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Panasas is dedicated to delivering our customers around the globe the best and most comprehensive parallel storage solutions available. To this end, we have partnered with best-in-class providers who share our vision of excellence in cluster computing, networking and integration to offer solutions that meet and exceed the needs of their computing environments.

We are pleased to offer our highly-valued partners an opportunity to differentiate themselves with award-winning HPC software and hardware solutions. Below are the technology partners with whom Panasas shares a relationship today.


ISVs
CD-adapco

CD-adapco is the leading global provider of full-spectrum engineering simulation (CAE) solutions for fluid flow, heat transfer and stress, with principal offices in New York, London and Yokohama and subsidiaryoffices across the world. STAR-CD and STAR-CCM+ provide the world’s most comprehensive CFD solutions, with the STAR-CAD series as an easy-to-use, CAD-embedded front door to the full spectrum of CD-adapco solutions, backed by 25 years of extensive experience in CAE consulting.

CD-adapco’s solutions are widely used across many industries, including automotive, aerospace, appliances, buildings, chemical process, electronics, environmental, marine, offshore structures, pharmaceuticals, power generation, rail, turbomachinery and specialized mechanical engineering applications. www.cd-adapco.com.
Fluentansys

Fluent Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc., the world's largest provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and consulting services. Fluent software is used for simulation, visualization and prediction of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer and chemical reactions. It is a vital part of the computer-aided engineering (CAE) process for companies around the world and is deployed in nearly every manufacturing industry. Using Fluent software, product development, design and research engineers build virtual prototypes and simulate the performance of proposed and existing designs, allowing them to improve design quality while reducing cost and speeding time to market.

ANSYS, ANSYS Workbench, CFX, AUTODYN, FLUENT and any and all ANSYS, Inc. product and service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of ANSYS, Inc. or its subsidiaries located in the United States or other countries. ICEM CFD is a trademark licensed by ANSYS, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Fluent is a parter of Panasas, which is self-certified and compatible with Fluent software. In addition, Fluent and Panasas are working together to develop parallel I/O architecture for future versions of Fluent software. www.fluent.com.
LSTC

Livermore Software Technology Corporation (LSTC) develops LS-DYNA and a suite of related and supporting engineering software products. LS-DYNA is a general purpose transient dynamic finite element program capable of simulating complex real world problems. www.lstc.com.
LSTC

Founded in 1994, Metacomp Technologies is at the forefront of cutting edge technology in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD++), Computational Aero-Acoustics (CAA++) and Mesh Generation for CFD (MIME) with its products in widespread global use. Metacomp’s activities include R&D, software development, dissemination and support, in the areas of fluid dynamics, numerical algorithms, turbulence & combustion modeling, acoustics, geometry modeling and mesh generation. For more info please visit www.metacomptech.com.
Paradigm

Paradigm™ is a leading provider of enterprise software solutions to the global oil and natural gas exploration and production industry. Our software enables customers to locate new oil and natural gas reservoirs, optimize production from new and existing reservoirs and creates dynamic digital models of the Earth’s subsurface.

Paradigm software solutions include Seismic Data Processing and Imaging, Visualization, Interpretation, Modeling, Reservoir Characterization, Petrophysical Analysis, Well Planning, and Drilling. Paradigm also provides strategic consulting services to enhance customer workflows and assist in realizing greater returns on exploration and production activities.

We have sales, service and user support offices and technology centers that are strategically located in 22 countries, serving all major oil and gas producing provinces in the world. Visit www.pdgm.com for more information.
Platform

Platform Computing is a pioneer and the global leader in High Performance Computing (HPC) management software. The company delivers integrated software solutions that enable organizations to improve time-to-results and reduce computing costs. Many of the world’s largest companies rely on Platform to accelerate compute and data intensive applications and manage cluster and grid systems. Platform has over 2,000 global customers and strategic relationships with Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat and SAS, along with the industry’s broadest support for HPC applications. Building on 15 years of market leadership, Platform continues to define the HPC market. Visit www.platform.com for more information.
Simulia

