Core Micro Systems Signs Strategic Partnership with Parallel Works to Deliver ACTIVATE Hybrid/Multicloud Control Plane for the HPC/AI Market
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Core Micro Systems Inc. Signs Strategic Partnership with Parallel Works
Tokyo, Japan – June 24, 2025 –
Core Micro Systems Inc. (Headquarters: Itabashi-ku, Tokyo; President: Shozo Takahashi) has entered into a strategic solution partnership with Parallel Works, a U.S.-based provider of hybrid and multicloud computing control planes designed to seamlessly provision, manage, and share high-performance computing (HPC) resources across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments for compute-intensive applications and AI workloads.
Through this partnership, Core Micro Systems will integrate Parallel Works' ACTIVATE platform with its own advanced compute, storage, cloud, and hybrid cloud integration technologies. The goal is to significantly simplify and streamline access to compute resources in Japan’s HPC/AI market, while accelerating the delivery of appliance-based services for AI/HPC platform business models built on data center infrastructure.
Specifically:
For enterprise and engineering customers, Core Micro Systems will deliver ACTIVATE through AI/HPC appliances based on its micro data center architecture.
For academic and data center customers, ACTIVATE will be integrated into Core Micro Systems' modular data center architecture, targeting edge, grid, and multicloud AI/HPC platforms.
Cloud connectivity will include: OCI, Azure, AWS, GCP, IBM Cloud, and domestic/academic clouds via SINET.
About ACTIVATE by Parallel Works
ACTIVATE is a next-generation control plane for hybrid and multicloud HPC environments. It enables teams to seamlessly provision, manage, and share large-scale compute resources across on-premises and cloud infrastructure, with powerful cost and budget control capabilities. Its intuitive interface and API-driven architecture promote collaboration, increase productivity, and serve as an operational backbone for complex enterprise computing environments.
ACTIVATE consolidates diverse and distributed computing infrastructure into a single streamlined interface, providing scalable control, collaboration, and governance. It empowers teams working on compute-intensive applications—such as simulation, analytics, and AI—to consistently manage and utilize on-premise, cloud, and hybrid HPC resources at scale.
About Parallel Works
Parallel Works ACTIVATE is a leading hybrid multi-cloud computing control plane, empowering teams with seamless provisioning, management, and sharing of compute resources at scale across on-premises and cloud environments with advanced cost control and budgeting features. ACTIVATE facilitates collaborative research and enhances productivity through intuitive interfaces and API-driven processes, enabling the operating system for complex enterprise computing environments. Visit Parallel Works at parallelworks.com.
Parallel Works Contacts
Press Contact Details:
IGNITE Consulting, on behalf of Parallel Works
Kim Pegnato | 781-835-7118 | parallelworks@igniteconsultinginc.com
For Direct Inquiries | info@paralleworks.com
About Core Micro Systems
Core Micro Systems is a total server solution provider specializing in advanced storage technologies. The company delivers high-capacity, high-speed, and highly available storage systems, complete AI/HPC/supercomputing solutions, and tailored integrations through custom development, ODM, and OEM. Core Micro Systems develops and supplies advanced server solutions essential to the fast-evolving IT/ICT landscape, supporting next-generation digital transformation.
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