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why do i need the "360" cloud" to process?

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cewsuk
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why do i need the "360" cloud" to process?

Can someone please help me understand why I have to use the "360 cloud"?  My company has a subscription to several Autodesk products, but we have to wrok completely offline due to sensitive material.  Is there no way to do this offline in recap?  why not?  please! help me give you my comp[any's money!!

 

-c.ewsuk

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mason.foster
in reply to: cewsuk

Haha! As you can expect, we hear this fairly regularly and are working on supporting private clouds/local networks in our ecosystem.

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cewsuk
in reply to: mason.foster

Awesome! Looking forward to using it.  Thanks for the reply I had a hard time finding an answer to it.

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dgorsman
in reply to: cewsuk

The processing requirements for some of these tasks are quite extreme.  By locating the process "in the cloud", it can still be used by people with limited hardware and IT resources.  It can also facilitate sharing between engineering companies, clients, and contract employees who aren't located in the main office.  The easiest example to explain is the traditional render farm: a cluster of processors set up to quickly render large numbers of images (normally for animation).  A user with a single computer would need days (if not weeks) to render out a full movie on their only computer, but with a cloud-based render farm they can get it done in hours without spending a lot of overhead on hardware, software upgrades, electricity, and so on.

 

I can't stress enough the need for not only public cloud systems (as most 360 programs are now) but also private cloud and internal network solutions as well.  With our size we *do* have the hardware and IT support to handle such tasks internally, and while we don't have extensive security requirements keeping the data entirely in-house is preferred.  As clients are becoming more connected and more work is being distributed through various branches and contracted specialist employees the ability to utilize a semi-secure private-access cloud is becoming more important.

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cewsuk
in reply to: dgorsman

Sounds great for poeple using an iphone, but then shouldnt it at least be optional??  We definitely have the hardware, and our only limit is that we can't be connected to the internet because of classified infomation.. 

 

I can't stress enough assumtion that "well, hell, EVERYONES on the internet!" really is a pain

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dgorsman
in reply to: cewsuk

Its not "optional" since the technology isn't based on conventional network systems as most people think of them.  Its built using cloud development tools, which are more a step sideways than extending existing systems forward (revolutionary as opposed to evolutionary).  In theory that will make it easier to extend into private cloud systems once they are implemented on a larger scale, while at the same time keeping the benefits I mentioned earlier for those who don't have the infrastructure or resources.

 

Also good to remember that most users aren't dealing with information classified to the extent you are dealing with.  Users on the edges will usually find themselves left out of large scale development work.

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