Acquisition provides additional storage functionality for HPC solutions
TROY, Mich. — Altair acquired Ellexus. The Ellexus software products, Mistral and Breeze, are used for I/O diagnostics, optimization, and dependency detection by high-performance computing (HPC) administrators of large enterprises. Altair plans to integrate them into the storage aware scheduling functionality of Altair PBS Works™.
“Altair continues to expand its reach and capabilities for HPC environments to support important modern workloads, including for data analytics, AI, and ADAS [advanced driver assist systems],” said James Scapa, Altair’s chief executive officer and founder. “The acquisition of Ellexus is particularly relevant in these domains, as storage aware scheduling for big data applications is critical.”