Bright Computing
{{Short description|Software development company}}
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| industry = Enterprise software
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| founder = {{Unbulleted list|Matthijs van Leeuwen|Alex Ninaber}}
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| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Bill Wagner (CEO)|Martijn de Vries (CTO)|Jill King (Contractor)(CMO)|Bill Griffin (CFO)}}
| products = {{Unbulleted list|Bright Cluster Manager for HPC|Bright Cluster Manager for Big Data|Bright OpenStack}}
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Bright Computing, Inc. is a developer of software for deploying and managing high-performance (HPC) clusters, Kubernetes clusters, and OpenStack private clouds in on-premises data centers as well as in the public cloud.
History
Bright Computing was founded by Matthijs van Leeuwen in 2009, who spun the company out of ClusterVision, which he had co-founded with Alex Ninaber and Arijan Sauer. Alex and Matthijs had worked together at UK’s Compusys, which was one of the first companies to commercially build HPC clusters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=282144720&privcapId=115561075&previousCapId=115561075&previousTitle=Bright%2520Computing,%2520Inc.|title=Matthijs van Leeuwen: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2016-05-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.hpcwire.com/2009/10/07/clustervision_spins_off_cluster_management_software_company/|title=ClusterVision Spins Off Cluster Management Software Company|date=2009-10-07|website=HPCwire|access-date=2016-05-24}} They left Compusys in 2002 to start ClusterVision in the Netherlands, after determining there was a growing market for building and managing supercomputer clusters using off-the-shelf hardware components and open source software, tied together with their own customized scripts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.clustervision.com/content/management-team|title=ClusterVision - Europe's Leading HPC and Cloud Specialist|website=ClusterVision|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-05-24|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508143551/http://www.clustervision.com/content/management-team|archivedate=2016-05-08}} ClusterVision also provided delivery and installation support services for HPC clusters at universities and government entities.{{Cite web|url=http://clustervision.com/about-the-company/|title=About the Company - ClusterVision|website=ClusterVision|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-05-24}}
In 2004, Martijn de Vries joined ClusterVision and began development of cluster management software. The software was made available to customers in 2008, under the name ClusterVisionOS v4.{{Cite web|url=http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/2008-September/023265.html|title=Roll your own cluster management system with ClusterVisionOS v4 was: [Beowulf] What services do you run on your cluster nodes?|last=holway|first=andrew|date=2008-09-23|access-date=2016-05-24}}
In 2009, Bright Computing was spun out of ClusterVision. ClusterVisionOS was renamed Bright Cluster Manager, and van Leeuwen was named Bright Computing’s CEO.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hpcwire.com/2009/10/07/clustervision_spins_off_cluster_management_software_company/|title=ClusterVision Spins Off Cluster Management Software Company|date=2009-10-07|website=HPCwire|access-date=2016-05-24}}
In February 2016, Bright appointed Bill Wagner as chief executive officer. Matthijs van Leeuwen became chief strategy officer,{{Cite web |date=2016-02-16 |title=Bright Computing Names Bill Wagner as CEO |url=https://insidehpc.com/2016/02/bright-computing-names-bill-wagner-as-chief-executive-officer/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=High-Performance Computing News Analysis {{!}} insideHPC |language=en-US}} and then left the company and board of directors in 2018.{{cn|date=July 2021}}
In January 2022 Bright was acquired by Nvidia. Nvidia cited using Bright's Amsterdam facility as a development center.{{cite web | url = https://www.networkworld.com/article/3647068/nvidia-acquires-bright-computing.html | title = Nvidia acquires Bright Computing | first = Andy | last = Patrizio | work = Network World | date = 2022-01-12 | publisher = IDG Communications, Inc. }}{{cite web | title = Leading HPC Software Company Bright Computing Joins NVIDIA | url = https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/01/10/bright-computing-hpc/ | publisher = Nvidia | first = Charlie | last = Boyle | date = 2022-01-10 }}
Customers
Early customers included Boeing,{{Cite web|url=http://insidehpc.com/2011/12/boeing-consolidates-on-brite-cluster-manager/|title=Boeing Consolidates on Bright Cluster Manager - insideHPC|date=2011-12-06|website=insideHPC|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-24}} Sandia National Laboratories,{{Cite web|url=http://www.brightcomputing.com/news/sandia-labs-adopts-bright-cluster-manager|title=Sandia National Laboratories Adopts Bright Cluster Manager to Manage Departmental Clusters|last=Staff|first=Bright|website=www.brightcomputing.com|access-date=2016-05-24}} Virginia Tech,{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/virginia-bioinformatics-institute-selects-bright-151500615.html|title=Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Selects Bright Cluster Manager for Big Data to Test New Research Methods|website=Yahoo Finance|access-date=2016-05-24}} Hewlett Packard,{{Cite web|url=http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA5-2604ENW.pdf|title=HPC Accelerates SMBs|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.|access-date=2007-05-24}} NSA, and Drexel University. Many early customers were introduced through resellers, including SICORP,{{Cite web|url=http://insidehpc.com/2010/02/bright-computing-and-sicorp-sign-reseller-agreement/|title=Bright Computing And SICORP Sign Reseller Agreement - insideHPC|date=2010-02-22|website=insideHPC|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-24}} Cray,{{Cite web|url=http://www.cray.com/company/collaboration/partners|title=Partner Relationships {{!}} Cray|website=www.cray.com|access-date=2016-05-24}} Dell,{{Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2015/11/11/MN54237|title=Bright Computing Announces Integration with Dell PowerEdge Servers for HPC Environments - The Business Journals|website=The Business Journals|access-date=2016-05-24}} and Advanced HPC.{{Cite web|url=http://www.advancedhpc.com/high_performance_servers/gpu_computing/bright_computing.html|title=Advanced HPC - GPU Computing - GPU Software - Bright Computing|website=www.advancedhpc.com|access-date=2016-05-24}}
