Cray And Altair Announce OEM Agreement

Cray to Offer PBS Professional Workload Manager, Simplifying HPC Integration for New Users

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Apr 27, 2015, 10:00 ET

TROY, Mich., April 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair today announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Cray Inc. PBS Professional® is now Cray's preferred workload manager and job scheduler.

The three-year agreement represents an expansion of Altair's long-standing partnership with Cray, a global leader in supercomputing and high-performance computing (HPC) systems. Under the terms of the agreement, Cray can more easily integrate PBS Professional as the preferred scheduler on Cray systems, with the ability to bundle PBS Professional units with new systems shipped anywhere in the world.

"Our customers will benefit from this relationship as we will be able to more easily and cost-effectively deliver unique, integrated technologies, such as DataWarp I/O acceleration and application power management," said Barry Bolding, Cray's vice president of marketing and business development. "Altair and PBS Professional are established leaders in HPC workload management, and we look forward to leveraging this agreement for growth in commercial and other emerging market segments. Now Altair users can come directly to Cray for engineered solutions that are ready to meet their highest HPC requirements."

"This agreement streamlines both the business and technology integrations between our companies," said James Scapa, Altair founder and chief executive officer. "We are proud that Cray has the confidence in our PBS Works product line to invest in this manner, essentially naming Altair as the company's premier workload management software supplier."

Cray builds the world's most advanced HPC systems, and offers a comprehensive portfolio of supercomputers, storage, and analytics solutions that deliver unrivaled sustained performance on a wide range of challenging applications. Today's announcement ensures improved, out-of-the-box productivity for Cray's customers.

Altair has served the HPC market for decades with award-winning workload management, engineering, and cloud computing software. Used by thousands of companies worldwide, PBS Professional enables engineers in HPC environments to improve productivity, optimize resource utilization and efficiency, and simplify the process of cluster workload management.

Together, Cray and Altair operate some of the largest supercomputers in existence, including many systems in the weather and aerospace industries. Visit http://web2.altairhyperworks.com/cray-and-altair for more information about Cray and Altair collaborations.

Customers can already access PBS Professional through Cray under the terms of the OEM agreement.

About Altair
Altair is focused on the development and broad application of simulation technology to synthesize and optimize designs, processes and decisions for improved business performance. Privately held with more than 2,300 employees, Altair is headquartered in Troy, Michigan, USA, and operates more than 45 offices throughout 23 countries. Today, Altair serves more than 5,000 corporate clients across broad industry segments. To learn more, please visit www.altair.com.

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