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March 2008
Formula One Team Makes Super Investment
Renault's Formula One team announced it had purchased a 38 teraflop Appro Xtreme-X2 supercomputer to upgrade its compute infrastructure.


March 2008
The Appro Approach
John Lee, VP of Advanced Technology Solutions at Appro, sees the HPC space as a continuum with customers focused on reliable, cost effective, turnkey systems at one extreme, and engineering or scientific organizations focused solely on performance at the other end. Where does his company fit? According to Lee, closer to the turnkey end.


March 4, 2008
ING Renault F1 Team Chooses Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputers
Appro has been awarded a contract for a 38TF Supercomputer for the ING Renault F1 Team Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Centre, a brand new modern technology-driven research facility designed to place Renault “in the pole position” in Formula 1 competition.


March 4, 2008
Renault Formula1 Race Team Selects Appro Xtreme-X
Appro was awarded a contract from the ING Renault Formula1 Computation Fluid Dynamics Centre to provide an Xtreme-X supercomputer for CFD research.


February 26, 2008
Appro Announces Xtreme-X2 Supercomputer
Appro announced the launch of its second Xtreme-X Supercomputer offering, the Appro Xtreme-X2 based on dual-socket, Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors.


February 25, 2008
Appro is adding AMD Opteron to the Xtreme-X Supercomputer Series to expand its HPC offerings
Appro is rolling out a new system that uses the latest quad-core Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices, part of an effort to expand its line of supercomputers and high-performance computer clusters.


February/08
New Super Quad-Core Workstation for Compute-Intensive Applications
Appro International, Inc. delivers the Xtreme WH5548H workstation with four AMD Barcelona CPUs.


January 22, 2008
Japan's University of Tsukuba selects Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputers for Next Generation High Performance Computing
The University chooses the Xtreme-X for its Quad-Rail system interconnect, which provides the lowest-latency and the highest bandwidth performance to meet capacity and capability computing requirements.


January 22, 2008
University of Tsukuba selects Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputers for High Performance Computing
Appro has been awarded a contract for a 95TF Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer for the Center for Computational Sciences at the University of Tsukuba.


November 15, 2007
Appro Looks for its Supercomputer Groove
Appro, which recently signed a contract to build three high-performance computer clusters for the U.S. Department of Energy, is eying a larger portion of the commercial supercomputer market for itself.


November 13, 2007
Appro's Jim Ballew speaks on the New Xtreme-X Supercomputer at SC07
At the opening night of SC07, Supercomputing Online’s Chris O’Neal sat down with Jim Ballew, CTO of APPRO in Milpitas, California to discuss Appro’s new Xtreme-X Supercomputer launch.


November 2007
Enabling Low-TCO Supercomputers through "Scalable Units"
Appro has introduced the Xtreme-X Supercomputing Series, which takes advantage of the concept of "Scalable Units" to create next-generation clusters with supercomputer performance.


November 12, 2007
Appro Reveals New Xtreme-X Supercomupter Series at SC07
Appro Xtreme-X based on scalable clusters delivers 6TF to >1000TF on a managed, reliable and green architecture to meet demands of High Performance Computing .


November 12, 2007
Appro Reveals New Xtreme-X Supercomupter Series
The Appro Xtreme-X Series represents a next-generation platform based on scalable clusters that brings all of the advantages of the company’s expertise in high-performance computing to a cost-effective, energy-efficient, and scalable supercomputer.


November 9, 2007
Appro Announces Support for New Dual/Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5200 and 5400
Appro servers based on the new Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5400 series provide outstanding performance and reliability for a broad range of enterprise and technical computing applications.


October 2007
Appro Wins DOE/NNSA Tri-Lab Contract for Capacity Clusters
The verdict is in on one of this year's important HPC procurements. Appro has won the
two-year contract to supply the NNSA with Linux clusters for capacity computing.


October 2007
ACS Labs Create Unified Strategy to Add HPC Capacity
Appro announced the win of a $26.1 million government contract to deliver eight Linux clusters to three DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) weapons laboratories.


