Archive for October, 2011

From PDM to PLM: Unify or Integrate?

From PDM to PLM: Unify or Integrate?

Earlier, this year, I post a blog called – Integrated PDM and PLM: Wrong Question? In the beginning, this blog post was inspired by Jonathan Scott’s presentation on SolidWorks World 2011. Aras EPLM announcement last week, made me think a bit more about PDM / PLM trends. The idea of…

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How to host PDM/PLM database on the cloud?

How to host PDM/PLM database on the cloud?

I was reading Oracle journal early today. Navigate your browser to read a short article – Which Cloud Service Provider Should Host Your Oracle Databases? The article is explaining how to host Oracle database using Amazon Web Services. If you are not familiar with this opportunity, here is the deal…

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CAD, New Collaboration and Online Storage Services

CAD, New Collaboration and Online Storage Services

Let me ask you a very silly question? How many times you abandoned you official company policy for data sharing and shared your files via Google, Dropbox or other services? Well, you don’t need to answer… I’m sure you did at least once. The amount of services helping us to…

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Cloud, Head’s-down CAD Drafters and Technological Analogies

Cloud, Head’s-down CAD Drafters and Technological Analogies

Earlier this week, my attention was caught the article Cloud is Dead by Ralph Grabowski. Following some of Ralph’s thoughts, I found myself in a strong disagreement with his position and decided to share my view. The main point of talk is around two aspects – head’s-down drafters and technological…

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Aras, SolidWorks and Disruptive PLM Strategies

Aras, SolidWorks and Disruptive PLM Strategies

BAM! Aras just announced Enterprise PLM for SolidWorks. Here is the new article – Enterprise PLM for Enterprise PDM. Navigate to the following article to read more – Open Source Aras Releases Commercial PLM Solution for SolidWorks. Here is the short conclusion made by Randall Newton: Our assessment: Aras just…

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PLM and Strategic Technologies for 2012

PLM and Strategic Technologies for 2012

We are in the Q4 of 2011. It is a traditional time start thinking about what is going to happen in 2012. I was reading Gartner’s Top 10 strategic technologies for 2012 published after Gartner’s ITxpo 2011 Symposium last week in Orlando. What is strategic technology according to Gartner: What’s…

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Will PLM Handbook for SMEs solve customer problems?

Will PLM Handbook for SMEs solve customer problems?

I want to continue the topic I started in my previous posts – PLM for SME (Small to Medium Enterprise). SME are interesting companies. In my view, “previous life” at Dassault Systems, I had a chance to work with many small companies. My former colleague and blogging buddy Jos Voskuil…

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Will Database in the Cloud supercharge PLM for Small Companies?

Will Database in the Cloud supercharge PLM for Small Companies?

I want to talk about an interesting segment of cloud technologies – cloud SQL Database. For the last months, I’ve seen multiple announcements of vendors in this space. Overall, it seems as an interesting trend. In a nutshell, cloud SQL database is a service that allows you to have your…

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Engineers and FaaP (Facebook As A Platform)?

Engineers and FaaP (Facebook As A Platform)?

There are many discussions these days going around cloud and confrontation between large technological companies. If you miss the following article – The Great Tech Wars of 2012. Apple, Facbook, Google, and Amazon battle for the future of innovation economy, please have a read. Time worth spending, in my view….

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Cloud and Next Generation of BOM

Cloud and Next Generation of BOM

Few days ago, I was talking about some interesting patterns of PLM and ERP implementation. In a nutshell, the integration between PLM and ERP systems presents a significant level of implementation complexity. The need to synchronize between PLM and ERP storage is a complicated process that different among many companies….

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