Buzzwords are funny things. Earlier today, I learned few new buzzwords. First was “Facecast”. You may think this is something related to “Face…”. Ha :)… It looks like something you knew before as a webcast, but running on the Facebook. Isn’t it funny? However, let’s move on.. I’ve been watching…
Communities are booming these days. Social networks and Web 2.0 unlocked the potential of interaction online and the idea of gathering people in a community went to mainstream. However, the original idea has nothing common with web. We can go back to organization of elite clubs, unions, discussion groups and…
If you are technology savvy these days, you probably know what is Apache Hadoop. It originally came to us from the magic world of Google and was derived from Google Map Reduce and Google File System. In a nutshell, Hadoop is a framework that allows you split data processing of…
BAM. BAM. BAM. Social Enterprise. Do you think, it is about magic words? No, I don’t think so. If you want to catch up read few of my earlier posts – PLM and Social Enterprise: Files vs. People, PLM, Social Enterprise Failure and Future Steps and Social Enterprise Discussion and…
Disruption. This is a word that dominates in many technological (and not only…) discussions. It is not a big secret – disruption means changes and opportunity. Back in my blogging histories 3 years ago – Future PLM face to face: Open Source vs. Cloud. After more than three years I…
Transformation is coming to many places these days. Look how the internet, mobile, cloud (and not only…) transformed our world. You can hardly can find a place that behaves similar to how it was back 10-15 years ago. However, wait a minute… What about CAD, PDM, PLM VARs? Are they…
Well… It happened. Microsoft officially became “hardware company”. Keyboards, mice, even XBOX and Kinect… All these devices are in a history. Microsoft Surface was officially announced few days ago and Microsoft became an official manufacturer of Microsoft branded table computers. . Navigate here to see detailed technical spec. I put few…
IP Management. If you’re in PLM business most probably you had a chance to hear this term. Most of the PLM providers are using “IP Management” term to explain the way product information and related data in the organization are captured and processed by PLM software. You can see some…
Let me ask you this… Is there a connection between PLM and Cupcakes? I hope I’ve got your attention for a minute :). One of the questions PLM industry is struggling for a long period of time is awareness. PLM long time industry opponents ERPs are well positioned to get…
I’ve been attending SolidEdge University 2012 earlier this week in Nashville, TN. Inforbix (the company, I co-founded two years ago) was one of the sponsors of the event. I had an opportunity to speak to many people – engineers, Siemens PLM partners and employees. One of the topics on my…
