oa Value from Visualisation A Service Provider’s Perspective

Despite continuous technological advances, graphic-intensive 3D visualisation remains<br>expensive. New visual computing investments consume a large share of IT departments’<br>CAPEX budgets in upstream oil and gas companies, and depreciate as quickly as desktop<br>PCs. Kidra - Hub of the Visual Universe, was established in Stavanger with the aim of<br>helping companies manage their visual computing costs by providing universal access to a<br>shared computing resource and specialist technical staff.