Case Study: Micronas achieves faster R&D and IP protection with OpenText Exceed TurboX

Micronas Speeds Up Product Development with OpenText

Micronas, a TDK group company that designs and manufactures sensor-based systems and has shipped billions of Hall sensors, faced slow, costly distributed R&D: engineers across Germany, China, Serbia, Austria and the United States relied on local Linux workstations to run graphically intensive tools (including Custom Compiler (from Synopsys)), which required local data centers to avoid latency. To protect IP, simplify administration and reduce costs, the company sought a centralized way to run applications server-side and deliver fast remote access.

Micronas deployed OpenText™ Exceed™ TurboX—upgrading from OpenText™ Exceed onDemand™—to run applications in two main data centers with front-end rendering to remote PCs. The change reduced data transmitted, sped application access and shortened R&D time-to-market, enabled replacement of Linux workstations with Windows PCs, centralized profile and license management, improved security/IP protection, and lowered administration and support costs; benefits were highlighted by Paul Blenderman — Manager, servers and infrastructure, Micronas; Tobias Lietz — Linux server administrator, Micronas; and Dr. Gernot Koch — CAD manager, Micronas.

Micronas

Paul Blenderman

Manager, Servers and Infrastructure