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ArcGIS Online is probably your best bet going forward. It’s not fully functional yet, but Esri is adding such functionality as time goes on. They even had their own MOOC last month, “Going Places with Spatial Analysis”, that used AGOL: http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/training/spatial-analysis I happened to be sitting next to Jack Dangermond yesterday (to my surprise!) and we were talking about just this very subject and how it will be what really distinguishes AGOL from the offerings of Google and others. He said that ArcGIS Pro is an integrated desktop-cloud product for this purpose, and that it’s hard to take away from people once they start using it. I also want to find out more, so hopefully others will chime in. — Andy On May 1, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Chris MacClinchy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi NEARCers! > > Looking for some guidance. Our small office will soon be making changes to how our computer network is setup. Currently we own 2 concurrent licenses of ArcGIS Desktop Basic, which are hosted on a terminal server on-site. We are considering getting rid of our servers in-house and moving to a more cloud based system. We have 6 users who know ArcGIS, but only 2 or 3 of us use it regularly. > > My question is this: does ArcGIS have a fully functional Cloud based solution for ArcGIS? > > It seems to me that ArcGIS online, while quite capable of displaying and sharing data, might not be able to do data analysis, manipulation and creation very well (or at all). > I’ve read a little about Amazon Cloud services, but not enough to understand it. > Obviously we know we could go back to installing ArcGIS locally on each user’s PC, and that may be our fall back option if no other option works for us. > > The cost of the solution will likely drive our decision. > > Thanks in advance! > Chris > > Chris MacClinchy > Planner / GIS Specialist > Southern Maine Planning & Development Commission > 21 Bradeen St, Suite 304 > Springvale, ME 04083 > (207) 324-2952 > (207) 324-2958 Fax > www.smpdc.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list (NEARC-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all NEARC Users. > > If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove yourself by going to http://listserv.uconn.edu/nearc-l.html. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list (NEARC-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all NEARC Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove yourself by going to http://listserv.uconn.edu/nearc-l.html.