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Aras Embedded CAD to 3D PDF Converter in PLM Platform

Desktop Engineering - May 2013

With the embedded converter, Aras has eliminated the need for specialized visualization formats that only handle 3D or require expensive licenses. Aras utilizes the HOOPS technology from Tech Soft 3D for the conversion of all the major 3D formats including CATIA, Creo, SolidWorks, NX, JT and STEP.

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Aras Provides Embedded CAD to 3D PDF Converter in PLM

Technology Evaluation Centers - May 2013

During its ACE 2013 user conference, Aras, an open source product lifecycle management (PLM) software provider, announced a computer-aided design (CAD) to 3D PDF converter to be embedded in a PLM vault server and included for all Aras PLM subscribers. Now, with the addition of the converter, Aras can support 3D, 2D, Microsoft Office, images and scans, and other data types in a single open format—compressed PDF. This will enable users across the extended enterprise to view a variety of formats of product data in a single common user interface (UI) without buying additional software.

Vendors Try to ‘Rightsize’ PLM for Smaller Businesses

Desktop Engineering - May 2013

Increasing product complexity. The need to coordinate development processes across a globally-dispersed design team. Placing a greater emphasis on innovation and time-to-market agility. These challenges, once stumbling blocks for only the largest manufacturers, are now bearing down on small- to mid-size businesses (SMBs) as they seek to optimize product development organizations and engineering processes in an effort to gain a competitive edge.

Aras First to Provide Embedded CAD to 3D PDF Converter in PLM Platform

SolidWorks Community - April 2013

With the embedded converter, Aras has eliminated the need for specialized visualization formats that only handle 3D, require expensive licenses and force content lock-in resulting in dead-ends.

Industry Analyst Joe Barkai Presents on The Future of Manufacturing at Aras ACE 2013 Conference April 30 – May 2

CIMdata - April 2013

Mr. Barkai’s presentation, The Future of Manufacturing, explores trends in manufacturing and supply chain strategies to realize a virtual global plant floor, cutting edge manufacturing innovations in new materials and processes, and methods to capture and retain new markets, all of which are instrumental and critical for the future of the manufacturing economy.

Saab to Present at Aras ACE 2013 Conference April 30 - May 2

MCAD Café - April 2013

The presentation, Global Product Definition to Serviceability, explains how Saab is approaching PLM for new products around the world with configuration management for all aspects of the vehicle system across the lifecycle.

Gentex Corporation to Present at Aras ACE 2013 Conference April 30 - May 2

Solid State Technology - April 2013

Gentex's presentation, Expanding PLM into an Intuitive, Global Impact Analysis Platform, highlights how the company has customized Aras to drive better communication, inventory visibility and supply chain agility when responding to quality events, natural disasters, product launches, and design and process changes.

Aras Announces Live Webcast on Top Reasons Why Multi-CAD Management Fails

MCAD Café - April 2013

Webcast explores challenges related to 3D model, drawing and design file management in multi-CAD environments and offers practical solutions to address these challenges.

Motorola, KOSO and Dedicated Computing to Present at Aras ACE 2013 Conference on PLM Strategy

CIMdata - March 2013

Aras® announced that Motorola Solutions, Korea KOSO and Dedicated Computing will present at ACE 2013, the company’s annual global conference. ACE 2013 provides business and technology professionals from around the world with the opportunity to meet, discuss and benchmark PLM best practices for addressing the rapidly growing complexity in global product development, manufacturing, quality and the supply chain.

PDM or PLM? Yes.

Teamcenter - March 2013

PLM, or product lifecycle management, is the glue between PDM and the extended enterprise. PLM takes product data and puts it in the correct context for each user. For some users the CAD file is the center of their universe, but for many others CAD-based data is just a small subset of the entire set of product information they work with. PLM drives the reason why CAD files are created in the first place, the enterprise processes they go through and what happens after it’s done. PLM is about all customer requirements, new product introduction, compliance and regulations, tooling and distributing data to the factory, manufacturing, the supply chain… It’s the entire lifecycle of the product.

PACE Joins the Aras Partner Program

Desktop Engineering - March 2013

PACE will incorporate the Aras PLM solution suite into its lifecycle solutions for aircraft and engine manufacturers, airlines, MRO providers and leasing companies. PACE develops and distributes intelligent software solutions that span the entire aircraft lifecycle, from marketing and design to customization and flight operations.

Comnext of Japan Joins the Aras Partner Program

MCAD Café - February 2013

Comnext specializes in the development of advanced planning and scheduling (APS) manufacturing and low-risk, high quality product lifecycle management solutions based on open source technologies.

Looking Forward: PLM Requirements Management

CATIA Community - February 2013

With integrated RM, manufacturers can do systems level requirements management from the beginning to the end of the process. This enables greater flexibility, more informed tradeoffs and ultimately, better products.

Japan's CADIC Joins Aras Partner Program

TenLinks - February 2013

CADIC, which stands for computer aided design information center, provides a full range of 3D CAD services, including system integration, consulting, process automation and training. CADIC joined the Aras partner program to fill its customers’ need for the advanced functionality provided by PLM.

Integrating PLM Visualization with Secure Social

CATIA Community - February 2013

New approaches to PLM visualization that combine social as part of the corporate security model build on the traditional view, markup, collaboration, and work package generation in a modular fashion.

ADS Japan Joins Aras Partner Program

TenLinks - February 2013

ADS will apply its extensive knowledge of product development and process optimization to the Aras PLM solution suite to help customers transform their business and drive operational improvements.

MAN Diesel & Turbo wählt Aras als Plattform Unterstützung von Konstruktionsprozessen

IT Director - February 2013

Der Hersteller von Großdieselmotoren entscheidet sich für Aras aufgrund der einfachen Implementierung sowie Anpassbarkeit und will mit der Lösung die PLM-Funktionen ausbauen sowie Entwicklungsprozesse automatisieren.

Aras Sponsors Product Innovation Congress – February 19-20, Berlin, Germany

MCAD Café - February 2013

During the two-day event visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the advanced capabilities of the next generation Aras PLM platform and meet Aras and Aras partners, including Aras Certified Gold Partner Minerva, Shapespace and Kalypso. On Wednesday, February 20th at 2:00pm GETRAG FORD will present their PLM Journey. Mr. Rolf Huesemann, Manager of Engineering Systems and PLM at GETRAG FORD Transmissions, will discuss legacy PLM systems, false starts and a successful PLM implementation with Aras.

MAN Diesel & Turbo neuer Kunde von Aras

Automobilwoche - February 2013

Konstruktionslösung: MAN Diesel & Turbo nutzen Aras als unterstützende Plattform zur Automatisierung von Entwicklungsprozessen.

MAN Diesel Goes For Aras Engineering Process Management

Works Management - February 2013

Helle Georgakis, department manager at MAN Diesel & Turbo, says that the decision came down to Aras' ease of implementation and customisation facilities, which will help the engines giant to extend its PLM (product lifecycle management) and drive engineering process automation.

SolidWorks World 2013: A Sampling of Product Debuts

Cadalyst - January 2013

Marc Lind, senior vice-president of global marketing, explained that as products have dramatically increased in complexity over recent decades — comprising more total parts as well as more electronic, firmware, and software components — requirements management has become a more daunting task. With Aras Requirements Management, users can identify, associate, track, and trace physical, functional, logical, and performance requirements.

Aras Releases Office Connector for Innovator

TenLinks - January 2013

Users can create, store, edit, search and manage documents while working within the familiar, easy to use Microsoft environment. At the same time, the Office Connector for Aras provides administrators with sophisticated capabilities for document control and security, including need-to-know access, configurable automatic document numbering and naming conventions, the optional use of corporate templates, and more.

Anche le soluzioni PLM diventano open source o quasi… quale futuro?

NewsImpresa - January 2013

Aras Corporation da azienda pioniera ha introdotto un diverso modello di business rispetto alle altre soluzioni PLM: l'open source. Trasportando - di fatto - il modello di business dalla vendita di prodotti a quello della fornitura di servizi. I risultati? Visti i livelli di fatturato raggiunti, sono da considerarsi davvero buoni. In Italia, visto l’inerzia rispetto alle innovazioni, saremo capaci di governare questo nuovo modello per incrementare efficacia ed efficienza dei processi per lo sviluppo dei prodotti?

Aras Releases Update of Requirements Management Solution

CATIA Community - December 2012

“Bringing together requirements management and PLM isn’t a new idea. It just hasn’t been done very well to date,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras. “We didn’t acquire a separate requirements management system and try to stitch it in to our existing technology. We built it right on our PLM platform so global businesses get all of the advanced functionality along with the scalability, security and flexibility they really need without having to deal with two different systems.”

New Release of Aras Requirements Management Solution Embedded in PLM for Systems Engineering

CIMdata - December 2012

Aras Requirements Management combines advanced requirements management functionality with enterprise PLM providing powerful capabilities for complex systems engineering and systems of systems planning, development and realization. With Aras Requirements Management, users can identify, associate, track and trace different types of requirements - including physical, functional, logical and performance requirements - and validate that the system or product satisfies the original intent.

Aras Announces VPLM for Autodesk Vault: The Bottom Line

Nucleus Research - December 2012

Aras developed Aras VPLM in order to provide functionality for “corporate-wide PLM business processes”. The new solution brings strong PLM functionality at a more affordable cost than larger solutions, which can increase the return on investment (ROI) and maximize the business value for its customers.

One Size Doesn’t Have to Fit All

The Times - December 2012

Nick Redfern, new production introduction manager at telecoms start-up Sub10 Systems based in Devon, says his company’s products are indeed complex, but the mechanical elements are limited and not the main focus. “Big PLM is centred on CAD and that’s right if you’re making a helicopter,” he says. “But the universe in my products is centred on electronics and there is also a strong software element.”

PLM's Antidote to Med Device Makers' Compliance Woes

Design News - December 2012

"Everyone thinks they have compliance issues, but if you walk into a medical device company, the problem is exacerbated," Peter Schroer, president and CEO at PLM provider Aras Corp., told me. "There's so much more traceability required behind every decision. Medical device makers are required to document and show traceability from the first phone call when they had the idea, to what decisions were made on what basis when they started designing," to years out after the product has been in the field, Schroer said. "Most companies throw away that first stuff because it's (often) not relevant. In medical devices, it is."

ESPower Electronics Implements Aras PLM Platform for Product Portfolio Management

MCAD Café - November 2012

ESPower selected Aras because of the highly robust and flexible PLM platform and intuitive user interface. Driven to diversify its power product portfolio, the world-leading provider of power products implemented Aras for New Product Introduction, Project Management, Engineering Change Management, BOM, Workflow, Manufacturing Process Management, CAPA, DFMEA, RoHS and more and integrated Aras with ERP and the Green Product system.

Aras VPLM for Autodesk Vault

Technology Evaluation Centers - November 2012

Both Aras VPLM and Autodesk PLM 360 sit on top of Autodesk Vault to provide add-on PLM functionality, so they are now in direct competition. Aras’ value prop comes from a more mature product and more out-of-the-box functionality. And if a company that uses Autodesk design software with Autodesk Vault needs PLM, but is hesitant about going to the cloud, it now has an on-premise option. As Aras VPLM runs on the customer’s servers and network (as opposed to being cloud-based), it’s easy for Aras VPLM to connect to, for example, the customer’s Microsoft Active Directory for single sign-on (SSO), which is not currently possible with PLM 360..

Aras Announces VPLM for Autodesk Vault

Desktop Engineering - November 2012

Aras VPLM for Autodesk Vault provides packaged functionality for corporate-wide PLM business processes, enabling global companies that run Autodesk software to improve product quality, accelerate time to market and achieve greater profitability. In addition to Inventor and AutoCAD comprehensive multi-CAD capabilities include CATIA, NX, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, Solid Edge and more, as well as, EDA systems such as Allegro, OrCAD, DxDesigner/DxDatabook, PADS, Expedition, Altium, Zuken CR-5000 and others.

Aras Launches VPLM for Autodesk Vault

Prototype Today - November 2012

Aras VPLM™ for Autodesk Vault provides packaged functionality out-of-the-box for corporate-wide PLM business processes, enabling global companies that run Autodesk software to improve product quality, accelerate time to market and achieve greater profitability.

Aras Launches VPLM for Autodesk Vault

TenLinks - November 2012

"Companies expect their Enterprise PLM solution to exhibit the power and capability necessary to meet the demands of hundreds and even thousands of people throughout the extended organization, especially their partner / supply chain. Power, capability, and accessibility are core Enterprise PLM requirements common across all industries," notes Autodesk in the Gartner research newsletter ‘Autodesk Extends Benefits of PLM to Everyone at Anytime, from Anywhere’.

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Aras Announces VPLM for Companies that run Autodesk Vault

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - November 2012

“Companies are looking for a way to keep what’s working and preserve their investment while they address cross-functional, enterprise-wide PLM business processes. So, we’ve taken our open source PLM solutions, included new out-of-the-box functionality that connects directly to Vault Professional and is optimized for those designers, and we packaged it all up to create a totally new commercial offering that provides companies that rely on Autodesk design software with an option they can run on their own servers and network.”

Aras Announces VPLM for Autodesk Vault

MCAD Café - November 2012

Built on top of Autodesk Vault Professional, Aras VPLM extends the capabilities of Autodesk Vault to drive PLM processes throughout a company and its supply chain for collaboration across organizations including product development, operations, quality, purchasing, sales & marketing and other groups worldwide.

Aras Releases VPLM for Autodesk Vault

Inventor Connections - November 2012

Built on top of Autodesk Vault Professional, Aras VPLM extends the capabilities of Autodesk Vault to drive PLM processes throughout a company and its supply chain for collaboration across organizations including product development, operations, quality, purchasing, sales & marketing and other groups worldwide. Scalable and secure, Aras VPLM is a business-ready solution for New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI), Complex Configuration Management, Enterprise Change Management, Outsourced Manufacturing, Quality Compliance and more.

Tecnodinamica of Italy Implements Aras Enterprise PLM Backbone

HighBeam Research - October 2012

Tecnodinamica S.r.l., a leading manufacturer of machines and plants for expanded polystyrene (EPS) processing, headquartered in Farra di Soligo, Italy, has implemented Aras as its corporate PLM backbone.

Baltur SpA of Italy Implements Aras Product Lifecycle Management Solution

SolidWorks Community - October 2012

Baltur SpA, a premier heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) manufacturer, located in Cento, Italy, has implemented the Aras PLM solution suite. Baltur will leverage Aras to automate product development processes, facilitate integration with Infor ERP and enable enterprise-wide, multi-CAD data access including integration with SolidWorks. Baltur cited Aras’s ability to integrate legacy data, ease of system expansion and CAD neutrality as key factors in its selection process

Innovate or die! The revolution for product data management

Engineer Live - October 2012

One of the very important innovations with Aras is the technical architecture of the solution. This has allowed for the downloaded system to have a rich functional breadth of solution. Further, the configuration of the solution by users, is stated by customers who have tried other products, to be 30-50 per cent faster with Aras.

Open Source Meets Cloud Era

The Boston Globe - September 2012

“If you have an open source system in the cloud and it needs to grow, you just add another server,” said Jeffrey Hammond, principal analyst at Forrester Research Inc., in Cambridge. “You don’t have to worry about adding another license, because it’s free. That’s very appealing.” He said open source software has become “absolutely mainstream” and that Forrester’s survey of software developers indicated 80 percent use of it in some form.

Hydrocontrol SpA of Italy Implements Aras PLM Solution Suite

MCAD Café - September 2012

Hydrocontrol SpA, a global manufacturer of hydraulic components for mobile machinery, headquartered in Bologna, Italy, has implemented the Aras PLM solution suite to manage its highly configurable and customizable products from product design through maintenance. ...Hydrocontrol develops complex valve systems and other hydraulic components customized to the specific needs of companies in a range of industries, including forestry, waste, construction and agriculture.

Registration Now Open for Aras Community Event 2012 Germany

Windchill Connections - September 2012

Now expanded to 2 days to accommodate more presentations, technical sessions and networking, ACE 2012 Germany will highlight new products and solutions from users, partners and Aras. Featured speakers include Spontech Spine Intelligence AG, T-Systems International GmbH and other industry leaders. Registration is now open at http://www.aras.com/ACE2012Germany/

Big Companies Open Up to Open-Source Software

Wall Street Journal - September 2012

The use of open-source software is becoming more prevalent at big companies for reasons including ease of innovation and cutting the time to get products to market. More than 50% of the software acquired in the next five years will be open source...

