GETTING STARTED

摘要

Running engineering software in the cloud may be the future, but the future is not yet here. There are too many open questions to fully move to a cloud model for most engineering groups. Still, there are ways you can start using the cloud right now, and good reasons for doing so. First, you can usually get more computational power out of renting servers in the cloud than you can from your desktop, and the cost of doing so is low. Second, renting software is ultimately what vendors want, so that they can even out their revenues-and they will make it compelling to do so. But you need to prepare and build experience in cloud computing. Here's how: IFind out what cloud offering your software vendors have or are developing. Negotiate a test drive so that you have a good feel for their capabilities and plans.