Archive for September, 2014

PLM, IoT platforms and extended lifecycle

PLM, IoT platforms and extended lifecycle

IoT is a growing buzz these days. Analysts are projecting billions of devices available online very soon. The number is impressive and IoT eco-system is fueled by newcomers developing variety of connected devices and related software. Earlier this year, PTC  surprised PLM community by their strategy related to IoT by…

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Oracle Cloud PaaS will provide a magic button for PLM

Oracle Cloud PaaS will provide a magic button for PLM

Cloud PLM architecture and implementations is one of the topics I’m following for the last few years. It is interesting to watch dynamics of this space from initial ignorance to careful recognition and marketing buzz. I can see differences in how PLM vendors are approaching cloud. In my view, nobody…

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IoT and PLM have common problem – data interoperability

IoT and PLM have common problem – data interoperability

One of the heavily debated topics in CAD/PLM industry is data interoperability. I remember discussion about data interoperability and standards 10-15 years ago. Even vendors made some progress in establishing of independent data formats, the problem is still here. At the same time, I’m convinced that successful interoperability will play…

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PLM and Big Data Driven Product Design

PLM and Big Data Driven Product Design

One of the most interesting trends to watch these days is big data. It started few years ago and I can see different dynamics related to usage and value proposition of big data. It certainly started as a technology that revolutionized the way we can capture and process large amount…

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Cloud PDM ban lifted. What next?

Cloud PDM ban lifted. What next?

Once upon a time “cloud” was a taboo word in PLM domain. It was hard to believe manufacturing companies will share product information and manage processes using cloud tools. The situation is different today. For the last two years all major PLM vendors announced their support for cloud and developed…

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IoT data will blow up traditional PLM databases

IoT data will blow up traditional PLM databases

IoT is one of the recent popular buzzwords in business and consumer world. I’ve been touching it in few of my previous posts – 3 Things PLM can do with IoT tomorrow and PLM and IoT common trajectories . Things changed from 2009 when I first time touched PLM and Internet of Things….

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How PLM vendors will develop next security technologies

How PLM vendors will develop next security technologies

The world is a scare place today. Every day we hear about different security problems – very large retail network informed me that their payment system was breached; large organization informs that customer databases with account information leaked, proprietary photos of celebrities available for general public, credit card numbers compromised….

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What cloud PLM cannot do for you?

What cloud PLM cannot do for you?

It has been already few years since I started to discuss cloud PLM opportunities on my blog. I found one of my early blogs about PLM and cloud – PLM and cloud: hold the promise? So, what changed since then? Actually, quite a lot… We’ve seen massive adoption of cloud…

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ERP vendors are ready to clash using PLM weapons

ERP vendors are ready to clash using PLM weapons

The information about Aras PLM OEM deal with Infor caught my attention yesterday evening. It looks like a big deal for Aras Corp. Aras PLM is well known by their innovative Enterprise Open Source model. If you are not familiar with Aras, check their website and blog. For the last…

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Autodesk PLM360 early preview of cloud (PDM) document management

Autodesk PLM360 early preview of cloud (PDM) document management

Earlier today at Accelerate 2014 in Boston, Autodesk PLM360 team provided an update about PLM360 product, technologies, as well as an early preview of cloud document management for CAD and other files. The “invisible data management” solution supposed to solve the problem of customers looking how to implement end-to-end cloud…

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