Scale Computing Continues Momentum With Maritime Industry

Scale Computing, Inc. announced ongoing momentum with customers in the maritime industry sector.

The company’s SC//Platform and SC//HyperCore edge computing solutions enable maritime providers to run their critical onboard IT applications with self-healing, automated infrastructure. Whether it’s an offshore rig operating deep in the North Sea or a container ship crossing the Pacific Ocean, Scale Computing empowers a broad range of maritime service providers to improve their efficiency and ensure HA.

“Few industries showcase the challenges and promise of edge computing as does the global maritime industry where IT resiliency is an operational necessity and downtime is unacceptable,” said Jeff Ready, CEO and co-founder. “Scale Computing meets the complex and evolving infrastructure requirements of an industry that demands 24×7 availability, full redundancy, and is backed by human experts who understand the unique conditions that exist at the edge.“

Scale Computing brings the maritime industry into a new era of computing by revamping IT operations with a solution that simplifies management, reduces operating costs, and ensures resiliency and HA in the face of unpredictable environmental conditions.

Northern Marine Ltd is a ship management and marine services provider that offers a full spectrum of ship and offshore management services. Operating a diverse fleet of technically managed vessels, including a wide range of tankers, ferries and offshore assets, its fleet is constantly on the move around the globe.

Northern Marine selected SC//Platform, which provides them with simplified, affordable IT infrastructure that offers resiliency in some of most extreme environments. Because Internet connectivity is highly intermittent with no dedicated IT personnel stationed on their vessels, it deployed SC//HyperCore clusters to keep their operations running smoothly, whether offshore or out at sea.

Scott Mungall, IT technical lead, Northern Marine, says: “We were looking for ways to evolve our onboard IT infrastructure across our fleet. In the last several years, requirements for key infrastructure systems on board have changed. Each vessel now has 2 or more operational critical applications on its server infrastructure, meaning we really can’t afford any downtime. We need to be able to sustain equipment failure and still continue to operate.“

Headquartered in Dubai, Telford Offshore Holdings Ltd offers construction and project management solutions to the oil and gas industry. It supports multiple offshore activities, focusing on high-capacity accommodation, lifting, fabrication and installation services for projects that include laying pipelines and carrying out subsea construction.

With Internet connectivity slow and costly at sea, relying on the cloud for critical operations was simply not an option. Telford Offshore recognized their on-board infrastructure would need to be local and on-premises. Following an evaluation of edge solution providers, it selected SC//Platform as the solution to offer the combination of simplicity and performance demanded by their fleet.

Wouter Lustig, IT manager, Telford Offshore, explained: “We wanted the solution to be a long-term future-proof investment with the possibility of deploying it on our vessels at sea. The solution needed to be simple enough for the one or two electricians on board to install, deploy, and maintain. Scale Computing’s solution operates as its own data center in a box and can easily connect back to the deployment at the HQs in Dubai. We are still amazed at how easy it is to install, deploy and manage – we don’t need to worry about the management of the day-to-day solution; it just takes care of itself.“

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