INDUSTRY

United Devices, the market leader in enterprise grid solutions, today announced that Singapore Computer Systems (SCS), a leading IT solutions provider, will be a key distributor of the company's Grid MP grid computing software. SCS chose United Devices due to the company's technical experience building large-scale grid environments for highly diverse global corporations. "SCS has provided a comprehensive range of information and communications technology solutions to businesses and institutions for over 20 years. To further our leading position as grid and cluster computing solutions provider in the region, we want to sharpen our leading edge by adding a robust grid technology solution to our product portfolio," said Vincent Lim, Senior Vice President -- Infrastructure, at SCS. "SCS has evaluated the scalability, flexibility, security and ease of deployment of commercial grid vendors and have determined that United Devices' Grid MP platform is the most desirable solution for our demanding customers in Healthcare, Manufacturing, Academia, e-Government and other verticals. We are already seeing strong demand for this technology and expect that to increase going forward," he added. United Devices' Grid MP platform allows for extremely flexible and scalable grid deployments. Grid MP enables any organization to coordinate and share existing resources across departmental and geographically dispersed entities, creating a dynamic virtual infrastructure that transforms existing compute systems, storage, and networks into a powerful resource. The company offers several Grid MP solutions, including Grid MP Cluster for Linux cluster management and extension, all of which will be available from SCS. "With SCS' talented technical team and strong customer relationships, they stand to become one of our most successful resellers," said Piush Patel, Director of Business Development for United Devices. "The demand SCS is already seeing from organizations in manufacturing, government, and academia is exciting and indicates that grid adoption is continuing to climb worldwide." SCS will deliver United Devices Grid MP products in Singapore, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines and Thailand. United Devices is the market leader in enterprise grid solutions. The company's award-winning Grid MP(TM) platform is used to aggregate network compute resources to create workstation, cluster and data center grids capable of running a wide range of high-performance computing applications in life sciences, geosciences, manufacturing, financial services, chemical engineering and other industries. The company's solutions are available in both enterprise and on-demand versions. United Devices also operates the world's largest Grid for grand-scale research made up of more than 2.5 million devices in over 200 countries. For more information on Grid MP solutions, visit the United Devices Web site www.ud.com. To volunteer your idle compute power, visit www.grid.org. SCS is a leading information and communications technology service provider in the Asia-Pacific region. As a turnkey service provider, SCS offers a full suite of solutions and services in two key business areas -- IT Infrastructure and IT Business Solutions -- designed to create value and support its customers' business growth. As a strategic partner to its customers, SCS' IT services are designed to maximize performance through the innovation and application of technology solutions. These include: IT and Business Consultancy, Systems Integration, Integrated Infrastructure Solutions and Managed Infrastructure Services, Networking and R&D/Product Development. As vertical specialists, the Group is able to deliver domain solutions for e-Government, Financial Services, Healthcare and Manufacturing, Logistics & Distribution. SCS is a leading open source, Linux and grid computing solutions provider in the region. In 2003, SCS won the National Grid Pilot Platform (NGPP) tender to provide Grid infrastructure and manpower outsourced services to Singapore's National Grid Office (NGO). The contract positions SCS as the leading provider of Grid and Cluster computing solutions in Singapore. www.scs.com.sg.