Seiko Epson Corporation to Present at Aras ACE 2012 Japan Conference

MCAD Café - September 2012

Mr. Yoshihiro Nakai, Information Technology Promotion Director at Epson, will present migrating from legacy PDM to Aras as an enterprise PLM backbone. Highlights will include formula / chemical management, closed-loop product configuration management, quality manufacturing bill of materials management integrated with MES, as well as regulatory compliance. Details and Registration: http://aras.com/plm/001567

Open PLM - The Future of Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management

Teamcenter - August 2012

Closed systems that lock down data, bog down collaboration, inhibit innovation and artificially increase the cost of doing business simply won’t fly. An open format for 3D CAD viewables or interoperability between two products from the same vendor is not enough. The reality is that your PLM platform represents the backbone of your global product development and operational environment. Getting boxed in by a proprietary system represents too much risk. You’ve got to have the ability to do whatever your business requires whenever you need it.

Aras Announces ACE 2012 Japan September 13 Tokyo

CIMdata - August 2012

Aras’s ACE 2012 Japan conference brings together business and technology professionals from around the world to learn and collaborate on PLM best practices that address enterprise process challenges from global product development to outsourced manufacturing and systems engineering complexity. Details, Agenda and Free Registration at http://aras.com/plm/001567

Kinnerton Confectionery wählt Enterprise PLM-Lösung von Aras

EDM PDM - July 2012

„Mit der Aras Innovator-Plattform können wir diese Ziele erreichen“, so Davies weiter. „Die Technologie ist sehr flexibel und verlangt zur Implementierung keine großen Investitionen in spezielle IT-Ressourcen. Bisher hatte ich PLM-Systeme mit Industrien wie dem Maschinenbau verbunden, jedoch haben wir festgestellt, dass PLM auch für Konsumgüterhersteller sowie die Nahrungsmittel- und Getränkeindustrie sehr gut geeignet ist“.

D&K Engineering Selects Aras Enterprise PLM Software

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - June 2012

“With Aras, we can integrate and manage information from a wide range of MCAD and ECAD applications in a single system while simplifying our environment by eliminating one-off redundant systems,” said Brad Cooley, Chief Technology Officer, D&K Engineering. “Combined with project management, workflow and other automation capabilities, Aras will enable us to improve customer service as well as profitability through greater efficiency and resource management.”

Honda UK Manufacturing selects Aras and Minerva for New Model Project

Works Management - June 2012

Honda of the UK Manufacturing (HUM) has selected Aras Innovator PLM (product lifecycle management) software, for its new model... The current model line-up includes Honda's Jazz, CR-V and the new Civic, developed for the European market alone.

Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd Selects Aras and Minerva for New Model Project Management Pilot Implementation

MCAD Café - June 2012

HUM joins the extensive and growing number of companies that have chosen Aras due to its open and attractive business model combined with a broad set of product capabilities

SUB10 Systems Implements Aras and Minerva Solutions

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - June 2012

“We considered other PLM solutions developed for the electronic industry but selected Minerva’s EHT solution on top of Aras because it gives us a lot of functionality, proven best practices and industry knowledge, along with reduced implementation time,” said Nick Redfern, NPI Manager at SUB10 Systems

Aras Announces ‘Collaborate & Contribute’ Award Winners

TenLinks - June 2012

Collaborate & Contribute Award winners are voted on by the Aras corporate community and determined by the significance, impact and / or popularity of their contribution during the year. The 2012 Award Winners are: ECCO for the Firefox Browser Client for Apple Mac, Gentex Corporation for the AML Studio Editor, and Minerva for the Alternative Structure Browser for Large Assemblies.

PLM for the Rest of Us

Desktop Engineering - June 2012

PLM is often associated with sticker shock (one of the reasons small businesses tend to stay away from it), but with Aras PLM, you might get a different kind of sticker shock. It’s open source: free. Aras products cover a range of PLM functions, including BOM, CAD file management, configuration management, project tracking, regulatory compliance, and new product introduction. Aras PLM runs on Aras Enterprise Application Framework, a platform developed in service-oriented architecture.

Spontech Spine Intelligence implementiert Aras PLM-Plattform

MED-Engineering - May 2012

Aras gewinnt mit Spontech Spine Intelligence, ein Hersteller von Klasse-3-Medizinprodukten für die Wirbelsäulenchirugie, einen neuen Kunden. Spontech implementiert Aras PLM unter anderem für das Qualitätsmanagement, für die Regulierung, Compliance und Risikobewertung, für die Verwaltung von Dokumenten und CAD-Dateien, das Design Project Management, für konforme Dokumentationen mit Electronic Design History Files (DHF) und Device Master Record (DMR) sowie für workflow-gestützte CAPA-Prozesse (Korrektur- und Vorbeugemaßnahmen zur Qualitätssicherung).

ECCO, Gentex Corporation and Minerva Recognized for Innovative Contributions to the Aras Enterprise Open Source PLM Community

CATIA Community - May 2012

The ACE 2012 agenda included user presentations from global leaders including Boeing, Insitu, GETRAG Ford Transmissions, Lear Corporation, Carestream Health, Ceradyne, Maxion Wheels, and Amscan. ACE 2012 conference highlights, pictures and slides are available at www.aras.com/ACE2012

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The Benefits of PLM

Aerospace Manufacturing and Design - May 2012

AMD: What are some of the major benefits and setbacks when integrating ERP and CAD/CAM programs? Schroer: When PLM, ERP, and CAD/CAM programs are integrated, A&D companies have a closed loop process that saves time, eliminates errors, reduces costs, and ultimately increases profitability by getting better products to market faster. Integration means entering data once and sharing it across the entire lifecycle; there is no manual re-entry, no data entry errors, and a bi-directional flow of information and business analytics goes from CAD to PLM to ERP and back. This provides an excellent opportunity to discover areas for improvement that would otherwise go unrecognized.

Cross Control AB selecciona la solución PLM de Aras en combinación con Minerva EHT

3D CAD Portal - May 2012

Aras la empresa líder de gestión de datos de producto PLM en código abierto anuncio, que la compañía Cross Control AB líder fabricante de soluciones industriales para vehículos, selecciono su suite Aras PLM en conjunto con la aplicación Minerva para diseño electrónico.

Ten Tips for PLM Success

Cadalyst - May 2012

Tip #6: Adapt the PLM solution to your existing manufacturing structure and processes - not the other way around. Certainly, companies have to be willing to adjust existing processes to best take advantage of available technology. But in some cases, organizations already have processes that are ideal for their needs. If the PLM solution is unable to accommodate these existing processes, it will not be viewed favorably. There’s nothing worse than having to fit a square peg into a round hole!

Class Three Medical Device Company Implements Aras

SolidWorks Community - May 2012

Spontech takes a fundamentally new, systemic approach in spine surgery. Combining clinical knowledge, supporting software, innovative implants and instruments, and collaboration with the scientific community, Spontech strives to restore the individual spine geometry, maintaining the individual joint function of the human vertebral column.

Aras Innovator Available on Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Desktop Engineering - May 2012

Aras enabled on SQL Server 2012 offers a new level of scalability with high availability, including on-demand scaling, next-generation performance capabilities and the ability to extend data from on-premise implementations to cloud deployments.

Spontech Spine Intelligence AG Selects Aras for Global PLM Platform

MCAD Café - May 2012

Spontech selected Aras for its web-based open, flexible architecture. The company is leveraging several Aras Community Solutions and looks forward to advancing those solutions and contributing back to the Aras Community. Spontech’s implementation also includes integration with ERP, Pro/ENGINEER, MS Office / Outlook and the Global Supply Chain.

Route 128 at Center of Manufacturing

The Boston Globe - May 2012

When Peter Schroer founded his company, Aras Corp., in 2000, he lived in New York State. ‘‘But I knew that the company would have to be based in the Boston area,’’ he recalled. ‘‘There was no question: All the PLM talent is here.’’ ... ‘‘This is where PLM started,’’ Schroer said. ‘‘You can trace almost everyone’s lineage back to a few great companies, like Computervision. You don’t want to be anywhere else, if you’re in PLM.’’

“Be Different” — The ACE 2012 International Conference

CIMdata - May 2012

Mr. Schroer commented that Aras’ staff is growing, its product management team has increased from one to four, and the company has doubled the size of the development team since ACE 2011. The presentations from Aras on newly released products as well as products under development show that the new staff members have been busy. New products including a cloud version, new CAD connector technology, and a requirements management module will help Aras compete with the mainstream PLM Solution providers.

Aras Expands Global Operations and Appoints Masahiko Hisatsugu President of Aras Japan

Supply & Demand Chain Executive - May 2012

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software provider Aras expanded operations to Tokyo, Japan in response to growing demand globally for the Aras Innovator suite of PLM solutions. Masahiko Hisatsugu, newly appointed President of Aras Japan, based out of the Tokyo, Japan headquarters, will lead the Aras expansion in the Japanese market, overseeing strategy, channels, market development, corporate community and customer satisfaction. As part of its newly extended operations, Aras will add consulting and support operations, and strengthen its current partner network throughout the region.

PLM Providers Head to the Cloud

Design News - April 2012

...the idea behind the cloud is to leverage highly scalable and pooled computing resources, affording organizations the flexibility to scale processing power up and down, depending on need, as well as to eliminate the need for investment in costly dedicated server, networking, storage, and datacenter gear along with the dedicated personnel and talent to run and administer the systems.

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공개SW 기반 제조공정관리 솔루션 개발로 군비 감축 대응

Open Source Software Portal - April 2012

글로벌 경제위기의 영향으로 미국 정부가 2010년부터 대규모 군비 감축을 단행하면서 국방부는 그 어느때보다 적극적으로 공개SW 도입을 고려하고 있다. 이런 변화에 발맞춰 미 육군은 5개 방위산업체들과 함께 공개SW PLM 솔루션에 기반을 둔 제조공정관리(MPM) 솔루션을 개발해 표준화된 무기 개발 및 공정관리 체계를 제공하고 있다... “아라스 이노베이터는 모델링 기반 아키텍처로 구성돼 있어 시스템에 대한 변경이 용이하고, 마이크로소프트의 최신 기술 및 서비스 기반 아키텍처(SOA)를 바탕으로 하고 있어 복잡한 프로그래밍 과정이 없어도 원하는 정보관리 모듈을 구현해 기능을 확장시킬 수 있다..."

CPAC Systems Deploys Aras Enterprise PLM

Desktop Engineering - March 2012

"We considered and even tried several PLM options, but in the end selected Aras and Minerva," said Stefan Lundgren, Hardware Team Leader at CPAC Systems AB. "The ability for us to download Aras free of charge, get familiar with it and understand the full capabilities of the product was essential for us to mitigate risk."

What is Aras EPLM & Why Should SolidWorks Users Care?

SolidWorks Community - March 2012

Why would companies using SolidWorks want Aras EPLM? Because it works with what you already have. If you’re considering a PLM system and your company is committed to SolidWorks, then you should take a serious look at Aras EPLM. By building Aras EPLM right on top of EPDM, you get the added functionality your business needs at the enterprise level without disrupting your SolidWorks designers, ripping out what already works or sacrificing your investment in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. It’s a natural extension of your SolidWorks implementation.

Aras Joins 3D PDF Consortium as Founding Member

3D PDF Consortium - March 2012

“We take an open approach to the market and believe that 3D PDF will become a pervasive standard moving forward so we’re proud to be in on the ground floor,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras. “3D PDF is the only neutral visualization format that can hold text, binary / scan data, 2D and 3D data, and still be readable 99 years from now, which is why U.S. government and military programs are standardizing on it and why we support the mission of the 3D PDF Consortium.”

Seiko Epson Corporation Selects Aras

SolidWorks Community - February 2012

Epson will leverage Aras for comprehensive, closed-loop product configuration management and quality manufacturing bill of materials management integrated with MES, as well as regulatory compliance for REACH and RoHS.

SolidWorks World 2012: Weekly Top 5 - Aras EPLM for SolidWorks EPDM

MCAD Café - February 2012

Aras announced the latest release of Aras Enterprise PLM (Aras EPLM) for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. New features include Redline Revision Comparison, Dynamic Team Collaboration Security, Enterprise Virtualization, and even better SolidWorks-style look and feel and more.

セイコーエプソン株式会社がエンタープライズPLM としてAras を導入

CNET Japan - February 2012

エプソンのマイクロデバイス事業本部は、タイミングデバイスやセンサーなどの水晶デバイスを製造する業務の合理化とグローバル連携拡充のためにAras エンタープライズ・オープンソースPLM を選択しました。「以前運用していたPDMシステムは機能拡張、維持コストなどに課題がありました。」エプソン　デバイス情報化推進部　PLMシステム導入推進リーダーである中井義博氏は言います。「Aras Innovatorは自分たちでカスタマイズをすることができるので、導入、維持コストを抑えることができます。また他システムとの連携も容易で、生産管理システム、社内ワークフローシステムとの連携を実現したり、だれもが使えるインターフェースを実現するためにMicrosoft Silverlightを使ったClientも実現できました。これによりExcelを使ったデータの一括投入なども容易に行えるようになっています。」

SWW2012: Marc Lind Discusses Aras EPLM for SolidWorks EPDM

MCAD Café - February 2012

Marc Lind of Aras live interview by David Heller of MCADCafe from the floor of SolidWorks World 2012, where Aras announced the newest release of Aras EPLM for SolidWorks EPDM.

Aras Innovator 9.3 SP1 Embeds Actify Centro 3D CAD Viewing

TenLinks - February 2012

"Making Centro's technology available in Aras Innovator will provide users wanting access to 3D and 2D CAD files with an easy way to collaborate globally," said Peter Schroer, President of Aras. "By combining the new capabilities in Centro with our recently announced out-of-the box CAD integration platform enhancements like high performance multi file check out, common data model and open APIs global companies that operate a large scale multi CAD environments are able to take Aras Innovator to the next level."

Aras Announces New Release of Aras EPLM for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM

Cloud Computing Magazine - February 2012

New features include Redline Revision Comparison, Dynamic Team Collaboration Security, Enterprise Virtualization, and even better SolidWorks-style look and feel and more.

Aras Showcases Enterprise PLM at SolidWorks World 2012

3D CADinfo.com - February 2012

Aras, the leading enterprise open source Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software solution provider, today announced that the company will sponsor and exhibit at SolidWorks World 2012, February 12-15, 2012 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, USA. Located in booth #228, Aras will showcase the latest version of Aras Enterprise PLM, the full-featured, business-ready PLM software solution built on top of SolidWorks® Enterprise PDM. Developed by Aras and designed specifically for the SolidWorks environment, Aras EPLM drives cross-functional collaboration and extends engineering processes throughout the company and the extended supply chain.

Aras Corp: Different PLM and New Open Office

Beyond PLM - January 2012

...Aras technology is competitive against TeamCenter, Enovia and Windchill- major PLM vendors. Enterprise Open source business model allows to them to decrease cost of sales and build community of customers and partners... It is presents the level of maturity of Aras platform and solutions - it is interesting to see how emerging platform like Aras can compete with mature products coming from large top 3 PLM vendors.

PLM and the Evolution of Integration

Beyond PLM - January 2012

As an open architecture, Aras has a number of obvious advantages... open APIs, a published data dictionary, an openly available data model... but that’s really only half the story. From a technological perspective we’re using a more modern approach, a pure Web services approach, that’s designed from the ground up with technology agnostic interoperability in mind. Aras can be “connected to”, “integrated with” and “wrapped around” anything you’ve got whether its based on IBM, Oracle, SAP, Linux, Unix, Microsoft or even Progress… or “all of the above”.

New Age PLM: Both the CTO and CIO Should be Interested

Industry Week - December 2011

The Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) application landscape available today, for engineering and manufacturing organizations, has evolved from the traditional CAx and PDM centric applications, extending to manufacturing, and enabling enterprise level collaboration and key cross functional processes... New age PLM solutions today provide capabilities extending from the core functions of engineering data management, to process management applications, to cross functional process solutions.

Alternatives Lizenzmodell für PLM

Economic Engineering - December 2011

Enterprise Open Source bietet eine echte Alternative zu herkömmlichen Lizenzmodellen. Der wirtschaftliche Nutzen der Anwendung und die Kosten für den Systemstart laufen zeitlich annähernd parallel. Gleichzeitig gibt es keine Limitierung bei der Nutzeranzahl oder der eingesetzten Module und Server.

T-Systems Provides File Converter Framework for Aras PLM Platform

Desktop Engineering - December 2011

The T-Systems File Converter Framework automatically translates files to a wide range of formats for viewing, collaboration and inclusion in PLM workflows within Aras. The application simplifies the sharing of files across the enterprise and with global supply chain partners, and eliminates the need for format-specific software licenses to view information.

Autodesk, Aras and Integrated PDM / PLM story

Beyond PLM - December 2011

The clear strategy of Aras is to provide a complementary solution to SolidWorks and EPDM. I believe SolidWorks customers are looking for this solution as the opportunity to keep SolidWorks EPDM, to have an additional functionality and eliminate probably more expensive and unclear migration towards future Enovia V6 solutions DS is planning to deliver in the future.

