UNIVERSAL CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM FOR 3rd PARTY DESKTOP SOFTWARE.

Introduction

geocloud.work is a universal Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) worldwide cloud-based platform, which enables working with any Desktop Software through remote desktop technology (RDP) on a Pay-per-Use or a Period Subscription basis.

Currently, geocloud.work offers a remote access to 3rd party software from variety of vendors covering all domains of Geoinformation: photogrammetry, mapping, cartography, remote sensing, GIS, CAD, BIM, 3D modeling, LiDAR, image processing, point cloud processing, automatic object recognition and more.

As the platform is universal, any desktop software in any domain may be hosted at the platform and be available for potential customers worldwide.

The platform was under development starting from the beginning of 2018 and the first version was launched in July 2019. Currently the platform is fully operational and offers a variety of software products and other services to its customers.

Benefits of the platform

There are several groups of customers for the platform – software vendors, software users, employers, contractors, researchers, and educational organizations. The platform serves all of them.

Software vendors: geocloud.work is a universal cloud platform for desktop software. GeoCloud can bring your regular desktop (Windows or Linux) software to customers worldwide for immediate online use. A software vendor, using our self-service computers, can start hosting their software at GeoCloud in as little as one hour. This simplicity makes GeoCloud an attractive alternative to redesigning your application from scratch for the cloud.

Licensing of the GeoCloud platform for "white-label" use on your site is also available. GeoCloud offers a highly customizable packaged solution, allowing companies to deploy their own, private GeoCloud platform in any public, private or hybrid cloud environment. Companies will be able to create their cost effective, flexible, and scalable cloud-based infrastructure to increase sales, or to use it internally.

In addition, this solution allows utilize flexible billing interface with any 3rd party billing providers. Billing could be based on hourly rates or on subscription model. The platform equipped with extensive reporting, alerts, and notifications capabilities and requires minimal operational support.

Software vendors benefit from geocloud.work:

• 24/7 sales channel on a Pay-per-Use or Period Subscription basis
• Modern and flexible payment methods
• One-time installation of each software product
• Variety of optimized OS and computer configurations
• Accessible to customers worldwide
• Reduced marketing and sales costs
• Reduced support cost
• Prevention of piracy
• No need to develop special cloud software
• Ready trial testing for potential customers
• Ready-for-use training classes for potential and current customers

Customers: the platform provides an instant remote access to licensed software products in a variety of domains. Customers can work with ready-for-use preinstalled software products on a Pay-per-Use or a Period Subscription basis. No software download and installation are required.

If customers have their own software license and just need a powerful computer to complete the project quickly, they can use a bunch of powerful self-service computers with unlimited storage where they can install their software and execute the project. They can also share this software with friends, colleagues, and their customers.

Customers have also an ability to transfer TERABYTES of data to their partners or their customers using storage without running any App. They just need to upload data to the storage and send the data-access link to their recipient. The recipient will be able to download the data. Once customers create some products to their customers, they can simply deliver the end product by sending a data-access link to them, and the end product could be easily downloaded at the customer’s side, or the recipient can continue working with the product on geocloud.work.

Customers benefit from geocloud.work:

• Use up-to-date software versions on a Pay-per-Use or Period Subscription basis
• Run unlimited number of software products
• Execute multiple projects simultaneously
• Select processing power to suit requirements
• Share your data and products with your partners and customers
• Work from home, work from anywhere, work anytime
• Cut current software licenses, in-house computers, and IT support costs
• Start your new business with no upfront investment in software and computers

Educational organizations: geocloud.work with many simultaneously available computers and licenses is a very good option for organizing professional courses for educational purposes. Each participant can use his/her own computer with pre-installed software and data pre-loaded into a storage shared between all computers. Participants can access computers from anywhere in the world using the Internet.

Marketplace: geocloud.work connecting Employers and Contractors. Our contractors are experienced in working with a variety of software available at geocloud.work

Technology based on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

geocloud.work is based on AWS and inherited all the positive features of the world largest cloud infrastructure. Currently, AWS provides worldwide coverage - 31 data centers in different geographic regions, large variety of computer configurations, storage types, network parameters, hardware scalability, support for RDP and VDI approach, support for 3D data representation.

Conclusion

geocloud.work is the most advanced platform enabling the remote access to a variety of desktop software on the Internet. The platform provides a very simple and efficient way to work with any preinstalled and ready-for-use software. Currently, geocloud.work offers around 50 different software products. We aim to bring the majority of existing desktop software products to the platform and thus provide our customers with a wide variety of software for immediate use at favorable terms.