NTT DATA Announces First Grid Computing ApplianceCompany uses United Devices technology to offer turnkey 'cell computing BOX'; Life Sciences and other industry-specific bundles availableAUSTIN, Texas, July 27, 2004 — NTT DATA Corporation, a United Devices licensed reseller in Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan, is now offering the first pre-configured commercial grid computing appliance. The product, 'cell computing BOX™,' is a turnkey system that consists of United Devices Grid MP software, server hardware, and database software as a plug-and-play package. 'Cell computing BOX' can also be purchased pre-bundled with applications for Life Sciences and other industries. With 'cell computing BOX,' companies can create a virtual high-performance compute resource by utilizing CPU power from underutilized office or home devices. The preconfigured system provides customers who might not have the internal resources and knowledge to deploy an onsite grid system with a cost-effective means of implementing grid technology. A 'cell computing BOX' customer simply plugs in the product and pushes agent software out to the devices on the grid. "We expect 'cell computing BOX' to take off quickly because the customer will receive a system built and configured to their needs," says Shoji Yarimizu, Deputy Executive Manager, Marketing at NTT DATA. "This turn-key solution is an important step as grid computing becomes an indispensable part of the enterprise computing fabric." At present, NTT DATA is offering a variety of Life Sciences applications pre-bundled on the 'cell computing BOX' system, including LigandFit, HMMER, and CLUSTAL-W. In future, the company will bundle applications for other industries and will provide information and support for customers to develop their own grid applications. NTT DATA will soon also release a toolkit which make batch rendering easy using Microsoft Excel. In 2003, NTT DATA completed a cell computing internet pilot project successfully with United Devices' Grid MP technology. Now the company sells Grid MP software and services directly to Asia-Pacific customers. "NTT DATA continues to simplify grid computing for the Asia-Pacific market," says Ed Hubbard, United Devices Founder and President. "We are proud to be a key partner in their current and future success." About NTT DATAWe at NTT DATA see ourselves as creators of a new paradigm in the information network society. By showing our customers how to use information technologies to their strategic advantage, we give them the skills they need to generate products and ideas that are valuable to them and to society. NTT DATA is Japan's top systems-integrator company. We have engineered much of Japan's public IT infrastructure through a series of large projects for both the public and private sector. In addition, we have built a vast number of corporate network systems. For more information, please visit http://www.nttdata.co.jp/en/.About United DevicesUnited Devices is the market leader in secure grid solutions. The company's Grid MP™ platform is used to aggregate network compute resources to create workstation, cluster and data center grids capable of running a wide range of high-performance computing applications in life sciences, geosciences, manufacturing, financial services, chemical engineering and other industries. The company's solutions are available in both enterprise and on-demand versions. United Devices also operates the world's largest Grid for grand-scale research made up of more than 2.5 million devices in over 200 countries. For more information on Grid MP solutions, visit the the United Devices Web site www.ud.com. To volunteer your idle compute power, visit www.grid.org. |