SIMULIA is the Dassault Systèmes brand that delivers a scalable portfolio of Realistic Simulation solutions including the Abaqus product suite for Unified Finite Element Analysis, multiphysics solutions for insight into challenging engineering problems, and lifecycle management solutions for managing simulation data, processes, and intellectual property. By building on established technology, respected quality, and superior customer service, SIMULIA makes realistic simulation an integral business practice that improves product performance, reduces physical prototypes, and drives innovation. Headquartered in Providence, RI, USA, with R&D centers in Providence and in Suresnes, France, SIMULIA provides sales, services, and support through a global network of regional offices and distributors. www.simulia.com.
SpectSoft

SpectSoft LLC was founded in 1997 to specialize in Linux-based software for use in the film, media, and broadcast industries, SpectSoft has quickly become a leading industry innovator. Since its inception, SpectSoft has worked on technical projects with some of the industries biggest and brightest companies like Dreamworks Animation (Glendale, CA) and Tippett Studio (Berkeley, CA) that both pushed the envelope and furthered the state of the art in the film pipeline process. Throughout the years, SpectSoft has been able to maintain a relatively small footprint, the family values, and ownership that make it so unique. www.spectsoft.com.

Backup
CommVault

CommVault Systems, Inc. provides unified enterprise data management solutions to ensure high-performance data protection, universal availability, and simplified management of complex storage networks. The CommVault QiNetix platform, based on CommVault's Common Technology Engine, integrates Galaxy backup and recovery, data migration, high data availability, compliance archiving, storage resources, and SAN management software solutions. www.commvault.com.
Legato

Legato is part of EMC, a provider of products, services, and solutions for storing and managing information and optimizing IT resources. We help customers of all sizes manage their growing information -- from the time of its creation, throughout its use, to its archival and eventual disposal -- through information lifecycle management. www.legato.com.
Veritas

Symantec / VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq: VRTS) is the world's leading storage software company, providing data protection, storage management, high availability, and disaster recovery software to 86% of the Fortune 500. All VERITAS software is open, supporting all significant business applications, operating systems, and storage hardware. www.veritas.com.

Networking
Cisco

Panasas and Cisco work together to assist organizations maximize the performance of their HPC computing environments. Panasas parallel storage in conjunction with Cisco hardware, software and network expertise provide powerful solutions for businesses to leverage information faster and make better decisions faster, enhancing their competitive advantage. www.cisco.com.
Extreme Networks

Extreme Networks, Inc. delivers the most effective applications and services infrastructure by creating networks that are faster, simpler and more cost-effective. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Extreme Networks markets its network switching solutions in more than 50 countries. www.extremenetworks.com.
Force10 Networks

Force10 Networks is the pioneer in scalable resiliency for high performance switching and routing. Based on a revolutionary system architecture that delivers best-in-class resiliency and massive scalability, Force10's E-Series switch/routers ensure predictable application performance, increase network availability and reduce operating costs. Today, many of the world's largest Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks depend on Force10's Networks. www.force10networks.com.
Fulcrum Microsystems

Fulcrum Microsystems Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that has developed the FocalPoint family of 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch/router chips for next-generation data center fabric designs. FocalPoint devices offer the industry's lowest latency, fine-grained flow control and high throughput. Combined with its ControlPoint network OS, Fulcrum offers a complete solution along with a worldwide ecosystem of partners from the storage and clustering environments to drive adoption of 10G Ethernet as the fabric of choice for a fully converged data center. More information can be found at www.fulcrummicro.com.
Voltaire

Voltaire is the leader in interconnect solutions for high-performance grid computing. Voltaire’s InfiniBand-based interconnect solutions deliver significant return on investment to the data center by improving the performance and utilization of clustered databases, shared servers and storage. For HPC customers, Voltaire leads the industry with the largest InfiniBand Trade Association-certified switch to support clusters scaling from hundreds to thousands of nodes. With business headquarters near Boston, Massachusetts, Voltaire is certified by the IBTA’s Integrator’s List. www.voltaire.com.
Woven

Woven Systems™ patented vSCALE™ technology delivers the industry's first 10 GE fabrics with the high performance, low latency, reliable data delivery, and scalability required for storage networking applications. Woven fabrics dynamically use Active Congestion Management to automatically balance traffic across the multipath fabric to deliver predictable throughput and the highest performance. Woven solutions simplify network operations with plug-and-play intelligence, ubiquitous interoperability, and automatic tuning and balancing — all implemented in an energy-efficient solution. www.wovensystems.com.

