Consultancy
Our main consulting services include:
- HPC facilities access
- HPC application design, development and re-engineering
- HPC application performance optimisation
- Numerical modelling and simulation consultancy
- Industry HPC training
- Grid and distributed computing consultancy and solutions
- Bespoke software development and project management
- Data integration and data mining consultancy
Our current day rate is £500 – £900 + VAT. Our day rate includes all overheads, travel within the UK and project management costs. During a project, time on our HPC systems is provided free of charge.
All EPCC projects are undertaken at a fixed cost with clearly agreed deliverables at the outset. This means that before entering into a consultancy contract we work with the client to specify the solution carefully. Although this approach means that we accept greater risk it also means that we must understand the task properly at the outset and that the client is clear about what the final deliverables and costs will amount to.
For Scottish companies that could benefit from HPC but lack the time, money or expertise, we provide the HPC Adopters Programme. Launched in 2009 and supported by Scottish Enterprise, this Programme brings the benefits of HPC to companies that can demonstrate a real business case for its use.
