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TORONTO, CANADA -- Platform Computing, Inc., a leader in distributed and Grid computing software solutions, today announced that it will make its flagship Platform LSF software available for Apple's new Xserve. Extending support for Mac OS X and Apple's new server, storage and systems management offerings, Platform LSF provides an integrated workload management and clustering solution that optimizes the use of enterprise-wide resources by providing transparent, on demand access to valuable computing resources. With Platform LSF, Mac users in high performance industries such as digital content creation, education, government and life sciences, can access unlimited compute power and scalable solutions to help them improve collaboration and productivity. "Our support for Apple's Xserve reinforces our unique ability to provide heterogeneous enterprise Grid computing solutions across all platforms and all operating systems that scale from desktop computers to supercomputers to Grid," said Paul Hill, Vice President, Marketing, Platform Computing. "Mac OS X has drawn rave reviews from the Unix community and we are eager to help facilitate adoption of Xserve." "The combination of the Mac Xserve with Platform Computing's technology will enhance the quality and speed of work for Mac applications in life sciences, education and business," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "Platform LSF running on Mac OS X is a powerful solution that provides our customers with outstanding productivity and efficiency." By enabling interactive, batch and parallel jobs to run distributed across the network, Platform LSF increases the utilization of all compute resources, including workstations and servers. It dynamically manages job priorities, enabling rush jobs to take precedence over longer running work. Platform LSF chooses the most appropriate resources and makes use of them 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information visit www.platform.com