Integration and Service
GlassHouse

GlassHouse is the leading provider of services that help organizations solve the business problems of enterprise storage. From strategy through implementation, operations and customer support, GlassHouse partners with clients to achieve predictability and manageability in storage and backup operations, transforming storage into a strategic business advantage. GlassHouse clients include Biogen Idec, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB), Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., Pitney-Bowes, Inc. (NYSE: PBI) and The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. GlassHouse Technologies has an ongoing, aggressive campaign to recruit talented storage and backup practitioners, engagement managers and sales professionals. www.glasshouse.com.

Compliance Services / RoHS / WEEE partner
M3

M-cubed, established in 1984, is a market leader in competitive Asset Recovery, Excess & Obsolete, Product Trade In/Up, Remarketing/Resale, Global Environmental RoHS & WEEE type solutions. M-cubed has a global footprint that enables the client to focus on their core competencies while assisting them in their global environmental compliance needs. View Panasas WEEE Compliance Certificate.
www.m-cubed.com.

Global Resellers
DELL

Dell Inc. is one of the world’s leading computer systems providers. As part of its solution portfolio, Dell designs, builds and customizes high performance and productivity computing (HPC) products and services to satisfy the broad range of customer requirements for distributed and compute intensive environments. Dell integrates the latest advances in; processor technologies, operating systems, high-speed interconnects and leading open source and commercial software management tools. Dell also provides one of the world’s largest offerings of software and peripheral devices, delivering a complete solution for customers exacting specifications. www.dell.com.
SGI

SGI is a leader in high-performance computing. They deliver a complete range of high-performance server, storage and visualization solutions, industry-leading professional services for design, implementation, and project management and a world-wide support organization. SGI solutions enable its customers to overcome the challenges of complex data-intensive workflows and accelerate breakthrough discoveries, innovation and information transformation. SGI has a worldwide distribution and marketing agreement with Panasas to extend SGI’s data management offerings with storage solutions from Panasas. www.sgi.com.

Resellers
Abba

Abba Technologies implements fully integrated, complete and reliable IT solutions. Founded in 1993, they focus on enterprise and high performance computing technologies, storage and networking solutions. www.abbatech.com.
Location: New Mexico, USA
ACS

Arabic Computer Systems limited (ACS) is the leading Information Technology Company in Saudi Arabia. They offer a wide range of product, applications and services to help their customers develop high performance IT infrastructures. www.acs.com.sa.
Location: Saudi Arabia
Appro

Appro International is a leading developer of innovative, high-performance, density-managed servers, cluster-solutions, storage subsystems, and high-end workstations for the enterprise high-performance computing markets. They target the high-performance and enterprise computing markets through differentiated performance, balanced architecture, open standards and engineering expertise. www.appro.com.
Location: California, USA
Beijing Vision Strategy

Vision Strategy provides products, services and solutions for simulation, visualization, HPC, engineering and enterprise information systems. www.visionstrategy.com.cn.
Location: Beijing, China
Columbia Storage

Columbia Storage provides complete storage services and solutions including ILM, HSM, SAN, IN, Backup/Recovery, Disaster Recovery, High Availability and management. www.columbiastorage.com.br.
Location: Brazil
Cxrus Solutions

Cxrus Solutions is a business solution provider providing infrastructure implementation and robust business applications in the Asia Pacific region. It’s founders see open source solutions as a viable, low-cost replacement of today’s high cost applications. www.cxrus.com.
Location: Singapore
Dalco

