From the joint release:

Platform Computing announced today it has acquired the Scali Manage business from Massachusetts-based Scali Inc. Scali Manage is an integrated and flexible High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster management and monitoring system. This strategic acquisition supports Platform’s vision to be the partner of choice for HPC infrastructure software worldwide. The Scali Manage product complements Platform’s existing HPC offerings and extends Platform’s products’ cluster and grid management capabilities.

As someone who worked for both companies, I can honestly state that this really does sound like a win-win outcome.

Scali has chosen to focus on its industry-leading MPI product.

Platform has broadened its cluster-management offering in a very significant way.

I remain a huge fan of Scali Manage more than a year after my departure from Scali.

Why?

Scali Manage is standards-based.

To appreciate the depth of this statement, please read my blog post from March 2006.

Moreover, Scali Manage is likely still the only software that can make this claim. Yes, there are open source offerings. But none of these are based on open standards like WBEM and Eclipse.

With people and technology transferring from Scali to Platform, I expect a very rosy future for Scali Manage.