IMSCAD Services has launched WaaS,a ‘Workstation as a Service’ solution, in partnership with Lenovo workstations and
Equinix Data Centres, globally. The service comprises private cloud solutions and rentable workstations, on a per user, per month basis. Contracts run from one to 36 months. The service is up to 50% cheaper than high-end instances from the Public Cloud, and the workstations perform much faster for users.

Users can get a 1:1 connection to a dedicated workstation, such as the Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Ultra, featuring a Gen 9 Intel CPU that runs at frequencies up to 6.0 GHz and a NVIDIA GPU with up to 24GB of VRAM.

“For far too long, Public cloud pricing is far too high when you want to run graphical applications and desktops,” said CEO
Adam Jull. “Our new service is backed by Lenovo hardware and the best remoting software.” IMSCAD’s WaaS offering was one of four solutions tested by engineering, architecture and planning company TKDA, Minnesota, USA, when looking to replace its current solution that it quickly adopted during Covid.

“IMSCAD stood out far above all other solutions in our testing,” said Nicholas J. Steele, senior systems analyst, TKDA. “The performance of the Lenovo P3 Ultra we accessed was a surprise for all testers. None of us thought we would ever get remote performance that outperformed our local machines.”

TKDA runs a variety of applications including AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, and point cloud software.