possibilities of forming reseller, training, co-marketing and support arrangements. Scyld and PSSC are actively working towards forming a more formal long-term releationship.

According to Janice Lesser, PSSC Labs CEO, the future for her company looks extremely promising. "This relationship is great, not only for us, not only for Scyld, but more importantly this relationship will benefit our clients and the Beowulf community. Our hardware knowledge and Scyld's software engineering will bring the best turn-key solutions to the market. This is a big step in bringing Beowulf solutions to commercial companies, not just research organizations."

For a more detailed information please contact feel free to contact us and visit the Scyld Booth at LinuxWorld in New York.

Scyld Computing Corporation is the leading developer of second generation Beowulf cluster operating systems. Donald Becker, CTO, and Scyld developers are known in the Linux community for their extensive contributions to the Linux kernel. Based in Annapolis, Maryland, Scyld is a privately held company. Further information may be obtained at www.scyld.com. Scyld Beowulf and Scyld Computing are registered trademarks of Scyld Computing Corporation.

About PSSC Labs:
Founded in 1987, PSSC Labs began manufacturing Beowulf clusters for research organizations and universities including NASA, University of California, Harvard, MIT and Abbott Laboratories. Their knowledge of hardware, Linux, and networking allows them to offer the most flexibility in cluster configurations at a fraction of the price of competitors. PSSC Labs is based in Irvine, California.
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Scyld Computing Corporation
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