"The success of our large-scale public grid computing experiment confirmed our interest in representing United Devices' corporate grid computing solutions," said "cell computing(R)" Project Leader at NTT DATA Corporation, Shoji Yarimizu. "The platform performed flawlessly while coordinating over twelve thousand compute nodes and its security and manageability will be ideal for the Japanese enterprise customer."

Using Grid MP software, NTT DATA built Japan's first public research grid, "cell computing(R)", performing approximately 611 years worth of computation in just four months.

Sumisho will introduce the 'Grid MP Starter Kit' for pilot deployments. The kit will include Grid MP 4.0 server software and 50 device licenses as well as a service support package. After initial evaluation, customers can add arbitrary licenses to build their own large-scale grid environments. Through the joint marketing and distribution agreement, both companies expect first year sales to exceed 2,000 licenses.