Archive for October, 2010

PLM Think Tank Top 5, September 2010

PLM Think Tank Top 5, September 2010

I postponed my monthly writing this month to give few words PTC Creo launch this week. CAD community already started to discuss this event. You cannot dismiss such a type of the event in CAD industry. My initial conclusion about that can be described as following: 1/ consolidation; 2/ people-oriented;…

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PTC Creo – AnyThing Possible?

PTC Creo – AnyThing Possible?

So, it finally happened. After almost 6 months of official preparation, PTC launched a new product line – CREO. CREO will replace existing Pro-E, CoCreate and ProductView products. I had a chance to attend this event today in Boston and made few pictures. Take a look on the next picture….

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How To Reset PLM Collaboration?

How To Reset PLM Collaboration?

Almost 2 weeks ago, I wrote about De-confusing of PLM Collaboration. Today, I want to suggest a different angle and talk about how we can re-think PLM collaboration concept. Why I think it can be interesting? In my view, the enterprise software industry is coming through the process of consumerization….

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PTC and Boston Weather Frustration

PTC and Boston Weather Frustration

Later this week I’m going to attend PTC Lightening Event in Boston. For the last few months, I followed how PTC was preparing for this event. I have to say – it was very impressive. The following video is my favorite. PTC’s preparation for this event reminded me Moscow Olympic Games 1980. According…

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PLM and Complex Products

PLM and Complex Products

Early this week I had a chance to read the following blog post by Accidental Product Manager – Really, Really Complex Products: Is PLM Software the Solution? I found it short and insightful. Have a read and make your opinion. The question asked by Dr. Jim Anderson opens an unusual…

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Stuck PLM Project and Leo Tolstoy

Stuck PLM Project and Leo Tolstoy

I read a very short post from Aras by Jennifer McCullough of Aras – Frustrated by a Stuck PLM Project?. The whole purpose of this blog is to point on the link to Stuck PLM page on Aras’ website. The Aras website is talking about license cost frustration, uncovered functionality…

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PLM Network Effect and Single Point of Truths

PLM Network Effect and Single Point of Truths

Few weeks ago, I had a chance to attend a webinar – Learn How PLM Propels Innovation at Mercury Marine. The webinar is available now on demand. Navigate you browser to the following link and can see a recorded version of this webinar (requires an additional registration). This webinar provides…

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PLM SharePoint Thoughts

PLM SharePoint Thoughts

I’ve been attending SPTech Boston Conference today. Navigate your browser on this link. You can get some information there. Microsoft is rolling SharePoint 2010 out, and I wanted to understand what traction it takes in the community of developers. To understand that I spent couple of hours on the SPTech…

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CAD, PDM and PLM Diversity

CAD, PDM and PLM Diversity

The following message on twitter from Jonathan Scott of Razorleaf made me think about the future of vertical integration in Engineering Software. In my view, this is the old, but very interesting topic. I want to refer few of my previous posts that discussed this or related topics: 3DLive, HD3D…

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PLM and Project Management Options

PLM and Project Management Options

Few days ago, I run into Gartner Magic Quadrant about IT Project and Portfolio Management. You can get it by navigating to the following link (the link was live at the day I posted). Please take a read and make your opinion. Project and Portfolio management software is an interesting…

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