Liquid Computing was an information technology business that sold components like servers, storage, and networking systems. It was founded in 2003, and ceased operations in 2010. The company had customers in

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and established partnerships with companies such as

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, VMware,

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and

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Corporate information

Office locations

The Liquid Computing Corporation was headquartered in

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, Canada, with U.S. offices.

Investors

The following Investors have funded Liquid Computing: * VenGrowth * ATA Ventures * BDC (Business Development Bank of Canada) * EDC (Export Development Canada) * Axis Capital * Newbury Ventures

History

* 2003 – Liquid Computing is founded by Brian Hurley (who later went on to founding Purple Forge) and Mike Kemp, two Canadian engineers from telecom equipment maker

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with experience building supercomputers for the U.S. government's Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (

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). * 2006 – LiquidIQ 1.0 is introduced for High-Performance Computing using its own interconnect scheme coupled with

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architecture and running a modified version of

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. * 2008 – LiquidIQ 2.0 is released; a unified computing system that combines standard physical data center resources, such as servers, switching, operating systems, network interfaces, and storage, with management and control software. * 2009 – The company announces LiquidIQ 3.0 unified computing system powered by

Xeon 5500 ( Nehalem) Series Processors. * Q4 2009 – The company introduces Liquid Elements, a unified computing solution that extends the power of unified computing across datacenter hardware from leading vendors. The current solution configuration combines with Intel Server System SR1680MV and NetApp storage. * February 2010 – The company shuts down.

References

Links

If the Data Center Is the Computer the Fight Is on to Control the Ecosystem
– GigaOM
A True Datacenter In A Box
– Network Computing
Liquid to float slushy Intel servers
– The Register

– Ottawa Citizen
Can Liquid Computing ride Cisco's California coattails?
– The Register
The Liquid Approach To Unified Computing
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– Network World
451 Group Impact Report

External links

Archived Liquid Computing Videos and Information
Defunct software companies of Canada Servers (computing)