Aras Targets SolidWorks Users With Enterprise PLM

Design News - November 2011

The packaged Aras addition provides SolidWorks shops with a number of important full-scale PLM capabilities, including revision and version control, configuration management, integrated project management, product costing, make vs. buy parts analysis, approved vendor and manufacturers lists, customizable BOM reports, enterprise search, and an array of enterprise change management functions. On the project management front, there is a project portfolio dashboard and stage-gate project management capabilities for managing new product introductions, Gantt charting functions, as well as tasks and activities.

Aras Turns SolidWorks into a Data Chuckin’ PLM Workflow Beast

SolidSmack - October 2011

Aras is breaking the decaying mold of data management, first by delivering a product that’s open source and as of this week, delivering another product that takes the SolidWorks Enterprise PDM system you have spent years implementing and extends the living workflow right out of it.

Aras, SolidWorks and Disruptive PLM Strategies

Beyond PLM - October 2011

Aras is clearly playing a role of a disrupter on PLM market. Back in 2007, Aras disrupted PLM first time by introducing Open Source PLM. It looks like Aras is on the way to make a second disruption among large companies using SolidWorks and taking a role of Enovia V6 in a bundle EPDM / EPLM.

FISHER/UNITECH to Provide Aras Enterprise PLM Software

MarketWatch - October 2011

"Aras EPLM offers substantial new functions and cost-savings capabilities for SolidWorks EPDM users," said Charlie Hess, President of FISHER/UNITECH. "Aras EPLM software is a world-class PLM solution that will give these companies a much better choice than they currently have from traditional vendors in the industry. We look forward to sharing this very exciting offering with our customers."

"Aras Enterprise PLM for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM” fills a hole in the SolidWorks marketplace as big as its name is long

Graphic Speak - October 2011

This new PLM system for SolidWorks users is an add-on to SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. The idea behind the program, says Aras CEO Peter Schroer, is that “SolidWorks Enterprise PDM is by far the best CAD file manager” for SolidWorks. “So, we’ve taken our open source PLM solutions, included new out-of-the-box functionality that connects directly to EPDM, and packaged it all up to create a totally new commercial offering that’s optimized for companies that run SolidWorks.”

Aras Announces EPLM for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM

CAD CAM News - October 2011

Built on top of SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, Aras EPLM is a scalable and secure business-ready solution for New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI), Complex Configuration Management, Enterprise Change Management, Outsourced Manufacturing, Quality Compliance and more. It extends Enterprise PDM to drive PLM processes throughout a company and its supply chain...

Aras Adds Cloud-based Data Replication to Product Suite

CATIA Community - October 2011

Content Delivery Engine leverages the cloud to ensure the timely, accurate delivery of information, reducing costs and solving data delivery and storage challenges for corporate PLM customers.

Open-Source and PLM Marketplace Maturity

Siemens PLM Community - September 2011

Open-source platforms and proprietary PLM solutions offer similar ranges of services... Business model innovation is a characteristic of all maturing software markets... Proprietary and open source PLM are building solid track records and have much to offer potential users. As they compete, the ways that both business models develop will have a profound effect on PLM in coming years. The potential outcomes of this competition are many and varied, and should not be ignored by anyone using PLM, or still thinking it over.

Aras PLM，开创OpenPLM新时代

e-works - September 2011

PLM（产品全生命周期管理）作为信息化的核心系统，管理着产品在研发、制造、销售、服务等各阶段产生的相关数据，是企业实现创新发展的重要途径。Aras PLM作为开源PLM的领军者，正作为一种新的服务模式为越来越多的企业用户所了解和关注。

Global Supplier Makes Aras its PLM Backbone

CREO Community - September 2011

Global Automotive Supplier to Leverage Aras for Enterprise Change Management, Configuration Management, ECAD / MCAD integration, and Product / Part Approval and Sign-off Across Extended Enterprise

DWIS of Korea Selects Aras as Enterprise PLM Backbone

MCAD Café - September 2011

DWIS will leverage Aras to improve productivity, efficiency and collaboration across the enterprise and the extended supply chain. Areas of focus include Enterprise Change Management, Configuration Management, ECAD / MCAD integration, and Product / Part Approval and Sign-off.

”Autodesk goes PLM”… på riktigt ihop med Aras Innovator

VerkstadsForum.se - September 2011

Det är ett intressant steg som är tänkt att fördjupa Aras Innovator-svitens kapaciteter mot de flesta lösningarna i Autodesks Product Design-svit. Aras kommer nu att integrera sin Innovator med Autodesks olika mjukvaror när det gäller CAD, CAE och PDM/Vaulten. Allt i akt och mening att skapa en globalt fungerande entreprise PLM-lösning för industriella tillverkare.

Aras Spins Open-Source Formula & Recipe Management Solution

Design News - September 2011

In yet another indication that Aras's bet on an open-source strategy is paying off, the lone open-source PLM provider has announced the availability of a Full Formula & Recipe Management system based on Aras Innovator and built by one of its partners… The Formula & Recipe Management Solution developed by Aras partner PSC Group, essentially transforms the Aras Innovator PLM platform into an end-to-end PLM solution for global companies in the CPG, health and beauty/cosmetics, life sciences, chemical, food and beverage, and other process industries.

Formula & Recipe Management Solution

Chem.Info - August 2011

Aras® now offers an enterprise solution for formula and recipe management that was created by Aras’ partner, PSC Group, and was designed for global companies that need an advanced, end-to-end PLM solution. The solution enables process-based companies to control critical product information and respond quickly and accurately to changes for improved compliance and reduced potential of costly recalls.

Aras Announces Availability of Formula and Recipe Management Solution

3D CAD Tips - August 2011

The Formula and Recipe Management solution provides a single view of the truth with a centralized repository for all product-related information, and cross-functional business process workflows for research and development (R&D), marketing, quality and regulatory, manufacturing operations, procurement, global suppliers, and outsourced manufacturers. The solution enables process manufacturers to achieve faster time to market and better quality, productivity, and batch traceability.

Aras PLM joins Autodesk Partner Program

Graphic Speak - August 2011

Aras is quietly becoming a significant player in enterprise PLM. When the company first fired its sales staff and became an open source developer, conventional wisdom said they wouldn’t last two years. Today they are growing at more than 100% per year, adding staff, and seeking new alliances. It turns out being open source can be very good for business.

Aras, Autodesk Partnership Integrates PLM and 3D Design

Managing Automation - August 2011

Teaming up with the maker of 3D design software, Aras intends to deliver a PLM platform that can streamline complex processes spanning distributed design and manufacturing centers. Aras has already built connectors that integrate its product, Aras Innovator, with Autodesk Inventor, a digital prototyping tool, and AutoCAD 2D and 3D design tools. Now, as part of the partnership program, Aras is said to be working on integrating more Autodesk products, including Vault, a data management application, and Publisher, Autodesk’s technical documentation software.

Aras Partners With Autodesk To Offer PLM

Deelip.com - August 2011

Its become increasingly clear from recent CAD system switches of large OEM’s that PLM largely dictates which CAD system is used in a company. I believe Autodesk understands this and has realized that it cannot afford to ignore PLM anymore, irrespective of what it thinks about the three letter acronym. PLM that has been understood and accepted by the industry and there is really no point fighting it anymore.

PLM Software Fuels & Lubes International

How Product Lifecycle Management Can Help Your Business

Fuels & Lubes International - July 2011

Aras sees sustainability as a clear market driver for PLM... Environmental regulations vary by region, thus, a given product may have a different compliance status in every country. PLM can accurately account for this complexity and do so in a flexible way.

Aras Anuncia La Version Mas Reciente de su Plataforma PLM

3D CAD Portal - June 2011

Aras la compañía de productos y soluciones de software PLM, anuncio la disponibilidad para descarga de la última versión de Aras Innovator PLM. Este release incluye una cantidad de mejoras sugeridas por compañías como Textron, ITT Defense, Xerox, Lear Corporation, Carestream Health y otras compañías globales con grandes departamentos PLM principalmente enfocados a colaboración segura e integración al resto de la empresa.

FISHER/UNITECH Signs Partner Agreement to Provide Aras Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Solutions

Bloomberg Businessweek - June 2011

“The Aras solution set provides our customers with an outstanding set of applications to complement the functionality of their SolidWorks Enterprise Product Data Management software to achieve full PLM capability,” said Charles Hess, President and CEO of FISHER/UNITECH. “We are excited to bring Aras to our current and future clients.”

PLM-Initiative: Der Herzschlag eines Unternehmens

PLM IT Business - June 2011

In den letzten Jahren hat sich gezeigt, dass CAD-Anwendungen nur noch einen geringen Teil der Produktdaten erzeugen. Die Daten eines Automobils bestehen schätzungsweise nur noch zu rund 20 Prozent aus 3D-CAD-Daten. Darüber hinaus hat sich gezeigt, dass starre ERP-Lösungen nicht in der Lage sind, die sich dynamisch verändernden Konfigurationsprofile von Produkten und Prozessen sinnvoll zu verwalten. Hinzu kommt, dass sich Produktdaten aus viel mehr Details zusammensetzen als reine Konstruktionsdaten.

Partners Build Out Enterprise Search For Aras PLM

Design News - June 2011

There’s a certain beauty in being an open source platform–that is, you can always count on others to deliver enhancements that will really resonate with your user base... One area where the [Aras] ecosystem has been particularly active is around enterprise search. The idea is to help users of all kinds–from engineers to field service people–zero in on finding the right piece of information among all of the complex data sets related to product development that are managed by Aras PLM and other enterprise systems.

Open Source Aras PLM Attracts Advanced Search Solution

Graphic Speak - June 2011

A sophisticated textual search engine is the latest solution in the growing list of add-in solutions to the Aras Innovator open source PLM suite. The release is one more sign the original goal in releasing Aras Innovator as open source software is paying off. Searches are performed using a familiar Google-like user interface and results are presented in a shopping cart-like view with the ability to drill-down into results.

PLM als Unternehmensstrategie

iX - May 2011

Open Source für PLM Ein Open-Source-Produkt bietet das Unternehmen Aras. Das Modell: Anwender können deren „Innovator“ per Download beziehen und uneingeschränkt einsetzen. Damit entfällt die Vorabinvestition. Kosten entstehen beim Support. Innovator verwendet eine serviceorientierte Architektur (SOA), sodass Projektteams es standortübergreifend als Kollaborations-Plattform nutzen können. Zu den Kunden von Aras gehören Motorola, Rolls-Royce und Freudenberg.

Aras Free PDM / PLM - To good to be true?

PLM Forum - May 2011

"...the best proof at the moment is that many of the large companies who have already invested in the known large systems from Siemens, PTC and Dassault are either extending these with Aras or simply replacing them.” Says Leon Lauritsen from Minerva

Aras PLM lines up against Windchill, Enovia, and TeamCenter

Beyond PLM - May 2011

Aras Innovator is on move to replace full fledged PLM products such as TeamCenter, Enovia / MatrixOne and Windchill. Changes are inevitable. For the last years PLM vendors developed strategies to provide out-of-the-box PLM implementations. Aras put focus on “supporting organizational change”.

Aras Neuer Partner

EHZ Austria - April 2011

Durch die neue Partnerschaft erhalten Anwender der PLM-Lösung Aras Innovator die Möglichkeit, automatisiert Datensätze aus führenden CAD-Anwendungen wie SolidWorks, CATIA, AutoCAD, Pro/ENGINEER und Solid Edge zu übernehmen und in der APQP-Lösung für Qualitätsplanung weiterzuverarbeiten. Die Vorteile sind beschleunigte Arbeitsabläufe, eine gesteigerte Genauigkeit sowie verbesserte APQP- und Compliance-bezogene Vorgänge.

SVAB Hydraulik AB Selects Aras for Product Lifecycle Management

Siemens PLM Community - April 2011

“We considered several options and benchmarked Aras against other relevant systems,” said Jens Eriksson, Head of Development at SVAB Hydraulik AB. “We selected Aras for its comprehensive out-of-box functionality, innovative technology and advanced open source business model…” SVAB will implement Aras throughout the extended enterprise …to improve efficiency, reduce cycle time and optimize processes, including APQP, FMEA, PPAP, Change Management, CAPA and more.

3D-Suche nach Bauteilen

IT & Production - April 2011

Shapespace, Entwickler von Such-Lösungen für CAD- und PLM-Systeme, stellt gemeinsam mit dem PLM-Dienstleister Aessis eine geometrische 3D-Suche für die Open Source PLM-Lösung Aras Innovator vor. Die neuen Funktionen gestatten Anwendern, Teile und Komponenten anhand von Form, Größe und anderen Attributen zu suchen.

Carestream Health, Nexteer Automotive, Advatech Pacific to Present on PLM Strategy at Aras Conference at end of April

MCAD Café - April 2011

Carestream Health, Nexteer Automotive and Advatech Pacific, along with Deutsche Blisterunion, Infosys, HCL, Kalypso, Razorleaf and Wipro, will join PLM industry experts from IDC, CIMdata, and Beyond PLM at ACE 2011 in Dearborn, Michigan USA from April 26-28. Register: www.aras.com/ACE2011

IDC, CIMdata and Beyond PLM to Present at Upcoming Aras Community Event in April

CAD CAM News - March 2011

PLM industry experts Joe Barkai of IDC Manufacturing Insights, Peter Bilello of CIMdata, and Oleg Shilovitsky of Beyond PLM will be featured speakers at the Aras Community Event (ACE) 2011 International, April 26-28 in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.

오픈소스PLM, PTC·지멘스와는 다르다

ZDNet Korea - March 2011

'확실한 업그레이드'를 보장해 기존 업체들과 차별화하겠다는 제품 수명주기 관리(PLM) 솔루션이 국내 출시된다. 이미 '오픈소스 PLM'으로 글로벌 무대에서 알려진 PLM업체 아라스의 '아라스 이노베이터'가 그것이다. 최근 아라스는 우리나라 공급망 관리(SCM) 전문업체 자이오넥스를 협력사로 두고 국내서도 오픈소스 PLM 사업에 시동을 걸었다.

Fox Electronics Speeds Time to Market with Aras Solution

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - March 2011

In product development, Fox rolled out Aras for better collaboration and control with document and CAD file management, bill of materials management and online engineering change workflows to speed time to market. For example, the Fox Electronics XpressO product line has redefined industry lead times from more than 10 weeks to 10 days or less, for both standard and custom frequency oscillators.

Taking the Cloud Beyond Infrastructure to Business Transformation

Pro/E Community - March 2011

In the Connected Cloud, data, analytics and services are connected in the cloud and brought into the corporate PLM, as well as ERP, CRM, etc. These are not browser-based services, they’re application based. And while this is already happening in consumer applications such as Yelp and Zillow, that’s not where the big dollar impact is. The real value - and the REAL transformation - comes from connecting cloud resources in a business environment.

Fox Electronics Expands its Deployment of Aras

Engineeringtalk - February 2011

Fox Electronics has expanded its deployment of Aras to become the company's end-to-end PLM backbone. This includes concept development and engineering with CAD management and change management to enterprise quality management, compliance and closed-loop shipping and tracking.

Aras and HCL Partner to Develop PLM Solutions

Desktop Engineering - February 2011

HCL will develop several next-generation PLM solutions on the Aras PLM platform including the Green Design Workbench (GDWTM), a solution framework focused on environmental compliance across the lifecycle, including the product design, development, operation and End of Life phases. “These next-generation solutions provide the opportunity for companies to transform corporate processes — through inclusion of cloud-based environmental information and business process outsourcing of product engineering services — all while greening their corporate PLM environment,” says Peter Schroer, president of Aras.

Aras Announces Membership in SolidWorks Partner Program

TenLinks - January 2011

The Aras PLM platform is ideal for companies that use SolidWorks in a multi-CAD environment or for businesses that need to complement and extend Enterprise PDM to enable global PLM processes. The highly flexible pure Web architecture, robust security, multi-site replication and powerful scalability mean Aras is well suited for complicated deployment scenarios with thousands of users across the extended enterprise.

Open-Source-PLM mit Cloud-Anbindung

Silicon.de - January 2011

Für die Zukunft erwarten wir eine Welt, in der PLM-Prozesse nahtlos und sicher mit Cloud-basierenden Diensten kommunizieren. Unternehmen werden bereits bestehende Informationsquellen noch intensiver nutzen und externe Experten in ihre Prozesse eng einbinden. Daten über Bauelemente, Komponenten oder andere Informationen werden künftig noch einfacher über die Cloud abrufbar sein. Anwender können so ganz gezielt Daten in ihre fachlichen PLM-Prozesse integrieren. Dieser neue Ansatz steigert nochmals die Produktivität und Innovationskraft eines Unternehmens.

Cloud Based PLM On Demand

Deelip.com - January 2011

Prodeos is one of Aras’s systems integration partners and has several Aras Innovator instances installed and configured on Amazon EC2 infrastructure. They are offering 15 day trials to make it easier for companies to try Aras Innovator without the hassle of having to install the software on their hardware.