Dalco AG designs, builds and supports high performance clusters. They source, integrate and market IT solutions, hardware, software and services, including compute-demanding solutions, network and storage solutions, commercial desktop and portable products based on Intel and AMD Processors. www.dalco.ch.
Location: Switzerland
E4

E4 specializes in the production of high performance server and workstations both for top level professional use and for small and large businesses, academic and education. They offer a range of over 300 servers, work stations and storage solutions. www.e4company.com.
Location: Italy
E4

Eurotech provides quality IT products and services across several leading verticals, including oil and gas, NHS Healthcare and Broadcast industries. The oil and gas industry is a key focus for the company. www.eurotech-computers.com.
Location: UK
Federal Edge

Federal Edge, Inc. provides highly specialized technology solutions in data management, enterprise, high performance computing, solutions for scientific and engineering requirements, as well as back up and disaster recovery. They provide IT solutions to U.S. federal government agencies and commercial business organizations. www.federaledge.com.
Location: California, USA <
SpectSoft

FLYTECH offers advanced storage and server solutions. Founded in 1988, FLYTECH maintains a product focus that ensures a close relationship with each supplier. Their main office is in Barcelona and they have two additional branches in Spain. www.flytech.es.
InfoStructure ESS

Info Structure creates web-driven data management systems for businesses and government agencies. www.infostructure-ess.com.
Location: Colorado, USA
Megware

MEGWARE Computer GmbH develops and distributes high performance computing (HPC) systems and clusters, and installs IT-equipment in industry, banks, trade, universities, schools and public facilities. www.megware.de.
Location: Germany
ModernTech

ModernTech is a leading computer and peripheral products supplier for Imaging Solutions, Grid Clustering & Storage and Networking & Data Communication. They provide their customers with innovative products and services. www.moderntech.com.hk.
Location: China
Paragon

Paragon Systems provides special software development services for the U.S. Intelligence community. They also deliver secure systems engineering and integration. Their expertise includes site intelligence collection systems support at military bases worldwide during the cold-war and integration of secure tactical systems today. www.paragon-systems.com.
Location: Virgina, USA
Penguing Computing

Penguin Computing is the premier technical computing vendor in the market today. Leveraging deep expertise in HPC software and systems management, networking, storage and associated services, Penguin clusters are designed to meet the challenges posed by the newest generation of production HPC users. Productivity, time to market, cost reduction, support and single-vendor integration are the new benchmarks in HPC and Penguin has the power to get you there. www.penguincomputing.com.
Location: California, USA
SamBoo

SamBoo provides storage solution hardware, software, service and support. Their team of experienced professionals provide trusted and prompt service to all their customers. www.samboo.co.kr.
Location: South Korea
ServiWare

Serviware offers high performance computing solutions for graphic visualization and calculation, storage, and the safeguard of information systems. www.serviware.com.
Location: France
SICORP

SICORP is an experienced systems integrator for scientific visualization, high performance computing, mass capacity data storage, enterprise server solutions, high performance networking and managed services. They provide expertise for all levels of lifecycle support including consultation, logistics, scheduling and implementation, backup/recovery/archival and support. www.si-corp.com.
SSTC

Scalable Systems provides business and workflow solutions. Leveraging their experience in HPC business, SSTC provides their customers and partners with TRUE scalable systems based on their HP2C concept. www.sstc.co.jp.
Location: Japan
Streamline Computing

Streamline Computing is the UK's leading provider of High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters and services. With specialist knowledge of operating systems (including Linux, Microsoft and unix), end-user applications and cluster middleware, Streamline provides integrated compute, storage and visualization technologies, services and products. www.streamline-computing.com.
Location: UK
Talentain

Talentain Technologies is a niche enterprise solutions provider focused in the areas of High Performance Computing, Scalable Storage and Virtualization solutions. Talentain's solution architects and engineers work with industry leading technology providers to deliver comprehensive solutions to organizations across various industry verticals. Contact Talentain to assess, design, implement, support or optimize your scalable enterprise solutions. For more information, visit www.talentain.com.
Location: Bangalore, India
Throughwave

