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Maximise design effectiveness webinar

Joe — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:19:00 GMT

Dezineforce will host a webinar on July 29th for design engineers and managers discussing and demonstrating how to achieve more optimal designs. Increased design insight together with decision support and fewer simulation runs enables engineers to work more efficiently reducing the design cycle and improving product quality. Dezineforce's parametric decision support tools, an advanced workflow engine and intuitive visualisation allow engineers to more easily explore a wider range of design options.

Dezineforce decision support and optimisation delivers the following key benefits to designers:

-    Increased design insight – leading to more reliable and efficient products
-    Improved productivity with decision support supported by a powerful workflow engine
-    Better decision making through improved design visualisation and collaboration

Join Dezineforce and industry CFD expert Dr. Althea de Souza to hear, with the aid of case studies, how this solution delivers better design decision making through improved design, visualisation and collaboration.

Dezineforce Webinar: Break the workstation simulation barrier

Joe — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:31:00 GMT

Dezineforce ran a webinar for engineers, engineering managers and IT staff who are users of, or responsible for the running of Engineering design applications to help them understand how they can easily and more cost effectively take advantage of high performance computing resources to increase design simulation performance, throughput and Engineer productivity.

The webinar 'Break the workstation simulation barrier' is now available for replay

Replay this webinar and learn how the use of an HPC appliance as a simulation server will allow you and your Engineering team to:

- Dramatically increase their productivity

- Complete simulations in minutes not hours

- Consider higher fidelity models

- Avoid the cost of individual workstation upgrades

For more information visit the Dezineforce 'events' page.

Dezineforce launches HPC simulation appliance for ANSYS

Robyn — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:32:00 GMT

Dezineforce has teamed up with ANSYS, Dell and Microsoft to offer a turnkey HPC simulation appliance, pre-integrated with ANSYS engineering applications. The appliance gives engineers fast and easy access to shared HPC-based simulation capabilities, improving productivity and resource utilisation, and delivering greater insight into product performance.

ANSYS develops engineering simulation software used to predict how products will behave in real-world environments. The Dezineforce HPC simulation appliance for ANSYS is delivered truly engineer-ready, requiring no local HPC management or configuration expertise. Pre-integrated ANSYS software enables engineers to work with familiar tools with the added benefits of HPC performance and scalability. Additionally, Dezineforce simulation manager tools optimise simulation scheduling and provide transparent control over multiple parallel simulations, making the most efficient use of available hardware and license resources.

Gary Panes, VP Sales ANSYS UK, says: “Our customers are looking to high performance computing to make their engineers and design resources more productive. The Dezineforce HPC appliance, coupled with ANSYS simulation applications, delivers an instant increase in performance without any of the headaches traditionally associated with implementing and managing an HPC environment.”

Dezineforce CEO George Shanks adds: “We developed the Dezineforce HPC simulation appliance for companies who need to improve design team productivity by doing more simulation work faster or developing more efficient designs. Pre-integration of ANSYS in our HPC environment allows engineers to be performing faster solves within an hour of installation. The compute power at their fingertips means complex simulations are executed quickly and efficiently allowing the design team to focus on improving product performance, which can yield enormous business benefits.”

The Dezineforce HPC simulation appliance is proactively monitored by a built-in appliance management agent, which constantly checks system health. The appliance management agent alerts Dezineforce about any issues via a secure outbound channel enabling Dezineforce to initiate corrective actions or repairs as necessary. The appliance management agent is part of the Dezineforce service management agreement covering the appliance hardware, operating software, application environment and performance, and provides a single point of responsibility and contact for the customer.

For more information please review the 'ANSYS beyond the workstation' webinar replay.

Dezineforce and ANSYS to host webinar on HPC simulation

Robyn — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:07:00 GMT

Dezineforce and engineering simulation specialist ANSYS teamed up to host a webinar on the benefits of running ANSYS software on Dezineforce’s ‘engineer-ready’ HPC simulation appliance.

Entitled ANSYS Beyond The Workstation, the webinar which took place on 20 April 2010 at 11.30am BST and was presented by Lionel Humphreys, Sales Representative, ANSYS and Richard Harding, VP Technical Services, Dezineforce is now available for replay

What attendees learned from this webinar:

An understanding of the benefits that HPC delivers to the design-simulation process
An understanding of the ANSYS HPC value proposition in terms of increased productivity and design insight
An introduction to the Dezineforce HPC simulation appliance and the value behind its ‘engineer-ready’ proposition
An opportunity to talk to industry experts about benefits of HPC based simulation

The Dezineforce HPC simulation appliance overcomes all the barriers associated with specifying and implementing HPC platforms. The appliance is delivered pre-built and pre-installed with the latest ANSYS simulation software. All that’s needed is a standard 13A power outlet and a LAN connection.

