AEC CLOUD SOLUTIONS

Purpose-built for the industry, our enterprise-scale VDIPOD platform broke new ground in enabling AEC professionals worldwide to work effectively, from anywhere, on any device. Leveraging unparalleled virtualisation expertise and industry experience, VDIPOD delivers unprecedented high performance for users of specialist design and visualisation apps or working on huge datasets, enabling real-time, secure team collaboration to boost project delivery.

To drive even greater value, many clients pair VDIPOD with thin clients, improving security, user experience and IT management. Boosting sustainability, firms can extend the life of existing hardware, lowering power usage and carbon emissions, avoiding equipment refreshes and reducing environmental waste.

Hosted from environmentally-friendly data centres operating on 100% renewable energy, Creative’s Desktop-as-a-Service also boosts sustainability and ESG performance through CO₂eq reduction and increased use of renewable power. Companies using our solution typically lower power consumption by 81.7% and CO₂ emissions by up to 43%, while boosting renewable energy usage by 89%.

With increasing reliance on technology across all business areas to facilitate mission critical tools, deliver client projects and support global teams, firms leave themselves vulnerable to extreme operational, reputational and financial risk should even one link in the chain break. Increasing cyber risk, growing data sets, continued app development and infrastructure complexity are some of the factors making it harder than ever for IT teams to ensure they have all the pieces of the puzzle needed for true business resilience.

• SECURITY AS A SERVICE (SOCaaS): We make it quick and simple for organisations of any size to deploy world-class security operations that continually guard against attacks in an efficient, sustainable way. Highly trained cybersecurity experts operate as an extension of your existing IT team, providing an immediate response to threats and applying their learnings to strengthen resilience over time.
• BACKUP AS A SERVICE (BaaS): Overcome infrastructure and vendor complexity and technology silos with a single solution and contact point for all your backup requirements. Delivered as a fully managed service and following industry best practices with continuous data protection to ensure your valuable customer, business and employee information is safe and always restorable.
• DR AS A SERVICE (DRaaS): With an industry-leading Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO, you’ll experience just seconds of data loss and you can guarantee that users will be back online fast. We’ll also perform regular tests with no impact on business operations nor break in replication, giving you peace of mind, you’ll always be able to fully recover, as quickly as necessary.

NVIDIA Omniverse is revolutionising the way architects, designers and engineers work thanks to its comprehensive support for Open USD, which streamlines the integration of various design tools into a single, fluid workflow.

Its core aim is to provide a more accessible, scalable and collaborative framework for digital project management and execution. In AEC, this will drive wider adoption of USD’s powerful features and help standardise 3D modelling and data exchange practices. Tailored AEC-specific features will accelerate introduction through open community forums focused on BIM integration, simulation capabilities and large-scale project data handling. These developments could greatly help sustainable building design by allowing complex, real-world simulations.

However, with any new technology or innovation, making the leap isn’t always straightforward.

It’s essential to ensure IT foundations are in place to allow the business to innovate. A common oversight is underestimating essential hardware requirements, particularly GPUs, which can lead to unexpected expense and project delays. Another often overlooked but equally critical element is assessing your network’s capability to manage the extensive data exchange required for real-time, global collaboration.

Successful adoptions also require a champion, well-versed in both technical nuances and practical applications of Omniverse, to streamline rollout, spearhead training, ease the firm through the initial learning phase, and helping their organisation realise benefits for projects.

Creative’s Collaboration as a Service offers a complete package of hardware, software and technical support to assist clients at every stage of their Omniverse journey – preparation, planning, design, implementation, operation and ongoing improvement, helping organisations to unlock full ROI and business gains.