Rescale’s Year of Innovation and Product Enhancement Recap

As we close out 2024, we look back at the many strides we’ve made in enhancing the Rescale platform. From expanding security and compliance measures to increasing the performance of advanced HPC+AI capabilities, our team has shipped a range of features for engineers, scientists, and IT professionals. Here’s a look at the key updates grouped by themes that defined our year of innovation.

Simplifying Modeling and Simulation Workflows

Streamlined workflows and project organization have been a key focus in 2024, enabling teams to save time and reduce operational complexity. These enhancements are designed to improve collaboration, traceability, and efficiency across engineering projects.

• Introducing Studies: Our new Studies feature provides a structured approach to managing simulation projects, allowing users to group jobs, track objectives, and centralize relevant data. This structure enhances productivity and collaboration for engineering teams. Learn more
• Computational Pipelines: This powerful tool enables end-to-end automation of complex workflows, from setting up simulations to analyzing results. It simplifies multi-step processes and ensures consistency across projects. Learn more
• Embedded Job API Keys: API keys embedded directly in jobs simplify authentication processes, making integrations faster and more secure. Learn more

Streamlining Data Management

Efficient modeling and simulation data management is the backbone of modern engineering workflows. In 2024, Rescale introduced features to help teams organize, search, and categorize data with ease, enabling faster decision-making and smoother collaboration. By automating repetitive tasks and improving file traceability, these updates allow users to focus on innovation instead of manual data wrangling, ensuring a seamless and productive experience for engineers and IT teams alike.

• Custom Fields: Custom fields allow users to categorize projects in ways that align with their specific workflows. This added flexibility improves project tracking and searchability. Learn more
• File Tagging: Users can now add tags to their files, enabling better categorization and organization across projects. Learn more
• Simulation Data Enrichment: Rescale now automatically populates simulation metadata to improve searchability and data organization. This enhancement helps teams unlock deeper insights from their data. Learn more
• Enhanced Job and Workstation Filters: Our updated filtered views make it easier to find and manage active jobs or workstations. This improvement supports better resource planning and project oversight. Learn more
• Search and Filter by File Name: This enhancement allows users to quickly locate files by their names, improving file management and retrieval processes. Learn more
• Wildcard Tag Search for Enhanced Traceability: This feature enhances the search capability, enabling users to trace data through wildcard tags for greater efficiency. Learn more
• Data Access API Beta: The Data Access API allows users to integrate their Rescale simulation data with other platforms or workflows seamlessly. This feature expands opportunities for data analysis and collaboration. Learn more

Increasing Performance and Efficiency

As simulations and machine learning workloads grow in complexity, automation and enhanced processing capabilities become critical. Rescale has introduced features this year to accelerate workflows, increase scalability, and reduce manual tasks.

• Faster Page Load Times for Job Pages: Optimizations to job-related pages have reduced page load times by over 50% in some scenarios. These improvements include setup pages, status pages, result views, and job lists, enabling faster navigation and smoother workflows. Learn more
• Faster Job Launch Start Times: Jobs running Linux 8 OS images now benefit from enhanced cluster startup times, reducing job launch durations by up to 20%. This optimization helps users begin their workloads more quickly, improving overall productivity. Learn more
• CoreWeave GPU Coretypes in Public Beta: With CoreWeave GPU instances, users can run high-demand AI and ML workloads with increased capacity and efficiency. This feature provides scalable resources for advanced computation. Learn more
• Terminate a Suspended Workstation: This new capability helps users free up resources more effectively, reducing unnecessary costs. Learn more
• Auto-Terminate Suspended Workstations: To optimize costs and resource usage, workstations now automatically terminate after being suspended for a set duration. This prevents unnecessary charges and frees up resources. Learn more
• Enhanced Workstation Suspension Duration: Improved suspension options give users greater control over workstation availability and resource use. Learn more
• New Job Environment Variables: Users can now configure new job environment variables, improving customization and script automation. Learn more
• Recover Unresponsive Workstations: This feature helps users restore workstations after disruptions, ensuring critical workflows remain intact. Learn more

Enabling AI-Enhanced Modeling and Simulation

Harnessing AI to transform the possibilities of engineering and science is at the forefront of innovation in engineering and research. This year, Rescale introduced features that make leveraging AI and data insights more accessible, integrating AI into traditional modeling and simulation workflows.

• AI Model Library: The new AI Model Library offers ready-to-use models that integrate with simulation workflows. This helps users accelerate model development and optimize results. Learn more

Expanding Software Support and Licensing Options

2024 has been a banner year for expanding our software catalog and refining licensing options. By enhancing flexibility and supporting more tools, Rescale ensures users have access to the solutions they need for successful simulations and analyses.

• New Software and Versions Added: This year saw the addition of popular tools like Simcenter, Abaqus, LS-DYNA, MATLAB, and ANSYS. These integrations expand users’ ability to leverage best-in-class applications for their projects. Learn more
• Integrated License Hosting: Now generally available, this feature allows users to centrally manage their software licenses directly within the Rescale platform. It reduces complexity and improves license availability for team workflows. Learn more
• FedRAMP Licensing Support: Government users can now take advantage of fully compliant FedRAMP licensing support, ensuring security and regulatory alignment. This makes Rescale even more accessible for public sector use cases. Learn more
• Software Publisher Enhancements: Features like multi-cloud hardware configuration and Linux OS support improve software deployment flexibility. Learn more
• Additional Software and Versions Added: Updates include MATLAB, Cadence, and ANSYS, further expanding Rescale’s robust software catalog. Learn more

Strengthening Full-Stack Security and Compliance

In the world of cloud computing, maintaining top-tier security for enterprise workloads is paramount. This year, Rescale implemented multiple enhancements to ensure users can confidently leverage our platform, knowing their data and resources are well-protected.

• Enhanced SSH Access Restrictions: We’ve introduced updated policies for SSH access to further restrict unauthorized connections. These changes ensure a more secure framework for accessing resources remotely. Learn more
• Transition to Modern Linux OS: Rescale transitioned from CentOS 7 to newer Linux operating systems, enhancing compliance and security standards. This ensures continued support and performance for users across all workloads. Learn more
• Default Multi-Factor Authentication: MFA is now default for all users, providing an essential layer of security against unauthorized access. This update ensures the protection of sensitive simulation and engineering data from potential breaches. Learn more
• Cloud File System Enhancements: Support for AWS FSx for Lustre provides enhanced backup and recovery options. Learn more.

Stay up-to-date with the latest innovations

Visiting our Release Notes to explore all the exciting features we’ve introduced this year and check back regularly—there’s much more to come as we continue to enhance the Rescale customer experience! Turning our focus to 2025, Rescale remains committed to delivering innovative features that empower all users and industries to elevate their engineering capabilities.