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Take advantage of a user-friendly, accessible, and manageable high-performance computing environment.

Windows HPC Server 2008 brings the power of high-performance computing (HPC) to mainstream users. Built on Windows Server 2008 64-bit technology, Windows HPC Server 2008 offers a familiar, cost-effective, and highly scalable supercomputing solution that reduces the complexity and helps increase the security of your HPC environment.
Here are just some of the key reasons your agency should consider upgrading now:
Simplify deployment. Windows HPC Server 2008 comes with system templates for each type of deployment, helping you to easily deploy or redeploy large numbers of nodes. A built-in wizard guides your administrators through the process of creating a template, while an Administration Console helps them easily monitor progress.
Enhance productivity. Windows HPC Server 2008 takes advantage of the Windows skills your workforce already has, helping improve productivity. In addition, integration with other Microsoft products, such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, helps increase collaboration. For administrators, a custom System Center Operations Manager Management Pack enables advanced monitoring within a familiar System Center environment.
Improve networking. New NetworkDirect support uses a more direct path to support networking hardware, providing extremely fast and efficient networking. The new Network Configuration Wizard simplifies configuring your network by automating the task of setting up the enterprise, private, and application networks for a Windows HPC Server 2008 cluster.
Deliver powerful security. Windows HPC Server 2008 uses Active Directory to enable role-based security for all of your cluster jobs and administration. All credentials are encrypted and stored with the job only until the completion of the job.