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NEC announces strategic partnership with transtec AG in high performance computing
Dusseldorf and Reutlingen, Germany, 17 August 2015 - NEC Deutschland GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Europe, and transtec AG, a leading German provider of high performance, supercomputing systems, announced today the signing of a reseller agreement in order to extend their strategic partnership in high performance computing (HPC).
This cooperation will offer a comprehensive HPC solution proposition that combines transtec’s in-depth knowledge of HPC with NEC’s global market presence, as well as its scalar and vector products with a strong future roadmap.
“We are excited to see this kind of advancement in our partnership with NEC and look forward to providing our customers with the latest developments in HPC,” said Dr Oliver Tennert, Director of the HPC Technology Group, transtec AG.
Hans-Juergen Bahde, CEO of transtec, states: “NEC has a long-standing tradition and a very high reputation in High Performance Computing. We are very happy to move forward in our HPC strategy with a strong partner like NEC at our side.”
“NEC is delighted to further develop our commercial relationship with transtec and to enhance our capability to help customers meet their future research and product development challenges,” said Yuichi Kojima, vice president, High Performance Computing NEC Deutschland GmbH. “We have already successfully collaborated on HPC deployments in Germany, and this agreement will extend our sales and service capabilities across the European region.”
transtec plans to integrate NEC’s products into its HPC and services portfolio, including NEC’s innovative heat tolerant x86 server, hybrid solutions made of scalar and vector components, the flexible storage-infrastructure GxFS (a GPFS-based storage appliance), and LxFS, the Lustre-based appliance.
HPC is an indispensable tool for organizations, providing the computational ability to solve complex problems, gain competitive advantages and analytical insights from massive amounts of data in many areas of science and production, such as academia, weather and climate, bio-science, pharmaceuticals and the automotive industries.
About NEC Europe Ltd.
NEC Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a leader in the integration of IT network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. NEC Europe is building upon its heritage and reputation for innovation and quality by providing its expertise, solutions and services to a broad range of customers, from telecom operators to enterprises and the public sector. For additional information, please visit the NEC Europe home page at: http://uk.nec.com/
About transtec
transtec, founded in 1980, with its headquarters in Tübingen/Reutlingen, Germany, belongs to the leading European experts in High Performance Computing. transtec develop individual solutions according to the customer’s requirements and we support our customers throughout life cycle of the solution. transtec’s competence comprises in-depth knowledge about all current hardware and software technologies being used within the HPC ecosystem, and also includes a long-term expertise in numerous applications from Life Sciences, CAE, Physics, and various other areas of research.
http://www.transtec.de
CONTACTS:
Tobias Seidel
Transtec AG
Gerhard-Kindler-Str. 8
72770 Reutlingen
tobias.seidel@transtec.de
Patrick Smith
NEC Europe
Tel. +44 7734 600553
necemea@joshuapr.com
