Microsoft Corporation acquired Interactive Super Computing, a transaction announced in September 2009, structured as Acquisition of technology assets.
Interactive Super Computing operates in Server and Tools Division (Technical / High-Performance Computing), is based in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Interactive Supercomputing (ISC) developed Star-P software that let users run familiar desktop applications such as MATLAB and Python against parallel high-performance-computing clusters without rewriting their code. Microsoft acquired ISC's technology assets to advance its high-performance / technical-computing efforts. The original TechNet announcement post is no longer reachable.
Advance Microsoft's high-performance and technical-computing capabilities by making parallel computing accessible from mainstream desktop applications.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.