<s>
Liquid	B-Application
Computing	I-Application
was	O
an	O
information	O
technology	O
business	O
that	O
sold	O
components	O
like	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
storage	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
networking	B-Architecture
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
had	O
customers	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
established	O
partnerships	O
with	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Intel	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
VMware	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
NetApp	O
and	O
AMD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Liquid	B-Application
Computing	I-Application
Corporation	I-Application
was	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Ottawa	O
,	O
Ontario	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
with	O
U.S.	O
offices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
Investors	O
have	O
funded	O
Liquid	B-Application
Computing	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
2003	O
–	O
Liquid	B-Application
Computing	I-Application
is	O
founded	O
by	O
Brian	O
Hurley	O
(	O
who	O
later	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
founding	O
Purple	O
Forge	O
)	O
and	O
Mike	O
Kemp	O
,	O
two	O
Canadian	O
engineers	O
from	O
telecom	O
equipment	O
maker	O
Nortel	O
with	O
experience	O
building	O
supercomputers	O
for	O
the	O
U.S.	O
government	O
's	O
Defense	O
Advanced	O
Research	O
Project	O
Agency	O
(	O
DARPA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2006	O
–	O
LiquidIQ	O
1.0	O
is	O
introduced	O
for	O
High-Performance	O
Computing	O
using	O
its	O
own	O
interconnect	O
scheme	O
coupled	O
with	O
AMD	O
's	O
HyperTransport	B-Device
architecture	O
and	O
running	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2008	O
–	O
LiquidIQ	O
2.0	O
is	O
released	O
;	O
a	O
unified	B-General_Concept
computing	I-General_Concept
system	O
that	O
combines	O
standard	O
physical	O
data	O
center	O
resources	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
switching	O
,	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
network	O
interfaces	O
,	O
and	O
storage	B-General_Concept
,	O
with	O
management	O
and	O
control	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2009	O
–	O
The	O
company	O
announces	O
LiquidIQ	O
3.0	O
unified	B-General_Concept
computing	I-General_Concept
system	O
powered	O
by	O
Intel	O
Xeon	O
5500	O
(	O
Nehalem	B-Device
)	O
Series	O
Processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Q4	O
2009	O
–	O
The	O
company	O
introduces	O
Liquid	O
Elements	O
,	O
a	O
unified	B-General_Concept
computing	I-General_Concept
solution	O
that	O
extends	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
unified	B-General_Concept
computing	I-General_Concept
across	O
datacenter	O
hardware	O
from	O
leading	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
solution	O
configuration	O
combines	O
with	O
Intel	O
Server	O
System	O
SR1680MV	O
and	O
NetApp	O
storage	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
