Okay, it's official. 2012 has started it's race to the finish line. Can you believe the first quarter of the year will be over by the time you come back to work on Monday? Really, it will be. That puts you just one short month away from the start of ACE…

If you're reading this, you should already have Aras Innovator downloaded and installed.  If you don't, head back over to a previous post "I Downloaded Aras Innovator, Now What?" to get up and running before you read any further.  Ok?  Ok. Now familiarize…

You don’t have to be a PLM expert to know that one of the hottest topics in the industry is integrations. Whether its ECAD, MCAD, ERP or another application, anyone who has done a lap around the PLM track has an integration war story to share. In this…

Earlier in the year, there was an ACE session in Seoul, South Korea that was organized by Aras partner Zionex . It was the second event in Korea and we had a really great turnout and heard from some excellent speakers. Andreas joined everyone there for…

One of the most frequently asked questions in PLM is, "How powerful are your Workflows?".  In our case, the answer is: VERY! With Aras, you can go way beyond Engineering Change, utilizing multiple, configurable workflows in just about any area of your…

Whenever a new technology or technical capability becomes available it is widely hyped as “the next big thing.” Everyone talks and tweets about it, companies and conferences pile on the bandwagon, and applications pop up like rabbits. Eventually the hype…

Recently we introduced a new commercial offering designed specifically for companies that run SolidWorks called Aras EPLM for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM . It's built on top of SolidWorks best selling EPDM system to provide packaged functionality out…

In any enterprise-wide PLM deployment the subject of integration to legacy systems is going to be important. Everybody knows that Aras has a comprehensive suite of pre-packaged connector integrations for MCAD, EDA / ECAD and ERP systems, however, not…

Happy new year to everyone! We’re looking forward to a great 2012, and looking back at 2011 it was another record breaker. In addition to achieving record sales and double digit growth again (that’s 5 years in a row for anyone counting), we increased…

ACE2011 Germany is less than 2 weeks away. Hosted at the Ramada Hotel, Bad Soden, this free, day-long PLM event features a variety of Global Corporations speaking on everything from process improvement to PLM solution selection, and solving tough, real…

This month there was a good article by CIMdata on the PLM/CAD community web sites titled “ Open-Source and PLM Marketplace Maturity ” which explains the benefits for companies and the implications for the PLM market that are resulting from the business…

This open source project is quite practical and something that most companies will find useful. It's a server-side File Converter Framework that’s been put together by T-Systems International, the global systems integration firm. T-Systems has provided…

When I read in the Twitter feeds from Oleg and Jonathan Scott at The Dassault Systemes Customer Conference that it is taking Dassault 4 years to implement V6 at a customer and they are rolling it out “big bang” style, I had to check my calendar to see…

The Debt Deal has been “resolved” and it’s time deal with the aftermath. With the mix of caps, cuts, borrowing, ceilings, etc., sorting it out will take months, perhaps years, but one thing is very clear: Defense spending will be hit hard, to the tune…

There are a lot of different devices on the market these days and large companies are dealing with proliferation of different mobile platforms, tablets, PCs and other electronics. One common theme with all these different devices is that people want to…

This was the featured solution in July’s Newsletter and is an excellent add-on for companies with large, complex product structures like aircraft, automobiles, ships and other complicated electro-mechanical equipment. The Alternative Structure Browser…

Another community solution added for open download to the community projects site by T-Systems! This new solution " Converter Framework " adds basic functionality to batch-mode file conversions.  The most common use case is to convert a Word document…

By every measure 2010 was another record year here at Aras. Here’s a quick summary in case you missed some of the details along the way, as well as, some highlights that you won’t find anywhere else. This year it became undeniably clear that our advanced…

Understanding the economic advantages & financial benefits of the enterprise open source format in PLM is important when building a corporate business case for a PLM strategy. There are a number of factors that your team will want to consider when conducting…

Following SolidWorks World 2011 , lots of people have been writing about the cool stuff they saw on the show floor and in the sessions, myself included. Today, I am not going to talk about cool. I am going to talk about impressive. And what impressed…

Walking the floor at SolidWorks World 2011 in San Antonio I saw some outstanding examples of cool product design, and heard more cool stories and great discussions about 3D design and product innovation in the breakout sessions. But what really got my…

In case you missed it, earlier this week ShapeSpace released a connector for their 3D Geometric Search to Aras . This brings a powerful new ability to visually search and select parts using a graphical interface instead of your typical list metaphor.…

I’ve been in the PLM business for more than 20 years. A lot has changed in that time, like the fact that we call it PLM now. But one thing that has not changed is that customers are always (always) surprised by the cost. Even now, after Aras has eliminated…

Earlier this month you may have seen the news on our strategy for the Cloud. CIMdata , a leading PLM industry analyst & consulting firm, published our release in Aras Explains Cloud Strategy . The initial phase of the strategy is very simple. Lead the…

In August there was a post by Michael Fauscette, IDC’s group vice president for software business solutions, that touched on some interesting concepts I think directly relate to what we are doing here at Aras. Mike’s post was called Maybe it should be…