Startup Saves $7 Million, Cuts Time to Market by 83% with High Performance Computing
By using Windows® HPC Server 2008 rather than a Linux server, chemical research startup Seer Technology was able to save approximately seven million dollars on development costs, and reduce product time to market by 83 percent.
Seer Technology, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, was founded to take advantage of the largely unexploited chemical detection market.
Business Situation
Seer Technology needed a high performance computing solution to execute the complex algorithms necessary for the development of its chemical weapons detection product.
Solution
The company deployed Windows® HPC Server 2008.
Benefit
Decreased time to market
Increased projected revenues
Straight-forward deployment and management
Higher productivity
Software
Windows HPC Server 2008
Quote
"We saved $100,000 per year in personnel costs by going with Windows HPC Server over Linux."
