Appro International today announced that LinuxWorld Magazine in conjunction with the show’s organizers IDG World Expo has named the company's Appro’s XtremeBlade Cluster Solution as the winner of the “Best Clustering Solution” category for the Product Excellence Awards at the LinuxWorld Expo.

“We are very pleased that Appro XtremeBlade Cluster has been recognized by LinuxWorld Expo judges for the “Best Clustering Solution”, said Daniel Kim, CEO of Appro.

“Combining 10 Gbps InfiniBand performance with benefits of dual-core processors and PCI Express technologies, customers can build high-bandwidth clusters today in an infrastructure that is flexible and easy to scale. XtremeBlade makes perfect balanced cluster architecture for rapid adoption in data centers and high performance computing environments." 

The winners of the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards were presented in San Francisco yesterday in a ceremony hosted by SYS-CON Media West Coast Bureau Chief Roger Strukhoff . This year’s winners reflect the efforts of both established industry leaders and emerging innovators. The awards program honors the most innovative and relevant hardware, software and services announced in 2005 providing Linux IT professionals with best-in-class product and service innovations that create efficiencies, enhance performance while offering competitive edge.