<s>
Univa	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
(	O
UGE	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
batch-queuing	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
forked	O
from	O
Sun	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
(	O
SGE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
schedules	O
resources	O
in	O
a	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
applying	O
user-configurable	O
policies	O
to	O
help	O
improve	O
resource	O
sharing	O
and	O
throughput	O
by	O
maximizing	O
resource	O
utilization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
to	O
run	O
on-premises	O
,	O
using	O
IaaS	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
or	O
in	O
a	O
hybrid	O
cloud	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
roots	O
of	O
Grid	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
date	O
back	O
to	O
1993	O
(	O
under	O
the	O
names	O
CODINE	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
variation	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
GRD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
more	O
comprehensive	O
genealogy	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
is	O
described	O
in	O
Sun	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grid	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
was	O
first	O
distributed	O
by	O
Genias	O
Software	O
and	O
from	O
1999	O
,	O
after	O
a	O
company	O
merger	O
,	O
by	O
Gridware	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
renamed	O
CODINE/GRD	O
as	O
Sun	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
later	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
it	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
acquired	O
Sun	O
and	O
subsequently	O
renamed	O
SGE	O
to	O
Oracle	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
(	O
6.2u6	O
)	O
moved	O
to	O
a	O
closed-source	B-Application
model	O
providing	O
binaries	O
with	O
the	O
distribution	O
but	O
no	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
open-source	B-Application
repository	O
no	O
longer	O
reflected	O
changes	O
made	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
and	O
users	O
were	O
prevented	O
from	O
contributing	O
code	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
Grid	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
community	O
started	O
the	O
Open	O
Grid	O
Scheduler	O
and	O
the	O
Son	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
projects	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
maintain	O
a	O
free	O
implementation	O
of	O
Grid	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
University	O
of	O
Michigan	O
has	O
been	O
maintaining	O
the	O
Son	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
code	O
publicly	O
since	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
18	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Univa	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
hired	O
the	O
principal	O
engineers	O
from	O
the	O
Sun	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Univa	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
development	O
is	O
led	O
by	O
CTO	O
Fritz	O
Ferstl	O
,	O
who	O
founded	O
the	O
Grid	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
project	O
and	O
ran	O
the	O
business	O
within	O
Sun/Oracle	O
for	O
the	O
past	O
10	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Univa	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Oracle	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
assets	O
and	O
intellectual	O
property	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
sole	O
commercial	O
provider	O
of	O
Grid	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
2011	O
and	O
2013	O
Univa	B-General_Concept
added	O
new	O
capabilities	O
to	O
Univa	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
including	O
Univa	B-General_Concept
Unisight	O
,	O
and	O
Univa	B-General_Concept
License	O
Orchestrator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Univa	B-General_Concept
Unisight	O
provided	O
new	O
reporting	O
and	O
analytics	O
capabilities	O
related	O
to	O
Univa	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
workloads	O
and	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Univa	B-General_Concept
License	O
Orchestrator	O
extended	O
Univa	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
scheduling	O
policies	O
to	O
support	O
allocation	O
and	O
optimization	O
of	O
commercial	B-Application
software	I-Application
licenses	O
,	O
an	O
important	O
capability	O
in	O
electronic	O
design	O
automation	O
(	O
EDA	O
)	O
and	O
other	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
24	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Univa	B-General_Concept
announced	O
massive	O
scalability	O
operating	O
a	O
single	O
cluster	O
with	O
over	O
1	O
million	O
cores	O
on	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
(	O
AWS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Altair	O
Engineering	O
,	O
a	O
global	O
technology	O
company	O
providing	O
solutions	O
in	O
data	O
analytics	O
,	O
product	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
(	O
HPC	O
)	O
acquired	O
Univa	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
