About PBS Works
PBS Works is a suite of on-demand grid computing technologies that allows enterprises to maximize ROI on computing infrastructure assets. PBS Works is the most widely implemented software environment for grid-, cloud-, cluster- and on-demand computing worldwide. The suite’s flagship product, PBS Professional, provides a flexible, on-demand computing environment that allows enterprises to easily share diverse (heterogeneous) computing resources across geographic boundaries. Leveraging a revolutionary “pay-for-use” unit-based business model, PBS Works delivers increased value and flexibility over other software licensing models.
Grid Computing with PBS Works
IT managers and administrators at more than 1400 sites worldwide use PBS GridWorks to simplify job submission, enabling scientists, designers, financial analyst and engineers to remain focused on their fields of expertise. It efficiently distributes workloads across cluster, SMP, and hybrid configurations, scaling easily to hundreds or even thousands of processors.
The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that 13 percent of commercial energy use comes from computers. According to Gartner, energy use in 2008 was estimated to be 48 percent of all IT budgets.
PBS Professional’s Green Provisioning technology automatically powers down and wakes up systems to conserve electricity resulting in a 10-20% operational power savings.
Executive Management
About Altair
Altair Engineering, Inc. empowers client innovation and decision-making through technology that optimizes the analysis, management, and visualization of business and engineering information. Privately held, with more than 1,300 employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a 20-year-plus track record for product design, advanced engineering software, grid computing technologies and enterprise analytics solutions, Altair consistently delivers a competitive advantage to customers in a broad range of industries. To learn more about Altair, please visit www.altair.com.