Bright Communications and Novell to Offer Bundled Solution

San Jose, Calif.-based Bright Computing, a provider of cluster management software and services for high-performance computing (HPC), has announced that it is going to offer its Bright Cluster Manager software bundled with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell (News - Alert).

Bright Computing and Novell have agreed to jointly offer the bundle through their sales and reseller channels across the globe. The duo will also collaborate on marketing and further product development for high performance computing (HPC).

A Linux-based cluster management software solution, Bright Cluster Manager ensures seamless installation, use and management of HPC clusters of any size. The user-friendly interface offers cluster administrators easy access to all management and monitoring features.

"Bright Cluster Manager and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server are a solid combination for installing, using and managing high performance compute clusters," said Holger Dyroff, vice president of business development, Open Platform Solutions at Novell, in a release. "The bundle will strengthen the performance and stability as well as the ease of use of HPC systems built for industrial, government and academic organizations of any size."

 

"With eight of the top ten supercomputers in the world (source: TOP500.org) relying on its scalability and performance, SUSE Linux Enterprise is a proven operating system for high performance computing," added Martijn de Vries, CTO at Bright Computing. "With the new Bright Cluster Manager/SUSE Linux Enterprise Server bundle, it is now easier than ever to build, use and manage HPC clusters based on SUSE Linux Enterprise."

The new Bright Cluster Manager/SUSE Linux Enterprise Server bundle is available from Bright Computing and its resellers. Bright Computing will be demonstrating Bright Cluster Manager at the Supercomputing 2009 conference in Portland, Oregon, on 17/18/19 November 2009 (booth 1347).

Waltham, Ma.-based Novell Inc. delivers the best engineered, most interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that reduce cost, complexity and risk.

TMCnet recently reported that National Vision, one of the largest optical retailers in the United States, has selected Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service for its network of 5,000 point-of-sale devices.