Global solution powered by high frequency workstations, including the Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Ultra
IMSCAD Services has launched WaaS, a ‘Workstation as a Service’ solution, in partnership with Lenovo workstations and Equinix Data Centres.
The global service comprises private cloud solutions and rentable workstations, on a per user, per month basis. Contracts run from one to 36 months.
This article is part of AEC Magazine’s 2025 Workstation Special report
According to IMSCAD, the service is up to 40% cheaper than high-end instances from the public cloud, and the workstations perform faster.
Users can get a 1:1 connection to a dedicated workstation, such as the Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Ultra, featuring a CPU that runs at frequencies up to 6.0 GHz and a GPU with up to 24 GB of VRAM.
“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 incredible Lenovo hardware and the best remoting software from Citrix, Omnissa (formally VMware Horizon) and TGX to name a few.”
IMSCAD’s WaaS offering was one of four solutions tested by engineering, architecture and planning company TKDA when looking to replace its RDP 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 an unexpected 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 Revit, SketchUp, and point cloud software.