ShapeSpace Brings 3D Geometric Search to Open Source Aras PLM

Graphic Speak - December 2010

Aras has landed another technology partnership to expand the capabilities of its open source PLM system, this one bringing 3D geometric search to Aras Innovator. We think this is the most powerful addition to the Aras suite yet... 3D geometric search can improve part reuse, reduce part number counts, optimize external part purchasing, and reduce part inventories.

Connecting Cloud Services into the Enterprise PLM Workflow

Mechanical Design - December 2010

Users can share, collaborate and manage CAD files, specifications, requirements and other intellectual property in a secure cloud-based environment from within their company specific PLM workflows. This capability enables the seamless exchange of CAD files and related product data between thousands of global supply chain partners simultaneously.

Gartner Predicts 2011: Manufacturers Revamp and Enhance PLM Strategies (logon required)

Gartner - November 2010

Strategic Planning Assumptions... By YE16, more than 33% of the PLM software market will adopt licensing and support other than paid-up licensing... PLM software companies with "open source" and "SaaS" business models are becoming more visible and are gaining more traction. For example, Aras has gained greater visibility and acceptance since 2008.

Aras Floats Innovator In Amazon Cloud

Design News - November 2010

Aras, which differentiates itself as an open source provider of PLM, is looking at carving out additional new territory–this time, positioning itself as one of the first to deploy PLM technology in the cloud. Aras has deployed the Aras Innovator suite in the Amazon Elastic Computer Cloud (Amazon EC2), providing the ability to instantly run the enterprise PLM platform in the cloud without any upfront capital expenditures for hardware or software or without the hassles of IT having to provision infrastructure as the PLM deployment scales.

Aras to Present at Boeing-Northrop Grumman Global Product Data Interoperability Summit

SolidWorks Community - November 2010

In keeping with this year’s theme of driving quality through industry collaboration focused on leveraging and integrating CAD, visualization, interoperability and data management systems, Aras President Peter Schroer will present best practices for implementing PLM inside Microsoft SharePoint to achieve comprehensive PLM functionality with minimal programming for large scale enterprise deployments. The Aras presentation is scheduled to take place at 2:00pm on Wednesday, November 10th.

Datenreplikation in verteilten PLM-Umgebungen

IT & Production - November 2010

Die Replikation in Aras Innovator erfolgt entweder nach Bedarf, bei jeder Änderung einer Dateiversion oder zu einem vordefinierten Zeitpunkt. Administratoren versetzt das System in die Lage, Datenreplikation ohne Programmierung einzurichten. Ein Regelsystem erlaubt die Verwendung unterschiedlicher Replikationsarten für beliebig viele Datenspeicher und unterstützt Zugriffsrechte sowie benutzerdefinierte Geschäftsregeln.

Web-based PLM Software Rings a Bell

Design World - October 2010

"Today, two thirds of MiTek’s employees use Aras and the company houses more than 70,000 parts in its database. All R&D engineers across all divisions are trained on the software. They can create their own systems, ISO documents, workflows, and lifecycles. Quality engineers and the material planning group are self-sufficient, too."

Aras über den Wolken

Economic Engineering - October 2010

Die Partitionierungsmöglichkeiten ermöglichen vielfältige Einsatzszenarien, wie hybride Systemumgebungen, in denen replizierte Datenspeicher (Vaults) hinter einer Firewall betrieben werden, während die Applikationsserver innerhalb der Cloud laufen. Die modellbasierte, serviceorientierte Architektur (SOA) ermöglicht den Betrieb des PLM-Systems in einer sogenannten Multi-Tenant-Architektur, bei der nur eine Software-Instanz auf dem Server betrieben wird und diese allen Kunden („Tenants“) zur Verfügung steht.

PLM Doesn’t Have to Weigh You Down

Siemens PLM Community - October 2010

"Sticker shock can be a problem in the very earliest stages of a project, during the implementation and initial deployment, and later on in the system development. The cost of PLM licenses can stop a PLM initiative before it ever gets started. Likewise, license fees can halt the expansion of the PLM system limiting access and making it impossible to get it to everyone in the workflow. Since Aras doesn’t charge PLM license fees, I am admittedly a little biased here but that doesn’t change the fact that license fees are a big barrier to entry for companies of all sizes."

Aras entwickelt PLM Cloud-Strategie

Digital Engineering - October 2010

Mit der neuen Strategie will Aras eine marktführende Position als Anbieter unternehmensweit nutzbarer PLM-Technologien für die Cloud einnehmen. Global aufgestellte Unternehmen sollen künftig in der Lage sein, Daten, Dienste und Analysen sicher aus der Cloud zu beziehen und diese in ihre PLM-Prozesse integrieren zu können. Daraus entstehen für international tätige Organisationen neue und effizient realisierbare Geschäftsmöglichkeiten.

Aras Explains PLM Cloud Strategy

CIMdata - October 2010

The Aras strategy is designed to, first, lead the market in delivering enterprise PLM technology for the cloud, and second, provide global companies with the ability to securely leverage cloud-based data, services and analytics in the PLM workflow to enable new, more effective ways for global companies to conduct business.

PLM’s Innovation Potential

Managing Automation - October 2010

Accelerating effective innovation in products and packaging is critical to market success. However, many companies are still in the process of creating an information backbone that can support such innovation. Product lifecycle management (PLM) software has long held the potential to act as that backbone, and increasingly, products are arriving ready for use, and not just by the largest companies.

Aras Announces Open-Source Solution on SharePoint 2010 for Enterprise Collaborative Product Development

Desktop Engineering - October 2010

“The value of PLM and PDM increases vastly when more people in the product development process can access the information quickly and easily for their own purposes,” says Simon Floyd, director of Worldwide Industry Technology Strategy for Microsoft. “This solution is therefore designed to extend the reach of product information in the Enterprise by making it instantly accessible, reusable and easily shared using collaboration, business intelligence, search and social computing capabilities of SharePoint Server 2010.”

SharePoint 2010 basierende Open Source-Lösung von Aras fördert unternehmensweite Produktentwicklung

One Journal - September 2010

Ziel ist es, die in PLM- oder PDM-Systemen gespeicherten Produktdaten weiteren Benutzergruppen sowie Kunden, Lieferanten und Partnern weltweit zur Verfügung zu stellen. Die Lösung "Collaborative Product Development" ( CPD ) soll die gemeinsame Produktentwicklungsarbeit beschleunigen und Entscheidungen schneller herbeiführen.

SharePoint 2010 basierende Open Source-Lösung von Aras fördert unternehmensweite Produktentwicklung

EDM PDM - September 2010

Ziel ist es, die in PLM- oder PDM-Systemen gespeicherten Produktdaten weiteren Benutzergruppen sowie Kunden, Lieferanten und Partnern weltweit zur Verfügung zu stellen. Die Lösung „Collaborative Product Development“ (CPD) soll die gemeinsame Produktentwicklungsarbeit beschleunigen und Entscheidungen schneller herbeiführen.

Aras bringt PLM auf Android und iPhone

IT Business - September 2010

Aras, ein Anbieter von Open Source Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software, integriert Smartphones in PLM-basierende Geschäftsprozesse. Gemeinsam mit dem Aras-Partner Porchys, einem indischen Software-Entwickler, entstehen derzeit spezielle Apps für die Plattformen Android und iPhone. Mit den neuen Lösungen erweitern global aufgestellte Unternehmen ihre PLM-Prozesse auch für den mobilen Einsatz.

Android and iPhone Apps Debut for Aras PLM

Design News - September 2010

Talk about the beauty of having a diverse partner network. On the heels of announcing a partner to develop search capabilities for its PLM platform, open source vendor Aras announced this week the development of Android and iPhone mobile applications that specifically work with its Aras Innovator PLM platform... Aras President Peter Schroer cited the new mobile apps as a “great example of the benefits of an open source approach.” He just might be right.

Android and iPhone Applications Developed for Aras Enterprise Open Source PLM

Pro/E Community - September 2010

“The Android and iPhone platforms provide a powerful new way for people across the enterprise to securely participate in PLM processes from anywhere in the world,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras. “Porchys’s introduction of these innovative mobile applications on our PLM platform is a great example of the benefits of an open source approach and the power of the corporate community.”

American Italian Pasta Adopts Enterprise PLM

Consumer Goods Technology - September 2010

"We looked at several solutions and Aras was the clear choice," says Chrystal Johnson, vice president of Information Services at AIPC. "Aras has the full range of functionality we want, the integration capabilities we need and a proven track-record in the food manufacturing industry."

American Italian Pasta Company implementiert PLM-Software von Aras

ITnewsbyte - September 2010

AIPC nutzt Aras Innovator unternehmensweit für die zentrale Bereitstellung von Rezepturen, Spezifikationen, Testverfahren, Nährwerttabellen und Verpackungsdetails. Gleichzeitig erfassen die Mitarbeiter in dem System Rückmeldungen von Kunden und dokumentieren die Einhaltung von Regularien.

Advanced Search Solution for Aras PLM

PLM Forum - September 2010

NorthRidge is developing a sophisticated search solution for the Aras Innovator PLM software suite using Apache Lucene, an open source search engine. The NorthRidge solution provides users with a simple, fast and secure interface for accessing the full range of complex data sets managed in Aras Innovator, as well as information stored in other locations such as intranet sites, SharePoint, file shares or any place where relevant content resides.

Aras Open Source Accelerates

The Manufacturer - September 2010

Driven by growth in worldwide adoption of its Aras Innovator suite, Aras says its performance signals widescale acceptance of the Aras enterprise open source model by America’s largest companies. “Our growth represents a fundamental shift in the way global companies are approaching their enterprise PLM strategy,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras.

PLM, öffne Dich!

Economic Engineering - August 2010

Das klingt danach, dass sich Aras durchaus als Wettbewerber gegenüber den Großen wie Teamcenter oder Windchill betrachtet? Aber ja doch! Schauen Sie sich nur unsere letzten durchgeführten Projekte an: bei Kodak CareStream Health zum Beispiel haben wir MatrixOne ersetzt. Wir sprechen hier von mehreren Tausend Benutzern. Bei Xerox oder Textron haben wir ebenfalls grosse Legacy PLM-Installationen abgelöst oder ergänzt.

PLM and FOSS, What PLM Seekers Think?

Technology Evaluation Centers - August 2010

Ever since Aras decided to stop asking for license fees for Aras Innovator [evaluate the product]by switching to the business model that the vendor calls enterprise open source, free and open source software (FOSS) product lifecycle management (PLM) (as a topic) has been talked about more frequently than before... In sum, FOSS PLM has already had considerable acceptance (around 20 percent for the past two and a half years) from users. For users who want to have the combination of FOSS PLM + proprietary OS and database, Aras Innovator is the option.

Hydrometer nutzt PLM-Lösung

IT-Mittelstand - August 2010

Aras Innovator wird von Hydrometer im Produkt- und Projektmanagement sowie zur Dokumentation und zur Einhaltung der regulatorischen Compliance-Richtlinien über den gesamten Produktzyklus hinweg eingesetzt... Hydrometer entschied sich für Aras aufgrund der leistungsstarken Integrationsmöglichkeiten mit führenden Anwendungen, heißt es, wie beispielsweise SAP sowie der offenen Systemarchitektur.

Integrale Architektur: Strategiewechsel beim Thema PLM

automotiveIT - August 2010

„Heutige Architekturen von PLM-Lösungen sind noch überwiegend Client-Server-orientiert. Mittelfristig werden sich hier offene, flexible Service-orientierte Architekturen (SOA) durchsetzen müssen“, meint der PLM-Spezialist. Dabei würden die PLM-Funktionen als Services zur Erledigung prozessrelevanter Tätigkeiten angeboten. „Die Kombination von PLM und SOA hilft Unternehmen, ihre bestehenden Infrastrukturen im Laufe der Zeit schrittweise aufzubauen und zu verändern, indem viele verschiedene Systeme Services wiederverwenden dürfen. So wird auch die Service-basierte Integration von Zulieferern ermöglicht“.

Aras PLM大中華區ACE社群交流活動 - 9月14日

Linuxpilot - August 2010

有鑑於Open Software「開放式軟體」興起，微軟公司也開始推廣開放式資訊應用系統，利用Code Plex的平台建立出完整的軟體開發社群，而Aras也在2007年加入這樣的一個社群組織，以社群授權模式(MsCL)釋出軟體，並扮演著系統開發者與使用者的橋樑，帶動更多人參與。我們稱之為「Open PLM」 Community。

Aras: beschleunigt Wachstum und steigert Umsätze

Scope - August 2010

Mark Halpern, PLM-Analyst bei dem Marktforscher Gartner, beschreibt in der Studie "Cool Vendors in Product Design and Life Cycle Management 2010" das Angebot von Aras wie folgt: "Wir stellen ein gestiegenes Interesse bei produzierenden Unternehmen und PLM-Dienstleistern fest. Die jährlichen Kosten für Support und Upgrades liegen nur bei 40 Prozent der Summe, die bei den großen PLM-Herstellern für die Wartung anfallen. Zudem müssen Unternehmen bei Aras keinerlei Lizenzkosten entrichten."

Aras Momentum Accelerates Driving 226% Sales Growth in First Half 2010

MCAD Café - August 2010

Aras’s strong performance is driven by the continued growth in worldwide adoption of the Aras Innovator suite, and demonstrates mainstream acceptance of the Aras enterprise open source model and advanced PLM technology by Fortune 500 / Forbes Global 2000 companies.

ACE技术研讨会

e-Works - August 2010

为应对市场竞争，各行业企业都积极搭建信息系统以提高效率，保证企业发展目标。PLM（产品全生命周期管理）作为信息化的核心系统，管理着产品在研发、制造、销售、服务等各阶段产生的相关数据，是企业实现创新发展的重要途径。而Aras PLM作为开源PLM的领军者，正作为一种新的服务模式为越来越多的企业用户所了解和关注。

Aras: Datenreplikation verbessert

CAD CAM - July 2010

Aras hat bei der Open-Source-PLM-Software Aras Innovator die Funktionen und Konfigurationsmoeglichkeiten bei der Datenreplikation fuer mehr Datensicherheit verbessert. Die neue Replikationsmechanismen sollen sicherstellen, dass Anwender auch in weltweit verteilten PLM-Umgebungen mit verteilter Datenspeicherung immer mit aktuellen Daten arbeiten.

How Aras Makes Money by Giving Away PLM Software

Graphic Speak - July 2010

To understand how Aras can compete and survive as an open source software company, we must correctly identify the nature of their business, and correctly compare it to the business of being a commercial PLM vendor. To put it in economic terms, we must compare where the buyer allocates resources in order to achieve the result of efficient Product Lifecycle Management.

XEROX Leverages Aras Enterprise Open Source PLM for Global Product Development

CATIA Community - July 2010

Since 2008, XEROX Office Products has utilized Aras’s advanced PLM technology to automate global engineering and supply chain processes and connect legacy systems, creating a comprehensive approach to cross-functional PLM, including new product development and introduction, RoHS and REACH environmental compliance, Design for Six Sigma, product analytics and more.

Aras erweitert Funktionen zur Datenreplikation in verteilten PLM-Umgebungen

CAD-CAM Report - July 2010

Der amerikanische Open-Source-PLM-Anbieter Aras will mit neuen Mechanismen für die Datenreplikation (Vault Replication) in der Aras-Innovator-Software sicherstellen, dass Anwender auch in weltweit verteilten PLM-Umgebungen mit komplexen Multi-Vault-Installationen immer mit aktuellen Daten arbeiten können.

Aras Enhances PLM Replication Capabilities

Design News - July 2010

Aras is bolstering the fault tolerance and system configurability of its open PLM platform with the announcement of enhanced vault replication capabilities for Aras Innovator that aim to simplify the user experience. Aras's new vault replication enhancements allow system administrators to completely configure replication rules without any scripting or programming

Aras erweitert Funktionen zur Datenreplikation in verteilten PLM-Umgebungen

PLM IT Business - July 2010

Der amerikanische Open-Source-PLM-Anbieter Aras will mit neuen Mechanismen für die Datenreplikation (Vault Replication) in der Aras-Innovator-Software sicherstellen, dass Anwender auch in weltweit verteilten PLM-Umgebungen mit komplexen Multi-Vault-Installationen immer mit aktuellen Daten arbeiten können. Mit diesem Ansatz biete Aras eine hohe Datenintegrität, vermeide Synchronisationsprobleme und biete dem Anwender einen hohen Bedienkomfort.

Aras Innovator: PLM Done Differently - Part 3

Deelip.com - June 2010

...strength lies in two things: functionality and upgradability. The former is self explanatory. Our PLM system is highly functional and hugely scalable. However, its the latter that most people tend to ignore. Only long time PLM users actually recognize the importance of upgradability since they have had to endure the pain of upgrading to a newer version.

