Altair - Unlimited Licensing for Unlimited Cloud Exploration

CIO Vendor Around the world, several companies are of the notion that shifting to a Cloud and SaaS delivery models will relieve them of their software license management problems. However, in reality, these companies will be facing a set of new challenges because New Software License Optimization tools will be required to accurately itemize virtualized cloud environments. Besides, with a majority of software vendors scrambling to keep up with the pervasive movement to Cloud and SaaS, they are introducing complex Product Use Rights governing as to how their applications is to be used in Cloud. In such a scenario, a vendor who has ample expertise in the Cloud domain and one who can administer Cloud services that provide unlimited software licensing is of exigent need.



Altair’s ‘HyperWorks Unlimited Physical Appliance’ solution is a private cloud solution with fully configured hardware and software that offers unlimited use of all Altair software within the appliance and Stanley Black&Decker validates the efficacy of the solution



Headquartered in United States of America, Altair offers a completely configurable CAE appliance with unlimited software licenses that helps its clients to get started on Cloud effortlessly and efficiently.
Every client has unique demand cycles for simulations, and Altair solutions offer a variety of flexible ways to meet their requirements. The clients can access Altair’s entire suite of application software through a web browser and scale to as many computational resources by using Altair’s HyperWorks Unlimited Virtual Appliance.

Altair’s ‘HyperWorks Unlimited Physical Appliance’ solution is a private cloud solution with fully configured hardware and software that offers unlimited use of all Altair software within the appliance and Stanley Black&Decker validates the efficacy of the solution. Altair’s clients canalso take their license to any cloud provider of their choice and configure Altair’s HyperWorks and PBS Works to work on any environment on a (BYOL) bring your own licensing model.

Altair’s Cloud Solutions
Altair’s cloud solutions combines the power of HyperWorks, HyperStudy (Altair’s design decision system), PBS Works (HPC Workload Management), and Altair Simulation Cloud Suite (simulation data management) to address its vision. Altair’s vision is that CAE, along with HPC and simulation data management has to be non-intrusive and seamless to the end user. “Our technology and business model take the above head-on with our offering of completely configured appliances, and software stack. We strive to make “Infinite Exploration” possible so our customers can run large scale models and explore a vast array of scenarios without any complexity,” says Ravi Kunju Vice President - Strategy and Business Development at Altair.

Altair observes that true democratization of CAE takes place with the convergence of massive computing combined with scalable software solvers. Amidst the multitudes of ‘Apps’ flooding the market that is driving vendors to chose an app that is based on ease of access and usability, Altair stands firm and sure, as they believe that the measure of success is not in the ability to run and get simulations done, but in the ability to explore all scenarios and deliver robust products.