HP, the world's largest technology company, designs and manufactures high-performance servers, clusters, and workstations for both technical and commercial users. From blades and departmental servers, to high-end systems and clusters designed for the engineering enterprise and supercomputer centers, the HP portfolio delivers-more power and choice, more scalability and manageability, more expertise and innovation, and investment protection. For more information, go to www.hp.com/go/hpc.

A member of HP’s Developer & Solution Partner Program (DSPP)

Mellanox Technologies is a leading supplier of semiconductor-based, interconnect products to world-class server, storage, and infrastructure OEMs servicing Fortune 500 data centers, the world’s most powerful supercomputers, and mission critical embedded applications. The company’s Virtual Protocol Interconnect™ (VPI) enables standard communication protocols to operate over any converged network (InfiniBand, Ethernet, Data Center Ethernet) with the same software solution.

Dasher

Since 1982, Dasher has helped public, private and nonprofit organizations implement technology solutions that speed and simplify heir operations. As one of the fastest growing system integrators in

the country, they have gained a reputation for effortless implementations with relentless follow-through and enduring support. Dasher's strong technical expertise and vendor independence allow them to integrate best-of-breed software, hardware and services into a custom solution that directly impacts the business.

Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom and blogs.intel.com.

Colfax's extensive breadth of systems deliver outstanding performance, rock-solid reliability and are as customizable as you want them to be - far beyond anything you can get from any name brand. In addition to turnkey high performance computing solutions, all Colfax systems are completely customizable to match specific customer needs. Colfax specializes in areas including rack integration, application load, special packaging, and custom-designed web portals.

As an active member of IBM’s PartnerWorld, RNA networks is given valuable access to IBM resources for development and interoperability validation. Our products are put to the test against IBM’s BladeCenter, SystemX and System Storage solutions. RNA has successfully completed interoperability qualification with IBM System Storage products.

STAC, the Securities Technology Analysis Center LLC, conducts hands-on research into the latest technology stacks of interest to the capital markets industry. STAC's primary focus is on performance attributes such as latency and throughput.

The mission of the OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) is to develop, distribute and promote a unified, transport-independent, open-source software stack for RDMA-capable fabrics and networks, including InfiniBand and Ethernet.

Mellanox is dedicated to building a distinguished HPC alliance by working closely with partners and customers to ensure the best total solution is available to end-customers. The HPC Advisory Council includes best-in-class original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), strategic technology suppliers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and selected end-users across the entire HPC market segments.