Cloud-based computing is reshaping the ways that software, hardware, and networks are acquired and deployed. It has already transformed a variety of enterprise services, but the adoption of cloud CAD is years behind. What are the potential advantages, and the reasons for resistance? And what can CAD users expect from cloud solutions in the near future?

Graebert is extending its 2D DWG CAD platform to the browser with Ares Kudo.

Graebert ARES Touch: A DWG CAD application for tablets and smartphones, Ares Touch uses cloud-based services such as Box, Dropbox, or Google Drive to store and share files. A browser-based version called Kudo is in open testing.

The cloud is not going away; it is a force of democratization as important today as the arrival of the PC was 35 years ago. Cloud technology lowers the cost to access high-performance computing, it simplifies IT management, and it will — over time — lower the overall cost of the software. It enables new forms of collaboration and makes possible true digitalization of engineering processes.

Do you want to try out Cloud-based CAD technology in compliance with your desktop CAD?

This Cadalyst report by Randall Newton can help you make a decision faster.