Altair Engineering announced its on-demand computing software environment PBS Professional has achieved qualification for the Intel Cluster Ready program. The validation of Altair's PBS Professional as "Intel Cluster Ready" will provide customers a simplified system for easily managing compute clusters built with Intel processor-based servers. PBS Professional is a service orientated architecture, field-proven grid infrastructure software that increases productivity even in the most complex computing environments.

    The Intel Cluster Ready program makes it easier to design, build, sell, program, acquire and deploy clusters by specifying a common basis for clusters. This ensures an unprecedented level of interoperability between software and hardware components. In an era of shrinking budgets, PBS Professional enables administrators to get maximum value from computing resources through greater availability and utilization. By participating in the Intel Cluster Ready program, Altair is proving its commitment to provide customers a unified cluster solution to reduce costs and increase productivity for clusters, grids and on-demand computing.

    Michael Humphrey, Vice President of Partner Programs for Altair stated: "Achieving Intel Cluster Ready status is another example of Altair's commitment to simplify the deployment of technology solutions for our customers. PBS Professional is an enabling technology that allows customers to maximize the utility of their hardware and software resources. Our participation in the Intel Cluster Ready program confirms that PBS Professional is ready to run on clusters built with Intel components."

    Resource managers and administrators at more than 1400 sites worldwide use PBS Professional to simplify job submission, enabling scientists, designers, financial analyst and engineers to remain focused on their fields of expertise. It efficiently distributes workloads across cluster, SMP, and hybrid configurations, scaling easily to hundreds or even thousands of processors.

    "Industry support for Intel Cluster Ready continues to grow and Intel welcomes Altair's achievement. We're excited Altair's popular PBS Professional is demonstrated compatible as it simplifies the integration of Intel Cluster Ready systems into grid and on-demand computing environments powered by Altair," commented Bill Magro, director, High Performance Computing Solutions, Intel Corporation Software and Solutions Group.