October 5, 2007
Appro Signs Weapons Labs Supercomputer Deal
Three federal weapons laboratories will team up to buy supercomputing clusters from Appro.


October 2, 2007
Appro Wins Huge Deal with Three National Laboratories for 438 TeraFlop Clusters
Appro announced the historic award of Appro Xtreme-X high performance computing clusters for the TLCC07 project to be delivered to three National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) weapons laboratories


September 14, 2007
Appro Launches Quad-Core Server for Small Businesses
The new Appro 1U server is built for companies who need an entry-level single processor server as a building block for high-performance computing clusters and applications.


July / 2007
Jonathan vs. The Roman Beauty
An apples to apples test. How to choose your HPC Server.

By: Douglas Eadline


June 27, 2007
Appro Cluster Solution Ranked 19th Fastest Supercomputer
Appro, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise computing systems announced today at the International Supercomputing Conference, ISC’07 that “Atlas” Appro XtremeServer Cluster at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been officially ranked the 19th fastest in the world according to the current Top 500 list of supercomputers.


June 07, 2007
Lawrence Livermore Installs Fourth Appro Linux Cluster
Published: June 12, 2007 by Timothy Prickett Morgan


June / 2007
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Expands Supercomputing Projects Using Appro Cluster Solutions
"This is the fourth HPC cluster LLNL awarded to Appro, affirming our strength in the HPC market and confirming our ability to provide the supercomputing power needed for their vital research," said Daniel Kim, CEO of Appro.


May 29, 2007
Server Snapshots: Appro in the Real World
Appro products provide processor speed and memory capabilities that key customer purchase requirements for the HPC market.


May / 2007


Maxmizing High Performance Computing with Multicore Technologies
Appro's innovative HPC Cluster and Server Solutions, based on Intel's multi-core processor technolgoy, bring value and benefits to the HPC enterprise community.


April / 2007

by Logan Harbaugh
Review: Appro XtremeWorkstation mixes Opteron horsepower and superior graphics at a nice price
This system would be exceptional as a CAD, imaging, or video processing workstation. It would also be perfect for running multiple virtualized operating systems in a software development or testing environment, even with a less powerful graphics card. The system is remarkably quiet for the horsepower it provides, and the case is heavy and well-built, with lots of room for expansion as well as good cooling.


March/07
Appro XtremeWorkstation for High-Performance Computing
New Appro Workstation handles compute-intensive applications


February/07
Appro Launches AMD-based Workstation
Appro takes aim at vertical markets with new XtremeWorkstation


November/06
Appro Wins HPCwire’s Readers Choice Awards
Most Innovative HPC Cluster Solution


November/06
Appro at Supercomputing 2006


November/06
Appro Delivers The Largest Linux Supercomputing Clusters To LLNL


November/06
Appro delivers the largest Linux Supercomputing Clusters to Lawrence Livermore National Labs based on AMD Opteron processors


November/06
Appro Delivers Supercomputing Clusters to Lawrence Livermore Labs


November/06
Livermore Labs Turns To Linux-Based Supercomputing Clusters


October/06
Compute-on-Demand Drives Efficiencies in Oil and Gas

by Blake McLane, Vice President,
Strategic Business Development of CyrusOne and
Maria McLaughlin, Marketing Director of Appro


October/06
HPC Reduces Oil Patch Cost Uncertainty
High powered computers take of the most complex problem in production

By Don Lyle, Executive Editor of E&P


August/06
Appro releases Opteron F servers 1U and 3U


August/06
Appro Announces Collaboration with Fluent


July/06
The American Oil & Gas Reporter Magazine
Linux cluster Driving Step Changes in Simulation and Interpretation

by Julio Friedmann, LLNL


June/06
LLNL Selects Appro for Peloton Supercomputing Project


November/05

by Jeffrey Burt
Appro Plans On-Demand Supercomputing for Petroleum Industry -
Systems maker Appro International Inc. is planning an on-demand supercomputing service aimed at the oil and gas industry. In addition, Appro last week unveiled two new Opteron-based systems, the 1U and 3U XtremeServers.


