# Red Oak Consulting

> Expert HPC \& Cloud consultancy for seamless integration, high efficiency \& scalability\. Unlock your potential with our HPC \& Cloud computing services from planning \& strategy to ongoing management\.

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## Pages
- [Our Story](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/our-story/)
- [Home 2026](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/)
- [Storage Solutions](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/storage-solutions/)
- [Contact Us](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/contact-us/)
- [Build the Right Foundation for AI Success](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/ai-infrastructure/build-the-right-foundation-for-ai-success/)

## Posts
- [A career in HPC Part III](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/the-storage-era-from-clusters-to-consultancy/): The Cluster Era \- Affordable Supercomputers
- [It Costs How Much?\!](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/it-costs-how-much/)
- [How to Write a Test Plan for AI Infrastructure](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/how-to-write-a-test-plan-for-ai-infrastructure/): A practical guide to AI infrastructure testing, covering acceptance criteria, FAT, SAT, UAT, performance validation, and risk management for AI and HPC deployments\.
- [A career in HPC Part II](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/a-career-in-hpc-part-ii/): The Cluster Era \- Affordable Supercomputers
- [Hero Employees Can’t Be Your Operating Model](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/hpc-ai-operational-resilience-hero-employees/)

## Case Studies
- [Manchester Metropolitan University](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/case-study/manchester-metropolitan-university/)
- [Met Office](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/case-study/met-office/)
- [Cost Navigator](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/case-study/cost-navigator/)
- [Imperial College London](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/case-study/imperial-college-london/)
- [Lloyds Register](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/case-study/lloyds-register/)

## Resources
- [Case Study: Swansea University Astute 2020](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/resources/case-study-swansea-university-astute-2020/): The ASTUTE 2020 \(Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies\) operation supports industrial Research, Development and Innovation\. It is led by Swansea University along with the universities of Cardiff, Aberystwyth and Wales Trinity Saint David\. The College of Engineering at Swansea tendered for a £0\.5m system to enable the ASTUTE 2020 research team to achieve the best possible computational engineering solutions\.
- [Case Study: Renewable Energy Systems](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/resources/case-study-renewable-energy-systems/): RES \(Renewable Energy Systems\) is one of the world’s largest independent renewable energy companies, active in wind, solar, energy storage, transmission, and distribution\. Their services include climate modelling to determine best locations, negotiating real estate acquisitions, designing and manufacturing the associated turbines and solar panels, and deploying products with full grid integration\.
- [Case Study: Imperial College London](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/resources/case-study-imperial-college-london/): Established in 1907, Imperial College London is a research university focussing upon science, engineering, business, and medicine\. Since Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, first set out his vision to enhance South Kensington culture, taking in the Royal Albert Hall, museums and a collection of colleges that would eventually form Imperial, the university has gained an enviable reputation globally for scientific learning, and research\.
- [Case Study: Kaust](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/resources/case-study-kaust/): King Abdullah University of Science \& Technology \(KAUST\) is a world\-leading graduate research university based in Saudi Arabia\. During 2014, it undertook the Shaheen II project to purchase a new $60m supercomputer – the most powerful HPC in the Middle East\.
- [Case Study: University of Hull](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/resources/case-study-university-of-hull/): The University of Hull has a reputation as one of Britain’s finest teaching institutions and as a producer of world class research\. In 2014, the university decided it needed a High Performance Computing \(HPC\) solution to support its research work, encourage research investment and position the university as a globally competitive place for researchers to undertake their projects

## Categories
- [Industry Insights \& Blogs](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/category/industry-insights-blogs/)
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- [Events \& Conferences](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/category/events-conferences/)
- [Technical Guides](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/category/technical-guides/)
- [High\-Performance Computing](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/category/technical-guides/high-performance-computing-technical-guides/)

## Topics
- [Higher Education](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/topics/higher-education/)
- [Cloud](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/topics/cloud/)
- [AI](https://www.redoakconsulting.com/blog/topics/ai/)
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