The power of HPC is now available to any company looking to streamline the product design and evaluation process. To replay this webinar click here.

Dezineforce extends HPC simulation appliance availability

Joe — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:06:00 GMT

Dezineforce is extending the productisation of the HPC (high performance computing) simulation appliance to meet the growing market demand for an engineer ready HPC solution. The Dezineforce HPC simulation appliance provides a cost-effective solution for companies that need to make the leap to a high performance computing platform to accelerate their design simulation processing. Created for companies that need to improve design productivity and quality through increased simulation analysis beyond the sensible capability of workstation based compute resources, but who dont want to get involved in Linux or clustering technology specification, build and management, the Dezineforce 'easy everything' approach delivers a scalable solution that delivers HPC performance transparently. With integrated design simulation and decision support tools and supported by Dezineforce Remote Monitoring and Management the Dezineforce HPC simulation appliance provides rapid and reliable access to HPC based simulation.

For more information please contact us

Dezineforce to exhibit appliance technology at SC’09

Robyn — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:15:00 GMT

Dezineforce will be exhibiting at SC’09, the exhibition and conference devoted to high performance computing. The event will be held in Portland, Oregon from 14 to 20 November 2009. dezineforce will be exhibiting with Dell on booth 1535 and will use SC’09 to showcase the innovative appliance version of its design search and optimisation and decision support suite.

Earlier this year Dezineforce partnered with Microsoft and Dell to make its cutting-edge design search and optimisation and decision support suite available as a plug-and-play appliance to give engineering companies an alternative mode of access to the unique capabilities of the Dezineforce solution. The Dezineforce appliance allows easy on-site deployment of its advanced graphical user environment for simulation tools currently in production in the Dezineforce On-Demand service, integrated on a Microsoft and Dell high-performance computing (HPC) cluster.

Dezineforce CEO George Shanks comments: “Dezineforce has perfected its offering working with the engineering design community and with Microsoft and Dell. We are now rolling out the technology to other HPC markets. The challenges facing innovators in engineering are not unique. Many areas of science and technology need more flexible and easier to use platforms to execute and gain improved insight from their computational simulations. SC’09 is an opportunity to reach a wide range of technical computing professionals and demonstrate how the ready-to-use Dezineforce appliance eases the establishment and use of in-house simulation capabilities tailored to the needs of projects, departments and businesses.”

Webinar on practical application of CFD techniques by Dezineforce expert

Arun — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:35:00 GMT

Dezineforce senior engineer Althea de Souza recently presented a webinar, on the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

Titled 'Practical CFD', it drew attention to some of the key issues encountered by industrial users in applying CFD and is available for download. The 'Practical CFD' webinar not only provided an excellent starting point for designers interested in the benefits of using CFD but also offered tips for those already undertaking flow simulation.

Organised by NAFEMS, the worldwide independent association dedicated to computer modelling and simulation tools, the webinar was attended by 125 engineers, designers and managers interested in applying CFD. The content from this popular webinar is available for download from NAFEMS website until Nov 12th.

Access this webinar now to:

Gain an overview of CFD and how it can address complex design challenges
Understand the key issues related to applying CFD in the design process
Learn practical hints and guidelines from an expert with deep CFD experience

For more information on NAFEMS, and how you can get involved, please visit the NAFEMS website.

Dezineforce appoints new CEO

Robyn — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:08:00 GMT

Dezineforce has announced the appointment of George Shanks as its new CEO. Shanks brings with him a wealth of experience, which will further enhance that of the strong executive team built by Dr Peter Collins who assumes the role of commercial director and will continue to serve on the board.

Shanks joins Dezineforce at an exciting time. The company recently launched a plug-and-play appliance version of its on-demand cloud based engineering design optimisation and decision support suite. This product launch has created significant opportunities in both new and existing markets by giving engineering companies an alternative, on-site way of accessing the unique capabilities of the Dezineforce solution.

Shanks has over 25 years’ experience building successful companies. In 1998 he co-founded Rubus, an Internet consultancy, and helped the company grow from initial start-up to over 300 people in just over two years. Most recently he was CEO of JacobsRimell, a company he led to growth and profit over a four-year period, culminating in the successful sale of the company to a public industry player.

