Liquid Computing was an information technology business that sold components like servers,

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, 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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and

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Corporate information

Office locations

The Liquid Computing Corporation was headquartered in

Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

, Canada, with U.S. offices.

Investors

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

EDC EDC or EdC may refer to: Education * East Devon College, in Tiverton, Devon, England * EDC Paris Business School, a French business school * Education Development Center, an American educational organization * Department for Education (Sout ...

(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

Nortel Nortel Networks Corporation (Nortel), formerly Northern Telecom Limited, was a Canadian multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in Montreal, Quebec, ...

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

HyperTransport HyperTransport (HT), formerly known as Lightning Data Transport, is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/parallel high-bandwidth, low- latency point-to-point link that was introduced on April 2 ...

architecture and running a modified version of

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. * 2008 – LiquidIQ 2.0 is released; a

unified computing Fabric computing or unified computing involves constructing a computing fabric consisting of interconnected nodes that look like a ''weave'' or a ''fabric'' when seen collectively from a distance. Usually the phrase refers to a consolidated high- ...

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.

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External links

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