Case Study: Altair Engineering democratizes HPC access with Microsoft Corporation

Altair Engineering democratizes HPC access using the cloud

Altair Engineering, a manufacturing software company, needed a way to make its HyperWorks and Inspire engineering applications available to more users without requiring expensive on-premises workstations or HPC infrastructure. By moving its Unlimited platform to Microsoft Azure, Altair aimed to deliver affordable, scalable cloud-based high-performance computing to help engineers collaborate and run complex simulations more easily.

Microsoft Corporation implemented Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Kubernetes Service to power Inspire Unlimited, with GPU-backed VMs for interactive performance and Kubernetes for collaboration and database services. The result was a browser-based experience that eliminated the need for costly engineering hardware, enabled on-demand scaling for up to large teams of users, and helped Altair expand access to its software while improving collaboration and customer trust in the cloud.

Altair Engineering

Sam Mahalingam

Chief Technical Officer for Enterprise Solutions