Archive for July, 2010
PLM In The Azure Box?
My new website and blog is BeyondPLM. The original post is here. If you listened to the news stream from Microsoft Worldwide Partner conference last week, you probably had a chance to get some information about future Microsoft Cloud Strategy.My attention was caught by the following announcement related to Microsoft Azure Appliance. Microsoft has…
PLM In The Azure Box?
If you listened to the news stream from Microsoft Worldwide Partner conference last week, you probably had a chance to get some information about future Microsoft Cloud Strategy.My attention was caught by the following announcement related to Microsoft Azure Appliance. Microsoft has announced that it will sell Azure appliances to its considerably larger customers….
Virtual and Physical Convergence
The things are moving fast these days. One of the most fascinating trends is the emerging connection between physical and virtual words. PLM vendors are talking about it long time. However, I was looking for real-life examples that can bring some practical sense into this story. My attention was caught by the…
Workflow and Process Automation Comes from Cloud
PLM is heavy focused on workflow, processes and workflow automation. What if… all these capabilities will be coming from cloud and integrated into a whole set of apps. The following video presents non-PLM, but workflow automation application on top of Google Apps: What is my take? I think, cloud apps…
Invisible PLM or Document Collaboration with Gmail?
In my view, the majority of organizations are collaborating using pure email. PLM implementation has hard time to compete with email to become first class collaboration tools. I had a chance to see an interesting company DokDok making software for Google Apps that allows you to share documents separately from…
To Harmonize PLM?
Vertical PLM Medley
My new website and blog is BeyondPLM. The original post is here. I read an article “PLM’s Vertical Challenge” in High Tech Views. The High Tech article is presenting advantages of industry-oriented PLM implementations. Read it and make your impression. I specially liked the following part: “We needed something that…
Deeper Understanding. Not In PLM… Yet
Vertical PLM Medley
I read an article “PLM’s Vertical Challenge” in High Tech Views. The High Tech article is presenting advantages of industry-oriented PLM implementations. Read it and make your impression. I specially liked the following part: “We needed something that had an apparel maker’s focus in mind. Otherwise we’d be spending too…