Aras Innovator: PLM Done Differently - Part 2

Deelip.com - June 2010

Aras Innovator comes with a lot of functionality directly out of the box which you can use instantly... an example of a company called MiTek, a manufacturer of electronics and communication products. MiTek implemented Aras Innovator as their PLM system without paying Aras a single cent. They did it completely on their own thanks to the model based service oriented architecture that makes Innovator an easy to customize PLM system.

Aras Innovator: PLM Done Differently - Part 1

Deelip.com - June 2010

I just got off the phone with Peter Schroer, the Founder and President of Aras, a company that offers an open source PLM system... Aras Innovator is basically an internet application framework based on the Microsoft .NET platform. All you need is a Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) server with a database and users can log into the PLM system from a browser.

Ampelsystem überwacht den Zeitplan

Automotive IT - June 2010

An 21 europäischen Standorten hat das Technologieunternehmen Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik (FDS) die Enterprise Open Source-Anwendung Aras Innovator erfolgreich implementiert. Mit der Product Lifecycle Management-Lösung ist FDS in der Lage, die Abläufe in der Entwicklung zu standardisieren und konsequent nach der Qualitätsmana-gementmethode Advanced Product Quality Planning auszurichten.

Textron and Other Fortune 500 Companies Move to Aras Enterprise Open Source PLM Software

Siemens PLM Community - June 2010

"Our scope is not small. We’ll have more than 1,000 users on the system globally and we wanted to make sure everyone could work in our environment without constraints... Other PLM systems never seem to reach everyone in the workflow because sooner or later the license costs become prohibitive. We knew we wouldn’t have that problem with Aras,” explained Lear.

Ampelsystem überwacht den Zeitplan

automotiveIT - June 2010

Mit der Product Lifecycle Management-Lösung ist FDS in der Lage, die Abläufe in der Entwicklung zu standardisieren und konsequent nach der Qualitätsmana-gementmethode Advanced Product Quality Planning auszurichten. Da Aras Innovator als Enterprise Open Source-Lösung kostenfrei verfügbar ist, konnte FDS ohne Vorabinvestitionen in Software-Lizenzen die PLM-Software evaluieren. Die Inves-titionen beschränkten sich im Wesentlichen auf die Einarbeitung der eigenen Mitarbeiter sowie das Einrichten der Lösung.

Textron Defense Systems entscheidet sich für Aras Open Source PLM-Software

ITnewsbyte - June 2010

Die Anwendung für Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) unterstützt bei Textron die Prozessoptimierung durch das CMMI-Referenzmodell (Capability Maturity Model Integration). Hierzu zählen Prozesse wie das Risiko-, Programm-, Konfigurations- und Change-Management sowie das Produktdaten-Management. Gleichzeitig ermöglicht Aras die Anbindung von CAD- und EDA-Lösungen (Electronic Design Automation) wie NX, Allegro, OrCAD und PADS sowie die Integration von SAP-Systemen.

Aras PLM Solution Selected By Textron Defense Systems

MCAD Café - June 2010

Chief Information Officer Tony DeGregorio of Textron said, “The enterprise open source approach and elimination of PLM license fees initially got our attention, however, what really drove our selection of Aras was the comprehensive PLM functionality and advanced technology.”

Signatur beschleunigt PLM-Prozesse

automotiveIT - June 2010

DataSquare stellt eine neue Schnittstelle für die Open Source PLM-Lösung Aras Innovator vor: Der Signature-Connector ermöglicht die Unterzeichnung von Dateien in Aras Innovator mit einer qualifizierten elektronischen Signatur. So werden Dokumente rechtssicher digital signiert und freigegeben.

TPK Touch Solutions Selects Aras PLM Software

MCAD Café - June 2010

As an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) for world-leading smart phone, MP3/4, touch computer and GPS providers, the ability to maintain and secure customer intellectual property and respond rapidly to evolving customer needs is critical for TPK. TPK will implement the Aras PLM software suite for configuration management, engineering change management, product and project management, CAD file management and document management, and new product introduction.

DataSquare: Neue Schnittstelle für Aras Innovator

Digital Business - June 2010

Der Aras Innovator Signature-Connector integriert qualifizierte elektronische Signaturen ins Product-Lifecycle-Management-System. Durchgängig digitale Freigabeprozesse machen Papierdokumente überflüssig. So werden Dokumente rechtssicher digital signiert und freigegeben. Das beschleunigt die Prozesse und erlaubt den vollständigen Verzicht auf Papierdokumente. Ein entscheidender Vorteil für alle Unternehmen, die innerhalb ihrer PLM-Prozesse auf rechtssichere Unterschriften angewiesen sind.

Evolving PLM Landscape: Major Seismic Event or Minor Volcanic Eruption?

Vektorrum - May 2010

...notes analyst Allan Behrens (Taxal), I believe, positive change happening in the evolution of the major players in the engineering solutions space. Most notably in creating, and demonstrating clearly differentiating positioning - more than just ‘words’ and ‘marketing hype’ and something that is of greater intrinsic value to the customer... the emergence of open source applications like ARAS, with a value proposition to reduce the TCO and that too by eliminating upfront risks.. all seems to point towards a seismic event.

Elektronische Signaturen im Product Lifecycle Management

AutoCAD Magazin - May 2010

Der Aras Innovator Signature-Connector integriert qualifizierte elektronische Signaturen ins Product-Lifecycle-Management-System. Durchgängige digitale Freigabeprozesse machen Papierdokumente überflüssig.

PLM Migration: Migrate Your Mind First

Technology Evaluation Centers - May 2010

While more users are thinking of implementing their second, third, or even a greater ordinal number of PLM systems, migration is a prominent issue that has to be tackled… For many years, buying software licenses was the only way to acquire a PLM system. I personally feel that before going deeper and evaluating vendors and addressing technical and organizational issues related to PLM migration, as a PLM adopter, it is important that you first refresh your understanding to the PLM methodology and the PLM market.

Deutsche Blisterunion setzt auf Open Source PLM-Software von Aras

EDM PDM - May 2010

Mit Aras Innovator realisiert die DBU durchgängig IT-gestützte Freigabeprozesse für die Blisterherstellung und kann so vollständig auf Papierdokumente verzichten. In der Pharmaindustrie haben sich Patientenblister bewährt, da sie unter anderem die tägliche Dosierung von Arzneimitteln vereinfachen.

Gartner Selects Aras as “Cool Vendor” for Enterprise PLM Software Solution

Design World - May 2010

Aras has been name a "cool vendor" by analyst firm Gartner in the Cool Vendors in Product Design and Life Cycle Management 2010 report. The report, written by Gartner analyst Marc Halpern, identifies vendors who are innovative, impactful, and intriguing. According to the report, "This year's Cool Vendors in product design and lifecycle management prove that innovative vendors in seemingly mature markets or in niche markets can innovate in ways that create impressive value and potential for rapid growth."

Покупатели PLM должны повысить требовательность к поставщикам

isicad - May 2010

В Aras мы приняли совершенно иной подход к PLM. Мы используем проверенные технологии и современную архитектуру предприятия для создания решений, которые предусматривают изменения, а не борются с ними, и дают PLM пользователям то, что хотят они, а не то, что по нашему мнению, они должны получить.

2010 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Update

CATIA Community - April 2010

Gartner analyst Marc Halpern discusses some of new trends in PLM practices in "Today’s Trends in PLM May Not be Around Tomorrow ." Find out which ones he predicts will stick around. “Honestly if I had to make a choice I would go with an open-source system because once a customer implements it they own it entirely,” Marc Halpern, Gartner

New Aras Innovator Tuned for Global PLM Deployments

Design News - April 2010

The new Aras Innovator release features an array of enhancements designed to optimize the PLM platform for enterprise-wide PLM deployments that take advantage of geographically distributed data centers, private clouds or hybrid environments that combine both on-premise and cloud computing infrastructure. To address the pain of system upgrades, Aras is upgraded "in place" without recoding or data migration — a significant departure from traditional PLM system upgrades which require reimplementation and data migration.

Aras: Neue Version des PLM Aras Innovator

CAD CAM - April 2010

Die neue Version der Open-Source-PLM-Software bringt hauptsaechlich technische Verbesserungen fuer die Nutzung der Software an verteilten Standorten. So ist es jetzt moeglich, geografisch verteilte Rechenzentren und Cloud-Computing-Dienste in einer Private Cloud zu verwenden.

PLM Buyers Must Demand More from PLM Suppliers

Siemens PLM Community - April 2010

Today’s enterprises need dynamic PLM solutions capable of handling extremely complex business rules and models with very simple user interfaces. These solutions must be highly flexible and, instead of resisting change, these PLM solutions must anticipate it – at all times, in all product phases, in every market... Couple this approach with a licensing model that encourages system expansion instead of prohibiting it and you have a far more equitable arrangement that removes much of the tension that exists between PLM vendors and their customers.

Aras Announces New Open Release of Advanced Enterprise PLM Software Solution Suite

CAD CAM News - April 2010

This newest release of Aras Innovator is specifically designed for large-scale global PLM deployments. The release combines expanded enterprise manageability, advanced upgrade capabilities and enablement on the latest Microsoft platform technologies. Together these enhancements make Aras ideal for enterprise-wide PLM deployments that utilize geographically distributed data centers...

Aras Innovator: PLM on a Shoestring - Part 3

Desktop Engineering - April 2010

Aras Innovator greatly extends the concept of relationships to all supporting documents, including 3D CAD models, schematics, PCB layouts, CAM/MFG files, software, mechanical drawings, assembly instructions, test plans, photos, requirements documents, etc. In addition, we had to have the ability to pack and go with all project data... Aras is a real out-of-the-box solution. The documentation is sufficient, the platform is stable and community support is growing. The rewards of implementing this robust, stable, and well-supported system are immediately tangible and we expect our PLM system to reveal even more benefits in the future.

Carestream Health Dumps Highly Customised MatrixOne in Favour of Aras’ Open Source PLM

Develop 3D - February 2010

Carestream Health, a medical and dental imaging, molecular imaging and non-destructive testing product specialist, has selected Aras Innovator suite to replace an “outdated and highly customized implementation of Dassault’s Enovia MatrixOne and a collection of third party and internal legacy systems.” Aras, if you’re unfamiliar with the name, is one of the first vendors to base their business on an open source model in the PLM field.

PCC Structurals Selects Aras Product Lifecycle Management Software

Design World - February 2010

“The PLM solution we chose had to adapt to our needs and processes, not the other way around. If it wasn’t flexible, it wasn’t going to work for us,” said Dave Rajkumar, IT Applications Manager at PCC Structurals. “We looked at SmarTeam, Oracle Agile and other PLM systems, but believe that Aras would be easier to customize and integrate to our existing applications. Aras meets our business needs. The Aras PLM software suite is extremely flexible, so we can easily tailor it to our specifications, and Aras scales up really well.”

Predictions for the 2010 PLM Market

Smart Data Collective - February 2010

Sanjeev Pal, Research Manager for IDC's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) group publishes Top Ten Predictions for the coming year. The domino effect of financial crises that led to the global economic recession in 2009 has altered the worldwide economic landscape and has slowed down the growth of PLM applications market. The "New Normal" Will Give Rise to Increased End-User Buying Power Causing Extreme Pressures on the Existing PLM Vendors to Mold Their Offerings and Also Increasing Opportunity for Aggressive PLM Applications Supplier.

Product Lifecycle Management: The Systems Used in Product Development

Supply Chain Brain - February 2010

A key measure to gauge product development success is on-time launch. APQC research finds that organizations using a commercial package tend to launch more products on time (72 percent on time at the median), organizations using spreadsheets tend to lag behind (50 percent on time at the median), and those using internally developed systems are in the middle (57 percent on time at the median). These numbers suggest that using a commercial package provides real-time insights into project data as a new product is developed, which helps the project team stay on schedule.

Aras PLM achieves 'Compatible with Windows 7' status

Fibre 2 Fashion - February 2010

Like all Microsoft certifications, rigorous testing and adherence to strict performance and reliability requirements must be verified before an application can officially attain Compatible with Windows 7 status. Aras adds this latest Windows 7 certification to those for Windows Server, .NET, and SQL Server making Aras Innovator the only enterprise PLM software suite to ever have achieved certification on all of the Microsoft platform products.

全球第一套Windows 7認證通過的PLM解決方案

Run! PC China - February 2010

如同所有微軟的其他驗證要求，微軟一向對於功能性測試、效能測試、及可靠度測試等方面都要求很高，也唯有通過這些層層測試之後，微軟才能發行驗證通過之標章作為相容性辨識。而Aras 取得最新的Windows 7相容性認證後，加上過去就完成驗證的Windows伺服器作業系統、 .NET 開發平台、和 SQL Server 資料庫系統，將使得 Aras Innovator 產品成為第一個也是唯一的一個與微軟所有平台產品都能相容的 PLM 軟體。

Open Source erobert Product Lifecycle Management

Silicon.de - February 2010

Der IDC-Research-Analyst Joachim Benner macht an einem konkreten Beispiel die Vorteile einer Community-gestützten Entwicklung und Anpassung beim Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) deutlich und erklärt auch, warum Oracle Agile oder Siemens Teamcenter oder andere große PLM-Namen das Nachsehen haben könnten. Bei Klöckner Desma Schuhmaschinen GmbH mit Sitz in Achim, Deutschland, einem Zulieferunternehmen von Robotersystemen und Maschinen für die Schuhindustrie, für die Implementierung der Aras Innovator PLM Software Suite entschlossen.

Aras Innovator: PLM on a Shoestring - Part 2

Desktop Engineering - February 2010

integrating our OrCAD/PADs toolchain with Aras Innovator... We extended the depth and breadth of that (electrical parts) database by adding a rich set of parametric data - more than 40 fields of characteristics - that improved each engineer’s toolset in selecting the correct part for an application from the pool. Symbol and footprint libraries were standardized and centralized, eliminating the need to manage multiple libraries... Parts are uploaded directly to Aras Innovator and appear near instantaneously in OrCAD Capture Component Information System (CIS).

エンタープライズオープンソース PLMソリューションのAras Innovator “Compatible with Windows 7”ロゴを取得

CNET Japan - January 2010

Windows 7は毎日のタスクをより簡単にして、法人のPLMユーザがすべてのスタイルとサイズのコンピュータを最大限に活用できるようにする、ストリームライン化されたユーザインタフェースと重要な新機能を提供します。Windows 7に関してより詳細な情報は、リンクをご覧ください。

エンタープライズオープンソース PLMソリューションのAras Innovator “Compatible with Windows 7”ロゴを取得

FIDELI プレスリリース - January 2010

Aras社（本社：米国ボストン、代表：Peter Schroer）の、日本における総販売代理店である株式会社プログレス・パートナーズ（本社：東京都新宿区、代表取締役社長：久次昌彦）は、Aras社が提供するエンタープライズオープンソースＰＬＭソリューション、Aras Innovator（アラスイノベーター）が2010年1月28日（現地時間）、Microsoft Windows 7の互換性テストに、ＰＬＭソフトウェアとして初めて合格したことを発表しました。

Open Source Software Challenges Mainstream PLM Vendors (Logon Required)

IDC Manufacturing Insights - January 2010

Traditional PLM vendors can no longer assume the level of influence and control over product evolution that they benefited from in the past... Aras users often describe the value of their community as "product evolution that is driven directly and immediately by market needs and not exclusively by the vendors."

Aras Innovator: PLM on a Shoestring - Part 1

Desktop Engineering - January 2010

At Phoenix International Holdings, which specializes in the design, manufacture, and operation of deepwater (up to 6000 meter operating depth) remotely operated vehicles (ROV)... it became clear to those of us who were managing product structures and system development on a day-to-day basis that we had to improve processes and systems within our engineering organization... Eventually we began to validate for ourselves Aras Innovator’s strengths—primarily, its flexibility... It was a fully developed product that the developer had elected to move to open source to gain market share and change the PLM marketplace’s “put another dollar in” mentality.

Open Source PLM Explained - Aras Style

Clarity on PLM - December 2009

open source PLM means “no more PLM license fees, ever.” ...Aras is not a charity or a non-profit organization. They are a serious software company. They just chose a different business model. They are not a bunch of open source zealots trying to change the world. They are PLM savvy software people... bring a full feature PLM product to market and run a profitable business at the same time.

Aras Releases Innovator Suite of PLM Software

Desktop Engineering - December 2009

Aras, an enterprise open source product lifecycle management (PLM) software solution provider, has announced the availability of the Aras Innovator suite of PLM software solutions enabled on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Windows 7.

Aras is First PLM Software Solution Enabled on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

MCAD Café - December 2009

By being first to take advantage of the latest Microsoft platform technology advancements Aras is delivering the most scalable, reliable, and secure enterprise PLM software solution available on the market today.

