New Versions of MATLAB Distributed Computing Tools Integrate With United Devices' Grid MP Scheduler

AUSTIN, Texas--Nov. 1, 20055, 2005--United Devices, a leading provider of grid and infrastructure management software and services, announced today that the next generation of MATLAB distributed computing tools, unveiled this week by The MathWorks, will integrate with United Devices' market-leading grid platform.

Because MathWorks provides a generic API in its new products, the Distributed Computing Toolbox 2 and the MATLAB Distributed Computing Engine 2 will easily combine with UD's Grid MP platform to deliver flexible compute power that always satisfies variations in demand from research, analysis and operational applications.

MathWorks products let users develop distributed MATLAB(R) applications and execute them in a cluster of computers managed by a third party scheduler to take advantage of an organization's wider IT resources.

"Integrating advanced applications like those from The MathWorks with an organization's overall IT infrastructure is a logical extension of those products' capabilities," said Jikku Venkat, chief technology officer at United Devices. "Scientists and engineers familiar with the highly sophisticated functionality of MATLAB already understand the value of distributed processing and naturally embrace the need to maximize all of an organization's compute power to accelerate and expand research. Combining MATLAB with UD's grid solutions opens new frontiers in this area."

Working together, the Distributed Computing Toolbox 2 and the MATLAB Distributed Computing Engine 2 support high-productivity computing by letting users take advantage of the high-level MATLAB language for algorithm development and then accelerate computation via distributed or parallel execution.

"In the operating mode enabled by Grid MP, execution occurs on a broad and flexible set of resources that can contract or expand based on computational demand," said Lisa Kempler, director of MATLAB product marketing at The MathWorks. "This mode can be used for large data manipulation tasks, which were previously unattainable in a single computer, to take advantage of available resources."

About The MathWorks

The MathWorks is the world's leading developer of technical computing software for engineers and scientists in industry, government, and education. With an extensive product set based on MATLAB and Simulink, The MathWorks provides software and services to solve challenging problems and accelerate innovation in automotive, aerospace, communications, financial services, biotechnology, electronics, instrumentation, process, and other industries.

The MathWorks was founded in 1984 and employs more than 1,000 people worldwide, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts. For additional information, visit www.mathworks.com.

About United Devices

United Devices is a market leader in grid and infrastructure management software and services. The company's products optimize an organization's existing resources (including clusters, servers and desktops) to create an enterprise-wide capacity on-demand environment. United Devices also operates the world's largest grid for grand-scale research that consists of over three million systems in more than 191 countries and territories. For additional information, visit http://www.ud.com.

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