<s>
United	B-Operating_System
Devices	I-Operating_System
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
,	O
commercial	O
volunteer	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
company	O
that	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
to	O
manage	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
systems	O
and	O
enterprise	B-Architecture
cluster	I-Architecture
management	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
operated	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Univa	B-General_Concept
UD	I-General_Concept
for	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
after	O
merging	O
with	O
Univa	B-General_Concept
on	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
in	O
1999	O
in	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
,	O
United	B-Operating_System
Devices	I-Operating_System
began	O
with	O
volunteer	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
expertise	O
from	O
distributed.net	O
and	O
SETI	B-Application
@home	I-Application
,	O
although	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
technical	O
staff	O
from	O
those	O
organizations	O
remained	O
through	O
the	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2001	O
,	O
grid.org	O
was	O
formally	O
announced	O
as	O
a	O
philanthropic	O
non-profit	O
website	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
benefits	O
of	O
Internet-based	O
large	O
scale	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
2002	O
with	O
help	O
from	O
UD	O
,	O
NTT	O
Data	O
launched	O
a	O
similar	O
Internet-based	O
Cell	B-Operating_System
Computing	I-Operating_System
project	O
targeting	O
Japanese	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
IBM	O
and	O
United	B-Operating_System
Devices	I-Operating_System
worked	O
together	O
to	O
start	O
the	O
World	B-Operating_System
Community	I-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
project	O
as	O
another	O
demonstration	O
of	O
Internet-based	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2005	O
,	O
United	B-Operating_System
Devices	I-Operating_System
acquired	O
the	O
Paris-based	O
GridXpert	O
company	O
and	O
added	O
Synergy	O
to	O
its	O
product	O
lineup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
acknowledged	O
seeing	O
an	O
industry	O
shift	O
from	O
only	O
using	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
for	O
compute-intensive	O
applications	O
towards	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
automation	O
and	O
business	O
application	O
optimization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Partly	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
market	O
shifts	O
and	O
reorganization	O
,	O
grid.org	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
April	O
27	O
,	O
2007	O
after	O
completing	O
its	O
mission	O
to	O
"	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
viability	O
and	O
benefits	O
of	O
large-scale	O
Internet-based	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
merge	O
with	O
the	O
Lisle	O
,	O
Illinois-based	O
Univa	B-General_Concept
and	O
operate	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
name	O
Univa	B-General_Concept
UD	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
26	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
United	B-Operating_System
Devices	I-Operating_System
client	O
software	O
on	O
World	B-Operating_System
Community	I-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
finished	O
its	O
role	O
and	O
completely	O
relayed	O
to	O
BOINC	B-Operating_System
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grid	B-Operating_System
MP	I-Operating_System
a	O
job	B-General_Concept
scheduler	I-General_Concept
and	O
application	O
provisioning	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
offered	O
in	O
various	O
editions	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
scalability	B-Architecture
needs	O
of	O
the	O
customer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
publishes	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
high-profile	O
organizations	O
using	O
Grid	B-Operating_System
MP	I-Operating_System
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MP	O
Insight	O
allows	O
customers	O
to	O
perform	O
data	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
to	O
determine	O
if	O
their	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
resources	O
are	O
being	O
effectively	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MP	O
Synergy	O
a	O
metascheduler	B-Operating_System
based	O
on	O
Globus	O
Toolkit	O
technology	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
perform	O
efficient	O
scheduling	O
within	O
an	O
organization	O
that	O
has	O
multiple	O
job	B-General_Concept
schedulers	I-General_Concept
already	O
deployed	O
and	O
controlling	O
independent	O
clusters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
schedulers	O
include	O
Grid	B-Operating_System
MP	I-Operating_System
,	O
Sun	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
,	O
Platform	B-Operating_System
LSF	I-Operating_System
,	O
PBS	B-Application
,	O
LoadLeveler	O
,	O
and	O
Condor	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reliance	O
designed	O
specifically	O
for	O
the	O
datacenter	B-Operating_System
to	O
provide	O
automated	O
infrastructure	O
management	O
and	O
to	O
ensure	O
application	O
service	O
levels	O
are	O
honored	O
by	O
monitoring	O
events	O
and	O
performing	O
provisioning	O
actions	O
based	O
on	O
these	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2001	O
until	O
2007	O
,	O
United	B-Operating_System
Devices	I-Operating_System
operated	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
public	O
projects	O
on	O
their	O
grid.org	O
website	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
philanthropic	O
effort	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
acted	O
as	O
a	O
marketing	O
tool	O
,	O
helping	O
to	O
spread	O
awareness	O
of	O
the	O
Grid	B-Operating_System
MP	I-Operating_System
product	O
and	O
demonstrating	O
the	O
platform	O
's	O
scalability	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
27	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
United	B-Operating_System
Devices	I-Operating_System
closed	O
down	O
grid.org	O
and	O
the	O
Cancer	O
Research	O
Project	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
has	O
completed	O
its	O
mission	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
viability	O
and	O
benefits	O
of	O
large-scale	O
Internet-based	O
grid	O
computing.	O
"	O
</s>
