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Aras in 2011: Growth & Innovation Around the World

Happy new year to everyone! We’re looking forward to a great 2012, and looking back at 2011 it was another record breaker. I n addition to achieving record sales and double digit growth again (that’s 5 years in a row for anyone counting),...

Published Wed, Jan 4 2012 9:03 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Open Source, PLM, Innovation, CAD, New Release, ACE, Aras, PLM Software, Customer Stories, Customer Success, Economy, Recession, product lifecycle management, CAD file management, CIO, PLM implementation, 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

PLM Isn’t Sexy, but It Could Save Your Life

Walking the floor at SolidWorks World 2011 in San Antonio I saw some outstanding examples of cool product design, and heard more cool stories and great discussions about 3D design and product innovation in the breakout sessions. But what really got my...

Published Mon, Feb 7 2011 9:48 AM by Peter Schroer

Filed under: Open Source, PLM, Aras, enterprise open source software, 3D CAD, product lifecycle management, SolidWorks World, NASA, SolidWorks

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

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

CAD File Management ≠ PLM

Yesterday Deelip and others from the 3D Insiders' Summit 2010 tweeted this quote from an automotive CIO: "CAD geometry is 1/20 of what it takes to produce and maintain a part.” My reaction? EXACTLY!! And we’ve been saying it for years...

Published Fri, Oct 1 2010 4:09 PM by Peter Schroer

Filed under: Open Source, PLM, Aras, 3D Insiders' Summit, Deelip, CAD file management

Open Source is the Format of the Future

A discussion on Oleg’s blog Beyond PLM made me think about the motivations and incentives of open source as an approach for developing software and how it fits with associated business models. The post was titled “ PLM and Open Source Licenses...

Published Fri, Sep 24 2010 3:09 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Open Source, PLM, Aras, Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Software, Customer Stories, PLM Strategy, product lifecycle management

Why Aras Doesn’t Sell PLM

Since Aras moved to an open source distribution model in 2007, I’ve had more than one exasperated CIO ask me why I won’t “sell” him my software. This always makes me laugh a little, after all, who likes being SOLD anything? But...

Published Wed, Sep 8 2010 2:03 PM by Peter Schroer

Filed under: Open Source, PLM, Aras, PLM Software, enterprise open source software, product lifecycle management

PLM Strategy and Planning for an Uncertain Future

On one hand, we're getting promising news about the growth in manufacturing in the US and Asia (but with Europe a little less confident). On the other hand, the words "double-dip recession" are in the business press every day. Gartner is...

Published Thu, Aug 5 2010 8:25 AM by MarcL

Filed under: Open Source, Economy, Recession, PLM Strategy

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

Upcoming Webcast: Enterprise Open Source PLM and Global Product Development at XEROX

Next Wednesday (June 30th) at 2pm ET there’s going to be a free live webcast on how XEROX has transformed their worldwide product development process for office products using enterprise open source PLM. It’s part of the PLM Innovation 2010...

Published Fri, Jun 25 2010 5:43 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Open Source, PLM, ACE, Aras, PLM Software, Webcast, Customer Stories, Customer Success

Open Source vs Proprietary Software Co? Large Software Vendor vs. Small Software Vendor? Does It Matter?

In a recent post his blog, PLM Think Tank , Oleg Shilovitsky wrote about the PLM Open Source Tradeoff . I shared my thoughts on the piece and I am wondering what you think. Here’s what I think… “I’m old enough to remember when...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 9:31 AM by Peter Schroer

Filed under: Open Source, PLM, IBM, Aras, Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Software

ACE 2010 PLM Software Community Solution Showcase

Feedback we’ve gotten ‘loud & clear’ at previous community events was that people want a way to see the Community Solutions in action. So, this year at ACE 2010 we tried something new. Peter got the idea from this year’s COFES...

Published Wed, May 26 2010 11:26 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Open Source, PLM, ACE, Video, Slides

Aras Community Event 2010 International - Highlights

Download >>> ZIP of ALL SLIDES This year's international Aras Community Event (ACE) took place on May 10-11, 2010 and was hosted by Motorola at their worldwide headquarters in Schaumburg, IL. We really appreciate Motorola's generosity...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 7:02 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Open Source, PLM, Business Process Management, Innovation, Change Management, ACE, recap

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

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