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InfoWorld Magazine has named Platform Computing and Red Bull Technology Ltd. winners of the 2008 InfoWorld 100 Awards. Every year, InfoWorld names 100 companies that have made the best use of technology to enhance their business. The awards honor companies for IT projects that exemplify intelligent, creative uses of technology to meet business and technical objectives. Platform Computing and Red Bull Technology have been recognized in the technology category for their high performance computing environment geared toward testing and designing Red Bull's Formula 1 cars. Platform and Red Bull Technology worked together for two years to develop an HPC environment to test and design the fastest possible Formula 1 cars. The InfoWorld 100 Award further validates Platform as the partner-of-choice for the innovation, development, and implementation of HPC. With over 2, 000 global customers, Platform continues to deliver solutions that accelerate compute and data intensive applications and manage cluster and grid systems. "This year's recipients of InfoWorld's highest honor are shining examples of IT projects undertaken by tech leaders committed to pushing their organizations forward," said Jason Snyder, Senior Editor, InfoWorld. "Breathing new life into outdated operations, advancing business goals with inventive use of technology - this year's winners demonstrate once again, that innovative, business-minded IT is the lifeblood of successful organizations." "This award is very gratifying and we thank the editorial staff of InfoWorld for their recognition," said Tom Zsolt, Vice President, Marketing, Platform Computing. "Platform strives to deliver innovative solutions to our customers. Our focus is the performance of companies' data centers so customers like Red Bull Technology can focus on the performance of their Formula 1 cars. This has been a very effective and satisfying partnership. The InfoWorld 100 Award validates the robustness of our technology and the effectiveness of our business model as we drive data center cost performance." The InfoWorld 100 Awards recognize IT solutions in a number of categories including aerospace, education, energy, financial services, technology, and government. Nominations were submitted by readers, technology partners and end-user companies. To be considered, projects must have used multiple technologies in innovative ways to serve well -defined business needs.