Open Source Simulation: The Business Case

3 key benefits

• Rationalize your investments

  Take full control of your costs by replacing perpetual license rental with an investment in your teams (TCO typically reduced by 50% within a few years).

• Be sovereign

  Secure your technological sovereignty thanks to transparent computation codes, auditable end-to-end and free from extraterritorial regulation.

• Innovate freely

  Customize your solvers and automate your computation processes without running into the limits or extra costs of proprietary vendors.

What you will discover

1. 1

   A brief history of open source at EDF

   The history and robustness of EDF R&D's technological heritage, forged to meet the demands of critical engineering and safety.

2. 2

   Putting costs into perspective with total cost of ownership

   An objective TCO comparison to assess the real cost of an open source migration against commercial models.

3. 3

   They've made the move

   Testimonials and quantified feedback from industrial players (Holcim, Aether Engineering, Fortlab Polska) who are already benefiting from open source.

4. 4

   The questions you're asking yourself

   Direct and pragmatic answers to your operational concerns: solver accuracy, learning curve, long-term viability of the tools…

This strategic guide is for you if:

• You lead the technical function, R&D, or engineering projects of an industrial company.
• You are looking to rationalize your simulation budgets in the face of annual price increases from your usual software solutions.
• You operate in critical sectors (defense, energy, civil engineering) requiring absolute control over your data and deep oversight of the algorithms.
• You want to couple different physics or extend the use of high-performance computing (HPC) without being limited by budget.