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High-Performance Computing for Energy

Discover the Cisco HPC solution for the energy industry.
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Greater Computational Capacity, Lower Costs

As the energy industry continues to seek out new energy resources along with more innovative means to tap these resources, agencies now require a much larger capacity of raw computing power. The ability to complete simulations quickly and accurately is a critical factor in an organization’s overall competitiveness. IT managers must ensure the delivery of speedy and accurate simulations while continuing to reduce hardware and system maintenance costs. The demand for dependable computing power for oil and gas exploration is on the rise as well, making high-performance computing resources increasingly critical as tools for success. The proliferation of “X86 architecture” has enabled computational resources to be delivered using high-performance computing (HPC) clusters. The energy industry is adopting HPC clusters as a cost-effective and standards-based means to build computational capability.

Cisco offers a broad portfolio of HPC solutions that deliver high speeds, low latencies, open standards, and high system availability, enabling customers to deploy the right infrastructure for their applications.

Key Challenges

The main challenges for the energy industry are:

• Accurate exploration of reservoirs
• Oil and gas production with complex reservoirs
• Reducing hardware and maintenance costs