Commenting on Shanks’s appointment, chairman of Dezineforce, Dr Uday Phadke, said: “Dezineforce has successfully developed its service delivering it to customers across several target sectors in high-tech engineering. Peter Collins has led the company through this initial phase with tremendous energy and laid the foundation for its future growth. George Shanks is a successful and experienced executive whose unparalleled leadership expertise will drive the company through the next stage of its development.”

Shanks added: “There is a very talented team behind Dezineforce whose groundbreaking technology gives our innovative solutions a considerable edge as engineering organisations look to make real use of design optimisation techniques. I am delighted to join the company at this time and look forward to working with the team to deliver step change benefits for our customers by transforming the way design engineers work.”

On cloud nine

Robyn — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:13:00 GMT

MADE magazine recently ran an article about how Tods Aerospace is using dezineforce to make the very best use of the latest advances in composite materials. Using dezineforce optimisation techniques, companies like Tods can not only improve their understanding of the performance of composites as alternative materials, they can generate optimum designs that will make the best use of innovative new materials as they become available. The on-demand nature of this approach creates scope for design houses and manufacturers, large and small, to raise their design capability to an entirely new level, achieving breakthroughs in composites design like Tods has done and driving true innovation in the aerospace sector.

Click here to download a PDF of the article.

This article appeared in MADE magazine, September 2009, the magazine of the design exchange of the Materials Knowledge Transfer Network.

dezineforce partners with Microsoft to offer plug-and-play appliance for design optimisation

Robyn — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:44:00 GMT

World-class dezineforce design optimisation and decision support suite now available as plug-and-play appliance incorporating an easy to deploy Microsoft high performance computing cluster.

dezineforce has partnered with Microsoft to make its cutting-edge design search and optimisation and decision support suite available as an appliance to give engineering companies an alternative mode of access to the unique capabilities of the dezineforce solution.

The new, plug-and-play, appliance allows on-site deployment of dezineforce’s design search and optimisation and decision support suite, with workflows that integrate industry-standard and customer proprietary simulation tools on a Microsoft high-performance computing (HPC) cluster.

“dezineforce is pioneering the application of design search and optimisation, and decision support, techniques to solve complex design challenges,” said Dr Michael Newberry, Microsoft’s UK HPC Product Manager. “Microsoft is committed to providing software solutions for the engineering sector so that our customers can run sophisticated models in a timely fashion. We trust that the success dezineforce’s customers will realize as a result of this technology will spur others to adopt HPC for high-performance computing needs.”

dezineforce search and optimisation tools enable designers to explore design or operating spaces more comprehensively. They are deployed as part of the design process to help designers gain greater insight into the performance and behaviour of their designs. Decision support tools help designers make sense of the large amounts of raw data generated by simulations, enabling them to make better design decisions. The compute power of the Microsoft HPC cluster dramatically reduces the time needed to complete the end-to-end engineering design search and optimisation process.

“The dezineforce solution empowers engineers to achieve better designs and Microsoft’s innovative high-performance computing clusters compress the time to design decision significantly. The appliance version offers flexibility to our customers to choose their preferred mode of accessing and using the dezineforce solution, including integration with their proprietary simulation tools,” says Dr Peter Collins, dezineforce CEO.

dezineforce acclaimed as 'leading the way' in providing a cloud-based engineering design service

Arun — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:47:00 GMT

Professional Engineering, a leading UK-based business and technology magazine for engineers worldwide, recently ran an article that describes how the Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model is now bringing its benefits to engineering.

In this article, dezineforce was lauded for the successful integration of its design search and optimisation tools with simulation and optimisation software from major vendors such as Ansys, MSC, Dassault and Oasys through its workflow technology, all hosted on a high performance computing infrastructure.

Other key benefits of dezineforce highlighted include the on-demand nature of the service where subscribers can sign-up and start using the service immediately and the reduction in the time taken to optimise the design.

Access the article from the Professional Engineering magazine website.

dezineforce strengthens executive team with key appointments

Robyn — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:54:00 GMT

Round of senior appointments and promotions sees dezineforce preparing for rapid growth

dezineforce, the first global provider of web-based, on-demand engineering design optimisation, has announced a round of key appointments to augment its management team. Peter Kelly joins as vice president of sales, Richard Harding is promoted from services manager to vice president of technical services and Arun Muthirulan joins as vice president of marketing.

Peter Kelly has over 15 years’ experience in senior sales and sales management positions with leading engineering and visualisation software vendors. He joins dezineforce after successfully leading a Northern European sales team at Parametric Technology (PTC). Before joining PTC Peter led the UK sales team for Mathsoft Engineering, achieving year-on-year growth, and was integral to the successful acquisition of Mathsoft by PTC. Prior to this Peter held a variety of sales management and sales positions at Advanced Visual Systems. In his new role, Peter will be responsible for creating new structure, processes and measurements to accelerate growth as dezineforce expands its sales across key verticals. Peter holds a degree in mathematical engineering from Loughborough University and a master’s degree in information engineering.