Manufacturers Make the Most of Technology

Baseline Magazine - December 2009

...the (Aras) software’s impact has been significant in terms of reducing errors in the product development process. ...One of the key benefits is the lower up-front cost associated with an open source product. There are no licensing fees; Xerox pays only a small fee for a maintenance service that includes training and product upgrades.

Automated Product Development in SA joins Aras Partner Programme

ITweb - December 2009

Automated Product Development, South Africa's premier provider of PLM solutions and services, will provide a full range of services for deploying the enterprise open source PLM software solutions from Aras, including implementation consulting, systems integration, and ongoing administration.

Open Source vs. klassische Software-Lizenzmodelle

Perspektive Mittelstand - November 2009

Open-Source-Lösungen bieten eine echte Alternative, da die kapitalintensiven Vorabinvestitionen in Lizenzen entfallen. Der wirtschaftliche Nutzen und die Kosten für den Systemstart laufen zeitlich annähernd parallel. Gleichzeitig gibt es keine Limitierung bei der Nutzeranzahl oder der eingesetzten Module und Server: die neuen Geschäftsprozesse stehen sofort der gesamten Organisation zur Verfügung.

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Big Software has Duped us for Decades

Fortune Magazine on CNN Money - October 2009

Here’s how the software business really works: A software company charges your firm an enormous upfront licensing fee and locks you into escalating costs for decades to come, often using a set of hardball tactics... The high-paid sales person will then warn that your original discount will evaporate if you don’t buy more licenses. It will be cheaper to buy more “shelfware” than to pay list price for your maintenance.

Big Software: Finally Dead

CIO Insight - October 2009

Ever since the mid-1990s, when the Internet became indispensable, someone has been predicting the death of big enterprise software, with its high costs and daunting complexity. Driven by the need to cut costs, some CIOs say they are no longer able to tolerate $50 million ERP projects that might take years to install, let alone deliver a payback.

PLM市场新人类跨越系统发展的鸿沟

eNet China - September 2009

企业实施部署PLM需要支付的费用结构包括软件许可(license)和实施费，后期的消费则包括每年的升级及维护。对于企业规模不断扩张的企业来讲，后期的license占总体维护服务费的比例也不小。总体来看，PLM软件license费用普遍较高，一套PLM系统仅软件许可费少则几十万元，多则几百万元;实施与后期升级和维护费用也不是小数目，甚至超过重新购买一套新系统的费用。

Schnellerer Datenaustausch

Automobile Industrie - September 2009

Aras, nach eigenen Angaben führender Anbieter von Open Source PLM-Unternehmenslösungen, kooperiert mit dem Hersteller von Web Intelligence-Lösungen Lixto Software. Die beiden Unternehmen bieten eine Anwendung für den automatisierten Datenaustausch zwischen PLM-Systemen der Zulieferindustrie und den Web-Portalen ihrer Kunden in der Automobilbranche an.

国内企业导入Open PLM案例探讨

CIO IT168 - September 2009

以下为笔者在协助慧友电子执行PLM导入项目过程所获得的经验，也借助实例探讨让读者及业界能了解自己所需，并作为未来的规划方向，正如《诗经》所言：” 他山之石，可以为错；他山之石，可以攻玉”。

PLM厂商的创新简析

e-Works - September 2009

关键字: PLM 创新模式无论是全球还是中国，PLM市场目前竞争都十分激烈。信息化厂商要想从激烈的竞争中杀出重围，就必须进行创新。本文对近来出现的一些创新进行剖析。商业模式创新。昨天，美国ARAS公司在武汉举行了展示会，这是该公司中国巡展的一部分。该公司的PLM软件本身的License(许可证)是免费的，可以在该公司网站上下载。用户如果需要软件的升级、维护和技术支持方面的服务，需要购买Subspription服务。价格相当于其它软件购买之后第二年交纳的维护服务的水平。而用户如果需要帮助实施和培训，则由当地的实施服务商承担。

Product, Project, Process, and People: The Four Ps of PLM Analytics Technology

Technology Evaluation Centers - September 2009

After a product lifecycle management (PLM) system has been implemented and used for a while, the accumulated data within the system becomes valuable. This data not only supports daily operations but it also has the potential to help companies to better understand historical performance and predict the future... Recently, following a series of activities, Aras and Microsoft's collaboration on enterprise business intelligence (BI) for product-driven companies...

The Changing Face of Product Lifecycle Management

Desktop Engineering - August 2009

...enterprises’ growing intolerance for large, expensive software packages that take years to deploy and that often don’t deliver on the soaring promises of their purveyors... Perhaps the reason for this is the fact that the major PLM vendors, which have been around 20+ years, have a lot of legacy architecture that they continue to try and bring forward. The combination of the dynamic technical elements with the demand for quickly deployable, less costly software is reshaping PLM. Technologies, architectures, and business models that debuted in other computing applications are now transforming product lifecycle management (PLM).

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Entwicklungsprozesse optimieren und dadurch Produktqualität steigern - FDS arbeitet europaweit mit Open Source PLM-Lösung Aras Innovator

10 Projects CIO Computerwoche - July 2009

Das Technologieunternehmen Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik (FDS) hat an insgesamt 21 europäischen Standorten die Enterprise Open Source-Anwendung Aras Innovator erfolgreich implementi...

Supply & Demand Chain Executive Announces Its 2009 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - June 2009

Supply & Demand Chain Executive has identified leading providers of supply chain services and technologies who are helping their customers and clients both respond to the downturn and, more importantly, position themselves for growth ahead.

MEGA Success: Automating Business Processes is Not Child's Play

Manufacturing Automation - June 2009

...because Aras is a Microsoft enterprise open source software solution provider, MEGA Brands has unlimited user access for no charge. By using the modern Aras SOA (service-oriented architecture) solutions on the Microsoft platform for enterprise PLM, MEGA Brands has saved more than half a million dollars on license fees, infrastructure costs and consulting expenses.

Open Source PLM a Real Option

Razorleaf Blog - June 2009

Gone are the days when people simply accept conventional wisdom that mandated companies use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, because those companies couldn’t risk an open source solution. Excuses such as available resources, regular releases, stable software, etc., just don’t cut it any longer.

TU Kaiserslautern lehrt mit Open Source PLM-Lösung Aras Innovator

ITnewsbyte - June 2009

„Wir nutzen Aras Innovator vor allem deshalb, da sich die Lösung intuitiv bedienen und einfach an Prozessabläufe anpassen lässt. Aufgrund der modell-basierenden SOA-Architektur und des von Aras angebotenen Geschäftsmodells sind wir der Auffassung, dass Aras Innovator gerade für den Mittelstand eine interessante Alternative zu anderen PLM-Lösungen darstellt“, beschreibt Professor Eigner, Leiter des VPE an der TU Kaiserslautern und weltweit anerkannter Experte für Product Lifecycle Management. „Durch das Open Source-Modell entfallen die Vorabinvestitionen in Software-Lizenzen, wodurch die Lösung für mittelständische Betriebe noch attraktiver wird“, so Eigner weiter.

Aras präsentiert neue Schnittstelle zur Anbindung von Siemens PLM-Lösung Teamcenter

Digital Engineering - June 2009

Aras präsentiert neue Schnittstelle zur Anbindung von Siemens PLM-Lösung Teamcenter Bewertung dieses Artikels: Teamcenter-Kunden erweitern mit Aras das Einsatzgebiet ihrer Siemens PLM-Lösung ohne zusätzliche Teamcenter-Lizenzen zu benötigen. Aras, Anbieter von Open Source PLM-Unternehmenslösungen, hat gemeinsam mit AESSiS eine neue Integrationstechnologie für Teamcenter-PLM-Produkte von Siemens entwickelt.

PLM Software Manufacturing Business Technology

Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter: Aras Connector Technology Reduces Licensing Fees

Manufacturing Business Technology - June 2009

Seamlessly connecting Teamcenter to Aras provides significant financial benefits in addition to delivering more PLM functionality eliminating per user expenses and module fees of Teamcenter. Aras enterprise open source format means there are no license costs to provide unlimited users with access to Teamcenter files, information, and processes.

FDS Arbeitet Europaweit mit Open Source PLM-Lösung

Manage IT - June 2009

Das Technologieunternehmen Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik (FDS) hat an insgesamt 21 europäischen Standorten die Enterprise Open Source-Anwendung Aras Innovator erfolgreich implementiert. Mit Hilfe der Product Lifecycle Management-Lösung ist FDS in der Lage, die Abläufe in der Entwicklung zu standardisieren und konsequent nach der Qualitätsmanagementmethode APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) auszurichten.

Aras Announces Connector Technology for Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter

CAD CAM News - June 2009

Teamcenter customers able to stop purchasing licenses while expanding PLM deployment scope. The integration securely extends the full data model of Teamcenter using standard Teamcenter components and published APIs for a comprehensive, fast, and supportable connection. Aras format means there are no license costs to provide unlimited users with complete access to Teamcenter files, information, and processes. Now, global businesses can leverage their existing Teamcenter system to extend PLM data and full PLM functionality to every user in the company.

Down Economy Shows PLM Licensing Must Change

Desktop Engineering - June 2009

Unlike other areas however, engineering cannot simply put product development initiatives on hold. Nor can engineering IT fail to deliver on the automation projects that enable companies large and small to bring new products to market to generate revenue to make it through the downturn. These conditions present an unprecedented challenge for engineers around the world. Namely, how to contain technology costs without strangling new product development.

Produktentwicklung auf hohem Niveau

IT Director - May 2009

Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik (FDS) hat an 21 europäischen Standorten die Open-Source-Anwendung Aras Innovator implementiert. Mit Hilfe der Product-Lifecycle-Management-Lösung ist FDS in der Lage, die Abläufe in der Entwicklung zu standardisieren und konsequent nach der Qualitätsmanagementmethode APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) auszurichten.

Aras Announces Latest Release of Advanced PLM Software Solution Suite

MCAD Café - May 2009

With the new Aras release companies have more usable functionality 'out-of-the-box' from the initial installation than with PTC’s Windchill, Oracle’s Agile PLM, or any other PLM system on the market. You can download and install in under an hour.

Bringing Open Source Advantages to Engineering

NASA Tech Briefs - May 2009

As engineers around the world solve the technical challenges of the new millennium, the techniques and tools that make this possible will be different. Together, our embrace of open approaches will be one of the factors that determines our success, and our collective innovation will be the engine that drives our future progress.

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What Makes The Aras PLM Solution So Advanced?

UGS Community - Siemens PLM Software - May 2009

In the third stage of the product review of the Aras enterprise open source PLM software suite I took a look at the technical aspects. I was impressed by how much out-of-the-box enterprise PLM functionality was included in the initial download. Now, I set out to do the deep-dive technical analysis of the Aras capabilities...

Not Just Another Pretty Sticker: Exploring the Upside of ‘Certified for Windows Server’ Software Logos

Redmond Magazine - May 2009

Not Just Another Pretty Sticker: Exploring the Upside of ‘Certified for Windows Server’ Software Logos from the Enterprise Customer Perspective. "We distribute our .NET-based PLM solution using the enterprise open source business model, selling optional support subscriptions. That means our sales depend on the IT department’s first impressions after the download." Peter Schroer, President, Aras

Open Source PLM

Develop 3D - April 2009

attending COFES (Congress on the Future of Engineering Software) in Arizona but having flashbacks of some of the meetings we had. One of the stand-out sessions was with Simon Floyd of Microsoft, who is in charge of PLM strategy at the global giant. Simon introduced us to a company called Aras, which had decided to sack its entire sales force and turn its PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software into Open Source.

CAD lernt Stücklisten kennen

Computer Zeitung - April 2009

Lösungen für das Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) bringen echten Mehrwert, wenn sie nahtlos mit CAD-Software integriert sind – mit Hilfe einer serviceorientierten Architektur (SOA). Sie werden dann zu zentralen Datendrehscheiben für alle produktrelevanten Informationen.

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Enterprise Open Source PLM, How Can This Be Possible?

Pro/E Community - PTC Windchill - April 2009

For companies that need a complete enterprise PLM system, Aras represents a comprehensive solution that can run end-to-end as a standalone application. The ability to easily integrate along with the enterprise open source format that eliminates user licenses means that Aras is also an excellent option for companies that currently have a legacy PLM system and can’t afford to extend data and functionality to a broad user base because of the user license costs.

Optimierter Entwicklungsprozess verbessert Produktqualität

Computerwelt - March 2009

Erfolgsfaktoren: Aras Innovator ist bei FDS in mehreren Ländern im Einsatz. Dennoch basiert das System auf einer zentralen Datenbank und einem zentralen Server, von dem aus alle Standorte bedient werden... Auf fachlicher Seite überzeugte Aras Innovator durch die hohe Flexibilität, mit der Freudenberg die bereits bestehenden Arbeitsabläufe im PLM-System abbilden konnten.

Keiper CIO Michael Tschoepke auf dem automotiveDAY: Variabilisierung von IT-Kosten

Automotive IT - March 2009

Keiper CIO Michael Tschoepke: Gerade in Krisenzeiten rückt das Thema “Variabilisierung von Kosten” in den Fokus... Neben grundsätzlichen Erwägungen wurden Geschäftsmodelle für Applikationen im PLM-Umfeld sowie für Groupware-Lösungen vorgestellt, die für die Unternehmen eine größtmögliche Variabilität bieten. Darüber hinaus wurde auch auf Grenzen der Variabilisierung eingegangen, die durch die Lizenzpolitik großer Softwarehäuser – noch – gesetzt sind.

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Open PLM 系統解決方案

Taiwan Biotechnology Industry News Blog - March 2009

Aras PLM系統為開放授權 (無軟體費、授權費、維護費) 之產品生命週期管理 (PLM) 軟體系統，能控管企業產品開發過程從概念設計到產品上市之間的開發程序與產品資料，且符合簡單易用，容易維護及低建置成本等特性。

Keiper: Variabel reagieren - IT Kosten im Griff

Automotive IT - March 2009

Im Bereich Engineering wird derzeit über eine Migration der PLM-Software (Product Lifecycle Management) nachgedacht.Auch hier soll es darum gehen, nicht mehr in die Falle zu geraten, zuerst ein hohes Lizenzvolumen aufzubauen – wobei das Risiko zu hundert Prozent beim Anwender liegt –, um im Fall sinkenden Bedarfs auf den Fixkosten „sitzen zu bleiben“. Bei gezielter Suche finden sich durchaus Lösungen im Markt. Eine flexible Kostenstruktur erhöht zudem den Benefit der Lösung im Unternehmen. In Zukunft werden immer mehr Anbieter über neue Modelle nachdenken – in dem Maß, in dem die Anwenderunternehmen durch die Art ihrer Sourcings wirtschaftlich zeitgemäßere Ansätze einfordern.

Power, Speed and Assimilation: Open Source Changes the Industry

Research and Markets - March 2009

We found that the key changes that we predicted had already occurred, or where occurring now - as much as two years ahead of the expected timeframe. In short, we found that open source as already changed the software business as we knew it... Open source software is seen as delivering significant business value to user firms, and is considered viable and valuable in all aspects of user enterprise software and systems.

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Enterprise PLM on an Open-Source Budget

CATIA Community - ENOVIA MatrixOne - March 2009

Even though Aras Innovator is an open source solution it is by no means a low-end offering. In fact, Aras might have the best technology of all PLM software applications. Aras also provides an extensive array of CAD integrations for all of the major MCAD and ECAD systems including CATIA, NX, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Inventor, PADS, OrCad, and others.

Neue Wege gehen: Open-Source PLM

IT & Production - March 2009

Organisationen sind so in der Lage, ohne Vorabinvestitionen in Software-Lizenzen eine unternehmensweite PLM-Software zu nutzen. - ohne Restriktionen hinsichtlich der Benutzerzahl oder der Nutzungsdauer.

Advanced Search Brings Blue-sky Simplicity to an Enterprise PLM Environment

Manufacturing Business Technology - February 2009

It’s getting easier to conduct such searches within enterprise systems as vendors add in more refined functionality. One such vendor is Aras, a Microsoft enterprise open-source software solution provider that recently embedded advanced search capabilities within the Aras Innovator suite for enterprise product life-cycle management (PLM).

usb GmbH Launches European Training Center for Aras Enterprise Open Source PLM Software Solutions

MCAD Café - February 2009

Aras gold certified partner usb GmbH is launching the first Aras certified European Training Center to provide hands-on interactive courses on the Aras PLM software solution suite. Located in Munich Germany...

GlobalSpec, Aras Team Up to Deliver Web-based Part Search Services

Cadalyst - February 2009

Users of Aras Innovator PLM software will have access to GlobalSpec search technology... the Aras solution for PLM by specification and access the entire GlobalSpec library of more than 180 million searchable product specs in 2.3 million product families from over 24,000 searchable supplier catalogs.

