Architectural software developer GRAPHISOFT and cloud provider ActiveCloud have signed a cooperation agreement. Now professionals in the construction industry can work with GRAPHISOFT building information modeling solutions using ActiveDesk remote graphical tables.
BIM (Building Information Modeling, BIM) technology allows you to create three-dimensional models of building objects linked to a database with architectural, engineering, technological, economic and other information. The plan for the phased implementation of BIM technology in industrial and civil construction was approved by order of the Ministry of Construction of Russia No. 926 / pr dated December 29, 2014. Without such technology, construction organizations will not be able to participate in state order projects.
The partnership between ActiveCloud and GRAPHISOFT makes resource-intensive architectural BIM applications more affordable. In the ActiveDesk cloud, the popular in Russia program for architectural BIM-design ARCHICAD is deployed, as well as other applications to it. The ActiveDesk graphic remote desktops service allows you to use ARCHICAD without buying expensive hardware. The software and resources for it are provided as a service with a monthly payment. Users can purchase ARCHICAD licenses from ActiveCloud or provide existing licenses for migration to a virtual environment.
ActiveDesk from ActiveCloud is a familiar desktop with a powerful graphics card for efficient collaboration of professionals with resource-intensive applications. The service is based on VMware and NVIDIA GRID virtualization technologies and is hosted in a Russian secure data center. The information model of the building is guaranteed to be protected and is located on a server located in the data center, in terms of the degree of reliability corresponding to the Tier III class in the international classification of data centers. High-speed data transmission ensures comfortable operation.
While using the service, the BIM project is reliably protected, but at the same time, users have the ability to remotely connect from any corporate device, regardless of the operating system installed. Thus, the service is available for use in any office with a standard computer network and provides all the necessary IT infrastructure and software for BIM design.
“As a software developer, we understand that the rapidly increasing complexity of projects and tasks in the future will increase the need for hardware resources. Our partnership with ActiveCloud enables design companies to get the necessary computing power and work with high-tech and resource-intensive applications today, and all this without capital expenditures for purchasing equipment and building infrastructure, commented Kirill Kondratenkov, lead product manager of GRAPHISOFT in Russia.
“ActiveDesk allows you to switch to BIM design in about a week, after which customers can flexibly and quickly manage the parameters of consumed IT resources. The use of the service is economically justified, since the cost of the package for 5 users who get access to the teamwork server and GRAPHISOFT ARCHICAD software is only 3,300 rubles per day,”added Mikhail Avseenko, head of sales and development of ActiveDesk at ActiveCloud.
About ActiveCloud
ActiveCloud is one of the leading global providers of business cloud solutions. The company has been operating on the market since 2003. In 2010 ActiveCloud entered the Softline group as a portfolio project of the Softline Venture Partners fund. ActiveCloud serves over 50 thousand clients and provides a full range of cloud solutions, from website hosting to building private and virtual private clouds:
- assistance to customers in the transition to the use of cloud solutions and comprehensive support for the operation of cloud infrastructure and applications;
- rental of cloud IT infrastructure, virtual servers and backup virtual data centers (IaaS / PaaS / DRaaS);
- rental of licensed software (business applications, SaaS);
- transfer of resource-intensive graphics applications to the cloud - ActiveDesk project.
The company's data centers are located in Moscow (2 sites), Minsk, Tashkent, as well as in Vilnius and Dubai. At the end of 2015, the company is included in the TOP-3 IaaS service providers in Russia according to IDC. ActiveCloud provides a public SLA with financial guarantees: 99.95% availability, technical support response time (24/7) - 60 minutes. More detailed information about ActiveCloud can be obtained on corporate websites: www.activecloud.ru, www.activecloud.com, www.activedesk.ru.
About GRAPHISOFT
GRAPHISOFT Company® revolutionized the BIM in 1984 with ARCHICAD® Is the industry's first BIM solution for architects in the CAD industry. GRAPHISOFT continues to lead the architectural software market with innovative products such as BIMcloud ™, the world's first real-time collaborative BIM design solution, EcoDesigner ™, the world's first fully integrated energy modeling and energy efficiency assessments of buildings and BIMx® Is the leading mobile app for showcasing and presenting BIM models. Since 2007, GRAPHISOFT has been part of the Nemetschek Group.
