Como, February 13-th, 2012. Altair Engineering and Ontonix announce today the availability of OntoNet™ in Altair's HyperWorks Platform. The partnership will enable Altair HyperWorks customers to further optimize the product design process and analysis.

OntoNet™ is a desktop tool that allows engineers to measure the complexity and robustness of components or systems. It processes the results of Monte Carlo Simulations, DOE, optimization or sensitivity analyses to compute the values of system complexity and robustness, enabling engineers to exploit their expansive amounts of existing data to the fullest extent and achieve simpler, more robust designs. It works in conjunction with MAPVIEW™ and produces a report, containing the Complexity Profile of a system and the corresponding System Map.

“If CAE is to cope with the inevitable increase of product complexity, then complexity must enter the CAE loop. High complexity is a prelude to inefficiency and vulnerability; therefore it becomes necessary to use a measure of product complexity as a design attribute,” said Dr. Jacek Marczyk, founder and CTO of Ontonix. Dr. Marczyk has nearly three decades of experience in CAE, has actively pioneered innovative methodologies for uncertainty and complexity management, and has published seven books on stochastic, nonlinear mechanics and complexity management. “Technology developed by Ontonix allows engineers to conceive new solutions and designs while effectively quantifying and managing the risks associated with overly complex systems.”

“Altair strives to simplify access to a broad suite of CAE technology with its HyperWorks licensing system; and it was Ontonix’ holistic approach to attacking a fundamental concern of product designers that attracted us to this partnership,” said Antoine Poussier, vice president of global partner programs at Altair. “Our companies share a common goal to help optimize our customer’s designs and overall business processes in order to achieve better, faster, and more cost-effective solutions.”

Ontonix, a privately held company established in 2005, develops award-winning software and offers exclusive high added value services in the field of quantitative complexity management. OntoSpace™, the company's flagship product, is the world's first complexity quantification and management system. The unique approach to complexity and its quantification that is available in OntoSpace™ establishes radically innovative means of crisis-anticipation, Strategic Business and Economic Intelligence, holistic risk rating and risk management. Ontonix also offers a first-of-a-kind on-line service which enables its customers to perform near real-time self-rating, allowing one to measure the resilience and verify the state-of-health of corporations, organizations, asset portfolios, or any kind of business.

About Altair Engineering, Inc.
Altair Engineering, Inc. empowers client innovation and decision-making through technology that optimizes the analysis, management and visualization of business and engineering information. Privately held, with more than 1,500 employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a 26-year-plus track record for high-end software and consulting services for engineering, computing and enterprise analytics, Altair consistently delivers a competitive advantage to customers in a broad range of industries. To learn more, please visit www.altair.com and www.simulatetoinnovate.com.
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