HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced an extension of their worldwide sales and marketing agreement that addresses the high-performance computing (HPC) market.
The companies have come together to drive high-performance computing into the mass market by delivering supercomputing clusters that are easier to deploy, support and manage for enterprise and midmarket customers.
The extension of the alliance entails a multimillion-dollar investment by both HP and Microsoft, and includes HP selling Microsoft® Windows® Compute Cluster Server (CCS) 2003 direct and via reseller channels as part of the HP Unified Cluster Portfolio, which is supported on HP ProLiant servers, HP BladeSystem and HP Cluster platforms.
"High-performance computing is poised for continued strong growth, averaging over 20 percent a year for the last four years, with HPC standards-based clusters growing at even higher rates. End-users are looking for easy-to-use systems and will likely go with vendors that can provide an easy transition from their desktops to HPC servers," said Earl Joseph, program vice president, IDC, an industry analyst firm. "The HP and Microsoft partnership to provide Windows Compute Cluster Server on ProLiant and Blades platforms has the potential to address these key user requirements and enable more customers to take advantage of HPC technologies.
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