The Hidden Supercomputer in Your Office
Consider a typical office with 500 computers. During the day, employees use them for email, documents, and meetings — activities that use maybe 5% of available CPU power. But from 8 PM to 8 AM — 12 hours every day — these machines sit completely idle.
That's 6,000 machine-hours wasted every single night.
WitCloud transforms this waste into value. Install the lightweight WitCloud agent on office machines, and they automatically join the compute cluster when idle. Your overnight batch jobs, simulations, and renders now run on hundreds of machines instead of one.
Heterogeneous Fleet
Real offices don't have identical machines. WitCloud embraces this diversity:
| Department | Typical Hardware | Benchmark Score |
|---|---|---|
| Developers | Powerful workstations, 32+ cores | High |
| Designers | Mac Studios, GPU-equipped | Medium-High |
| Sales & Admin | Standard office PCs | Medium |
| Laptops | Variable, often docked overnight | Variable |
WitCloud handles this automatically — each machine receives work proportional to its actual capabilities. A developer's workstation might process 5x more than an admin PC, but both contribute meaningfully to the cluster.
How WitCloud Works
WitCloud follows a hub-and-spoke architecture:
The Orchestrator (Hub)
The central server runs the WitEngine Host and manages the entire cluster:
- Maintains a registry of all connected nodes
- Stores benchmark scores and capabilities
- Parses and executes job scripts
- Distributes tasks intelligently
- Aggregates results
The Nodes (Spokes)
Each computer runs the lightweight WitEngineNode agent:
- Reports capabilities — OS, CPU, RAM, GPU
- Downloads plugins — Only those compatible with its platform
- Runs benchmarks — During idle time, measuring actual performance
- Waits for work — Receives tasks proportional to its benchmark score
The agent is designed to be invisible to users. It detects when the machine is idle and only then begins processing tasks. The moment a user returns, it gracefully pauses and yields resources.
Deployment Scales
WitCloud adapts to your organization's size and structure.
Single Office
Start with one location. Install the orchestrator on a server, deploy agents to workstations. Prove the value with a pilot project.
Example: A design studio with 50 machines renders overnight. Projects that took a week now complete in a single night.
Multi-Building Federation
Connect multiple offices into a unified cluster:
Global "Follow the Sun"
For multinational organizations, WitCloud enables 24/7 computing across time zones. Consider a global company like Boeing: R&D centers in Seattle, Munich, and Shanghai. Thousands of computers across dozens of time zones.
When Seattle sleeps, Munich and Shanghai work. When Munich sleeps, Shanghai and Seattle are available. The sun never sets on your compute cluster.
For engineering-intensive companies, this means simulation capacity that was previously impossible without dedicated supercomputers — now available essentially for free using existing hardware.
Key Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Zero User Impact | Agent detects idle state, pauses instantly when user returns |
| Automatic Discovery | Nodes find and join the cluster automatically |
| Intelligent Distribution | Work allocated based on benchmark scores |
| Data Stays Internal | Your organization, your network, your data |
| Heterogeneous Fleet | Handles diverse hardware automatically |
| Centralized Management | Web dashboard for monitoring and control |
| Plugin Ecosystem | Extend with custom activities |
Enterprise Benefits
Cost Savings
Traditional approach: Buy dedicated render farm or cloud compute time.
WitCloud approach: Use hardware you already own, during hours it's already idle. The compute is essentially free — you've already paid for the electricity and the machines.
Data Security
Unlike public cloud services, WitCloud keeps everything inside your network:
- Jobs run on your machines
- Data never leaves your infrastructure
- Full control over access and permissions
Scalability
Start small, grow as needed:
- Pilot: 10-50 machines, one department
- Department: 100-500 machines, dedicated workloads
- Enterprise: 1000+ machines, organization-wide
The Ecosystem
WitCloud is the enterprise deployment of the WitEngine distributed computing framework:
- WitEngine — The core distributed computing framework
- WitCloud — Enterprise deployment for your organization
- OmnibusCloud — Global public instance (coming soon)
Use Cases
- Rendering & Animation — Overnight renders across hundreds of machines
- CAD/CAE Simulations — Engineering analysis at scale
- Data Processing — ETL jobs, report generation, batch processing
- Machine Learning — Model training on distributed resources
- Software Builds — Parallel compilation across developer machines
- Scientific Computing — Research simulations without supercomputer access
Getting Started
WitCloud is available for enterprise deployment. Contact us to discuss your organization's needs and schedule a pilot program.
- Pilot Program — Start with a small deployment, prove value
- Full Deployment — Roll out across your organization
- Custom Integration — Build plugins for your specific workloads
Visit witengine.io for technical documentation and ratner.io/contact to discuss your requirements.