The term "Cloud" refers to servers that are accessed via the Internet, as well as the software and databases that run on those servers.

Thanks to cloud computing, users and companies no longer need to manage physical servers or run software applications on their local workstations. This is made possible by virtualization, which creates a simulated and entirely digital computing environment.

Choosing cloud technologies and infrastructures eliminates fixed IT costs, such as those related to upgrading and maintaining servers and physical workstations.

The cloud enables companies to manage the ever-increasing complexities of the modern industrial landscape, such as:

• Globalization: The globalization of trade and business requires companies to have infrastructure and data available anywhere in the world.
• Connection and efficiency: Data is available at any time and accessible from any location.
• Security and speed: Data is protected against hacker attacks and human errors, while users can access it instantly.
• Personalization: Each company can create its own cloud infrastructure according to its specific needs and processes.
• Economic and environmental sustainability: Cloud adoption reduces hardware costs and lowers environmental impact

Among the choices a company must make to enable Cloud technology, in addition to the provider of the virtual space, is the methodology for providing licenses for the PLM.
 
There is a need for clarity between terms that we are increasingly hearing, coupled with the Cloud:

• SAAS (Software As A Service): software licensed to a user and accessible via the Internet. The data resides with the service provider, who is responsible for security, performance and maintenance.
  
  
• XAAS (Xcelerator As A Service): Siemens Digital Industries Software licensing strategy that offers the customer hybrid adoption of some products in Cloud SaaS model and others installed locally, the data residing partly at the service provider and partly at the customer's site with shared responsibility.
  
  
• SUBSCRIPTION: a monthly or annual term license in which the software is installed on-premises.

A solution SaaS (Software as a Service) provides accessibility , scalability And flexibility to make standardized technology available to these distributed users.

SaaS technology tools and cloud capabilities enable and create interconnections, facilitating collaboration between company departments.

The concept of SaaS falls outside the classical definition of software in that it allows access to a “service” 360°.

Solid Edge offers the cloud capabilities needed to ensure easy access to professional 3D CAD from different devices and allows the user to instantly configure the CAD environment according to personal preferences.

Solid Edge in SaaS enables you to quickly share data across all design resources, as well as with customers and suppliers.

Thanks to its compatibility with cloud infrastructures, Solid Edge requires minimal support from the corporate IT department and frees employees from daily activities dedicated to systems maintenance, allowing focus on design and development activities.

For VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), it means: a technology that allows you to create virtual desktops that business users can view on their own client, without the information and data being physically present on the client itself.

VDI Infrastructure in the Cloud consists of a centralized server that hosts virtual desktops and distributes them to end users on demand. Access is made possible thanks to the network from any device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) or operating system.

The Virtual Data Center (VDC) is the virtual version of the physical data center, which allows companies to no longer have a physical server room, thus eliminating infrastructure management, thanks to a cloud architecture and a cloud provider (Cloud service provider).

Companies that choose a VDC (Virtual Data Center) can freely customise their infrastructure, following the fundamental pillars of their business, making it possible to expand the infrastructure over time and without limits.

Var Industries as a Platinum Partner of Siemens Digital Industries Software offers Cloud PLM solution based on AWS (Amazon Web Services) Cloud architecture.

Siemens and AWS share responsibility for infrastructure and data security, operations, and Siemens' AWS architecture is regularly reviewed with AWS staff for: cybersecurity, privacy, performance, and reliability.

Var Group brings to the market the Private Cloud proposal.

This offering allows the customer to have a direct relationship with the Cloud Provider, streamlining configuration operations and guaranteeing high performance, security, and timely response.

Var Group owns a private data center on national territory; the goal is to ensure that its customers have their data “at their fingertips” and physically safe.