CloudWerx was engaged to design and implement a GCP PoC with performance and configuration in mind to balance performance, efficiency, security and cost.
The Customer
NovuMind helps companies leverage the power of AI in their products and services. Their NovuTensor chip is an industry breakthrough – designed to enhance business functions by “making things think.” They offer a wide range of deep learning tools to help apply NovuTensor in a multitude of operations, allowing businesses to optimize for AI computation.
The Challenge
NovuMind had only on-premises systems which required months to provision new users or products. NovuMind had no prior GCP experience and was working under extreme time constraints (July- August) to complete the PoC before their EDA tools license expiration. They were ramping up, requiring them to expand their environment quickly, with a globally dispersed team and only a single Systems Engineer for their entire infrastructure.
CloudWerx Solution
CloudWerx delivered a custom solution to create, deploy, and [eventually] destroy a 'CloudPC' experience for the globally-dispersed engineers. This solution increased security, lowered infrastructure costs, and improved the user onboarding experience. Within the CloudPC, Cloudwerx created a mechanism to allow users to install software packages without compromising security or system stability.
Deliverables
Cloudwerx created a Custom ‘Cloud PC’ Experience for NovuMind Engineers and Administrators.
Features of Engineer Experience:
Each engineer is assigned a Cloud PC with persistent storage
Through this, they can access NovuMind assets, IP and Synopsys tooling
Access is available via Nomachine client or web browser
Features of Admin Experience:
Easily able to create new Cloud PCs
Ability to use commands to update all Cloud PCs at once
Simple scripts to destroy old Cloud PCs to free up resources and archive data.
CloudWerx provided a detailed Optimization Report, giving NovuMind a snapshot of their baseline, and then a “Project Recap,” highlighting how CloudWerx improved performance, reduced staff workload, optimized the environment, secured the environment, and other notable impacts.
Key Results
System deployment time decreased from months to ~30 minutes while significantly improving user experience and enhancing information security for the client.
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