Throughwave, offers appliance products designed to increase the reliability, performance, and security of customer messaging infrastructure. Their secured messaging platform maximizes investments in existing infrastructure; simplifies service deployment and management; and keeps the enterprise infrastructure evolving in a non-disruptive manner. www.throughwave.com.
Location: Thailand
T-Platforms

T-Platforms is the leading Russian-based developer and provider of complete turn-key solutions for high performance computing. The company delivers solutions across the board, in government, industry, science, education, and telecommunications. T-Platforms is the only Russian-based company to have two in-house developed systems rated in the global Top500 list of super computers. www.t-platforms.ru.
Location: Russia
Verari

Verari Systems, Inc. is the premier developer of powerful, flexible, and scalable platform-independent blade computing systems that are defining a new era in high performance utility computing for the enterprise data center. 4000+ customers have chosen Verari Systems' line of high density blade server clusters, rack-optimized servers and award-winning software solutions. www.verari.com.

System Software
Altair

Altair Engineering, Inc. strengthens client innovation and decision-making through technology that optimizes the analysis, management and visualization of business and engineering information. Privately held with more than 1,200 employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a 20-year-plus track record for product design, advanced engineering software and grid computing technologies, Altair consistently delivers a competitive advantage to more than 3,500 customers in a broad range of industries. To learn more, please visit www.altair.com.
Cluster Corp.

Cluster Corp. is a leading provider of Rocks Cluster solutions. Products include RocksCC, a commercially supported version of Rocks, and RocksEXPRESS platforms, which target market verticals including bioinformatics, computational chemistry, and computational fluid dynamics. Cluster Corp. is also a leading source for system integration and professional services for Rocks clusters, providing customers with a single source solution - "Our customers focus on science, while we focus on clusters." clustercorp.com.
Cluster Resources

Cluster Resources, Inc.® is a leading provider of workload and resource management software and services for cluster, grid and utility-based computing environments. As the developers of the popular Maui Scheduler and the next generation Moab Cluster Suite®, Moab Grid Suite®, and other associated products, Cluster Resources has come to be recognized as a leader in innovation and return on investment. With well over 2,500 clients worldwide, and drawing upon over a decade of industry experience, Cluster Resources delivers the software products and services that enable an organization to understand, control, and fully optimize their compute resources. www.clusterresources.com.
Microsoft

High Performance Computing (HPC) users in multiple industries are discovering how Microsoft can help them make significant productivity gains. Learn how Microsoft is taking HPC further through easy cluster management, enhanced collaboration, and common client and cluster development tools. Great performance. Better efficiency. Accelerated time to insight. The next generation of HPC is here. Visit www.microsoft.com/hpc for more information.
Scyld

Scyld Software is the developer of Scyld Beowulf, the leading second-generation cluster operating system that significantly improves the scalability and manageability of beowulf clusters. Second-generation beowulf technology significantly simplifies the installation and management of beowulf clusters by only installing the operating system and applications on a designated master node. The cluster can then be managed and operated like a single stand-alone computer. Scyld Software, a subsidiary of Penguin Computing, was founded in 1998 by Donald Becker, a key architect on the original beowulf team. www.scyld.com.
SUSE

SUSE is one of the world's leading providers of complete solutions based on the Open Source operating system Linux. SUSE supports its enterprise customers with a comprehensive range of qualified consulting, training and support services. It hosts the world's largest development team for Open Source solutions and has made its unique project and support know-how accessible via the Internet in the largest existing Linux knowledge database. www.suse.com.

Hardware
Intel

For more than three decades, Intel Corporation has developed technology enabling the computer and Internet revolution that has changed the world. Founded in 1968 to build semiconductor memory products, Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor in 1971. Today, Intel supplies the computing and communications industries with chips, boards, systems, and software building blocks that are the "ingredients" of computers, servers and networking and communications products. These products are used by industry members to create advanced computing and communications systems. Intel's mission is to be the preeminent building block supplier to the Internet economy. www.intel.com.
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