BRW Features Cyclopic Energy on Cloud Computing

Cyclopic Energy has attracted significant attention in recent months as an example of a new Australian company making innovative use of cloud computing. Jeanne-Vida Douglas of BRW recently spoke to Rick about the benefits of on-demand supercomputing facilities:

“When Rick Morgans and Damien Leclercq set out to turn what they knew about engineering, modelling and wind into a business in 2008, they knew their success would depend on being able to punch above their weight and deliver highly professional services to some of the largest companies in Australia.”

The article focuses on the advantages of cloud computing to small, smart businesses: low costs and high performance, with a high degree of flexibility. When needed, Cyclopic Energy spin up a battery of high-performance instances which execute large Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations on demand. We use these dynamic and scalable supercomputing services facilitated by Amazon Web Services to deliver high quality wind modelling and analysis services at low cost.

As Rick says: “it's enabled us to compete with much larger companies and deliver high-fidelity simulations we would never otherwise been able to afford. What it means is we can grow without spending on extra computing power.”

You can read the full article in the April 21st edition of BRW, or electronically here (with a subscription).