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4.29.08

Microsoft Education Incentives: Free Projectors, USB Hard Drives and More

Enhance the classroom experience by taking advantage of FREE* hardware accessories when you purchase PCs preinstalled with a qualified version of genuine Windows Vista Ultimate or Windows Vista Business

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1.25.08

REASON Surveillance Solution highlighted in D-Link Case Study

REASON's solution included D-Link's IP surveillance camera system which monitors hanger operations, archives security video, and maintains evidence for insurance claims.Minneapolis Airport Hanger Operator Reduces Insurance Cliams with D-Link IP Surveillance Solution

"REASON's client wanted to eliminate their analog equipment and replace it with digital equipment that could be accessed by multiple people within their organization, including quality managers, upper management and line personnel..."

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11.30.07

Voyageur Mini & Mountable PCs are now available through REASON

The mini computer is the perfect PC when size mattersFinally a personal computer that realizes desk space is as important as disk space. Powerful, quiet and efficient, the ultra-small form factor Voyageur Mini PC is the perfect fit for even the smallest home office. But don't let its size fool you, with Intel Core 2 Duo technology and Windows Vista Home Premium, this little PC proves that big things really do come in small packages.

Also available through REASON, The Voyageur Mountable PC, ideal for digital signage, kiosks, point-of-sale or anywhere else you want a PC hanging around

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1.30.07

Windows Vista & Office 2007 released

REASON has everything you need to know if you're considering the upgrade to Microsoft's newest offerings.

Visit the REASON's Windows Vista & Office 2007 section

 

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11.22.06

Reason Featured in CRN Article

Researchers at the University of Minnesota benefit from a custom cluster of Advanced Micro Devices Opteron servers running Linux and tied together with proprietary high-speed networking gear assembled by Reason.


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Or click here to download a PDF of the magazine spread [3.74 MB]

 

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09.01.06

Reason Virtual Video Tour Now Live

Reason has just launched a virtual video tour of their facilities, as well as interviews with several members of their executive staff. The video covers the history of Reason, their wide product offering, and goes into the company's engineering expertise as well as its superior, local customer service.

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05.16.06

Reason Ships Another CFD HPC Cluster to Major University

cluster photoReason just completed the shipment of another Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) HPC cluster for basic research at a major university. The 55 node Beowulf CFD cluster will be used for the study of reservoir and dam modeling as well as blood flow. Benchmarks showed a performance in excess of One TFLOP (trillion floating point operations per second). Each node of the cluster was built using two AMD Opteron Dual-Core CPU's which effectively yields a 220 CPU cluster. Key elements of the cluster are:
  • Centos 4.3 for X86_64 Linux OS
  • Warewulf Clustering Software
  • Sun Grid Engine (SGE) Scheduling and Resource Manager
  • MPICH2 Cluster Messaging Protocol
  • Ganglia Cluster Monitoring Tool
  • IPMI Hardware Management
  • Myrinet 2000 Series Intra-cluster Communications Switches

 

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04.06.06
Reason Added to WSCA for Okidata printers
Reason was chosen by Okidata to be one of the select national resellers of their printer products for the WSCA contract which serves 15 states.  Reason was chosen due our relationships in the educational and government sector.

About the Western States Contracting Alliance
The Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) was formed in October 1993 by the state purchasing directors from fifteen NASPO western states. The primary purpose is to establish the means by which participating states may join together in cooperative multi-State contracting in order to achieve cost-effective and efficient acquisition of quality products and services. Cooperative purchases are developed by member states.
04.01.06
Reason Announces Merger with Shea PC to Form One of the Largest Computer Resellers in the Twin Cities

Shea PC and Reason, two leading providers of custom configured computing solutions, formally announce today that corporate operations have combined to form one of the largest and fastest growing system builders in the United States.

The new company will be doing business as Reason going forward.  Reason is confident this expansion will provide tremendous opportunities for new customer services and product offerings as well as allow high-level access to some of the largest vendors in the computing industry including Microsoft, Intel, and AMD.   With a combined thirty years in business, the combination of Shea PC and Reason will bring a new level of expertise to our customers. 

Reason will be located in a state of the art facility in Burnsville, Minnesota.  This 60,000 square foot building features a large manufacturing center, research and development hub, on-site daycare, and other features that will provide better opportunities to serve customers.  

Customer questions can be directed towards Reason sales representatives.


08.22.05 Reason Rides Leading Edge in HPC Computing

Click for larger imageReason has been providing High Performance Computing Solutions for the last 5 years and has been in the industry for 20 years. Our expertise and demand for excellence has gravitated us to the forefront of this industry.

Reason continues to provide excellence in HPC Computing with the most recent Visualization cluster “Geowall2” delivered in the Telecom Industry. This Visualization Cluster is being utilized as a Research and Marketing solution.

Reason is currently deploying systems using IMPI Ver. 2.0 which allows remote management of your HPC Clusters.
 
View a slideshow of Reason installing a Geowall II System
 
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04.08.05 Click for larger imageReason Ships Another Beowulf HPC Cluster

Reason has recently shipped another Beowulf Open Source Linux based HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster computer for doing Computational Fluid Dynamics work within the a department of a major university. The HPC cluster had a master node and multiple compute nodes all based on dual Opteron™ 64-bit servers. The OS and all applications are 64-bit to take advantage of the power that 64-bit computing brings to users.

Reason built its first clusters five years ago and has the capability and experience to build custom HPC clusters implementing Open Source Linux, Warewulf Cluster Management, Ganglia, PVM, Tough2, Itough2, MATLAB®, MATLAB® Distributed Computing,  LAM-MPI as well as many other Open Source based products.

 
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04.05.05 Managed PCs from Reason

Reason has the ability to customize DMI information for each system we ship to assist our customer with asset management and tracking. The customized DMI information can include computer serial number, model number/name, manufacturer name, and various other information related the management of servers, desktops or notebooks.

Many Reason customers are taking advantage of this feature to manage their computer assets enterprise wide with products like Altiris™ or Microsoft Systems Management Server as well as other enterprise management solutions.
 
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03.03.05 The New York Times Highlights Geowall

Based on the recent success of Geowall in the education field, the New York Times wrote about how that success has spawned next-generation efforts aimed more at researchers than students.
 
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12.01.04 Reason Now Offering Tablet PCs

Reason has teamed with Viewsonic to implement successful Tablet rollouts to major Hospital Institutions. These rollouts include Installation and Training programs.
Click here to learn more about Reason's Tablet PCs
11.18.04 Pioneer Press Reviews Media Center PCs

St. Paul's Pioneer Press newspaper reviewed Media Center PCs and referred to Reason's offering as a "best bet".
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01.16.04 Reason's Tier-One Athlon 64 Machine is a Corporate Cracker

The Inquirer reviews Reason's Tier-One Athlon 64 PC and claims all its features and value "make it a very compelling option for your next corporate upgrade".
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11.17.03 Athlon 64 Chip Gives Users a Reason to Buy

Pioneer Press article which discusses why Reason believes the Athlon 64 is "the future of personal computing..."
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