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BOOTH #107 CLUSTERWORLD EXPO, SAN JOSE, CA—Penguin Computing, the leading Linux Server company, today announced new Beowulf High Performance Computing training courses. These courses will be run through the Scyld software division within Penguin Computing. Scyld is the leading developer and provider of commercial Beowulf clustering software and was recently acquired by Penguin Computing. The two-day Beowulf High Performance Computing course is designed for both end-users and system administrators who either use or maintain cluster systems, and it focuses on installation, configuration, and administration of Beowulf clusters. Scyld has enlisted parallel programming experts and clustering researchers along with professional instructors to offer training programs for Beowulf clustering. "There's amazing interest in the corporate world right now around Beowulf,” said Donald Becker, Chief Technical Officer, Penguin Computing. "This new course explains how to best build, manage, and run a cluster.” Classes will be held in both Annapolis, Maryland and San Francisco, California. The Annapolis training is scheduled for August 20-21, 2003. The San Francisco training is scheduled for September 24-25, 2003. The cost of the training is $1195. The first day focuses on installing and using Beowulf systems. The second day focuses on Beowulf administration and creating and running programs. A participant can optionally attend only one day of the training for $695. In addition to the above scheduled classes, the training can be specially scheduled for groups of eight or more. The training program can be tailored to meet specific customer needs and skill levels, and is available either on or off-site.