Many companies that use Cadence electronic design automation (EDA) technologies also rely on Exceed®, the industry leading PC X server, to provide the X Window environment on the latest Microsoft Windows operating systems, and offers users seamless access to the Cadence development tools. As a software solution developed by Hummingbird®, the Open Text Connectivity Solutions Group, Exceed is a reliable choice by 9 of the top 10 semiconductor companies in the world over the years.

However, with the onslaught of changes within the market, the evolution in communication technologies and a renewed business focus on reducing operational costs has posed many new challenges to the semiconductor industry….

• What if your organization is consolidating UNIX resources to central application centers that are thousands of miles away from Cadence users?
• What if your users need to reliable access Cadence from remote locations?
• What if your users want to share their work and project data with team members across the world in real-time?

How will your existing IT infrastructure manage the change? What will be the impact to your user productivity? Can you guarantee your users a secure access to Cadence development tools without significant degradation in performance all while leveraging your existing Exceed investment? Exceed Freedom™ is the solution…

FEATURES & BENEFITS

• Resource Consolidation Instead of replicating IT infrastructure when setting up worldwide design center, a growing number of semiconductor companies are creating capable application centers in strategic locations. All projects are centrally stored and managed in those centers for all developers and engineers to access. With its unique architecture and up to 100 times network bandwidth reduction, Exceed Freedom allows users to securely and efficiently access application centers in any part of the world.
• Resiliency to Failures How many times have you had a user panicking on the phone because their computer was rebooted after a mandatory Windows Update? As a result, the Exceed session was gone, along with the design project that the user had been working on for the past four hours.
• Leveraging Existing Exceed Configuration
  Exceed Freedom is designed for Exceed so it works right out-of-the-box. Installation is driven by industry standard Windows Installer technology. There are little post-deployment configuration requirements because Exceed Freedom reuses existing Exceed configuration files, which are the culmination of many hours of customer support and “tweaking.” Users do not have to be re-trained and the IT support group will not be flooded with an increased volume of support incidents, as it would likely be with any other new software roll-out. There is no break-in period and no downtime. Exceed Freedom is a no-risk choice for improving productivity and security, and reducing downtime

About Hummingbird

To obtain more information about Exceed Freedom, please visit www.hummingbird.com to download a free evaluation, whitepaper, business & technical solution overview and press release.

To learn more about how Hummingbird has been successful with semiconductor companies please go to www.hummingbird.com/cadence under Success Stories.

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