Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003

Featured case study
Queens University

Product Description

Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (CCS) brings the supercomputing power of high-performance computing (HPC) to the desktop and workgroup level in a familiar Windows-based development environment. CCS accelerates time-to-insight by providing an HPC platform that is simple to deploy, operate and integrate with existing infrastructure and tools.

Highlights

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, the company’s first product designed specifically for high-performance computing (HPC).

Computer Weekly (26 September 2006): Grid technology has broken out of the scientific and academic communities' labs and entered the enterprise. Global banking group HSBC is a good example of a commercial organisation that is wrestling with grid technologies, while harnessing their power for everyday use.

The University of Southampton announced in June that its Microsoft Institute for High Performance Computing (MIHPC), with support from the Microsoft Technology Centre, will deliver a proof-of-concept design system for BAE Systems based on Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003.

Next Steps

**
**
**

UK Case Studies

Queens University

**