One of the most frequent debates in cloud (or SaaS) software are debates about tenancy. Or how you can often hear it – multi-tenant vs single-tenant solution. In the past I’ve been writing about multi-tenant vs single-tenant cloud solutions. You can get my old article from 2012 here – Cloud…
I’ve been following the story of Frame (also known as Fra.me or Mainframe2) company and their virtualization technology. Frame provided virtualization infrastructure to run application in the cloud desktop and made few splashes in CAD and PLM eco-system by partnering with large CAD software behemoths with the offering to run…
Cloud PLM strategies is an interesting place these days. When you think about how to move from one shining mobile phone to another, you mostly do care how to transfer contact lists and not to forget pictures made by phone camera. Few days and you’re done. Think about your old…
I’ve been catching up on some reading during the weekend. The following article by Tech-Clarify caught my attention – Siemens Digital Twin strategy. Jim Brown from Tech-Clarify is sharing his inside on Siemens PLM strategy. I found it interesting because it touches two modern trends (or buzzwords) you can hear…
It is time to rethink the way we work. How many times you’ve heard about it during last few years. People and companies are looking for new ways to stay connected. And Real-time communication market is one of the greatest reflections about what is going on. Companies are realizing today…
Last year I shared my thoughts about how to replace legacy PLM and move forward. The idea is pretty simple – build a new PLM, make it co-exist with the one you have and when you’re ready, pull the switch off. It sounds very obvious. What can hold us back?…
One of the best things about living in Massachusetts is that almost every CAD vendor office is not more than 30 min of drive from you. I attended evening event organized by Onshape and Desktop Metal at Onshape office – Modern Design & Metal 3D Printing. Why Onshape and Desktop…
Growing complexity and longevity of manufacturing products are raising questions about future CAD and PLM platforms. Platform is such a sweet word in a lexicon of software development and not only. Recently, the voices about creation of new product development, PLM, innovation and IoT platforms are getting more and more…
New business model is a big deal in engineering and manufacturing software. For years, customers were buying CAD licenses. For the last 5-7 years we can see CAD vendors movement into subscriptions. Even CAD vendors are reporting lot of success, he jury is still out to watch results. Professional CAD…
Look at portfolios of all PLM vendors and you will see “cloud” tag everywhere. I’d say, for the moment, all PLM vendors are “cloud” buzzword compliant. The definition can vary from cloud-ready to true cloud and everything in between. At the same time, analyst companies such as CIMdata mentioned in their…
