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        SIMATIC Software Platform as a Service

        Tap the potential of cloud computing

        Computing power, service life, bandwidth – the resources you actually need for engineering depend on the specific programming task. Cloud computing lets you access virtual resources to suit your needs in a central IT infrastructure: the cloud. Charges depend on actual use. Used in conjunction with various cloud service models, Platform as a Service is the ideal cloud service for efficiently preparing programming environments and developer tools.

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        SIMATIC Software Platform as a Service

        Stay flexible

        Increasingly shorter innovation and development cycles call for flexible and low-cost software engineering environments – especially during engineering, testing and commissioning. SIMATIC Software Platform as a Service is a cloud-based IT infrastructure platform with pre-installed and pre-configured SIMATIC engineering software, offering a wide range of virtual machines and corresponding service packages. In particular the engineering and commissioning phases benefit from the short-term, time-limited and flexible usage of the platform. And you only pay what you actually use. Our cloud platform is the ideal solution for multi-project and multi-user engineering, regardless of the users’ geographical location.
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        Your benefits

        The availability of a standardized test and development environment cuts costs for setting up and configuring the infrastructure

        The flexible use of distributed engineering resources permits multi-project and multi-user engineering independently of location

        A demand-oriented price model reduces the investment costs to the actual use

        The modular strategy underlying SIMATIC Software Platform as a Service

        The cloud platform
        The cloud platform
        Cloud-Platform

        Whether it’s computing power, storage or networks - the virtual IT infrastructure in the cloud data center provides all the required resources, as well as the user-friendly tools to manage the IT platform. The cloud platform consists of functionally separate security zones for different tasks.

        Virtual appliances
        Virtual appliances
        Virtual Appliances

        A virtual application – known as a “virtual machine” – contains a preconfigured operating system and the desired software application. Various versions of the SIMATIC PCS 7 can be used as fully configured virtual machines. The virtual machines can also be adapted to suit your individual needs, for example by installing additional software applications. 

        Isolated environment
        Isolated environment
        Isolated Environment

        Virtual machines and the corresponding user accounts are made available in the so-called Standard Security Zone. If you wish to use several virtual machines together and at the same time, they can be set up in the Isolated Security Zone. Here it is possible to build up a complete network between individual virtual machines – either on your own or assisted by our experts.

        Managed support
        Managed support
        Managed Support

        Order processing, access control, user management and software and template management – the Managed Support module provides the full service administration. As an option, you can also use the SIMATIC Remote Services for support on all the installed SIMATIC engineering software.

        Other application scenarios

        Software migration and upgrades

        To update a SIMATIC application to a new software version, it might be necessary to temporarily install and configure one or more intermediate versions, often only for a short usage time. This is where you’ll benefit from the central provision of the preinstalled software on demand, used for modernization and updates of the SIMATIC applications - with no additional installation work required.

        Operator training systems

        Plant operators often are not trained on real systems, but rather on an Operator Training System (OTS), also used to train engineers and product developers on a range of tasks. Using the SIMATIC Software Platform as a Service, trainees can complete the training directly on site at their working place. It’s also the ideal basis for web-based trainings, especially if the trainees are at different locations. Individual simulation software makes it possible to simulate the entire process based on stored process engineering models. 

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        Get an insight

        Discover the advantages of the many opportunities that our digital service SIMATIC Software Platform as a Service offers you – and by how you’ll benefit from customized, modular strategies. 

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