The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is using Progress Software's Fuse to run the operational grid activities of the Large Hadron Collider's (LHC) re-launch.
Progress Software's Fuse solution will underpin all grid-monitoring systems used in CERN's quest to find the Higgs boson particle, which could revolutionise the way scientists study the universe.
James Casey, technical architect at CERN, said: 'CERN needed an enterprise-wide messaging framework that would allow for flexibility and integrate systems together.
'Progress Software's open-source solution offers us the ability to build on what we already have and support our enterprise operations.
'Much of the development has been funded within the European Union project "Enabling Grids for E-science" (EGEE) and released as open-source software under the Apache licence.
'Since the Progress open-source solutions are also under the Apache licence, it makes for a good fit - we can contribute back to it and all our sites can freely deploy it.
'We needed to find a partner that could help us bring agility and reliability to our IT infrastructure.
'We have a pipeline of projects that we need to deliver over the coming years, so this first step lays the foundation for change.
'Progress Software's support and training has ensured a smooth roll out.
'The bespoke training has enabled all parties to understand the implementation - it has been instrumental in ensuring that everything slotted into place perfectly,' he added.
In a separate project, the Progress SonicMQ has also been chosen by CERN to form the communications backbone of its Technical Infrastructure Monitoring (TIM) system, designed to alert researchers in the event of an emergency.
