Cloud-based tools are changing embedded design - 2/21/2012 - Electronics Weekly

Cloud-based tools are changing embedded design

Unified development with support of cloud technologies is set to change the way design teams collaborate, capture and create, writes Frank Krämer, technical marketing director, EMEA at Altium Europe. In an increasingly competitive world, the ability to securely share and access information is critical; whether the information changes weekly, daily or even by the minute, the crucial attribute is that it’s never out of date. Access to ‘always-on’ data is rapidly becoming a ‘must-have’. This is one of the driving forces towards creating and adopting a cloud-based working environment, perhaps the most significant change in the way we all work since the industrial revolution. For engineering teams, the creation and dissemination of information invariably takes the form of IP and design files, and keeping that data concurrent is a well recognised challenge, particularly as desig...

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