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After reviewing many of the leading PLM providers, Aras offered the overall best fit for our objectives, particularly in areas of adaptability, implementation cost and ease of use.
March 2005
Division IT Services
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Cloud

Cloud-Ready PLM Platform

Our vision for leveraging the cloud in enterprise PLM features both a technology approach and a business strategy — both designed exactly for the cloud. On the technology front, Aras is already a true cloud architecture. Right now, today, the standard Aras download is cloud-ready.

The Aras architecture partitions easily for a wide variety of deployment scenarios, giving you the flexibility to deploy in a traditional data center, onto cloud infrastructure or in a hybrid configuration. A hybrid configuration includes both conventional data center and cloud resources, and for example can include multiple replicated vaults on-premise behind your corporate firewall with application servers distributed and clustered in a private cloud.

Whether you're developing for next generation cloud infrastructure, planning a hybrid configuration of a private cloud and conventional resources or considering running in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Aras has the ideal architecture for your environment.


Aras Cloud Advantage

  • Partitions Easily - Unique distribution of services and layers with clear separation between data, presentation and business logic
  • Simple to Customize - Model-based SOA framework for customization without complex programming
  • Highly Secure - Secure web services for all data exchange and process integration
  • All Web Services - Federated environment for connectivity to cloud services and data sources
  • No License Costs - Open source format eliminates PLM licensing fees; no up-front expenditures or incremental user fees or restrictions either

Cloud Readiness

  • Distributed Architecture - Partitions cleanly to separate multiple vault, database and application servers
  • Virtualization - Runs on any virtual server including Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware and Xen
  • Elasticity - Capable of being provisioned automatically for dynamic resource allocation
  • Scalability - Ability to run in clustered environments that enable the use of pooled compute resources as needed in real-time without intervention
  • Enterprise Security - Built-in at the architecture level across all business items and components
  • Network Security - Runs on http/https (port 80/443 only) connecting through firewalls without a VPN
  • Federation - Entire system is web services for secure connections to other systems and services whether on-site legacy or cloud-based
  • Multi-tenant - Able to run single system with different customizing and vaults for each organization
  • Adaptability - Capable of highly customized data schema and business rules ("modeling") without complex programming, with all customizations stored within the database to facilitate multi-tenant hosting
  • Upgradability - Perform major upgrades during continued operation without impacting system modifications
  • License Flexibility - No licensing obstacles to deployment

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