Richard Harding holds a degree in ship science from the University of Southampton. As a senior consulting engineer based within the University of Southampton's consultancy group he has provided innovative engineering solutions to a broad range of clients including Rolls Royce. Richard has designed and delivered web-based engineering applications exploiting distributed computing technologies for Lloyd's Register. He has also developed naval architectural software used by the MoD and major defence contractors to support the operation of the UK's naval fleet and for the development of new concept designs. In his new role Richard will lead the technical services team, managing technical pre-sales, professional services, domain leadership, customer support, training initiatives and supplier relationships.

Arun Muthirulan has more than 15 years of experience in business strategy, marketing and project management. He has worked in a variety of roles for large corporations as well as early-stage companies and start-ups, helping to develop and implement business strategy and obtain venture capital investment. Arun has international project management experience in the ICT industry in India, Canada and the UK managing complex, business critical projects for blue chip clients such as Ford Motor Company, Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and Aetna Life Insurance Company. Arun has a background in engineering and a recent MBA from Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. In his role, Arun will focus on establishing the dezineforce as the premier intelligent design solution for engineering design search and optimisation.

Commenting on the appointments, dezineforce CEO Dr Peter Collins said: “With these additions to the executive team I am confident we have achieved the right balance of commercial knowledge, skills and experience needed to help dezineforce realise its full potential and further strengthen the company’s market presence and credibility.”

Case study on wind-farm optimisation using dezineforce solution now available for download

Arun — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:00:00 GMT

A new case study describing a wind-farm optimisation challenge solved through the dezineforce solution is now available for download.

Based on the work done by Intelligent Fluid Solutions, a consultancy specialising in resolution of fluids-related design issues, with Althea de Souza, dezineforce senior engineer and an expert in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), the case study demonstrates how advanced optimisation techniques can improve the design of complex installations like wind-farms.

Initially, the case study describes the impact of aerodynamic interaction between individual wind turbines in a wind farm on the total power output of the complete installation. It then goes on to explain how integrated analysis and optimisation workflows available in dezineforce were used to understand the impact of layout on yield for a sample site and identify the number of turbines and the arrangement to maximise a power-cost function.

Download the case study.

dezineforce solution featured in ComputerWeekly.com

Arun — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:45:00 GMT

ComputerWeekly recently published an article highlighting dezineforce's pioneering work in developing a 'Engineering in the Cloud' solution.

In this article, Cliff Saran, the managing editor of ComputerWeekly, discusses the unique benefits of using a cloud-based solution, such as dezineforce, for engineering design search and optimisation. Key benefits highlighted include

reduction of computational infrastructure overheads
opportunity for collaborative working between multi-locational teams and
better suitability for project-based design work.

After discussing the recent dezineforce demonstration of windfarm optimisation with Intelligent Fluid Solutions, Cliff Saran concludes that the dezineforce solution has the potential to prove that cloud computing can be effectively used for some of the world's most complex computational tasks.

The complete article can be accessed from the ComputerWeekly.com website.

Engineering the Future of SaaS – Time Compression Technologies magazine features dezineforce

Arun — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:15:00 GMT

Dr. Peter Collins, CEO of dezineforce recently contributed an opinion piece to Time Compression Technologies magazine that discusses how the Software as a Service (SaaS) model can be adopted to complex activities such as engineering design optimisation.

In his article, Dr. Collins highlights how dezineforce offers an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use design optimisation service that promises to transform the way in which design engineers work. He covers the three key aspects of transformation that a service like dezineforce can bring: removing the limits of design optimisation, cost advantages and new design capability.

Removing the limits: by offering an instantly available, scalable service, accessible through the web, dezineforce removes the limitations in terms of access, lead times for set-up and capacity bottlenecks.

Cost advantages: insights gained from recent research by Cartezia show that a well-designed and executed SaaS service such as dezineforce can dramatically cut the cost of engineering design by eliminating hidden costs of design and offering a predictable all-inclusive subscription.

New design capability: dezineforce subscribers can access new design capability to collapse the length of design cycles through dezineforce’s unique combination of integrated design-simulate-evaluate processes and their execution on high performance compute clusters.

Dr. Collins concludes that dezineforce SaaS approach and its pioneering work in seamlessly integration of the design-simulate-evaluate process will promote further adoption of computer-based design worldwide and contribute to the growth of this $13bn market for some time to come.