Orchestrate HPC and AI Workflows Across Hybrid, Multi‑Cloud Environments
What is Parallel Works ACTIVATE?
Parallel Works ACTIVATE is an orchestration platform for hybrid and distributed computing. It unifies SLURM, Kubernetes, OpenStack, and other compute environments into a single, intuitive interface. This enables teams to provision, manage, and share HPC and AI/ML resources at scale without rearchitecting or retraining.
Born out of Argonne National Laboratory in 2015, ACTIVATE simplifies infrastructure complexity through automated workflows, API-driven processes, and policy-based governance. With real-time cost tracking, flexible cluster creation, and secure hybrid workflows, ACTIVATE helps organizations accelerate research, simulation, and AI innovation while maintaining control over budgets, compliance, and performance.
Core Benefits of ACTIVATE
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Cost Governance: Real‑time tracking, budgeting, chargeback, and enforcement at project/budget granularity
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Security & Compliance: Includes IL‑5/CUI/ITAR compliant High‑Security Platform (HSP) option, with the Authorization to Operate (ATO) at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 5 (IL-5), granted by the High Performance Computing Modernization Program in August 2025
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Unified Orchestration: Administer and monitor all control plane elements through our unified user interface and API to interact with and share diverse computing environments—on-premise, cloud, or edge
ACTIVATE High Security Platform (HSP)
ACTIVATE HSP is the first hybrid, multi-cloud platform purpose-built for US national security workloads. It transforms secure computing by offering a preauthorized, mission-ready control plane for managing cloud, on-prem, and edge resources.
ACTIVATE AI
ACTIVATE AI extends the capabilities of the platform with tools purpose-built for GPU-intensive AI workloads. It delivers Kubernetes-native orchestration across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, enabling teams to run, scale, and govern AI/ML workflows with the same policy-driven control, real-time cost tracking, and hybrid flexibility that define ACTIVATE.
Open Source Integration
ACTIVATE integrates seamlessly with leading open-source tools and frameworks, giving users flexibility and choice across the HPC and AI stack.