Altair Engineering a leading global provider of technology and services that strengthen client innovation and decision making has recently entered into a technological collaboration with MIMOS Berhad for the development and implementation of Grid computing technology portals. “The collaboration is a further demonstration of MIMOS as the global trusted and preferred partner of choice for developing solutions and technologies to enhance customer value and creation of globally competitive indigenous technologies in its effort to become the premier applied research centre in frontier technologies”, said Abdul Wahab Abdullah, President & Chief Executive Officer, MIMOS. The tie-up between Altair Engineering and MIMOS is expected to result in the joint development of Grid enabled solutions on various application areas such as Computer Aided Mechanical Engineering; rendering of 3D animation and visual effects graphics; life science research and transfer of knowledge and expertise to MIMOS researchers. Grid computing technology is expected to provide the Malaysian high tech research community with a low risk and highly effective High Performance Computing (HPC) environment to accelerate local research and discoveries. The research driven Grid portal, scheduled to be operational in early 2007, will be open to local research organizations, institutions of higher learning and selected businesses. “Altair Engineering applauds the Government’s initiative to reduce the cost of investment in research and development (R&D) through the sharing of resources, which has been tasked to MIMOS, as outlined in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006-2010)”said Dr. Bill Nitzberg, Chief Technology Officer, Altair Grid Technologies, Altair Engineering.