"James River Technical is pleased to be partnering with Altair in the Higher Education and Research space", stated Tom Mountcastle, president of JRT. "Our specialization in this market, where we are offering leading edge HPC

solutions to speed time to discovery, is further complimented by Altair's robust suite of products. We have a very productive history with Altair, and in this new partnership we are looking forward to managing the transition of their current Academic Grant programmes and extending the reach of their new offerings. Many of the universities and research facilities in North America are mutual clients, who are accustomed to our commitment to client service and

we fully expect that level of support to continue."

"We launched the Academic Grant Programme to encourage innovation in Grid technologies, and we believe academic institutions will now realize the full power of PBS Professional with the combination of industry-leading technology and exceptional support", stated Michael Humphrey, vice president of enterprise computing, Altair. "JRT has an excellent reputation for providing and supporting high performance computing (HPC) solutions to the North American academic community and we are pleased to have them as our preferred partner."

The US list price for PBS Professional is $13.50 per CPU-core/year (annual lease license) or $40.50 per CPU-core (perpetual license). Altair and JRT have also designed transition programmes to assist qualified academic

institutions in the shift to the new licensing models.