Aras Rolls out New Search Capabilities, Embedded Visualization in Open-source PLM Suite

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - February 2009

Product lifecycle management specialist Aras has debuted new capabilities for its flagship open sourced PLM solution, rolling out advanced search and visualization functionality aimed at advancing the ability of its enterprise suite to provide a one-stop shop for product managers and others involved in the design and engineering process.

Aras to Imbed Actify SpinFire in PLM Suite

TenLinks - February 2009

SpinFire enables collaboration on all the major CAD formats including CATIA, SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD, NX, Solid Edge, and more. With the partnership, every download of the advanced PLM software solution from Aras will include Actify's SpinFire for CAD viewing...

Aras erweitert PLM-Lösung durch die Einbindung des Actify SpinFire CAD-Viewers

EDM PDM - February 2009

„Die SpinFire-Integration beschleunigt unmittelbar interne Abläufe für Aras-Anwender, beispielsweise bei gemeinsamen Entwicklungsprozessen wie dem Produktdesign, bei denen internationale Zulieferer und externe Hersteller beteiligt sind“, beschreibt David Opsahl, CEO von Actify. „Die Integration unserer Technologie mit der Aras PLM-Lösung ist eine Antwort auf die Anforderungen, die sich aus einer solchen Zusammenarbeit ergeben“.

Aras Releases Advance Search Capabilities for PLM

TenLinks - February 2009

...said Jeffrey Killeen, Chairman and CEO of GlobalSpec. “With advanced search from within the Aras PLM software solution out to the GlobalSpec online information services we are helping companies around the world reduce the cost and time it takes to bring new products to market.”

Partner Pavilion Enhances the SolidWorks Experience: Aras and Actify

SolidWorks Community - February 2009

Actify provider of data collaboration solutions and Aras, providers of open source PLM enterprise software, announced their new partnership. The partnership will allow Aras to embed the SpinFire line of visualization products into their PLM software.

Aras integriert GlobalSpec Suchmaschine und Microsoft Live Search in Enterprise PLM-Software

ITnewsbyte - February 2009

Unternehmenslösungen basierend auf Microsoft-Technologien, integriert erweiterte Suchfunktionen in Aras Innovator. Die neuen Funktionen unterstützen das Architekturprinzip von „Software+Services”: Parametrische Suche mit GlobalSpec PartFinder und SpecSearch. Diese Suchdienste greifen auf eine Bibliothek von über 24.000 OEM- und Produktkatalogen zurück, die 177 Millionen Teile von 2,3 Millionen Produktfamilien umfassen.

Major b2b Search Engine, Software Provider Team Up

minOnline - February 2009

GlobalSpec, a top b2b search engine and e-publishing company for the manufacturing, technical, industrial and engineering communities, is partnering with Aras Corp., a software provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. This will be the first time that GlobalSpec's search Web services are being integrated with PLM.

Open Source im Engineering-Umfeld: Einsatzmöglichkeiten von PLM mit modellbasierender SOA

Digital Engineering - February 2009

Eine schnell implementierbare PLM-Software, die sich flexible in bestehende Unternehmenslösungen integrieren lässt, externe Partner unkompliziert einbindet und dazu noch ohne nennenswerte Angangsinvestitionen auskommt, das klingt wie die Beschreibung aus einem Werbeprospekt, ist aber mit dem heutigen Stand der Technik längst machbar.

Aras Announces New Search Capabilities Via Microsoft Live Search and GlobalSpec

Desktop Engineering - February 2009

The new search functionality makes possible parametric searching on GlobalSpec's PartFinder and SpecSearch, providing access to a library of more than 24,000 OEM and distributor product catalogs spanning more than 177 million parts in 2.3 million product families

プログレス・パートナーズ、米Arasのライセンス無料のオープンソース化されたPLMソリューションを提供開始

Design News Japan - February 2009

Aras Innovatorは、SAPやOracle、Microsoft Dynamics、InforなどのERPパッケージや、米Autodesk社や仏Dassault Systemes社、米PTC社、米Siemens PLM Software社などのCADソフトウエアとのインターフェースを持つ。SOA（Service Oriented Architecture：サービス指向アーキテクチャ）に対応しており、新規のインターフェースの構築も容易である。

プログレス・パートナーズが米国Aras社との総代理店契約を締結

CNET Japan - February 2009

このような業界のニーズを受け、Aras社は従来のエンタプライズPLM製品として提供していたAras Innovatorを2007年より世界に先駆けて全ての機能をオープンソース化し、提供を開始しました。この画期的な試みにより、PLMソフトウェアの導入は膨大な投資を前提とするという常識を覆し、Freedom of Licensing（ライセンスの縛りからの解放）を実現しました。

株式会社プログレス・パートナーズが世界初のオープンソースによるエンタプライズＰＬＭソフトウェア　Aras Innovator（アラス・イノベーター）の総代理店契約を締結

PRTimes - February 2009

株式会社プログレス・パートナーズ（本社：東京都渋谷区、代表取締役社長：石田正）は、世界初のオープンソースによるエンタプライズＰＬＭソフトウェアを提供する Aras社（本社：米国ボストン、代表：Peter Schroer）との日本市場における総代理店契約を2008年12月に締結しました。これにより、2009年2月よりＡｒａｓ Innovator日本版のリリースと併せ本格的なサービスの提供を開始します。

Beyond Engineering: No-Money-Down PLM

Cadalyst - February 2009

Though distributed for free, Aras' open-source software is by no means skimpy. The latest version, Aras Innovator v9, is a 108-MB download that installs a suite that you can use to manage bills of materials (BOMs), change orders, assemblies and parts, activities, schedules, tasks, budget, risk, collaboration, read/write/edit permissions, and much more.

Aras President's Top 5 Priorities

eWEEK - February 2009

"Enterprise open source" typically means that a solution is sufficiently robust to compete directly with conventional proprietary offerings on functionality and capabilities... The real business benefits of open source come from the licensing format that removes the up-front capital expense for licenses and enables companies to prove out solutions before committing.

Open Source Saves the Day

CIO Insight - January 2009

Ogihara initially implemented only one Aras module, for quality control, about a year and a half ago. The manufacturer is now gradually expanding into other aspects of PLM. In particular, Ogihara is using Aras to implement a system for managing engineering change orders handed down from its customers, a process that until now it has managed with paperwork, spreadsheets and phone calls.

CIO Prescription: How IT Is Riding Out The Recession

Information Week - January 2009

In this environment, the IT organization can't wait to be told what the company needs. CIOs and their leadership teams must work with business units to craft projects that make a noticeable difference to a company's cash flow by driving revenue and cutting costs... Henning started using [Aras] Innovator, open source product life-cycle management software...

Offen mit PLM Umgehen

Economic Engineering - January 2009

Vielfach beschworen und oftmals ungenutzt: Synergieeffekte innerhalb von Unternehmen bleiben umso häufiger ungenutzt, je komplexer die Geschäftsprozesse werden. Das ist durchaus nicht nur ein Problem internationaler Konzerne: Auch Mittelständlern mangelt es oft an fundierten Grundlagen für strategische Entscheidungen. Kein Wunder also, dass Verantwortliche in Unternehmen mehr und mehr Software-Lösungen zum Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) einsetzen, mit denen sich Entwicklungs- und Innovationsprozesse effizient steuern lassen. Aras bietet hierzu ein bemerkenswertes Open-PLM-Konzept an.

Freudenberg DS setzt auf PLM-Lösung Aras

CAD-CAM Report - January 2009

Das Technologieunternehmen Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik (FDS), Weinheim, setzt künftig auf Aras Innovator als Open-Source-Plattform für die PLM-Enterprise-Lösung. Die europaweite Einführung an insgesamt 21 Standorten wird voraussichtlich Ende 2008 abgeschlossen sein.

MEGA Success: Automating Business Processes is Not Child's Play

Advanced Manufacturing - December 2008

"Our market segments are decidedly competitive and require that we innovate constantly, while ensuring superior quality and managing costs," said Daniel Bourgeois, vice-president of product development for MEGA Brands. "Aras enables us to manage our product development and introduction processes for supply chain readiness."

Aras Rolled Out Across 21 International Sites by Freudenberg

Desktop Engineering - December 2008

Freudenberg has standardized on Aras for global PLM and will complete the international roll-out to 21 sites across Europe… The deployment of the Aras solution gives Freudenberg DS a standardized multi-national process for product development that incorporates Advanced Product Quality Planning [ APQP ].

A License to Save

eWEEK - December 2008

Mike Vizard interviews Aras CEO Peter Schroer to explain why there is a major opportunity to cut IT costs simply by... insisting that software vendors give them simpler software licensing options based on open-source software models.

Aras Innovator Gains Front Runner Status

Manufacturingtalk - November 2008

The enterprise open source format from Aras provides freedom from licensing to remove the up-front capital expense for licenses, which eliminates corporate expense risk; enable companies to validate solutions prior to commitment; and delivers unlimited users with no incremental license expenses.

Aras Rolled Out Across 21 International Sites by Freudenberg

EDM PDM - November 2008

"Aras gives us a single international development process that extends from the initial program quote through all of development and production launch across our entire European operations,” said Axel Vondermühl, PLM project manager at Freudenberg DS.

Open Source PLM-Lösung beherrscht SOA

silicon.de - November 2008

Firmen mit Microsoft-Umgebungen können jetzt mit wenig Aufwand ein echtes Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) aufsetzen. Dafür sorgt eine neue Lösung, die als Open Source ins Haus kommt und Microsoft unterstützt. Die Software 'Aras Innovator' richtet sich an Firmen, die nicht allzu viel Geld für Softwarelizenzen ausgeben können.

Enterprise Open Source PLM-Lösung mit modell-basierender SOA

IT fokus - November 2008

Diese kurze Bestandsaufnahme soll zeigen, dass die zu Beginn erwähnte Wunschliste an eine PLM-Software durchaus umsetzbar ist: Gesucht wird eine SOA-basierende PLM-Lösung, die als Open Source-Modell angeboten wird und auf weit verbreitete IT-Infrastrukturkomponenten setzt.

Das PLM-Portal

Computer & Automation - October 2008

Der Einstieg in das Thema Product-Lifecycle-Management muss nicht teuer sein. Das zeigt die Open-Source-Lösung der Firma Aras, die typische Entwicklungs-Disziplinen mit der Fertigung und dem ERP-Umfeld verbindet.

New Advantage: Aras Expands PLM Partner Program

Manufacturing Business Technology - September 2008

[Aras] eliminates the large up-front license expense for the PLM software, which is the most common obstacle corporate customers face when attempting to start a PLM project with a consulting firm... the systems integrator and the client company work on strategic business improvements without going through a long, complicated capital budgeting process.

Solid Edge CAD-Integration für Aras Innovator

Digitale Konstruktion - August 2008

Mit der Solid Edge Integration können beispielsweise 3D-Modellstrukturen als Dokumentenstruktur in Aras Innovator geladen und gespeichert werden, die Zeichnungskopfdaten können automatisch mit aktuellen Daten aus Aras Innovator befüllt werden und alle Attribute wie benutzerspezifische CAD-Modell-Attribute, Zeichnungskopfdaten, Freigabedaten und Änderungshistorie können synchronisiert werden.

Aras Offers ICP CAD Connectors for Solid Edge

TenLinks - August 2008

CAD connector integration products for the Siemens PLM Solutions Solid Edge 3D and 2D software products. In the CAD session users can control the CAD structure and the PLM attributes, and have context sensitive pull-down menus for managing CAD information.

PLM Software Links with SolidWorks

Engineeringtalk - August 2008

...context sensitive pull-down menus for managing CAD information including: approval, release and revision operations; model and drawing status information such as in work or released; complete or selective structure copy of model and drawing for new variant; and read and write access rights, reservation capabilities, and preview functionality.

2008 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - July 2008

"Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100" focuses on supply chain innovation. We looked for solution and service providers that are helping to drive supply chain innovation by providing their customers/clients with unique software... the "next-wave" innovations in supply chain software.

Software Speeds PLM Setup

Engineeringtalk - July 2008

Dr Helmut Maier, President of Dr Maier CSS said, "Now, companies can implement a comprehensive enterprise PLM solution from Aras and ICP much faster than previously possible with conventional PLM systems."

Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Connectors for Aras

MCAD Café - July 2008

Companies of all sizes across industries use the Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD products... CAD connectors provide extensive product structure handling and product data extraction capabilities for Aras Innovator... CAD session users can control the CAD structure and the PLM attributes, and have context sensitive pull-down menus.

Editor's Pick: Aras Changes PLM Industry with Open Model

Desktop Engineering - June 2008

Aras is doing for PLM what Red Hat did for Linux: open source format licensing. If you're in the market to get into PLM or to replace what you have, download... and see for yourself. Aras is betting that you will expand your business with the enterprise applications you need without the headaches you don't need. "In my book, that's reason enough to check Aras Innovator out." said Anthony J. Lockwood, Editor at Large.

Aras Changes PLM Industry with Open Model

Desktop Engineering - June 2008

Aras’ capabilities peg it as the next generation of advanced online workflows for business process management... The enterprise open source format on the Microsoft platform makes the production-ready solutions freely available with complete access for unlimited users. Companies can use as little or as much of the extensive functionality as needed for no charge.

Continuing Innovation

Start-IT - May 2008

Version 9 of Aras Innovator features a model-based SOA and also includes multi-language capabilities... enabling English-speaking users to view data in English, while users in Germany and China automatically view the same information in German and Chinese.

How one vendor learned to stop worrying (about open source) and love Microsoft

Computerworld - May 2008

Contributors include Motorola Corp., the U.S. Army, Rolls-Royce PLC, Delphi Corp., Ingersoll-Rand Co. and Lockheed-Martin... the company's enterprise subscriptions grew 180% last year.

Aras Debuts Second Generation Open-Source PLM

Design News - May 2008

The software coordinates global data and time complexity for collaborative processes such as electronic workflow signatures or program scheduling deadlines, and the multi-language support

Open-source PLM: Aras Introduces New Version of its Innovator Suite

Manufacturing Business Technology - May 2008

Aras Innovator Version 9 provides comprehensive solution functionality for enterprise-wide PLM deployments... Aras customers include Motorola, Lockheed Martin, Delphi, Ingersoll Rand, Rolls-Royce, ACCO Brands, Freudenberg, Fox Electronics, Mega Brands, and the US Army.

Aras Delivers Version 9 of Advanced Model-Based SOA for Enerprise PLM on the Microsoft Platform

SOA World - May 2008

"Service-oriented architectures [ SOA ] represent a significant advancement in enterprise PLM because of the reduced complexity and improved flexibility," said Marc Halpern, Research Director at Gartner..

SOA for Enterprise PLM

Cadalyst - May 2008

Aras v9 enterprise product lifecycle management [ PLM ] uses a model-based SOA which separates solutions and related solution modifications from the underlying SOA, making even highly customized enterprise solutions easy to upgrade without impacting the customizations...

Aras Accelerates Global Momentum with Record Sales and Key Milestones

CIMdata - May 2008

Strong growth, accelerating adoption, and a rapidly expanding global presence demonstrate the Aras momentum in the enterprise Product Lifecycle Management [PLM] solution market... [Aras] Achieved 180% increase in enterprise subscription package sales in 2007 with corporate wins at strategic accounts over Oracle, PTC, and other conventional PLM system providers.

Aras Brings Enterprise Open Source on Microsoft to the PLM Market in EMEA

MCAD Café - April 2008

Aras has expanded operations throughout Europe, Middle East, and Africa [EMEA] and opened an EMEA headquarters office in Solothurn Switzerland to meet the growing demand for the Aras enterprise software solutions.

PLM Software Engineering Automation Report

Aras' Open Source PLM gets Windows Server 2008 certification

Engineering Automation Report - January 2008

...gaining this certification is no mean feat...Windows Server 2008 Certification comprises approximately 100 test cases that independently confirm an application's compliance with best practices for reliability, security, availability, and compatibility on the new Microsoft platform.

Leading Provider of Advanced SOA Solutions for Enterprise PLM Achieves Certification

SOA World - January 2008

The innovation advantage that the Microsoft open approach provides is clear and Windows Server 2008 certification further validates the Aras technology leadership.

Aras is First Enterprise Open Source Solution Certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2008

CIMdata - January 2008

...the Aras suite of advanced service-oriented architecture [SOA] solutions for enterprise Product Lifecycle Management [PLM] is one of the first ten systems worldwide that has Certified for Windows Server 2008.

Pure Play Open Source Microsoft ISV Details Transformation from Proprietary World

ZDNet - November 2007

[Aras] adopted a Red Hat-like open source business model, in which the software is free but the customers pay a maintenance fee for updates, fixes, security patches and other value added software.

Talking Strategy: Supporting Innovation

Consumer Goods Technology - September 2007

ACCO Brands is one of the world's largest suppliers of branded office products... "we implemented the Aras solution for enterprise PLM and, in addition to other factors, we focused on flexibility and ease of deployment... we were able to reduce product change cycle times by over 50 percent."

