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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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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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 ” and covered a lot of good points, however...
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 recommending that CIOs prepare for a potential round...