Altair Engineering Opens Data Center to Support Cloud-Based HyperWorks On-Demand

By DE Editors

Altair Engineering Inc. has announced the opening of a high-powered data center in Troy, MI, this month to house and manage its growing HyperWorks On-Demand cloud-based computer-aided engineering (CAE) solution for customers who rely on high-performance computing.

HyperWorks On-Demand (HWOD) is a high-performance computing (HPC) solution for design in the cloud. HWOD leverages Altair’s patented licensing system, providing access to Altair’s HyperWorks CAE software and a modern, scalable HPC infrastructure through a secure Web-based platform.

The data center enables Altair to scale HWOD up to more than 10,000 cores for computer simulation projects. In fact, it can support as many as 150 large-scale engineering solver jobs running simultaneously, employing Altair’s solvers RADIOSS, OptiStruct and AcuSolve along with other tools in the HyperWorks family of simulation software.

The data center is situated about 3.5 miles from Altair’s headquarters and incorporates physical and cyber security measures. It is monitored inside and outside by video surveillance, night-vision cameras and sensors. Firewall devices protect data both entering and exiting the facility’s computing equipment.

Construction of the data center was just completed, and Altair is in the process of expanding its current HWOD capabilities to be relocated to the new facility within the next month. The expanded HWOD will be fully up-and-running in the new data center by early 2012.

For more information, visit Altair.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.