Remember a few years ago, we had many discussions about PLM cloud. This is just one example of my article from 2016 – Chasing the right PLM cloud. Fast forward in 2019 and we are past PLM cloud wars. The time of cloud vs no-cloud debates are over and vendors…
I’ve been catching up on reading during the past long weekend in U.S. GrabCAD article – The Need for Cloud-Based CAD Software caught my attention. The author, Len Williams works for designairspace – a software outfit selling cloud hosting service for CAD workstations. My special attention was caught by the…
PLM industry has a problem. It called legacy data migrations and updates. The stories about migrating data and systems are notoriously painful. He is just one story told by Engineering.com about Ericsson failing to get up to speed with 3DEXPERIENCE implementation. In general, it can be stated that the toughest…
PLM companies are full speed ahead in digital transformation. Every vendor is advertising how their technologies will be significantly improved by applying magical “digital word” to all existing and future technologies. We are getting digital twin, digital thread, digital process. And of course digital PLM. In the past defense labs…
Do you know that the Bible ranks first among literary works by a number of languages they have been translated into (3,312, at least one book)? Check here. Varying parts of the Bible are considered to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God…
It is a time to come back to Open Source software discussion. Open source was not the hottest buzzword for the last few years maybe, but if you look deeper, open source companies delivered a set of very impressive results. Check TechCrunch article – How Open Source software took over…
Verdi Ogewell, the Editor-in-Chief of VerkstadsForum PLM Magazine and ENGINEERING.com’s European correspondent publish his next PLM failure bombshells – Telecom Giant Ericsson Halts Its PLM Project with Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE. If you’re like me often reading Verdi’s publication, you’re not surprised. You can easily find other news similar to this one….
Everyone speaks about the platforms these days. The word “platform” is overused, but all PLM vendors have started to use it intensively. PLM analysts and researches put a theoretical foundation of platform development. One of them is Product Innovation Platform by CIMdata. Platforms are comprised of multiple applications and integrated…
Financial information is not a typical topic in my articles. However, in a spirit of diversity in the thinking process, I’d like to pick up such an unusual topic for today’s article – to compare CAD vendors CEO compensation. The trigger for this discussion was Yahoo News article – Is…
A few days ago, I shared my thoughts about Manufacturing Marketplaces and trends beyond generative design. If you missed my article, please check it here. One of my observations – marketplaces and manufacturing automation started in silos (eg. 3D printing, CNC machining), but eventually will come to the next level…
