Last-Mile High-Performance Computing

Even with great hardware and great teams, companies suffer from infrastructure headaches, complex workloads, and performance bottlenecks in their HPC projects. ISC's "Last-Mile" approach to HPC eliminates technical barriers so your team can focus on breakthroughs, not compute or scaling headaches. ISC delivers code optimization, managed infrastructure, managed security, tool integration, and more so you can get back to innovation.

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What is Last-Mile HPC?

Managed HPC environments so your experts can focus on their core work

Why Last-Mile HPC matters

Prevent wasted investment

Most HPC deployments underperform because teams lack specialized expertise to optimize infrastructure and workload configurations

Accelerate time-to-insight

Focus on research instead of spending months troubleshooting compute environments and performance bottlenecks

Bridge the infrastructure gap

Connects teams to HPC resources with properly configured, optimized infrastructure from day one

Deliver immediate performance gains

Identifies quick optimizations while building scalable HPC capabilities for long-term computational needs

Eliminate deployment friction

Removes technical barriers between your team and breakthroughs by handling infrastructure complexity

Our Last-Mile HPC services

1. Software / hardware synchronization

Ensure software stacks are compiled and configured for your specific hardware architecture

2. Code optimization

Transform unoptimized research code to run efficiently on distributed HPC systems

3. Hybrid infrastructure

Seamlessly integrate on-premises resources with cloud compute for maximum flexibility

4. Cluster optimization

Configure job schedulers and resource managers for maximum throughput and utilization

5. Planned durability

Build resilient systems with multi-region disaster recovery and automated failover capabilities

6. Server location optimization

Strategic placement near exchanges or data sources to minimize latency

7. Performance/cost optimization

Select optimal instance types and spot pricing strategies to maximize computational value

8. Managed security

Implement financial-grade compliance and data protection across your entire HPC stack

9. Open-source customizations

Build and customize tools like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Apache Arrow for your needs

10. Forward visibility

Partner with research organizations to prepare for emerging technologies and methodologies

Three ways we deliver Last-Mile HPC services

At Insight Softmax, we understand that every business has different needs.  That’s why we offer three distinct delivery models for our Last-Mile HPC services:

Consulting

(Strategic advisory) We assess your computational requirements, design HPC architecture, and provide expert recommendations on optimizing your high-performance computing infrastructure.

HPC architecture and capacity planning
Cloud migration strategy (AWS HPC services)
Performance benchmarking and optimization roadmap
Hybrid infrastructure advisory

Implementation

(We build it for you) Our team of HPC engineers and specialists will deploy and optimize your computing infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration with your research workflows.

Code optimization and parallelization
Distributed computing framework setup
Job scheduler and workload automation
AWS ParallelCluster and Batch deployment

Managed Services

(White-glove, hands-free HPC) For clients who want fully managed HPC infrastructure, we handle everything—deployment, optimization, and ongoing management—so you can focus on breakthrough research.

24/7 monitoring and support
Continuous performance tuning and optimization
Automated scaling and resource management
Infrastructure-as-a-Service for computational workloads

Industries we serve

Our Last-Mile HPC consulting is tailored for companies across multiple industries, including:

Industrial Manufacturing: Digital twins, predictive maintenance, AI-driven production optimization
Financial Services: Data modernization, Agentic AI, regulatory compliance (AI Act)
Logistics and Supply Chain: Forecasting, secure data pipelines, simulation for cost efficiency

Why choose Insight Softmax?

Our Last-Mile HPC consulting is tailored for companies across multiple industries, including:

AWS-Certified Experts: As an AWS Partner and Reseller, we provide deep expertise in AWS HPC solutions
Flexible Engagement Models: Whether you need consulting, implementation, or a fully managed service, we adapt to your needs
Technology-Agnostic: While we specialize in AWS, we also work with Azure, Google Cloud, and on-premise solutions