Open-Source PLM

Desktop Engineering - August 2007

Aras Innovator software may be the answer to that age-old question, "How many licenses can we afford?"... a major benefit of Aras Innovator is that there is no limit to the number of licenses a company can use...

Integrating Design and Manufacturing Systems Breeds Continuous Improvement

Manufacturing Business Technology - May 2007

As manufacturers produce goods, they learn about design flaws through processes like first-article inspection documented in a quality system... integrating quality, production, and product-design data can result in a closed-loop product improvement process...

Directory Product Feature: PLM

Managing Automation - May 2007

As manufacturers move ahead with strategic innovation initiatives, many are beginning to see PLM applications as part of the must-have technology... when [Aras] made the change to open source in January, it expected 300 or 400 downloads in the first half of the year, but already has logged 5,000...

Aras Brings Open Source Model to PLM Practitioners, Microsoft Users

Manufacturing Business Technology - April 2007

More than 3,000 copies of the Innovator suite have been downloaded since it became freely available in January... One copy went to Dennis Henning, IT manager at Ogihara America Corp., "The open source distribution model made this a highly palatable deployment"...

Open Source Arrives in Procurement

Managing Automation - April 2007

Manufacturers that are open to the open source software movement have another new option... In January, Aras Corp. announced a freely downloadable, open source version of its Aras Innovator product lifecycle management product...

Ogihara Implements PLM Solution for Quality Compliance

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - April 2007

"We consider our quality compliance processes strategic and an essential part of our ability to deliver superior value to customers," said Dennis Henning, IT manager for Ogihara. "The Aras Microsoft enterprise open source solutions give us the control and flexibility we demand and the confidence we require for our enterprise-wide deployment."...

Aras Takes Open Source Software Approach to Microsoft .NET-based PLM, ERP Products

The 451 Group - March 2007

The idea of Microsoft .NET applications that are open source may sound strange, but it is indicative of continued enterprise acceptance of mixing proprietary and open source software. Aras may be on the right track in this regard, and we think there is validity to the company's claims of demand for open source from Microsoft users...

Cover Story: Cracking Open the Door to Open Source

Redmond Magazine - March 2007

Commercial open source companies today are just another part of the generic application ecosystem. The only difference is how they license their software... As part of this initiative, Aras also made the code for the applications available...

Successful PLM Vendor Aras Adopts Open Source Business Model; World Refuses to End

Engineering Automation Report - March 2007

Compare the cost of moving to enterprise PLM against adding Aras open source PLM to an existing PDM deployment. The user gets [to deploy the software to] an unlimited number of users. It is already proven in major companies, and it gives the user a way to get from point A to point B quickly and simply...

Aras Delivers Microsoft-based Open Source Enterprise Solution

The Manufacturer - January 2007

Companies can now take advantage of existing Microsoft skill sets and infrastructure while realizing the licensing flexibility and IT control of open source... all of our customers have an MRP or ERP, but they are finding it hard to add functionality or business processes. So we fit in as a complement to their SAP or Axapta...

Aras Embraces Microsoft .NET Platform to Offer Open Source PLM

Design News - January 2007

The shift is recognition of the growing importance of the open source model... "Open source redefines the relationship - we are now in collaborative mode with the customer."...

Aras Switches to Microsoft-Only Open-Source Model

Desktop Engineering - January 2007

"By delivering the Aras Innovator solutions as enterprise open source on Microsoft, we provide software licensing simplicity and align with the technologies that companies already have and understand."...

Aras Embraces Microsoft .NET Platform to Offer Open Source PLM

Search CIO - January 2007

[Ogihara's] Henning said Aras' move to open source also limited the per-user license fee typically associated with such software. He could deploy the software to 100 users or 1,000 users without paying a higher license fee... "This is an avenue where we can apply the software as the business needs us to apply it," Henning said...

Aras Goes Open Source, but Only for Microsoft

Microsoft Watch - January 2007

This play with Microsoft takes open source as an idea to a different, and far bigger, audience: IT professionals such as business analysts and programmers who know the Microsoft environment...

Soft Sell for Open Source Apps

InfoWorld - January 2007

The most important benefit of the transition to open source, he says, is in the way it changes Aras' relationship to its customers. There is no "premium version" of the software and no features are crippled in the freely-downloadable product. "If we're going to go open source, we'd rather do it properly, and basically let [customers] have full access..."

Aras Move Puts New Spin on Open Source

eWEEK - January 2007

The play with Microsoft takes open source as an idea to a different, and far bigger, audience, to IT professionals such as business analysts and programmers who know the Microsoft environment...

Taking the Plunge into Open Source

CNET - January 2007

Microsoft and open source have not been thought of together, but we saw a pervasiveness of Microsoft infrastructure and even more importantly, the skill sets companies have in working with Microsoft products...

PLM: The Missing Link?

EDN - October 2006

...companies have integrated PLM more fully with other corporate systems. For example, Fox Electronics, a privately owned supplier of frequency control products, uses Innovator PLM software from Aras to track its engineering data.

Top 40 Emerging Software Vendors

Manufacturing Business Technology - October 2006

Every company listed today in the Fortune 500 began, one way or another, as a start-up. That is to say, it emerged via a transformative process that some might call "the hero's journey."...

PLM Software Automotive Design & Production

PLM & Lean Product Development

Automotive Design & Production - September 2006

The Aras Innovator PLM system fuels lean in product development by providing executive dashboards to monitor development team activity...

PLM Musts for Midsize Companies

Desktop Engineering - July 2006

Michael Burkett, PLM Practice Vice President at AMR Research, "Choosing the right PLM application is not a one-size-fits-all decision."

Lean's Next Step

Managing Automation - June 2006

Making the connection between lean practices and product development, with PLM as the enabling technology, is important, analysts contend...

PLM's Biggest Risk? The Narrow View

Industry Week - June 2006

PLM helped "Best-in-Class" companies shorten time-to-market by 10% to 20% by including procurement early in product development process... Using the Aras PLM solution to improve new product quality, shorten development cycle times and improve product margins...

Aras Identified as One of the Most Influential Technology Providers by START-IT

CADwire - June 2006

Companies achieve alignment with customer requirements, reduce new product risks, ensure quality compliance, and shorten development cycles with Aras solutions...

Lean in the Product Development Process

manufacturing.net - May 2006

As opposed to the rigid nature of ERP and PDM systems, a solution that supports Lean in product development must be easily adapted to continuously improve...

PLM Meets the Top Floor

Automation World - April 2006

Deploying a PLM solution from Aras Corp... creates a more robust end-product due to reduced variation. Finally, you get closer to your cost targets for profitability...

Does One Size Fit All? Part 3

Desktop Engineering - April 2006

After looking at a number of PLM tools, Sonnax chose Aras, because the system could be extended beyond project management, and has already added engineering change orders and QA...

Does One Size Fit All? Part 2

Desktop Engineering - March 2006

Aras offers them coordination, communication, collaboration, and control, especially where a variety of production steps tends to be outsourced...

Among Auto Suppliers, the Diverse Survive

CIO Decisions - February 2006

Sonnax implemented PLM software from Aras Corp. The software has improved project management, especially accountability. Aras has a [quality control] module that's drastically improved the way we track quality from our overseas vendors...

Punching Above Their Weight

Mechanical Engineering - February 2006

Largely the province of global manufacturers and their suppliers, PLM software has become an important tool for managing people and resources at enterprises of any size... Aras specializes in PLM software designed to take advantage of... Microsoft Windows desktops and Internet browsers...

Visibility on Display

Managing Automation - February 2006

Structural Concepts' answer came in the form of Aras Innovator's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, which had the right mix of activity management and workflow capabilities, including an easy-to-use dashboard...

Are you in control of YOUR product data?

Advanced Manufacturing - January 2006

There is no question, PLM is no longer just about monitoring product design... PLM is mission-critical business processes that drive profitable growth, time to market and higher levels of quality...

PLM: What is it?

Automotive Design & Production - November 2005

PLM is a category of solutions that deals with program management and product engineering ... The Aras focus has three elements: Program Management, Product Engineering, Quality Planning...

PLM Software Manufactruring Business Technology

Top 40 Emerging Software Vendors

Manufactruring Business Technology - October 2005

Emerging vendors thrive to perform unique optimization or collaboration functions that older-generation enterprise systems do not do...

PLM: Managing Product Life from 'Cradle to Grave'

inMFG - October 2005

PLM focuses on business processes and is much broader in scope. It includes manufacturing, quality, and supply chain processes and connects suppliers and customers as well...

PLM ensures BOMs don't bomb

Purchasing Magazine - September 2005

A big part of the elimination of errors comes from the fact that PLM keeps BOMs up to date, says Daniel Bourgeois, vice president of product development for Mega Bloks. He uses PLM from Aras and finds that it has sped up the quote process...

Freudenberg-NOK and Aras to Present on Product Development for Lean Manufacturing

Forbes - September 2005

Forward thinking companies, such as Freudenberg-NOK, are addressing the issues with a combination of processes and methods supported by information technology delivered by Aras...

The Quality Risk

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - September 2005

To a large extent, risk management is about laying the groundwork ... The key to quality planning says Aras is failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)... things that could result in a catastrophic failure, for example.

Mega Bloks Plays with PLM

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - August 2005

Aras flexibility means we can tailor the solution to fit our needs and still implement much more quickly and cost effectively than the other [product lifecycle management (PLM)] systems we evaluated during our extensive review...

Using PLM to Transform Manufacturing

Desktop Engineering - July 2005

Now they [engineers] have to collaborate asynchronously about schedules, cost, customers; factors that can make or break profit margins...

The 2005 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - July 2005

Ultimately, the company opted to implement a packaged solution from enterprise software vendor Aras Corp. The solution provided a single Web-based application for managing the entire portfolio of projects, the ongoing product development process and the launch to production...

Case Study: Freudenberg-NOK Secrets to Eliminating Disparate APQP Systems

Actionline - June 2005

After an extensive review of systems, Freudenberg-NOK selected Aras Corporation ... The inclusion of the launch coordination metrics as part of the APQP solution rollout has become a driver...

Competitive Advantage

Consumer Goods Technology - March 2005

Aras PLM gives us the ability to assure our stringent quality levels in a cost effective manner by coordinating our new product introductions and international operations as we scale up production volumes...

PLM Extends Its Reach

Desktop Engineering - March 2005

Existing users like the Aras products. "We looked at many different systems, but because Innovator is XML-based and Web-centric, we don't have to convert our systems and tools." ...

Going Once, Going Twice...

Managing Automation - March 2005

Fruedenberg-NOK for example, has deployed PLM software from Aras Corp to track and report on quality and development processes, and feed required information to large OEM customers...

Aras KPIs Offer Means of Measuring Impact on Product Development

Manufacturing Business Technology - February 2005

With Aras we have a single database that gives us an exact picture of where we stand in regard to customer commitments...

Vendors Embrace Web Services

Manufacturing Business Technology - January 2005

Some vendors are using XML as the default format for representing data ... The next steps may include identifying processes that are exposed as services ... that can automatically expose their functionality as services...

OUTLOOK 2005: Innovation Mastery

Managing Automation - December 2004

A recent survey by the Product Development Management Association (PDMA) reports that 67% of industrial firms are not satisfied with the success of new product launches...

Management Tools Continue to Grow

Design News - December 2004

Aras PLM product, which includes metrics that ... help engineers uncover the true costs of engineering changes and the corrective actions...

Sharpen PLM Focus for Best Results

Desktop Engineering - December 2004

As competition intensifies, companies that concentrate on process efficiency understand that coordinating a product's design for lean manufacturing and sourcing from strategic suppliers is critical...

Sonnax Industries Takes on Product Lifecycle Management

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - November 2004

After reviewing several other solutions, Sonnax selected Aras PLM for solution's functionality, the incremental deployment approach and the low total cost of ownership... Jeff Loewer, vice president of IT at Sonnax said, "The Aras model lets us accurately predict our future investment and address evolving functional requirements."

Aras PLM Measures Development Performance

Desktop Engineering - November 2004

When an engineering change takes place on a certain project, the update tracks it to determine whether the change was initiated at a customer request, to improve a design, or to fix a problem...

PLM Helps Varian Semiconductor Improve Product Development

Information Week - October 2004

"Aras PLM is a strong offering for companies that have intense tooling and complex engineered products because it can support a variety of engineering workflows," says AMR Research analyst Kevin O'Marah...

PLM Takes on Design Duties

eWeek - October 2004

Displayed in graphical score cards and dashboard scenarios, the actionable metrics provide users with the ability to set goals and run performance measurements over time...

PLM Software Is Put To Work

Information Week - October 2004

The company turned to Aras to manage all its product data in a single system and then easily share that data among numerous employees...

Putting the KPIs in PLM to Improve Product Development

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - October 2004

Aras PLM's actionable metrics give companies the ability to improve product development performance by increasing innovation and productivity, two of the central drivers of profitable growth...

PLM Software APICS The Performance Advantage

Fighting the Supply Chain Squeeze

APICS The Performance Advantage - September 2004

Aras Corporation was the ideal fit, due to its comprehensive functionality, ease of use, and flexibility without programming. Together these factors made the rollout successful, fast, and affordable...

Flexible Pricing Produces Quick Solution for CNT, Possible Lesson for Software Vendors

Manufactruring Business Technology - September 2004

The traditional vendors are hooked on a business model that requires users to spend a lot of money on services after they purchase the software, our model is centered around a flexible, inexpensive software platform...

PLM Aims for the Middle

Manufactruring Business Technology - July 2004

"We're seeing software vendors with new value propositions in which users can bring the software onboard and quickly gain value from implementations," says Marc Halpern, PLM research director with analyst firm Gartner...

The End of the Black Box

Design News - June 2004

Today, PLM can help companies work through engineering change orders and manufacturing quality ... Now manufacturing data is in the PLM system, right next to design data...

Aras Receives $12.3 Million

Wall Street Journal - June 2004

The investment was led by Oak Investment Partners, an early investor in Parametric Technology Corporation, with participation by top tier existing investors Greylock Partners and Matrix Partners...

PLM Aimed at OEM Supply Chain

Desktop Engineering - May 2004

Aras Innovator is a real PLM suite, targeted at a hungry market and - at least for the time being - has no real competition in its chosen playing field...

Suppliers Use PLM Tools to Meet Automakers' Development Mandates

Computerworld - May 2004

What sets Aras' software apart from other PLM products is the ease with which it can be integrated... Nemak evaluated products from other vendors, including UGS PLM Solutions Inc., SAP AG and MatrixOne Inc., before choosing Aras...

High-Stakes Definitions

Manufacturing Business Technology - May 2004

The Aras PLM package serves as the central repository for product definitions … bidirectional synchronization provides consistent product definition data between the PLM system from Aras Corp., and the ERP system from MAPICS...

Stuck in the Middle

Supply & Demand-Chain Executive - May 2004

A critical factor for the success of its innovation strategy, the company opted to implement a product lifecycle management solution, Aras PLM, in order to get its various development projects under better control...

PLM Comes of Age

EETimes Supply Network - April 2004

Over the last several years, PLM solutions have become both feature-rich and affordable ... Fox Electronics has a robust PLM application from Aras Corp...

SAP, Aras Ratchet Up Supply Chain Automation

eWEEK - April 2004

PLM (product lifecycle management) software developer Aras will make available its APQP Plus software, which automates the collection and distribution of data around the design, quality and delivery of new product components...

Execute the PERFECT Product Launch With Program Scorecards

AMR Research - March 2004

Product launch is not just about improving Time to Market (TTM) during the design phase. It requires Time to Volume (TTV) as well ... One automotive supplier recently implemented Aras...

The PLM Revolution

Industry Week - February 2004

If you use just cost as an arbitrary determining factor, then you're limiting yourself. Instead, Watson recommends focusing on the process and the customer value that the PLM technology can deliver...

PLM Heating Up in Engineering

eWEEK - January 2004

As soon as we finished [the Oracle rollout], we talked to SmarTeam for PLM, but it was too big ... One of the early attractions to Aras was...

CIMdata Analysis Defines the Need for Product Lifecycle Management in Enterprises of All Sizes

Hoovers Online - November 2003

CIMdata, a leading source of PLM research, has identified Aras Innovator as ideal for manufacturers that require a PLM solution that is easy to implement and modify...

Aras Corp Featured in “The List”

Boston Business Journal - November 2003

Aras Corp named to the Top 50 List of the Area's Top-Funded Early Stage Start-ups by the Boston Business Journal...

Aras Corporation Secures $4.2 Million Investment Led by Greylock and Matrix Partners

CBS MarketWatch - September 2003

Aras $4.2 million funding round was led by Greylock and Matrix Partners which were recently identified as two of the leading investment firms for emerging companies by AlwaysOn^TMand KPMG...

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