Archive for June, 2011

Corporate iCloud, iPLM Future and Google’s Apps?

Corporate iCloud, iPLM Future and Google’s Apps?

Well…It happened. The marketing machine of Apple meets the cloud and cloud marketing. The result is predicted – iCloud. If you haven’t had a chance to watch Apple shows this week, you can do. Spend 7.5 min and enjoy the remarkable presentation made by Steve Jobs, including statements “it just…

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Revisions in CAD/PLM/ERP: Old Problems or New Challenges?

Revisions in CAD/PLM/ERP: Old Problems or New Challenges?

I want to talk about the topic, which is actually is not very new – revisions. I was reading Autodesk Manufacturing Community blog – Vault 2012 Revision Block Integration. It made me think about the problem of revision in engineering software, how different software engineering and manufacturing disciplines solve it….

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PLM: Work-in-progress vs. System of Records?

PLM: Work-in-progress vs. System of Records?

Recently, I’ve been in a very interesting conversation with one of my industry buddies. It was about a role PDM and PLM systems are playing today manufacturing organizations. To summarize our discussion in few sentences, it was sounded like that: all data management systems (PDM, PLM, ERP) are used as…

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PLM User Experience, Windows 8 and the End of Desktop

PLM User Experience, Windows 8 and the End of Desktop

Some time ago, I wrote about future user experience – PUI: Not PLM UI. Future User experience. One of the fundamental elements of user experience for the last 20 years was the desktop. The organization of desktop didn’t change since first was invented together with file system and first versions…

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PLM, Cloud and Open Source Separation?

PLM, Cloud and Open Source Separation?

Cloud and Open source are two topics I’m often touching on my blog. In my view, these two trends are notable if you think about where PLM innovation is going these days. Two years ago, I wrote – SaaS and Open Source: PLM Future Rides. We can see what happened…

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PLM, Manufacturers and Mobile Apps Hysteria

PLM, Manufacturers and Mobile Apps Hysteria

I can see around more and more people are playing with mobile devices. Last 3-4 months contained many announcements coming from hardware and software manufacturers related to “mobile business”. Android Honeycumb, iPad 2, Google App store, Microsoft / Nokia deal, etc. I started to ask myself – what is behind…

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