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5 October, 2026

Schneider Electric has agreed to acquire PTC. The October 5 announcement replaces Sunday’s roughly $20 billion reports with definite terms:...

4 October, 2026

I attended AU 2026 a few weeks ago. This is an article in my series of posts about what I...

3 October, 2026

Continue sharing my thoughts after AU 2026 a few weeks ago. If you missed my previous articles about Autodesk University,...

2 October, 2026

Continue sharing my thoughts after AU 2026 a few weeks ago. If you missed my previous articles about Autodesk University,...

1 October, 2026

I continue to share my thoughts about AU 2026 I attended a few weeks ago in Las Vegas. In my...

27 September, 2026

I’m slowly digesting AU 2026 and this week will be coming with a series of articles sharing what I learned...

20 September, 2026

Last week was busy for me – I attended Autodesk University 2026 in Las Vegas. Before I dive into a...

15 September, 2026

I am back at The Venetian for Autodesk University 2026. After Nashville and San Diego, AU returns to Las Vegas,...

9 September, 2026

The comments on my article about the history of PDM and PLM took the discussion further than I expected, and...

7 September, 2026

Did PLM ever become more than PDM with a bigger marketing budget? Before we can answer that question honestly, we...

30 August, 2026

Engineering organizations have become extraordinarily good at keeping data. CAD files are stored. BOMs are managed. Revisions are controlled. Changes...

29 August, 2026

Something unusual is happening in the conversation about the future of PLM. We seem to be moving toward less database...

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