{"id":554,"date":"2010-02-01T16:27:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T00:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/What-is-Cloud-Computing\/ba-p\/334230"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:24:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:24:38","slug":"what-is-cloud-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/what-is-cloud-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Cloud Computing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nCreated by Sam Johnston from Wikipedia<\/em><\/p>\n

There are quite a few CAD people talking about cloud computing in 2010. It\u2019s a term that has been extremely overused<\/a> (kind of like \u201csocial media\u201d ) so I thought a quick post might help lift the fog \"wink\"<\/p>\n

Acording to Wikipedia, \u201cThe term \u2018cloud\u2019 is used as a metaphor for the Internet\u201d<\/a>. There are a number of more tangible technologies that make up Cloud computing with names like SaaS<\/a>, HaaS\/IaaS<\/a>, Web services<\/a>, SOA<\/a>, MSP<\/a>, and Web 2.0<\/a>. For this post, lets keep things simple and avoid the acronyms and fancy names.<\/p>\n

Below is a short youtube video that explains cloud computing<\/a> in a simple and direct way.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll also point you to a simple \u201cHow Stuff Works\u201d article<\/a> which explains a bit why cloud computing is useful.<\/p>\n

Of course, as with most things ,cloud computing creates some concerns. In Ira WInkler’s “The Real Problem With Cloud Computing”<\/a>, he says \u201cCloud computing puts your data outside of your organization\u201d. He is concerned with security and levels of control that may be missing in a Cloud bases solution.<\/p>\n

After security, the next concern is the network. Moving data between your computer \/network device to the cloud takes more time than moving to your local harddrive. Applications need to make efficient use of the bandwidth and\/or networks need to be upgraded to support the greater volume of data and higher levels of reliability. These problem lead to a trust problem<\/a> that has slowed cloud computing in its early years. However, IMHO, trust is building and Gartner has identified it as one of 2010 top strategic Technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now I haven\u2019t really touched on what this all means to PLM and CAD. It something that does come up in many discussions and I think that its going to be an interesting topic for 2010. So stay tuned\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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