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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), we increased our customer base by over 43% to 296...
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Wed, Jan 4 2012
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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
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Recently we enhanced the Aras Community Project Site by giving it a new look & feel and adding some pretty cool functionality for what's referred to as 'ideation' (means you can submit ideas for open source projects that you want to work on with other people). In addition to being able...
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This open source project is quite practical and something that most companies will find useful. It's a server-side File Converter Framework that’s been put together by T-Systems International, the global systems integration firm. T-Systems has provided "a fully integrated framework to...
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At ACE International in May Aras focused on Collaboration, Communication and Innovation through the World of the Possible. It's a theme we hear is exactly what our Community members look for in a PLM partner. At Aras, we're constantly reshaping the future of PLM, providing faster innovation and...
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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 the business model innovation inherent in open source...
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Thu, Sep 29 2011
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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
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Every day I talk to people who’ve implemented legacy PLM systems. And when I ask them how much of their system they’ve deployed, I always get the same answer. Not much! Whether it’s Windchill, Teamcenter, Agile or whatever, the story is always the same: they’ve invested X years...
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What happens when you move away from automated approval processes and into comprehensive, flexible, enterprise change management? You achieve real time Business Process Management (BPM) that remains agile. Over the years BPM has taken many forms and arguments. The leading experts seem to have come to...
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Catch another sneak preview into the upcoming webcast, What's New in Aras Innovator 9.3! In this one minute clip, watch as we say goodbye to limited Thumbnail capabilities and hello to Vaulted Images, now standard in Aras Innovator 9.3. Particularly requested from CPG and Apparel Industry's,...
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Download Slides >>> ZIP of ALL SLIDES (warning, it's 52 Meg) ACE 2011 International was in Dearborn, Michigan this year, and our theme was the “World of the Possible”. It was the best ACE to date and the agenda was packed with overviews of Aras solutions, case studies, PLM best...
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Thu, May 5 2011
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Another community solution added for open download to the community projects site by T-Systems! This new solution " Converter Framework " adds basic functionality to batch-mode file conversions. The most common use case is to convert a Word document to PDF. The graphic below is a quick preview...
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Fri, Mar 25 2011
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You know Aras is flexible and open but if you aren't sure where to start, or you want to begin with established best practices and incorporate your own tweaks, Aras includes lots of business ready solutions right out of the box - err, right from the moment of download! To give you a preview of all...
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Sat, Mar 19 2011
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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 attention was the NASA story. Jim Lovell and Gene...
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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 conducting an evaluation, with two of the most important...
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Fri, Jan 28 2011
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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. What got me fired up, and motivated me to write...
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Aras just announced an open source PLM solution for SharePoint , so I caught up with Peter Schroer (our CEO) to find out more about it, how it works and who should be excited about it. Here’s what Peter had to say… Jen: What exactly is the SharePoint Collaborative Product Develop (CPD) solution...