On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, Altair acquired World Programming, a leading UK-based tech organization specializing in data analytics software. This acquisition will be more profitable for customers as they can draw best-in-class data analytics solutions by leveraging SAS languages with advanced languages like Python and several open-source technologies.
Altair is already a global leader in converging HPC, artificial intelligence, and stimulation. World Programming’s data analytics solutions have gained a considerable reputation among industry-leading companies, including insurance organizations and financial institutions, for their ability to execute multi-language software solutions. This dynamic feature allows enterprises to leverage popular data science languages like SAS, R, and Python in a single program.
We are excited to integrate World Programming's exceptional team and technology into Altair and see this acquisition as a significant opportunity to help companies transition to hybrid architectures using modern, open technologies and languages while preserving, protecting, and leveraging the best elements of existing technology, such as the SAS language, We believe World Programming's solutions are highly advanced and proven to help customers compile and execute millions of models built using the SAS language while embracing modern languages and open-source technologies, allowing them to respond faster to market demands and gain new insights.”
James R. Scapa, Altair’s founder and chief executive officer.
This acquisition is said to strengthen Altair’s foothold in numerous industries including consumer products, energy, telecommunications, healthcare, financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and asset management. With World Programming’s customer base of around 500 global consumers and increasing demand for open-source solutions to boost big data solutions and a tech-driven, modern, flexible environment, this acquisition is predicted to be extremely profitable for Altair.
The transition includes World Programming’s primary product, WPS analytics. With more than 20 years of experience, WPS analytics can meet increasing demands for open-source language solutions.
Customers want choice, and integrating with Altair – an organization with a trusted and reliable open-architecture philosophy – will give users easy access to technologies in a flexible and intuitive environment, Altair will help to accelerate access to our solutions as we converge the modern world of best-in-class open-source technologies with the ability to support decades of investment in the SAS language.”
Oliver Robinson, World Programming CEO.
The direct integration of World Programming software and Altair’s data analytics solutions isnow available for customers to embraceopen-source technologies and modern languages.