Parabon’s Grid Computing Platform to Power World’s Largest Open Public Grid
FAIRMONT, W.V. and RESTON, Va., Oct. 20, 2004 — The West Virginia High Technology Consortium (WVHTC) Foundation (http://www.wvhtf.org) and Parabon(R) Computation, Inc. (http://www.parabon.com) announce a strategic partnership in which Parabon’s secure grid computing platform, Frontier(R), will be the core technology used to drive the Global Grid Exchange(TM).
An initiative of the WVHTC Foundation, the Global Grid Exchange will utilize Frontier to safely and unobtrusively aggregate the idle or unused computer processing resources throughout the State of West Virginia. With access to such state resources, from PCs to mainframes, the Global Grid Exchange will soon be the largest open public computing grid in the world.
By Computing Outside of the Box(R), Frontier delivers a highly scalable, on-demand, super computing capacity via the Internet, efficiently and securely, directly to the desktops of users. As the first industrial-strength Internet grid computing platform for commercial general-purpose use in the market, Frontier offers a secure grid infrastructure proven across such diverse industries as life sciences, entertainment and media, financial services, high technology, government and academia.
"In our evaluation of grid computing solutions to power the Global Grid Exchange, security, ease of use, stability and information protection, for both users and those donating their computing resources across the state, were our key evaluation criteria," said James L. Estep, president and CEO of the WVHTC Foundation. "In the end, Parabon became an obvious choice for us to partner with as Frontier best satisfied our exacting requirements for a grid computing platform on which to run the Global Grid Exchange."
"The use of Frontier as the key infrastructure component in West Virginia’s economic development initiative is a significant step forward in validating the robust and secure nature of Parabon’s solutions," said Steven L. Armentrout, Ph.D., president and CEO of Parabon Computation, Inc. "The Global Grid Exchange represents the next step in the evolution of grid computing, one in which our enterprise grid clients are equally excited to participate."
The Global Grid Exchange will empower users with an incomparable platform-independent computing environment for the development and deployment of distributed computing applications. Delivering unprecedented computing power, the Global Grid Exchange will create a cost effective computation infrastructure that will drive innovation in the commercial, government and academic sectors around the world. Users will find the Global Grid Exchange simple and easy to use, requiring no additional investment in IT.
About The West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation
Founded as a non-profit organization in 1990 by Congressman Alan B. Mollohan, the WVHTC Foundation was established to create the critical mass of regional technology companies needed to move economic diversification efforts forward. Now more than 200 members strong, WVHTC Foundation continues to serve as a catalyst to further integrate and cultivate the West Virginia technology community, and to diversify and strengthen West Virginia’s economy. For additional information about the WVHTC Foundation, visit http://www.wvhtf.org.
About Parabon Computation, Inc.
For organizations with computationally challenging problems, Parabon delivers unprecedented computing power – on demand – to any desktop computer. Parabon’s grid computing solution harnesses the power of idle computers either across the Internet or inside a corporate firewall. Frontier empowers developers and clients with an incomparable platform-independent development environment for easy development and deployment of distributed computing applications. For additional information about Parabon, visit http://www.parabon.com.
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Contact:
Amy Beaudry
WVHTC Foundation
(304) 366-2577 ext. 228
Scott Collins
Parabon Computation, Inc.
(703) 689-9689
