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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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 me most on the floor at SolidWorks World was COMPETITON…...
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...
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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I’ve been in the PLM business for more than 20 years. A lot has changed in that time, like the fact that we call it PLM now . B ut one thing that has not changed is that customers are always (always) surprised by the cost. Even now, after Aras has eliminated PLM license fees. Why is that? PLM is...
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 see what all the excitement is about. It’s...
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 that’s what we’ve all come to expect...
Every once in a while, I get a call from a CIO who says “my team is looking at your software. We like it and it works well, but I’m a little concerned about going with open source.” The first thing I tell them is that open source approaches to software development and distribution can...