Visual Numerics, celebrating 36 years of producing advanced numerical analysis and visualization software, today announced the general availability of PV-WAVE version 9.0, the next-generation of the company's industry-leading visual data analysis software, with new analysis features, expanded usability and performance, and broader platform support. With PV-WAVE 9.0, Visual Numerics enables engineers, scientists and business analysts in a variety of industries to build visual analysis applications on a wider range of platforms, as well as perform data mining and forecasting of large and complex data sets to better understand trends, patterns and anomalies in their data.

New computational experts join steering committee: NYSGrid, a consortium of institutions collaborating to create a blueprint for New York’s 21^st century cyberinfrastructure, and NYSERNet, provider of statewide networking and communications, have approved a Memorandum of Understanding that creates a framework to better support the research and education communities in New York State. NYSGrid becomes an initiative of NYSERNet, which will provide a legal and administrative home to the grassroots collaboration.