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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

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

Open Co-opetition?

Following SolidWorks World 2011 , lots of people have been writing about the cool stuff they saw on the show floor and in the sessions, myself included. Today, I am not going to talk about cool. I am going to talk about impressive. And what impressed...

Published Mon, Feb 14 2011 2:08 PM by Peter Schroer

Filed under: Aras, PLM Software, enterprise open source software, SolidWorks, PDM competition, DraftSight

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

Aras in 2010: Global, Replacements, Expansion and more

By every measure 2010 was another record year here at Aras. Here’s a quick summary in case you missed some of the details along the way, as well as, some highlights that you won’t find anywhere else. This year it became undeniably clear that...

Published Tue, Dec 28 2010 3:10 PM by MarcL

Filed under: PLM, ACE, recap, Slides, Aras, PLM Software, Customer Success, product lifecycle management, Sharepoint PLM, connected cloud, cloud

Changing the Way we Find Parts with 3D Geometric Search

In case you missed it, earlier this week ShapeSpace released a connector for their 3D Geometric Search to Aras . This brings a powerful new ability to visually search and select parts using a graphical interface instead of your typical list metaphor....

Published Fri, Dec 17 2010 5:55 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Aras, PLM Software, 3D CAD, CAD file management, Siemens

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

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

Top 10 Ways PLM Initiatives Get “Stuck”

Last week, Jennifer McCullough here at Aras, did an interview with Peter for the Siemens PLM Community online magazine titled PLM Doesn’t Have to Weigh You Down along with her own blog post titled Frustrated by a Stuck PLM Project? Then, yesterday...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 12:10 PM by MarcL

Filed under: PLM, PLM Software, PLM Strategy

Frustrated by a Stuck PLM Project?

Every day I talk to people who are frustrated with their PLM system, implementation, progress, deployment, whatever… The fact is, lots of PLM projects get stuck (well, not Aras projects) and some never get off the ground. I sat down with Aras’s...

Published Thu, Oct 21 2010 2:38 PM by Jennifer

Filed under: Aras, PLM Software, product lifecycle management, Siemens

THE REAL PROMISE OF THE CLOUD

Yes, There’s Value in the Cloud. And it’s Way More Than Just Fancy Hosting. Right now, the buzz in the business world is all about cloud enablement - hosting, storage, etc., and establishing the infrastructure of the cloud. Frankly, I don’t...

Published Mon, Oct 18 2010 9:27 AM by Peter Schroer

Filed under: Aras, PLM Software, enterprise open source software, connected cloud, cloud

An Interview with Marc Lind: Sharepoint PLM

Last week in an interview with Peter Schroer, I got to uncover some great details about the SharePoint Collaborative Product Development (CPD) solution, aka Sharepoint PLM. This week I caught up with Marc Lind for his take on this Aras co-developed initiative...

Published Thu, Oct 14 2010 11:03 AM by Jennifer

Filed under: Aras, PLM Software, PLM Strategy, Sharepoint PLM, Microsoft

What is PLM? The Movie.

Heard about this ultra-short video by Prodeos which answers the age old question "What is PLM?" ... in 3 minutes or less. Really thought it was great. Check it out.

Published Thu, Oct 7 2010 7:24 PM by MarcL

Filed under: PLM, PLM Software, product lifecycle management

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