please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message liquid computing corporation type private company industry unified computing founded ottawa ontario 2003 headquarters ottawa ontario canada products see 1 website www.liquidcomputing.com liquid computing was an information technology business that sold servers storage and networking systems . it was founded in 2003 and ceased operations in 2010 . the company had customers in north america and established partnerships with companies such as intel microsoft vmware oracle red hat netapp and amd . contents 1 corporate information 1.1 office locations 1.2 investors 1.3 history 2 references 3 external links corporate information edit office locations edit the liquid computing corporation was headquartered in ottawa canada with u.s. offices . investors edit the following investors have funded liquid computing vengrowth ata ventures bdc business development bank of canada edc export development canada axis capital newbury ventures history edit 2003 liquid computing is founded by brian hurley who later went on to found purple forge and mike kemp two canadian engineers from telecom equipment maker nortel with experience building supercomputers for the u.s. government s defense advance research project agency darpa . 2006 liquidiq 1.0 is introduced for high performance computing using its own interconnect scheme coupled with amd s hypertransport architecture and running a modified version of red hat linux . 2008 liquidiq 2.0 is released ; a unified computing system that combines standard physical data center resources such as servers switching operating systems network interfaces and storage with management and control software . 2009 the company announces liquidiq 3.0 unified computing system powered by intel xeon 5500 nehalem series processors . q4 2009 the company introduces liquid elements a unified computing solution that extends the power of unified computing across datacenter hardware from leading vendors . current solution configuration combines with intel server system sr1680mv and netapp storage . february 2010 the company shuts down . references edit if the data center is the computer the fight is on to control the ecosystem gigaom a true datacenter in a box network computing liquid to float slushy intel servers the register fast growing liquid computing at a watershed moment ottawa citizen can liquid computing ride cisco s california coattails the register the liquid approach to unified computing itbusinessedge liquid computing fast out of the starting gate network world 451 group impact report external links edit archived liquid computing videos and information retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title liquid computing & oldid 713082110 categories software companies of canadaservers computing hidden categories articles with a promotional tone from september 2011all articles with a promotional toneorphaned articles from august 2009all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 april 2016 at 20 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view