Windows HPC Server 2008 Press Materials

Press Releases

• Ferrari Takes Microsoft’s New High-Performance Computing for a Spin (Oct. 15, 2008)
• Microsoft Takes Its Newest High-Performance Computing Platform to the Street (Sept. 22, 2008)
• Media Alert: Microsoft Showcases Windows HPC Server 2008 at Leading Financial Services Conference (Sept. 18, 2008)
• Windows HPC Server Debuts in Top 25 of World’s Top 500 Largest Supercomputers (June. 18, 2008)
• Credit Crisis Driving Wall Street Shift Toward Risk Analysis and Use of High-Performance Computing Resources (June. 10, 2008)
• Amid “Graying” Work Force, Need for High-Performance Computing in Oil and Gas More Critical, Reports Microsoft Survey (March. 25, 2008)

Feature Story

• Q&A: Microsoft Launches Windows HPC Server 2008 at Leading Wall Street Event (.doc, 35 KB)

Executive Biographies

• Bill Laing – Corporate Vice President, Windows Server, Microsoft Corp.(.doc file, 47 KB)
• Kyril Faenov – General Manager, High-Performance Computing, Microsoft Corp. (.doc file, 28 KB)
• Vince Mendillo – Director, Server & Tools Division, Microsoft Corp.(.doc file, 48 KB)

Videos

• HPC and Productivity Computing with Windows (.asx file, 07:07)
• Windows HPC Server Performance Overview (.asx file, 05:03)
• Product detail on Cray CX-1 Supercomputer (.asx file, 06:56)
• Intel in the HPC Market (.asx file, 05:56)
• HPC Market Trends from IDC (.asx file, 04:23)
• Cray in the HPC Market(.asx file, 10:36)

Industry Partner Quote Sheet

• Windows HPC Server 2008 Partner Quote Sheet (.doc, 35 KB)

Industry Partner Press Releases

• ACUSIM Announces Support for Windows HPC Server 2008 (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 77 KB)
• Ansys Previews Support For Windows HPC Server 2008 (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 49 KB)
• ARCVAL Actuarial Software to Use Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 for Greater Speed and Accuracy in Financial Reporting (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 54 KB)
• Corporate Modelling Announces Support for Windows HPC Server 2008 (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 30 KB)
• Cray Adopts Windows HPC Server 2008 To Help Drive HPC Into the Mainstream (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 31 KB)
• Microsoft and Cray Team Up to Drive High Productivity Computing Into the Mainstream (Sept. 16, 2008)
• IBM To Offer Remote ‘Test Drive’ of Microsoft’s New Windows HPC Server 2008 (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 33 KB)
• Star-P and Windows HPC Server 2008 Make Supercomputing Easy, Accessible and Affordable (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 32 KB)
• Nor-Tech To Exhibit New Portable Clusters At SPE ATCE '08 (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 63 KB)
• QLogic Announces Availability of InfiniBand Products for Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 178 KB)
• Stratus ftServer Systems’ Five 9s Performance Complement Windows HPC Server 2008 Scalability in Critical Applications (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 92 KB)
• Verari Systems’ BladeRack 2 X-Series Platform Optimized to Support Windows HPC Server 2008 (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 45 KB)
• Visual Numerics Announces Support for Windows HPC Server 2008 (Sept. 22, 2008, .doc file, 31 KB)