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| Customer Case Study | BAE Systems 1/15/2007 Manufacturer Provides Engineers with Easy-to-Use, High-Performance Computing Solution BAE Systems makes highly sophisticated products, ranging from defense systems to tanks, aircraft carriers, and fighter jets. However, the IT environment used to develop these products was frustrating to use, and difficult and costly to maintain. The manufacturer wanted an integrated IT solution that would be easier to manage and would make high-performing computer resources more widely available to design engineers throughout the company. In March 2006, BAE Systems began creating a proof of concept for high-performance computing using Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. When the solution is deployed, the manufacturer expects better integration and interoperability, greater ease of use that will enable engineers to focus on product development, and broader access to high-performance computing. | |
 | BAE Systems |
 | BAE Systems |
| Headquartered in London, BAE Systems develops defense products for land, sea, air, and space use by military, government, and commercial customers in approximately 130 countries. | BAE Systems products range from defense systems to tanks, aircraft carriers, and fighter jets. The computer tools needed to develop these highly sophisticated products were so complex that the company's design engineers needed a high degree of IT knowledge to use them effectively. The disparate IT environment was frustrating to use, and difficult and costly to maintain. BAE Systems wanted an integrated IT solution that would be easier to manage and would make high-performance computing resources more widely available to design engineers throughout the company. | In March 2006, BAE Systems began creating a proof of concept for high-performance computing using Microsoft® Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003 with an AMD Opteron-based server cluster from HP. BAE Systems is adapting its workflow tools to the new solution using Windows Workflow Foundation, which provides the programming model, engine, and tools for quickly building workflow-enabled applications. The company is also incorporating Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to effectively manage and allocate computing resources to meet demand. When the solution is deployed, the company's design engineers and collaborative partners will use it to perform demanding computational fluid dynamics testing, such as simulating the performance of a proposed wing design in a wind tunnel. | - Better integration and interoperability to extend the value of existing systems and processes
- Ease of use that will enable engineers to focus on product development and give BAE Systems a larger pool of job candidates
- Low-cost, fast, and easy deployment that allows broader access to high-performance computing
| - Microsoft .NET Framework
- Microsoft Active Directory
- Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
- Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003
| "Our aim is to create an integrated environment where our design engineers can easily access the resources that they need without having to understand the complex details of our IT infrastructure." Jamil Appa, Group Leader for Technology and Engineering Services, BAE Systems |
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