Terrascale Technologies, an innovative developer of next generation input/output (I/O) software, today announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partnership with Western Scientific, a global provider of high-performance storage and computing solutions. Western Scientific is launching TeraFS, a new global parallel file system powered by Terrascale’s TerraGrid software. TeraFS will be integrated with Western Scientifics’ FusionSA, TeraBLADE and KiloCLUSTER product lines. These high performance turnkey storage and computing solutions are able to sustain unprecedented levels of linearly scalable I/O performance, while providing parallel access to unified pools of data - at a fraction of the cost of competing solutions. TerraGrid is the “glue” that binds together best-of-breed commodity servers, networks and Open Source software, enabling sustained application efficiency levels previously attainable only on expensive and proprietary monolithic platforms. TerraGrid-enabled solutions are ideally suited to data-intensive business and R&D operations. Since 1978, Western Scientific has been committed to providing the highest quality components and services to the high-performance computing and datacenter marketplace. With more than 15,000 clients worldwide, including The Walt Disney Company, Morgan Stanley, Shell Oil, Battelle and Lucent Technologies, Western Scientific is uniquely positioned as a leading provider of clusters, servers, workstations and disk/tape storage solutions. “Our company’s mission is to provide our clients with superior performance at maximum value,” said Tom Johnson, President, Western Scientific. “Adding Terrascale’s technology to our turnkey storage and computing clusters greatly increases system performance, scalability and efficiency, while maintaining the commodity pricing model that our customers value. Simply put, working with Terrascale enables us to better serve our clients,” Mr. Johnson added. “Western Scientific is a well-respected member of the high performance computing community,” said Gautham Sastri, President and CEO, Terrascale Technologies. “With a 26-year-long commitment to technological innovation and exceptional customer service, and an unparalleled client roster, Western Scientific is an excellent partner for Terrascale. We look forward to sharing in great success,” Mr. Sastri added. Western Scientific will showcase TeraFS (booth #1935) and Terrascale will showcase TerraGrid (booth #1928) at the upcoming SC 2004 Conference, to be held in Pittsburgh PA from November 8-11.