November/05

by Jennifer Mears
Systems vendor Appro targets HPC with Opteron servers
Systems vendor Appro Monday introduced new Opteron-based servers designed to speed processing for high performance computing and computationally intensive business applications.


November/05
E&P Magazine

Supercomputing Solutions for Energy Companies
- Addressing the increasing demand for supercomputing power in the oil and gas industry, California-based Appro has partnered with Houston-based CyrusOne to host high-performance services at the latter’s flagship Tier 4 data center.


July/05
The American Oil & Gas Reporter Magazine

Advances Open Processing Capabilities
--- HPC Clusters Powering Oil and Gas markets

CEO's presenting the solution:
Jim Haig, Stagg Imaging and
Daniel Kim, Appro -Cluster Solutions


July/05

Business Management Magazine

At the cutting edge -
New blade technology is enabling next-generation clusters for HPC and beyond.

Daniel Kim, CEO of Appro, leading high-performance and enterprise computing solutions, talks to Business Management about future computing trends and strategies and how Appro is moving proactively to capitalize on these trends. He also shares his vision for the high-performance computing market, identifies potential growth areas and discusses opportunities for Appro's new Xtreme products.



July/05

Appro Powers Oil and Gas Imaging for Staag
As the price of producing a barrel of oil continues to skyrocket and demand continues to outpace supply, oil and gas companies today are looking at geographical resources they previously considered uneconomical for extraction sites. As new technologies such as seismic imaging make it easier for engineers to map underground oil deposits, companies like Staag Imaging are improving image accuracy and reducing the cost of extraction through new computing algorithms. To run their new Reverse Time Algorithm and deliver a more accurate image to help companies reduce the costs associated with the drilling of dry holes, the company needed a more compute intense platform and began exploring 64-bit technology.



July/05

Cluster Computing - Enabling Next Generation Clusters for HPC and Beyond
HPCwire editor Tim Curns interviews Appro's CEO Daniel Kim. The interview focused on a variety of topics including high-performance computing and database customers, and future computing trends and strategies.



April/05

Business Management Magazine

HPC Sharpens Up - Business Management Magazine

Grid computing is emerging as an important platform for critical business applications. It is a winning proposition for those that build a scalable and flexible architecture, connect business goals to computing processes and put the right technology in place.



November/04

by Tim Curns,
Editor of HPCWire

APPRO UNVEILS FIRST ENTERPRISE AMD OPTERON BLADE SERVER- HPCWire

Enhanced performance is a key initiative for many of the vendors exhibiting at SC2004 in Pittsburgh. Appro, a developer of high-performance, density-managed servers, storage subsystems, and high-end workstations for the high-performance and enterprise computing markets, is garnering some attention with the introduction of its next generation blade product, XtremeBlade.

HPCwire's Tim Curns recently interviewed Daniel Kim, Appro's CEO, about the company's upcoming product announcement at SC2004, recent wins and future goals.



November/03

INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL KIM, CEO, APPRO - HPCWire
By Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief, HPCwire

HPCwire's Alan Beck nterviewed Daniel Kim, Appro's CEO, about the company's recent wins and future goals.













Appro is focusing its product design to address the HPC cluster market and key customer requirements including system management, high availability and price/performance for HPC applications. Appro has shown the ability to win highly sought-after, large-scale HPC deals positioning the company to benefit from strong market growth that IDC projects through 2012.

Earl Joseph,
IDC Program Vice President, Technical Computing





Customer Quote

“Appro not only offered us a cost effective solution but they also improved our required technical specification through better reliability, greater fault tolerance and redundancy as well as more flexibility with regards to system scalability.”

Bob Bell,
Technical Director, ING Renault F1 Team






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