In an ever-evolving digital landscape, data has become a powerful currency for driving businesses forward. Data is transforming today’s manufacturing world, and PLM vendors are in a unique position to capitalize on the insights it provides. With PLM systems that hold detailed product information such as bills of material (BOMs),…
The discussions around open source were around for more than a decade. You can check out my articles about PLM and open source. Aras was a major influencer in open-source discussions. It was heavily related to Aras own invented strategy of enterprise open source development, which can be classified differently…
Businesses must constantly plan for the future. In the world of manufacturing companies, the future is now. How to get up to speed with the digital transformation, how to get value from the huge amount of data accumulated by manufacturing companies, how to get connected with the customers and turn…
How big is the future SaaS/cloud PLM market? As much as this number sounds simple, the answer is not easy to find. As much as I was trying to find some numbers, analysts, as well as CAD and PLM vendors, are very much silent on this topic. One of my…
I’ve got an email with this question from the PI DX Team, an outfit that stands behind a cross-industry community of manufacturing companies pursuing successful digital transformation. PI DX works with many industrial companies and vendors to enable cross-industry collaboration and to support innovation. The email invites me to the…
Engineering.com article by Verdi Ogewell – New Leaders in Forrester’s PLM Wave: Why Siemens Will be a Tough Nut to Crack for Dassault and PTC was my Friday portion of PLM strategic reading. Verdi is well known for his visionary article presenting collections of PLM strategies. The current article was…
SaaStr blog Gartner: SaaS Spending Will Grow Another 40% in Next 2 Years Alone brings some interesting data points about SaaS spending. Read the article and draw your own opinion. The actual Gartner press release is here. Few interesting passages: Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 23.1%…
How to approach a large mass market? Many companies in the software business asked this question when building their products, sales, and marketing strategy. Every time it happened in the past, it was a combination of technology and business creating these unique conditions to grow. Autodesk and Solidworks are undoubtedly…
Cloud is not a new thing in the technology and software world. Cloud and Saas technology allowed to build remarkable world brands, yet cloud tech still keeps raising questions about adoption and acceptance in engineering and manufacturing software. The past decade demonstrated how dominant CAD and PLM vendors moved from…
Omne Trium Perfectum. Friday is a special day and I’m always trying to make Friday blog special. I’ve been thinking about the magic of number three. If you’ve been in communication for a long time, you’ve no doubt came across the phenomenon of the rule of three. It is very…
