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Penguin Computing to open European operations
News Director of corporate communications for Penguin Computing, Julien Vaughan told ZDNet Wednesday that Penguin will soon be vying with other manufacturers for the desktop sector in UK as well as other European countries.
[February 4, 2000, 10:35]
Penguin unveils Linux-based HPC in the cloud
News Penguin Computing, a company that provides high-performance computing resources to researchers, scientists and engineers, has begun offering its services in the cloud. The most popular cloud infrastructures today, such as Amazon EC2, are not...
[August 13, 2009, 17:01]
HP loses exec to Linux firm
News Penguin Computing plans to announce on Monday that Pauline Nist, for years a leader of HP's high-end NonStop server group, has become its senior vice-president of product development. Penguin sells Linux servers and, through its 2003 acquisition of...
[January 16, 2006, 8:50]
Linux cluster firms win financial backing
News San Francisco-based Penguin Computing raised $10m, while Linux Networx in Salt Lake City received a $40m investment. In 2003, Linux computer maker Penguin Computing acquired Scyld, a cluster specialist.
[November 5, 2004, 7:38]
Beowulf cluster man becomes a Penguin
News Penguin Computing, a server maker specialising in machines running Linux, has signed an agreement to acquire Scyld Computing, the company founded by a pioneer of "Beowulf" Linux supercomputers. Although the company will continue to sell Penguin's...
[June 10, 2003, 12:44]
VA Linux to stop making computers
News The news doesn't bode well for other Linux computer companies, such as Penguin Computing. But VA has been hammered by slowing computing spending and the collapse of Internet companies that once were major customers.
[June 28, 2001, 12:31]
IBM's future lies in grids, says new chief exec
News He pointed out that Sun chief executive Scott McNealy wore a penguin suit to deliver a keynote speech in London recently. A new era of computing based on continually active computing grids has begun, and Big Blue is positioned to take a lead in it...
[February 21, 2002, 11:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog What are you doing with that penguin? Microsoft has decided that it wants a bite of the small but fruity High Performance Computing cherry, until now solid Linux territory. Windows Server 2003 HPC Edition will include features for running Windows...
[June 25, 2004, 17:35]
LinuxWorld Expo Roundup
News Kinder, gentler Linux servers coming VA Linux, SGI, Penguin Computing rolling out initiatives designed to take the rocket science out of Linux servers. Linux credit cards in Britain by June British Linux enthusiasts will soon be able to help...
[February 1, 2000, 14:06]
Nokia woos Linux programmers
News Companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Red Hat and Penguin Computing are creating computers and software specifically geared toward programmers and other technical users. Nokia, the top seller of mobile phones, has released software to let Linux...
[January 15, 2003, 9:08]
Microsoft aims 'too many cooks' attack at Linux
News Andy Kaufman, director of Penguin Computing, a US company that sells Linux optimised PCs, was bemused by this criticism. A small German company, which has developed an Office suite that threatens to break Microsoft's monopoly on Office applications...
[August 11, 1999, 9:29]
VA Linux to sell proprietary software
News Would-be VA competitor Atipa sold off its hardware business in April, while Penguin Computing laid off 24 percent of its staff in August. VA Linux Systems, once one of the flagships of the open-source software world, will rely on sales of...
[August 24, 2001, 17:20]
AMD says it's gaining ground
News In other news, the chipmaker announced hired Marty Seyer, the former chief executive of Penguin Computing, as its new vice president for servers. The chipmaker cites a new report from research firm Gartner that shows AMD improved its market share...
[September 20, 2002, 13:49]
Linux to face off against NT again?
News The tests have been measuring speed only," says Andy Kaufman, communications director for Penguin Computing Inc.a Linux hardware vendor. And, as was the case with the last PCWeek Labs-sponsored Mindcraft benchmark, representatives from Microsoft...
[July 1, 1999, 10:25]
Study: Linux headed for high end, too
News We are confident that the technical developments and market forces are in place for it also to become the dominant operating system on the higher-end servers of the enterprise data centre, where mission-critical functions are run and the lion's...
[January 10, 2003, 8:09]
News Roundup: LinuxWorld grows up
News Fri, 02nd Feb The penguin loses its wires Thu, 01st Feb Open source computing could be coming to a handheld near you With Wall Street's Linux boom on the wane, advocates of the comparatively new operating system have switched to quieter but quite...
[February 2, 2001, 9:33]
IBM touts Linux expertise
News IBM is pumping up its business with the penguin. The express centre simulates small and mid-size customers' computing infrastructure environment. IBM will highlight five new customers using the Linux operating system on Monday at the LinuxWorld...
[August 4, 2003, 9:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I don't think Linux is ready to kick Windows off the desktop, but the way things are going it may become the better option: the Windows Genuine Advantage may yet lie with the penguin. Let's look at the cheerleader for centrally controlled computing...
[October 6, 2006, 18:55]
IBM spinoff takes new server approach
News Penguin Computing has laid off staff, as has RLX Technologies. A start-up spun off from IBM has begun selling a thin "blade" server with a less radical approach than competitors trying to pack computing horsepower as densely as possible.
[October 1, 2001, 14:15]
In Linux Land, the battle is on for survival
News Penguin Computing tried to take on VA by selling servers, while Linux Networx and Atipa specialized in connecting numerous computers together to make cheap supercomputers. A second generation of Linux companies included Lineo, MontaVista Software...
[March 13, 2001, 13:47]
