X-ISS’ Cluster Management Product to be Released in Q1, 2009: X-ISS an IT consulting and services firm specializing in managed services for HPC, is seeking the perfect name for a forthcoming product that merges information from disparate cluster monitoring systems, resource managers and schedulers to present consolidated business intelligence about the cluster assets. All SC08 participants, including media and analyst participants, are invited to compete in a product naming contest during the SC08 event in Austin, TX, Nov. 15-21, 2008. The winner of the naming contest will win 3-day, 4 night all-expenses-paid excursion for two to the Joint Astronomy Centre in Hawaii for an up close and personal view of the heavens via the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), the largest astronomical telescope in the world. “If you think your HPC clusterfluster is complicated, imagine dealing with the clusterfluster of the universe and beyond,” said Deepak Khosla, founder and CEO of X-ISS. “In honor of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy and the confounding clusterfluster of the cosmos, we’re sending the winner of our product naming contest to Hawaii to experience the greatest clusterfluster in the cosmos. More details regarding submitting an entry can be found below: Eligible Participants: Anyone attending SC08 Contest Dates: November 17 – 21, 2008 Contest Times: SC08 Exhibitor Floor Hours Contest Locations: Booth 3107, at the SC08 event in the Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX Submission Process: Contestants will submit one or more name entries (along with a 140 character or less explanation if desired) via forms provided at X-ISS’ booth, #3107. Winner Announced: The winner will be announced one week before the cluster management product release.