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NEW: Aras EPLM for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM

Recently we introduced a new commercial offering designed specifically for companies that run SolidWorks ® called Aras EPLM for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM . It's built on top of SolidWorks best selling EPDM system to provide packaged functionality...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2011 10:48 AM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, PLM, CAD, New Release, Aras, PLM Software, CAD vendor, product lifecycle management, Microsoft, SolidWorks World, SolidWorks, Dassault, PDM, Out-of-the-box, EPDM, EPLM

Open-Source and PLM Marketplace Maturity

This month there was a good article by CIMdata on the PLM/CAD community web sites titled “ Open-Source and PLM Marketplace Maturity ” which explains the benefits for companies and the implications for the PLM market that are resulting from...

Published Thu, Sep 29 2011 3:57 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, Open Source, PLM, Aras, PLM Software, enterprise open source software, PLM Strategy, Lock-in, product lifecycle management, connected cloud, Networked Business, PLM license costs

Understanding the Economic Advantages of Enterprise Open Source in PLM

Understanding the economic advantages & financial benefits of the enterprise open source format in PLM is important when building a corporate business case for a PLM strategy. There are a number of factors that your team will want to consider when...

Published Fri, Jan 28 2011 3:38 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, Open Source, PLM, Aras, PLM Software, enterprise open source software, Economy, PLM Strategy, product lifecycle management, AESSiS, CIO, ROI, TCO, PLM license costs

OOTB PLM is Hit or Miss

Out-Of-The-Box (OOTB) PLM solutions are great in concept. The reality, however, is not so rosy or promising. A while back, Chad Jackson did a post on his blog, Engineering Matters , called My Points in the ‘Why Hasn’t PLM Taken Over the World’...

Published Mon, Dec 6 2010 3:40 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, PLM, Business Process Management, Change Management, PLM Software, PLM Strategy, Lock-in

Why the Networked Business will be Cloud Connected

In August there was a post by Michael Fauscette, IDC’s group vice president for software business solutions, that touched on some interesting concepts I think directly relate to what we are doing here at Aras. Mike’s post was called Maybe...

Published Fri, Nov 19 2010 12:49 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, Aras, connected cloud, cloud, Networked Business, Integration

Aras Explains PLM Cloud Strategy

Earlier this month you may have seen the news on our strategy for the Cloud. CIMdata , a leading PLM industry analyst & consulting firm, published our release in Aras Explains Cloud Strategy . The initial phase of the strategy is very simple. Lead...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 4:07 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, PLM, Aras, PLM Software, cloud

The Rise of Open Source to Software Dominance

An article was forwarded to me recently and I can see why. It’s a commentary by Eric Gries at Network World about a recent interview with Red Hat CEO, Jim Whitehurst. Eric’s commentary is titled The Widening Value Gap Between Open Source and...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 10:14 AM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, Open Source, PLM, PLM Software

Why Executives Are Skeptical of PLM

Recently, Graham McCall at AESSiS wrote a pretty good blog post titled “ Why Some People Don’t Like PLM ”. It’s a good re-post here and figured I’d include my own 2 cents as well. First, here’s Graham’s perspective...

Published Thu, Sep 9 2010 3:14 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, PLM, Business Process Management, Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Software, PLM Strategy, product lifecycle management, AESSiS

Why Do Enterprise Organizations Let CAD Vendors Drive Their PLM Selection Process?

In a typical 10,000 person company there are probably 50-100 full-time 3D CAD engineers. So how come these few CAD users and their CAD software vendors so often drive the selection of an enterprise PLM system that will likely touch thousands of users...

Published Mon, Jul 19 2010 11:31 AM by Peter Schroer

Filed under: Enterprise Software, Open Source, PLM, CAD, PLM Software, CAD vendor, 3D CAD

Is PLM software OOTB Functionality a Red Herring?

Saw a Discussion on LinkedIn "PLM" group titled " Disconnect between OOTB PLM Functionalities and Customer requirements ". The post said: Many of the PLM solutions have came up from big customers who had developed the sysytem for their...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 1:51 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, PLM

PLM Customization and the Upgrade Monster

A few days back, Oleg over at Daily PLM Think Tank did another good post titled PLM, Cloud, SaaS and Software Upgrades . It looks at several different software delivery trends (i.e. on-premise vs in-cloud) to really get at what I consider a major issue…...

Published Tue, Mar 2 2010 3:29 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, PLM, IT, Upgrades

How PLM Licensing from the Major Providers "Really Works"

Wanted to share this article from Fortune Magazine / CNN Money website called 'Big Software has duped us for decades'. Roger Burkhardt does a pretty good job of describing how enterprise software licensing actually works... I've included some...

Published Tue, Dec 1 2009 3:13 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, Open Source, PLM, IT

Should We Spend Millions on PLM Software?

Was reading Managing Automation’s blog The Edge by Jeff Moad and he poses the question, “ Where Did All the Big Software Deals Go? ” Jeff says: …lingering reluctance on the part of manufacturers to commit to significant technology...

Published Tue, Aug 4 2009 12:21 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, Open Source, PLM, IT

PLM Licensing Must Change

This month’s Desktop Engineering has an editorial by Peter Schroer, Aras President and Founder, about the impact of the recession on product development and engineering at global corporations. The implications range from the need for new products...

Published Wed, Jun 3 2009 10:30 AM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, Open Source, PLM

DEMO Recording of Latest Aras PLM Release

Our new open download of the Aras enterprise PLM software suite is the latest in the series of feature-packed releases (some openly available while others are subscriber-only like Service Packs, Security Updates, Hot Fixes, etc) has been up on the site...

Published Wed, May 13 2009 6:03 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, Open Source, PLM, Innovation, Change Management, New Release

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