As of 2019, the company has more than 700 customers, including more than fifty Fortune 500 Companies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.primeventures.com/portfolio/bright-computing/|title=Prime Ventures - Bright Computing|website=www.primeventures.com|access-date=2016-05-25}}
Products and services
Bright Cluster Manager for HPC lets customers deploy and manage complete clusters. It provides management for the hardware, the operating system, the HPC software, and users.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/bright-computing-roll-new-line-products/|title=Bright Computing to Roll Out New Line of Products|website=HPCwire|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-24}}
In 2014, the company announced Bright OpenStack, software to deploy, provision, and manage OpenStack-based private cloud infrastructures.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/bright-computing-announces-bright-openstack-integration-talligent-openbook-billing-software-openstack-clouds/|title=Bright Computing Announces Bright OpenStack Integration With Talligent Software|website=HPCwire|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-24}}
In 2016, Bright started bundling several machine learning frameworks and associated tools and libraries with the product, to make it very easy to get machine learning workload up and running on a Bright cluster.
In December 2018, version 8.2 was released, which introduced support for the ARM64 architecture, edge capabilities to build clusters spread out over many different geographical locations, improved workload accounting & reporting features, as well as many improvements to Bright's integration with Kubernetes.
Bright Cluster Manager software is frequently sold through original equipment manufacturer (OEM) resellers, including Dell and HPE.{{Cite web|url=http://www.brightcomputing.com/usa|title=USA|last=Computing|first=Bright|website=www.brightcomputing.com|access-date=2016-05-24}}
Bright Computing was covered by Software Magazine{{Cite web|url=http://www.softwaremag.com/bright-computing-releases-version-7-2-of-bright-cluster-manager-for-hpc-bright-cluster-manager-for-big-data-and-bright-openstack/|title=Bright Computing Releases Version 7.2 of Bright Cluster Manager for HPC, Bright Cluster Manager for Big Data, and Bright OpenStack –|website=www.softwaremag.com|access-date=2016-05-24}} and Yahoo! Finance,{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bright-computing-showcase-bright-openstack-162500598.html|title=Bright Computing to Showcase Bright OpenStack™ and HPC Cluster-as-a-Service (CaaS) at 2016 OpenStack Summit in Austin|website=Yahoo Finance|access-date=2016-05-24}} among other publications.
Awards
In 2016, Bright Computing was awarded a €1.5M Horizon 2020 SME Instrument grant from the European Commission.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/bright-computing-receives-horizon-2020-grant-european-commission/|title=Bright Computing Receives Horizon 2020 Grant From European Commission|website=HPCwire|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-24}}
Bright Computing was one of only 33 grant recipients from 960 submitted proposals.{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/horizons-2020-sme-instrument|title=Horizon 2020's SME Instrument - EASME - European Commission|website=EASME|access-date=2016-05-24}} In its category only 5 out of 260 grants were awarded.{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/open-disruptive-innovation-0|title=Open Disruptive Innovation - Digital Single Market - European Commission|website=Digital Single Market|access-date=2016-05-24}}
- 2015 HPCwire Editor’s Choice Award for “Best HPC Cluster Solution or Technology"{{Cite web|url=http://www.hpcwire.com/2015-hpcwire-readers-choice-awards/|title=2015 HPCwire Awards – Readers' & Editors' Choice - HPCwire|website=HPCwire|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-24}}
- Main Software 50 “Highest Growth” award winner, 2013{{Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2013/11/14/MN16669|title=Bright Computing Wins Main Software 50 "Highest Growth" Award - The Business Journals|website=The Business Journals|access-date=2016-05-24}}
- Deloitte Technology Fast50 “Rising Star 2013” award winner{{Cite web|url=http://www2.deloitte.com/be/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/ayden-wins-fast50.html|title=Adyen wins Deloitte Technology Fast50 {{!}} Deloitte Belgium {{!}} TMT {{!}} News, press release|website=Deloitte Belgium|access-date=2016-05-24}}
- Bio-IT World Conference & Expo ‘13, Boston, MA, winner of “IT Hardware & Infrastructure” category of the “Best of Show Award” program{{Cite web|url=http://www.bio-itworld.com/2013/4/10/2013-bio-it-world-best-show-winners-named.html|title=2013 Bio-IT World Best of Show Winners Named - Bio-IT World|access-date=2016-05-24}}
- Red Herring Top 100 Global Award, 2013{{Cite web|url=http://www.redherring.com/events/rhna/2013-rhnawinners/|title=2013 Top 100 North America: Winners — Red Herring|website=Red Herring|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-24}}