<s>
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
(	O
earlier	O
known	O
as	O
Techila	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
software	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
is	O
developed	O
and	O
licensed	O
by	O
Techila	O
Technologies	O
Ltd	O
,	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Tampere	O
,	O
Finland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
on-demand	O
solution	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Cloud	O
Launcher	O
,	O
the	O
online	O
marketplace	O
created	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
is	O
a	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
middleware	B-General_Concept
and	O
management	O
solution	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
access	O
and	O
manage	O
on-premises	O
and	O
cloud	O
IT	O
resources	O
for	O
various	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
(	O
HPC	O
)	O
computing	O
uses	O
,	O
including	O
high-throughput	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
(	O
HTC	O
)	O
scenarios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
of	O
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
an	O
autonomic	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
architecture	O
that	O
is	O
patented	O
by	O
Techila	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
enabled	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
automated	O
system	O
management	O
and	O
fault	O
tolerance	O
,	O
which	O
simplify	O
the	O
deployment	O
,	O
use	O
and	O
administration	O
of	O
large-scale	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Techila	O
Server	O
is	O
a	O
Java-based	B-Language
software	O
product	O
,	O
which	O
optimizes	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
a	O
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
environment	O
and	O
the	O
jobs	O
in	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
performance	O
of	O
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
in	O
different	O
scenarios	O
was	O
evaluated	O
in	O
a	O
thesis	O
at	O
Tampere	O
University	O
of	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
Techila	O
Server	O
is	O
delivered	O
either	O
as	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
appliance	I-Application
or	O
using	O
cloud-specific	O
deployment	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Techila	O
Worker	O
is	O
the	O
software	B-General_Concept
agent	I-General_Concept
that	O
must	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
each	O
computer	O
that	O
will	O
participate	O
in	O
a	O
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computers	O
can	O
be	O
physical	O
,	O
or	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
virtualized	B-Architecture
computers	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
hypervisor	B-Operating_System
or	O
in	O
a	O
cloud	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
supports	O
following	O
public	O
cloud	O
services	O
:	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
,	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
ec2	I-General_Concept
and	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Compute	I-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
Techila	O
Worker	O
software	O
is	O
installed	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
authenticate	O
the	O
computer	O
to	O
the	O
Techila	O
Server	O
using	O
a	O
certificate	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
system	O
will	O
use	O
self-management	B-General_Concept
to	O
automatically	O
configure	O
the	O
computer	O
to	O
run	O
jobs	O
received	O
from	O
the	O
Techila	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Techila	O
Worker	O
is	O
a	O
Java-based	B-Language
client	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
component	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
or	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
client	O
computers	O
participating	O
in	O
the	O
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
system	O
can	O
have	O
different	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Techila	O
Worker	O
is	O
also	O
interoperable	O
with	O
batch-queuing	O
systems	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
SLURM	B-Operating_System
,	O
TORQUE	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
Oracle	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
(	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
Sun	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
,	O
SGE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
interoperability	O
allows	O
existing	O
HPC	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
their	O
existing	O
infrastructures	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
system	O
without	O
the	O
Techila	O
Worker	O
interfering	O
with	O
the	O
other	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Techila	O
SDK	O
(	O
earlier	O
known	O
as	O
Techila	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Management	O
Kit	O
or	O
Techila	O
GMK	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
software	O
components	O
that	O
connect	O
applications	O
to	O
the	O
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDK	O
includes	O
plug-ins	O
for	O
many	O
commonly	O
used	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
tools	O
and	O
languages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
MATLAB	B-Language
,	O
R	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
C#	B-Application
/	O
.NET	B-Application
C/	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
script	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
applications	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
using	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
in	O
the	O
Techila	O
SDK	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
deployed	O
within	O
production	O
environments	O
and	O
run	O
as	O
service	O
in	O
a	O
SOA	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Techila	O
SDK	O
supports	O
both	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
technology	O
started	O
initially	O
from	O
the	O
vision	O
of	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
and	O
enablement	O
of	O
fast	O
simulation	O
and	O
analysis	O
without	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
traditional	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
security	O
of	O
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
was	O
evaluated	O
by	O
Nixu	O
Ltd	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
this	O
,	O
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
has	O
been	O
accepted	O
by	O
security-sensitive	O
industry	O
sectors	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Finance	O
and	O
Insurance	O
,	O
Engineering	O
and	O
Pharmaceutical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
was	O
demonstrated	O
by	O
a	O
research	O
team	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Helsinki	O
in	O
2011	O
as	O
being	O
capable	O
of	O
providing	O
autonomic	O
management	O
to	O
computing	O
environments	O
of	O
large	O
numbers	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
cloud	O
instances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
University	O
of	O
Helsinki	O
has	O
also	O
demonstrated	O
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
enhance	O
the	O
usability	O
and	O
utilization	O
of	O
large-scale	O
cluster	O
resources	O
in	O
projects	O
implemented	O
using	O
MATLAB	B-Language
,	O
R	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
and	O
C/	O
C++	B-Language
/	O
C#	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
Techila	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Engine	O
system	O
,	O
computational	O
resources	O
can	O
be	O
arranged	O
into	O
device	O
groups	O
for	O
organizational	O
,	O
security	O
,	O
compliance	O
,	O
and	O
administrative	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
