How far is cloud computing from manufacturing?

"Cloud computing" is a new service model of software and data. "Cloud computing" in the virtualization, data storage, data management, programming patterns and other aspects of a unique technology, its technical essence is computing, storage, server, application software and other IT hardware and software resources virtualization, the core idea is to be a large number of network-connected computing resources unified management and scheduling, Make up a pool of computing resources to serve users on demand. Users can be obtained at any time, on-demand use, at any time to expand, according to the use of pay.

Siemens PLM Software, an industry automation business unit, launched the latest teamcenter adroit mobile device Application solution in 2011. The application enables users to access all kinds of online product information and Teamcenter software Management services through WiFi or mobile broadband terminals in real time. With this application, organizations can better communicate product data and workflows at any time, place, and environment, further accelerating their decision making during the product lifecycle, and improving the accuracy of their decisions. The new app, which is already available on Apple's Portable digital device ipad, is not really a "cloud computing", but it has emerged as a "cloud computing" application to manufacturing.

In fact, in the machine tool management aspect, Germany already has the investment machinery industry company to use "The cloud computing" to carry on the component management. Cimsource Software company specializes in developing a web-based service solution that simplifies tool management and reduces costs while improving flexibility. This scheme starts with the Maintenance tool part and can be expanded according to the module. The manufacturing process can be used as an on demand tool management service to avoid direct investment in the purchase of software and management, the original necessary software is replaced by the standard tools to manage software maintenance costs to obtain services.

At home, there are many manufacturing enterprises in the face of "cloud computing" eager. But the key point now is that the safety of key data is the concern of bosses in manufacturing firms. On the one hand they want to get "cloud computing" openness and flexibility, on the other hand, can not disclose trade secrets. With the application of CAM software for example, each manufacturing enterprise has relatively confidential data information, especially after two development of CAM software package, which involves the core technology of enterprise accumulation of processing parameters of the essence, such data is obviously not able to open. It is now possible to build and deploy your own private cloud solutions through the enterprise-level local cloud, in the internal establishment of Dynamic Data center, the calculation of data, computing capacity of centralized management, equipment management and scheduling to achieve a flexible resource allocation, high-quality process management, so that more quickly serve customers, this is the power of the cloud. If the "cloud computing" should be used in production and processing, how to ensure the safety of key data and not outflow, how to encrypt and decrypt, is a prerequisite to ensure that the first to be guaranteed, but also must solve the problem.

To be sure, the future of CAD/CAM software will be implemented in the traditional platform, mobile platform and the online platform for shared use. may also be in the near future, manufacturing industry cloud landing and practice tend to mature, "cloud computing" in the application of manufacturing enterprises may be a hair-trigger, straight development trend.

In the final analysis, in the manufacturing application of "cloud computing" or to see whether the user is ready, if the user has this demand, the software provider will never miss!

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)