SimuTech Group and Microsoft Team-up

HPC Solutions for ANSYS FEA & CFD Customers.

SIMUTECH GROUP (Rochester, NY) is partnering with Microsoft to introduce customers of ANSYS FEA and CFD (ANSYS) simulation software to an economical and effective means of significantly increasing their productivity. By incorporating Windows® HPC Server 2008 into their existing engineering processes, ANSYS customers can reduce their solution times, allowing more detailed and complex models to be analyzed or more engineering designs to be evaluated and optimized over a shorter period of time.

“Our ANSYS FEA and CFD customers are always looking for means to increase their productivity. While the combination of ANSYS software and Windows-based computers (PCs) continue to yield incremental gains, customer can take the next full step in productivity with the incorporation of a Windows HPC Server 2008 solution,” says Rick James, SimuTech Group’s Vice President of Consulting Services. “For some time now, SimuTech has been working directly with Microsoft in optimizing the implementation of the Windows HPC Server 2008 solution running ANSYS software. As a result of this collaboration with Microsoft, SimuTech is uniquely qualified in working with customers in implementing an HPC solution.”

What makes this solution so economical is that ANSYS customers can use their existing ANSYS licenses for the base configuration. To make the jump to an HPC environment, three components are required. First, ANSYS HPC licenses are added to their existing ANSYS license. ANSYS HPC licenses are a fraction of the price when compared to the base license. Second, Windows HPC Server 2008 is installed on standard, off-the-shelf PCs. Third, work with SimuTech Group to ensure that the implementation goes smoothly. The productivity gains realized from a move to an HPC environment will provide ANSYS customers with a positive ROI as well as better quality and lower cost (optimized) designs.

Several informational seminars are scheduled in May and June that will introduce ANSYS customers to the Windows HPC Server 2008 solution and the productivity gains that are possible. These seminars will be jointly sponsored by SimuTech Group and Microsoft. As of today, seminars will be held in Richland (WA) – May 13, Seattle – May 19, Salt Lake City - May 27, Rochester (NY) – May 27, Denver – June 2 and Boulder (CO) – June 2.