Summary: Initially, HiCLAS1 implemented RLM to handle its beta test period, relying on uncounted node-locked licenses with a short term expiration date. As its products come to market, other models will be deployed including network floating licenses and node-locked counted licenses.  RLM’s breadth will also help  HiCLAS1 when it moves into other advanced high-performance computing environments.

About HiPERiSM, LLC, and AS1MET Services

Maintaining a healthy planet is an increasingly important global issue. The US Clean Air Act mandates that state and local government agencies continuously monitor air quality in order to ensure attainment of standards. These agencies and their contractors rely on various atmospheric modeling tools written largely in the last decade or so to monitor compliance with long term emission targets. Although the science that supports these computerized models is solid (having been sponsored by the U.S. EPA and developed in Fortran), they have never been effectively optimized for speed on desktop computers. In fact, today some models currently take thousands of hours to complete an analysis.

Enter HiPERiSM Consulting, LCC, and AS1MET Services, who have teamed as a joint venture under the brand name HiCLAS1.  This emerging company is focused on enhancing environmental modeling tools to not only improve their operating performance, but to offer more practical solutions on lower cost commodity platforms, thereby expanding the potential user base.

HiPERiSM is targeting the primary users of these models – Federal, State and County agencies, environmental contracting companies, power companies, and independent environmental modelers who either apply them or re-package these models with their own add-on products. The total market size is measured in the thousands world-wide.

The HiCLAS1 venture realized early on that its intellectual property needed protection and that a flexible and professional licensing scheme was required as an integral part of its commercial strategy. Reprise Software’s License Manager (RLM) was chosen based on its team’s prior experience, expertise, and its reputation of developing and supporting high quality and reliable licensing products.

Initially, HiCLAS1 implemented RLM to handle its beta test period, relying on uncounted node-locked licenses with a short term expiration date. As its products come to market, other models will be deployed including network floating licenses and node-locked counted licenses.  RLM’s breadth will also help  HiCLAS1 when it moves into other advanced high-performance computing environments. HiCLAS1 currently supports Microsoft® Windows and Linux platforms.
For more information on HiPERiSM, LLC, please visit https://www.hiperism.com and for details on the HiCLAS1 joint venture visit https://www.hiclas1.com.