Altair Engineering and Hewlett Packard Announce Design Optimization Seminar Series
TROY, Mich.--April 19, 2004--Altair Engineering Inc. - a global leader in product design consulting, engineering software and high-performance computing technology - and Hewlett Packard Company proudly announce the kickoff of their North American Design Optimization Seminar Series. The seminar series caters to manufacturers seeking a competitive advantage through product design and development. This free seminar is open to Altair and HP customers, engineering professionals and product manufacturers."This seminar series was specifically designed for companies looking to increase profitability and market share by using product design and optimization as a competitive weapon," says Jeffrey M. Brennan, vice president of Altair's Commercial Software Business Unit.
The Design Optimization Seminar Series will bring together regional engineering professionals and will focus on innovative applications of optimization methods for product design and development. Technical presentations will highlight real-world applications and the significance of optimization technologies in a simulation based product design and development process. Integration strategies for structural optimization and CAE-based robust design methods will be shared to improve product design performance and reliability.
"The combination of Altair's optimization technology and HP's market-leading high performance computing solutions provides unmatched functionality and performance," says Knute Christensen, global manager of HP's High Performance Technical Computing Solutions.
The six week seminar series will commence at Altair Engineering's World Headquarters in Troy, MI, on May 18, 2004th, 2004 and will be delivered to regional audiences throughout North America including Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago and Baltimore. For regional seminar dates and locations in your area and to register online, please visit www.altair.com/doss or phone +1.248.614.2400 ext 402.
About Hewlett Packard
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing. For the last four fiscal quarters, HP revenue totaled $74.7 billion. More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.
About Altair Engineering
Through product design consulting, advanced engineering software and high performance computing technologies, Altair Engineering increases innovation for clients around the globe. Founded in 1985 and privately held with offices throughout 11 countries, Altair's unparalleled knowledge and expertise in product development and manufacturing extend throughout North America, Europe and Asia. As the developer of Altair(R) HyperWorks(R) - The Engineering Framework for Product Design(TM), Altair is the leading provider of high-end, open CAE software solutions for modeling, visualization, optimization and process automation. The company's grid computing software, PBS Pro(TM), is a workload management solution for high performance computing environments, LINUX clusters and desktop cycle harvesting that delivers an ROI within one year. For detailed information on Altair, visit www.altair.com