HP and Autodesk Move AEC Workflows to the Cloud
Grazed from Cadalyst. Author: Carles Marti and Rick Rundell.
Two industry insiders provide perspectives about hardware and software solutions that are changing the way professionals work. Cloud technologies are increasingly prevalent these days: There are web-supported calendars, cloud-based phone systems, and CAD software programs hosted in the cloud. You even can print projects from cloud servers.
That said, what is the impact of cloud computing on the AEC field? Rick Rundell, Autodesk’s senior director for project, data, and collaboration services, joined Carles Marti, marketing project manager for Designjet web services at HP, to address that question. Their consensus is that AEC companies that want to stay competitive should consider the cloud as a way to help their employees be productive outside the office…
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