Schneider Electric Software SCADA and Remote Systems Products & Technology: Testing Ophelia - the emergence of the cloud lenticular Blog

Lenticular Cloud over Mt Youtei [Japan]

I doubt Shakespeare's prince of Denmark ever climbed Mt Youtei, let alone discovered cloud computing. Certainly Ophelia looked up to him with increasing wonder... was either she or he going mad ?. Did Rosencrantz and Guildenstern really change the game ?

One wonders with the BETA test phase now in full swing on the Dell Wyse Ophelia project whether the use of the name Ophelia is a reference to Hamlet's famous quote:-

'To be or not to be ?, that is the question !".

Why ? because this newly enlivened Ophelia, the USB connected cloud computing connector really sounds like the end for the consumer PC. This post postulates a use case and gives handy references to the press articles that are most relevant.

But what has this to do with SCADA ?. What excites me about it is the final ability to ditch the PC with it's moving parts and locate a secure cloud computing portal right where you want it. Out of your pocket as you walk into that remote location, you just arrived at. You can post it. You can carry it. You can secure it. Fantastico...

So I have to do a maintenance job somewhere and I just cannot go. I can mail a secured Ophelia device to my partner overnight for next to nothing. He/She can then go visit the remote location, plug in the device, apply the right password, and then... I can actually collaborate with either of them or all via the cloud.

Of course, I need stacks of internet connectivity... and a new MHL interface... and a screen of some type installed there... but it could be a projector built into the cabinet.. think about it. !!

I think the advent of this Ophelia device will solve more than one logistic problem in handling secure SCADA projects...