Cloud-native Altair® SmartWorks™ Empowers Enterprises to Make Data-driven Decisions

Next-generation enterprise data ecosystem delivers dynamic tools and collaborative environment to solve complex problems, accelerate transformation, and drive business value

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Jun 14, 2021, 07:00 ET

TROY, Mich., June 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global technology company providing solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), and artificial intelligence (AI) announced the release of Altair SmartWorks, its next-generation, cloud-native platform to empower augmented, data-driven decision making.

Altair SmartWorks allows users to build analytic workflows through visual pipelining and previews at every step, with the transparency on generated code and flexibility to edit or add your own code to through pipelines or notebooks

Create multi-stage data prep pipelines with reproducible workflows in Altair SmartWorks

Train machine learning models in dev environment and validate in production cluster with ease in Altair SmartWorks

SmartWorks harnesses the full power of AI, analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT) to help organizations improve and ensure production quality, develop connected product lines, optimize maintenance schedules, and implement recurring revenue models. It also allows companies to customize marketing analytics, automate financial systems, and more.

"SmartWorks will disrupt the way businesses innovate and make decisions by making it easy to leverage AI and IoT in automation and analytics," said James R. Scapa, founder and chief executive officer, Altair. "For organizations strategizing their digital transformation efforts, SmartWorks is a future-proof accelerator and launchpad. It will help companies accelerate, innovate, and deliver."

The code to low-code to no-code environment means everyone can use it. This allows organizations to more effectively collaborate, generate and share data-driven insights, develop AI-augmented analytics, and create scalable, secure IoT/analytics applications faster and with smaller teams.

SmartWorks is built to overcome enterprise-grade challenges. It is inherently cloud-native but can be deployed on premises; enables organizations to govern access to data, analytics, and automation; and is built to be highly scalable and performant from day one, with the best in underlying technology components. SmartWorks provides a collaborative environment and is extensible and future-proof, designed to work with the analytics engines of today and tomorrow. By making analytics, IoT, and AI accessible for every user, SmartWorks accelerates innovation in every department across the enterprise.

SmartWorks gives organizations end-to-end data analytics capabilities by integrating the deep feature set of Altair® Monarch® and Altair® Knowledge Studio® with new, cloud-native and targeted capabilities including:

Connecting to diverse databases, data sources, spreadsheets, big data, IoT, and more
Storing data in performant, specialized databases
Exploring data trends and spotting anomalies
Transforming data to fit specific applications
Training and evaluating AI models
Operationalizing machine learning models at scale, from resource constrained (edge) to resource abundant (cloud) environments
Developing custom analytics or end-user applications
Augmenting processes with automation, in the cloud, or at the edge
Controlling end-user access to data

SmartWorks is accessible via Altair Units, Altair's patented, subscription-based licensing model, which allows organizations to pay only for what their employees need, when they need it. For more information, visit www.altair.com/smartworks.

About Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR)
Altair is a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), and artificial intelligence (AI). Altair enables organizations across broad industry segments to compete more effectively in a connected world while creating a more sustainable future. To learn more, please visit www.altair.com.

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