Fujitsu, a provider of information and communication technology (ICT)-based business offerings,
has revealed its ‘Engineering Cloud’ concept, a next-generation manufacturing environment offered in the form of cloud-based services from Fujitsu"s datacenters.
The company said that the Engineering Cloud will support the manufacturing sector with a combination of Fujitsu’s own engineering-support software — CAD and analytic software, as well as parts database software — with a suite of new services to transform the manufacturing process.
These services will be rolled out beginning in October 2011. the company has set a sales target of 10 billion yen over three years.
Fujitsu’s Engineering Cloud uses high-speed image compression technology, known as RVEC, which makes it possible to efficiently consolidate applications and high-volume data formats, such as design data, on a cloud platform.
RVEC makes it possible to efficiently consolidate applications and high-volume data formats, such as design data, on a cloud platform. The technology was developed by Fujitsu Laboratories Limited and commercialised by Fujitsu Advanced Technologies Limited.
The Engineering Cloud will provide customers access to the services anywhere and anytime, without PC environment concerns, and without necessitating any special set-up beforehand, said the company.
The Engineering Cloud comprises two services: the Engineering Cloud/SaaS, which provides customers services as part of a product-development environment; and the Engineering Cloud/PaaS, which provides a high-speed thin client environment.
