Plus: Mountain View Data rolls out server provisioning app.
The creators of the Globus open source grid software have launched a software and services company called Univa with the hopes of capitalizing on their work in grid computing.
The open source Globus grid software already serves as one of the primary building blocks for a number of commercial grid products, as well as for academic supercomputing projects. The first products offered by Univa are expected to hit the market next year and will be enhanced versions of the Globus software for enterprise customers based on Globus Toolkit Release 4.
Mountain View Data is set to introduce software that can handle the provisioning and deployment of any Intel- or Opteron-based server from Dell, IBM, HP or Racksaver.
The company’s Power Cockpit software will adhere to the Intelligent Platform Management Interface standard, which lets servers be managed whether an operating system is running or not.
An eight-node configuration will cost $3,800. Additional nodes will cost $250 each. The product is scheduled to be available in the first quarter of next year.
