Paris | Jun 11, 2024 — Viridien, formerly CGG, has announced a high-performance computing (HPC) agreement with Ranch Computing, a French rendering farm based in Paris, to pursue innovation in the digital media industry. Viridien will provide customized HPC cloud infrastructure and expertise to Ranch Computing, tailored to the demanding compute requirements of visual effects, animation and […]
CGG Changes Name to Viridien
Paris – May 16, 2024: At its annual general meeting on May 15, 2024, shareholders approved the resolution to change CGG’s corporate name to Viridien. The new ticker symbol for Viridien shares listed on Euronext Paris will be “VIRI”, effective May 21. Sophie Zurquiyah, CEO, Viridien, said: “Our new name, Viridien, connects our company’s history to […]
CGG Launches AI Cloud Solution with Nvidia for AI and HPC Workloads
Paris, May 9, 2024 — Technology and HPC company CGG has announced the launch of its AI Cloud, designed for data-intensive industries, including life sciences, digital media, manufacturing and geoscience, that seek to optimize and accelerate their demanding and resource-heavy AI workloads. CGG’s new AI Cloud solution combines the latest high-performance architecture, including cutting-edge Nvidia […]
CGG Commences Global Natural Hydrogen Screening Project
Paris, March 13, 2024 — Global technology and earth sciences company CGG has commenced a worldwide natural hydrogen screening project with industry support. The project leverages CGG’s subsurface data, multi-disciplinary geoscience knowledge, latest technology advances and high-performance computing capabilities to identify high-grade areas for natural hydrogen exploration. Chris Page, VP, Geoscience, CGG, said: “CGG is […]
Jérôme Denigot Named EVP, Sensing & Monitoring, at CGG
CGG announced today the appointment of Jérôme Denigot as Executive Vice President, Sensing & Monitoring, effective February 26, 2024. In this new position, he will lead CGG’s global Sensing & Monitoring business line (SMO), marketed under the Sercel brand name. Denigot joined CGG in 2003, holding various positions of increasing responsibility in SMO. In 2017 he […]
At SC23: CGG’s Agnès Boudot on the Company’s Expanded HPC-AI Mission
In this interview with CGG’s EVP, HPC & Cloud Solutions, Agnès Boudot, she discusses the Paris-based company’s mission to use its decades in HPC to help provide companies across a range of domains and global regions with solutions enabling them to leverage the latest HPC-AI technologies. As Boudot points out, CGG has built large HPC […]
At SC23: CGG Talks its New ‘Outcome-as-a-Service’ for HPC and AI
At SC23 in Denver, we spoke with Paris-based CGG, a global technology and HPC company, which recently announced its Outcome-as-a-Service (OaaS) offering, delivering customized HPC and AI solutions for scientific and engineering domains, including generative AI and life sciences. In this interview we spoke with Jean-Marc Denis, Vice President of Sales, HPC and Cloud Solutions, […]
CGG Launches HPC and Cloud Solutions Business under Former Atos Executive Agnès Boudot
Paris, June 28, 2022 — CGG announced today the creation of a new HPC & Cloud Solutions business, under the leadership of former Atos executive Agnès Boudot, who will report to the CEO. CGG said Boudot brings in-depth high-performance computing (HPC) experience from the IT industry to CGG. Over her 30-year career, she has gained […]
CGG Expands High-Performance Computing Capacity with UK HPC Hub
Paris — Apr 12, 2022 — CGG, a geoscience technology company, announced it is expanding its high-performance computing (HPC) capacity and associated service offerings after signing a lease to build a new European HPC hub in Southeast England that will become operational in H1 2023 and increase its cloud HPC capacity by up to 100 […]
Job of the Week: Linux Administrator at CGG in Houston
CGG in Houston is seeking a Linux Administrator in our Job of the Week. CGG is a fully integrated Geoscience company providing leading geological, geophysical, and reservoir capabilities. “We bring our clients a unique range of technologies, services and equipment designed to acquire extremely precise data and images of the Earth’s subsurface. We also provide state-of-the-art software and services for analyzing that data and developing a deeper understanding of the subsurface for exploration, production and optimization of oil and gas reservoirs.”