Taking the idea to focus on the computing rather than the clouds, here are some similar ideas...
- FMP Analysis (or any simulation): Use the power of a server to do the calculations from a weak computer. You could have a session dedicated to a company, with simulation workflow associated.
- CAD Data Cleansing: More and more automatic tools can cleans CAD data, what about a service that would do it for you online?
- CAD Data Translation: Want to translate from a format to another? Ease the migration from system to another? Migration is a pain in term of resources. That could be done online with, of course appropriate validation workflows
- 3D reviews. 3D reviews are fun and marketable. But they consume a significant amount of computing resources...