This document summarizes a presentation about cloud rendering with Maxwell Render. The presentation discusses the major challenges of rendering, how rendering in the cloud can help address these challenges, and demonstrates Maxwell Render in the cloud. The presentation agenda includes an overview of the architectural visualization industry, common rendering issues like time constraints and unpredictable costs, the benefits of cloud rendering like on-demand capacity and cost efficiency, and when cloud rendering is best used. It also addresses common concerns about cloud rendering related to security and complexity.
19. SME STUDIO LARGE STUDIO
On-premises Hardware No or very little investment A significant investment
Licenses Limited Unlimited
Project Structure Project based from other
studios
Internal customers/Projects
Budget Constraints Time and Resources Time and Resources
Compute Needs Large Scale Very Large Scale
Infrastructure Efficiencies None or Very Little On-premises infrastructure
optimised for rendering
workloads
Cloud Opportunity All-in mostly Hybrid mostly
Security Mandated by customers Required due to high value
assets
SME vs. Large
Studios
Source: AWS re:Invent 2015
24. “I don’t trust the Cloud”
4 out of 10 companies (39%) using the Cloud
reported the risk of a security breach as the
main limiting factor in the use of cloud
computing services.
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Source: Eurostat, 2014
25. “It seems very complex”
42% of companies not using the Cloud
reported insufficient knowledge of cloud
computing as the main factor that prevented
them from using it.
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Source: Eurostat, 2014