Comments on: sww10 – solidworks in the cloud…my take http://rocksolidperspective.com/2010/02/08/sww10-solidworks-in-the-cloudmy-take/ Fri, 18 May 2012 16:51:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Alan http://rocksolidperspective.com/2010/02/08/sww10-solidworks-in-the-cloudmy-take/#comment-1399 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:58:21 +0000 http://rocksolidperspect.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/sww10-solidworks-in-the-cloudmy-take/#comment-1399 There any many unanswered questions. How do you do a backup of your data? If you are a contract designer, how do you control who has access to the models? If you have SW cloud, does that mean you can’t run it on your own computer – if so, how do you run it away from the internet? If you come off maintenance, does that mean you can no longer run SW. If you have SW on your machine and drop maintenance, then you can still run the software?

]]> By: Matthew West http://rocksolidperspective.com/2010/02/08/sww10-solidworks-in-the-cloudmy-take/#comment-1338 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:07:08 +0000 http://rocksolidperspect.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/sww10-solidworks-in-the-cloudmy-take/#comment-1338 Dave,

For what it’s worth, the US military is currently one of the biggest proponents of cloud technology around. The good news for guys like you is that all of this will be launched as another option for customers, not something that’s required.

]]> By: jason raak http://rocksolidperspective.com/2010/02/08/sww10-solidworks-in-the-cloudmy-take/#comment-1336 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:01:08 +0000 http://rocksolidperspect.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/sww10-solidworks-in-the-cloudmy-take/#comment-1336 dave, thanks for your comment. i, like yourself, am just making assumptions as to how this will work. none of us really know right now so the best that we can state is opinions. i am interested to see what the released product is like. a lot of people said the same stuff about all the things that google was doing and every day that is becoming more and more the norm. let’s wait and see what happens before we get all worked up.

]]> By: Dave Ault http://rocksolidperspective.com/2010/02/08/sww10-solidworks-in-the-cloudmy-take/#comment-1335 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:32:12 +0000 http://rocksolidperspect.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/sww10-solidworks-in-the-cloudmy-take/#comment-1335 Good cad station from Dell Factory outlet less than $1,500.00 good for all but tough FEA = SWX cloud fail
The only safe workstation is the one that never goes on line per NSA and Military standards = SWC Cloud fail
Compatability is what ever others decide and you now have no control = SWX cloud fail

Please consider all the variables now out of your hands before you believe them. Promises are not afterall delivery and caned sales demos are notorious for selling you promise then when you are on board you find it’s not true.

I post a lot about this cloud stuff because I think it is a terrible mistake for everyone involved. Perhaps some day in the future but today there is technically no way this can work reliably and securely for a ton of reasons. I do my bit to try and head off bad technology before some idiot bean counter foists it off on us as their new model to increase their cash flow. But the proof will be in the pudding. I am not sure anything but personal experience of failures will convince cloud fans of their mistake so perhaps you guys just need to slog into the quagmire and find this out.

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