Articles Tagged with ''cloud computing''

Titanium Control delivers the performance, availability, flexibility, and low latency needed to reduce capital and operating expenses as well as minimize unscheduled downtime for industrial applications and control services at any scale.

Current, powered by GE, has announced a new relationship with leading Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, Tridium. Under this agreement, Tridium’s IoT software platform, the Niagara Framework, will be used with Predix, GE’s cloud environment, to capture and analyze the volume and variety of data generated by buildings.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept almost as loose in definition as the two terms that make it up. In short, the Internet of Things is, well, all of the things connected to and by the Internet. The implications, however, are not so simple.

Construction management software provider Jonas Construction Software has announced a partnership with BlackMesh Inc. to form “Jonas Hosted,” a dedicated and secure hosting solution, which allows construction-related businesses to host their information on secure, cloud-based servers, backed by 24/7/365 technical support.

Vendors offer a variety of programs that can do everything from calculate heat loss to fully run every facet of a contractor’s business. Here are some examples of what’s available in the market today.

Polar Technology has announced that the California supermarket chain Stater Bros. is implementing a cloud-based refrigerant management program called TrakRef.

NetworkThermostat has announced its CloudConnect™ service for the company’s Net/X™ Wi-Fi and Ethernet smart thermostats. CloudConnect provides Net/X users with the convenience of remote access using the cloud with no limits on the number of thermostats or locations under the user’s management.

The installed base this year will surge 63 percent to 9.1 million.

Familiar Fluke test tools have found their way to the cloud. Fluke Connect™ has been developed to allow technicians to wirelessly transmit measurement data from their test tools to smartphones for secure storage on FlukeCloud™. The cloud system also allows colleagues access to the same data.

Cloud computing involves being able to access services and store data over the Internet rather than relying on a local computing device (e.g., laptop, desktop, tablet) to run the software or store the data.