PS Audio Ships New PowerPlay CloudAV-Based Power Conditioner
PS Audio is now shipping the world’s first cloud computing (or CloudAV) based line of power conditioners. What’s that mean? Well, they are web controlled power conditioners to utilize so-called “cloud computing” for access and control. Cloud computing represents a major paradigm shift in control and communication over the internet that will eventually create a major shift in both the PC and AV industries – you can read more about it in my 2009 Krystal Ball piece above.
The main advantage of PowerPlay’s cloud computing configuration is a way to communicate without a fixed web address and the ability to increase capacity or add capabilities on the fly without investing in new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software.
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