Grid Dynamics and GridGain Systems today announced a strategic alliance that combines GridGain’s fast growing open source grid computing platform with Grid Dynamics' field-proven design, test and deployment services for distributed, high performance computing environments.

“For GridGain this is a very special partnership,” says GridGain Systems founder Nikita Ivanov. “GridGain and Grid Dynamics share a common perspective about grid computing, from both the technical and business points of view. From our first meeting, it was clear that each company had complementary strengths and expertise that would benefit customers. It is also important to note that our companies have significant R&D operations in Russia and in Ukraine which enables very productive collaboration and seamless solutions for customers.”

“I’m very excited about the partnership between Grid Dynamics and GridGain,” adds Grid Dynamics founder and CEO Victoria Livschitz. “GridGain offers a simple, yet powerful, Java-based open source platform for high-performance distributed computing. Grid Dynamics complements this innovative technology with deep expertise in designing complex, scale-out applications and a proven track record of successful project delivery to a global customer base.”

About GridGain

GridGain is open source Java grid computing platform licensed under LGPL and Apache 2.0 licenses. It is available free for immediate download on all major operating systems at www.gridgain.com. Since its first release in August of 2007 GridGain became the fastest growing Java grid computing infrastructure with over 10,000 downloads, dozens of production deployments and utilized by over 500 unique projects – making GridGain the only grid computing infrastructure that gets started by developers all around the globe every 60 seconds.

About Grid Dynamics

Grid Dynamics Consulting Services, Inc. is a global engineering and consulting firm specializing in delivering extreme performance and scalability for applications, Web sites and networks. Since its inception in 2006, Grid Dynamics has been the leading independent global pure-play grid expertise provider in the industry. The company's professional services include system architecture, design, development and support of grid projects -- helping customers achieve measurable business improvements from deploying applications on massively distributed platforms. Grid Dynamics' specialized project delivery methodology joins deep domain knowledge with agile development practices and a collaborative global engineering process. For more information, visit www.griddynamics.com or email info@griddynamics.com.

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