Luciad Brings High Performance Situational Awareness to the Cloud
LEUVEN, Belgium, April 24, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Luciad, the market leader in high performance visualization, is pleased to announce
its support for Cloud based Geospatial Situational Awareness applications and services.
Cloud computing is a rapidly emerging technology in the Defense, Security and Aviation
domains, and an essential element of Geospatial Situational Awareness applications and
services. Cloud computing brings many benefits in terms of flexibility, scalability and
cost of maintenance which are essential in today's world.
Luciad has a complete product portfolio that enables the development of Cloud based
Geospatial Situational Awareness applications and services. This offering ranges from
mobile and web-browser applications to full desktop applications and Geospatial services:
LuciadFusion enables management of large Geospatial data sets which can be offered
through the Cloud, for example through the support for standard web services from the Open
Geospatial Consortium (OGC).
LuciadLightspeed runs on a user's desktop or mobile computer and can access data and
services in the Cloud. LuciadLightspeed can also be used for Situational Awareness as a
Service, by offering its wide range of analysis and visualization capabilities in the
Cloud.
LuciadMobile runs on mobile devices and enables in-the-field users to instantly access
data and services from the Cloud. LuciadRIA, Luciad's Rich Internet Application product,
enables easy access to Cloud based resources for both data and computing through the web
browser.
In addition, Luciad products enable the development of Sustainable Applications;
Applications that are easier, and thus lower cost, to maintain, and applications that can
be evolved in a cost effective manner. The benefits of Cloud computing, together with the
benefits of Sustainable Applications are an essential in today's world of reduced budgets.
For more information on the Luciad products please visit http://www.luciad.com or
contact us at info@luciad.com
About Luciad
Luciad is the supplier of choice for leading Systems Integrators, at both the National
and International level, for their Situational Awareness applications in mission-critical
C4ISR and ATC/ATM systems. Luciad's International customer base includes AENA,
Belgocontrol, Boeing, Cassidian, DFS, EADS, ENAV, EUROCONTROL, FAA, Frequentis, Lockheed
Martin, LVNL, NATO, NATS, NavCanada, NLR, Saab, SAIC, Sagem, STNA, Thales and Thales
Raytheon Systems. http://www.luciad.com