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CAMBRIDGE, MA -- GridFrastructure, Inc., a leading Grid Services provider for high performance computing applications, today announced the release of GF-Tools 1.0 for Linux, the most comprehensive professionally packaged collection of grid computing tools available. GF-Tools 1.0 includes over 40 fully developed and tested packages providing a full suite of grid tools, including core grid services, schedulers, performance monitoring tools, and programming environments. GridFrastructure is dedicated to supporting the deployment of the global grid by providing operational and advisory services to organizations addressing the compelling engineering and research challenges of the 21st century. "Grid computing provides the fastest, most flexible, and cost-effective route to breakthrough computing," says Dan Feldman, President of GridFrastructure, Inc. "Just as Linux has become the fastest growing operating system in the world, we believe that these GF-Tools components, largely developed as open resources by the grid community, will become the foundation of the global grid." Feldman added, "We are making GF-Tools available to the high performance computing community as part of our mission to advance grid deployment." The components of GF-Tools were selected as a foundation for GF-Grid, GridFrastructure's Grid Services Platform. GF-Grid is a web-based platform that integrates with grid middleware solutions to provide a highly manageable and trusted environment for running high-performance computing applications. Visit www.gridfrastructure.com for additional information.