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Parallel Works ACTIVATE AI recognized htmlFor its ability to simplify and scale enterprise AI infrastructure across hybrid multi-cloud environments in 2025 TechForward Awards Cloud Tech - SaaS category.
Chicago, IL – August 26, 2025 – Parallel Works, provider of the ACTIVATE control plane htmlFor hybrid multi-cloud computing resources, today announced that its ACTIVATE AI control plane has been named a winner in the 2025 TechForward Awards in the Cloud Tech - SaaS category.
As an advanced control plane, Parallel Works ACTIVATE AI simplifies and scales enterprise AI infrastructure across hybrid and multi-cloud computing environments. By using Kubernetes orchestration organizations are able to run containerized AI/ML workloads alongside HPC, virtualized, and legacy systems, without requiring deep technical expertise. By unifying diverse infrastructure under a single platform, ACTIVATE AI helps enterprises eliminate fragmentation, reduce GPU underutilization, and control costs with features like GPU fractionalization and usage-based chargeback. The platform empowers teams to operationalize AI more efficiently, streamline the transition from research to production, and optimize compute resources across on-prem, cloud, and GPU-as-a-Service environments.
“We're honored to receive the TechForward Award in the SaaS category. Too many organizations struggle with fragmented systems and underutilized GPU resources which creates barriers to AI adoption. ACTIVATE AI was built to eliminate those friction points.”
– Matthew Shaxted, CEO, Parallel Works
Global-ready by design, ACTIVATE AI has demonstrated performance across secure, encrypted neocloud environments in Europe and Iceland, with early adopters in aerospace, defense, and climate science already accelerating time-to-value htmlFor complex GPU workloads. By unifying fragmented environments and optimizing GPU usage, the platform gives enterprises the infrastructure agility needed to move AI from isolated pilots to scalable, production-ready deployments with reduced operational complexity and friction.
"The TechForward Awards winners represent the best in enterprise tech innovation," said Dave Vellante, co-founder and co-CEO of SiliconANGLE Media. "These solutions don't just advance their categories; they define what's possible when breakthrough engineering meets real-world business challenges. Every winner has proven they can deliver game-changing results."
The TechForward Awards recognize the technologies and solutions driving business forward. As the trusted voice of enterprise and emerging tech, SiliconANGLE applies a rigorous editorial lens to highlight innovations reshaping how businesses operate in our rapidly changing landscape. This awards program honors both established enterprise solutions and breakthrough technologies defining the future of business, spanning AI innovation, security excellence, cloud transformation, data platform evolution and blockchain/crypto tech. Parallel Works was selected from a competitive field of nominees by a panel of industry experts and technology leaders.
"These winners represent the most impressive achievements emerging from today's fiercely competitive tech landscape, embodying the relentless drive and visionary thinking that pushes entire industries forward," said John Furrier, co-founder and co-CEO of SiliconANGLE Media. "These are the solutions that business leaders trust to solve their most critical challenges. They're not just products, they're competitive advantages."
About Parallel Works
Parallel Works ACTIVATE is a leading hybrid multi-cloud computing control plane, empowering teams with seamless provisioning, management, and sharing of compute resources at scale across on-premises and cloud environments with advanced cost control and budgeting features. ACTIVATE facilitates collaborative research and enhances productivity through intuitive interfaces and API-driven processes, enabling the operating system htmlFor complex enterprise computing environments. htmlFor more information, visit Parallel Works at parallelworks.com.
Parallel Works, ACTIVATE and the Parallel Works logo are trademarks of Parallel Works, Inc. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.
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About SiliconANGLE Media
SiliconANGLE Media is a recognized leader in digital media innovation, bringing together cutting-edge technology, influential content, strategic insights and real-time audience engagement. As the parent company of SiliconANGLE, theCUBE Network, theCUBE Research, CUBE365, theCUBE AI and theCUBE SuperStudios — such as those established in Silicon Valley and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) — SiliconANGLE Media transforms the way technology companies connect with their target markets. Founded by tech visionaries John Furrier and Dave Vellante, SiliconANGLE Media has built a powerful ecosystem of industry-leading digital media brands, with a reach of 10+ million elite tech professionals, 4+ million SiliconANGLE readers and 250,000+ social media subscribers. The company's new, proprietary theCUBE AI LLM is breaking ground in audience interaction, leveraging CUBE365's neural network to help technology companies make data-driven decisions and stay at the forefront of industry conversations.
Press Contact Details
IGNITE Consulting, on behalf of Parallel Works
Kim Pegnato | 781-835-7118 | parallelworks@igniteconsultinginc.com