HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced an extension of their worldwide sales and marketing agreement that addresses the high-performance computing (HPC) market.
The companies have come together to drive high-performance computing into the mass market by delivering supercomputing clusters that are easier to deploy, support and manage for enterprise and midmarket customers.
The extension of the alliance entails a multimillion-dollar investment by both HP and Microsoft, and includes HP selling Microsoft® Windows® Compute Cluster Server (CCS) 2003 direct and via reseller channels as part of the HP Unified Cluster Portfolio, which is supported on HP ProLiant servers, HP BladeSystem and HP Cluster platforms.
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