What is PLM Data “Obfuscation” and I Why Should I Care?!?

“Obfuscation” is the term for scrambling of the data and/or table names, property names within the PLM database. This is the way the other major PLM / PDM systems were / are designed. The database table for the Part Master is not called /...

Published Thu, Aug 5 2010 4:50 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Aras, PLM Software, PLM Strategy, Interoperability, Lock-in
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
How the Aras Approach to Open Source Ensures Quality, Confidence and Corporate Security

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...

Published Thu, Jul 8 2010 3:13 PM by Peter Schroer

Filed under: Aras, PLM Software, security, quality, enterprise open source software, control
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
State of the Community Highlights

At the Aras Community Event, Peter Schroer opened the day with a full State of the Community Address. (Full slides are available for download through the ACE International blog post by Marc Lind) As the Community Director I often have people asking about...

Published Tue, May 25 2010 12:33 PM by Jennifer
Is PLM software OOTB Functionality a Red Herring?

Saw a Discussion on LinkedIn "PLM" group titled " Disconnect between OOTB PLM Functionalities and Customer requirements ". The post said: Many of the PLM solutions have came up from big customers who had developed the sysytem for their...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 1:51 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, PLM
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
ACE 2010 On Site Comments!

I’ve spent the last two days completely immersed in the Aras Community. Of course, I work for Aras so one might think this isn’t much of a deviation from the norm – but it is. As the Director of the Aras Community I do spend the bulk...

Published Tue, May 11 2010 5:23 PM by Jennifer

Filed under: ACE, recap
PLM Customization and the Upgrade Monster

A few days back, Oleg over at Daily PLM Think Tank did another good post titled PLM, Cloud, SaaS and Software Upgrades . It looks at several different software delivery trends (i.e. on-premise vs in-cloud) to really get at what I consider a major issue…...

Published Tue, Mar 2 2010 3:29 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, PLM, IT, Upgrades
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
Should We Spend Millions on PLM Software?

Was reading Managing Automation’s blog The Edge by Jeff Moad and he poses the question, “ Where Did All the Big Software Deals Go? ” Jeff says: …lingering reluctance on the part of manufacturers to commit to significant technology...

Published Tue, Aug 4 2009 12:21 PM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, Open Source, PLM, IT
PLM Licensing Must Change

This month’s Desktop Engineering has an editorial by Peter Schroer, Aras President and Founder, about the impact of the recession on product development and engineering at global corporations. The implications range from the need for new products...

Published Wed, Jun 3 2009 10:30 AM by MarcL

Filed under: Enterprise Software, Open Source, PLM

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What is PLM Data “Obfuscation” and I Why Should I Care?!?

PLM Strategy and Planning for an Uncertain Future

Why Do Enterprise Organizations Let CAD Vendors Drive Their PLM Selection Process?

How the Aras Approach to Open Source Ensures Quality, Confidence and Corporate Security

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

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

ACE 2010 PLM Software Community Solution Showcase

State of the Community Highlights

Is PLM software OOTB Functionality a Red Herring?

Aras Community Event 2010 International - Highlights

ACE 2010 On Site Comments!

PLM Customization and the Upgrade Monster

How PLM Licensing from the Major Providers "Really Works"

Should We Spend Millions on PLM Software?

PLM Licensing Must Change