owen wrote:
Cloud-computing may well have a future in non-processor intensive applications but I just cannot see remote server farms taking over from high-powered workstations for design firms with users running multiple applications like Photoshop, ArchiCAD/Revit, C4D/Max, Rhino, etc. ....There is a reason our standard workstation is an 8-Core Mac Pro with 8GB+ RAM .. people need it.
I actually think that computationally intensive computing is an argument
FOR cloud computing. It is pretty inefficient for everyone to have high-end workstations on their desks (as much as I like it). I only need the power sometimes and the the ability of the cloud to load-ballance and dynamically allocate resourses where needed holds out the promise of reducing a firm's computing overhead. That, combined with a unified and therefore potentially simplified deployment environment (instead of multiple flavors of Apple + Windows hardware & software) is another huge benefit. Some firms have already begun this process using Revit on Citrix.
I use lots of cloud apps (as we all do) and while they work great for email, etc., I have run into issues with more complex tools. So I think we are not there yet but I believe we are inexorably on the path to moving EVERYTHING to the cloud. The massive increases in bandwidth will also facilitate this. Ironically, it is old-fashion shrink-wrap software developers like GS (and most famously MS) that seem to be the foot draggers here even though they potentially have the most to gain.
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