- Perform and evaluate complex fire simulations on the web browser in parallel
- High-performance computing as a service from the Cloud
- Users do not need any technical expertise
T-Systems and the engineering firm hhpberlin, a fire protection specialist, are providing business users world-wide with scalable computing capacities for complex fire simulations and evaluations via an Internet browser. The T Systems subsidiary Multimedia Solutions (MMS) has established a solution based on Microsoft Windows Azure and operates it for the engineering firm. hhpberlin contributes its own expertise to the Cloud service and will in future also offer it to other fire protection companies. These companies will no longer have to invest in their own, expensive, high-performance computers. T-Systems MMS has made the internationally tried-and-tested “Fire Dynamics Simulator” (FDS) open source simulation software Cloud-capable. A technology, which is also used in elaborate Hollywood film productions, is used: a software framework from Greenbutton for managing high-performance computing applications in the Cloud. For example, this technology is used by the twelve-time Oscar-winning animated film production company Pixar to operate its rendering program as a Cloud service. The experts from Dresden keep the application and the entire technical infrastructure in the data center continuously up-to-date. At the same time, hhpberlin ensures compliance with country-specific fire protection standards. This means that business users of the Cloud solution no longer need to concern themselves with technical questions. They can concentrate on creating qualified reports with professional tools. Run several fire scenarios in parallel “With shared resources, the continuously rising demand for high-performance computing in fire protection can be covered cheaply and flexibly,” said Stefan Truthän, CEO of hhpberlin. The fire protection engineers configure their information in the portal, calculate the respective fire spread and load the result back onto the PC. Interactive diagrams illustrate the analysis more simply than the Excel spreadsheets commonly used in the industry to date. For the first time, several fire scenarios can be run in parallel without causing your own IT to crash. The program can also calculate different consequences of a fire simultaneously. In addition, even during a simulation, data can be analyzed in real time, including on the go using smartphones and tablets. Each month, the users receive a list of the used and chargeable resources. These include not only computing power and storage space, but also the respective simulation tools used.
About Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom is one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies with more than 132 million mobile customers, over 32 million fixed-network lines and 17 million broadband lines (as of December 31, 2012). The Group provides products and services for the fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in around 50 countries and has 230,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 58.2 billion in the 2012 financial year - more than half of it outside Germany (as of December 31, 2012). About T-Systems Drawing on a global infrastructure of data centers and networks, T-Systems operates information and communication technology (ICT) systems for multinational corporations and public sector institutions. T-Systems provides integrated solutions for the networked future of business and society. The company's some 52,700 employees combine industry expertise and ICT innovations to add significant value to customers’ core business all over the world. T-Systems generated revenue of around EUR 10 billion in the 2012 financial year. About T-Systems Multimedia Solutions Multimedia Solutions, a subsidiary of T-Systems, develops Internet-based solutions for major corporations and SMEs. Some 1,000 employees turn web innovations into services for digital life and business for customers from all industries. This includes solutions for e-commerce, intranet and Internet portals as well as web IT management. For more information visit www.t-systems-mms.com About hhpberlin hhpberlin is one of the leading German engineering firms for fire protection, with offices in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Braunschweig. The company develops global fire protection concepts for national and international construction projects. Its references include, for example, the Munich Allianz Arena, the Federal Chancellery, the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Fraport and the new Willy Brandt airport in Berlin, the Dalian Twin Towers and the Pudong Museum in China. The expertise of hhpberlin extends from fire protection-compliant planning to execution through to quality assurance - both in new constructions and for structural renovations.