Yesterday’s SaaS PLM comparison article triggered great sparring with my long-time PLM industry colleague, Marc Lind, SVP of Strategy at Aras Corp. In normal circumstances, Marc and I would be grabbing a cup of coffee in a nearby Brookline or Newton coffee shop, but the reality of the pandemic moved…
Unless you lived under the rock for the last few years, you’ve heard about SaaS. The new modern word SaaS is ramping around and vendors are using it everywhere. The ‘SaaSification’ is taking the tech world by storm says Accenture article The cloud is a big enabling piece of this…
It doesn’t matter what business you are in, the question about differentiation is coming up. We live in an extremely competitive world and the last thing business owners or stakeholders of the company wants is to become a commodity. Vendors are looking for differentiation and innovative technologies, new market opportunities,…
Earlier this week, I attended ACE2021. It was the second Aras conference completely virtual. Last year, Aras was one of the first companies that canceled their annual meeting because of COVID19. I can say that I was impressed with the organization of virtual space and presentations.The graphic arrangement of virtual…
During the last few days, I’ve been getting many questions about Autodesk and Upchain. Thanks to all my online and offline readers – I appreciate your comments and questions. In this article, I want to share some questions I’ve been asked and also my assessment of how Autodesk will be…
Aras announced the expansion of their enterprise offering – Aras Enterprise SaaS. The press release from the last week says – Aras Announces Expansion of Subscription Offerings with Enterprise SaaS. Together Enterprise SaaS and DevOps deliver the most powerful cloud-first platform with unlimited customization for global businesses Enterprise SaaS from…
A very interesting PLM news came out yesterday. Autodesk signed an agreement to acquire Toronto-based Upchain. You can read some initial coverage of the event on TechCrunch and Forbes that covered the event. For Autodesk, it is a signal for activity in the manufacturing domain (remember for the last few…
I’m continuing to digest materials from last week’s CIMdata Industry and Market Forum 2021. Check my earlier blog – What happened with PLM during the COVID year. I’m always looking for an annual CIMdata report as it brings great insight into the underlying processes in the PLM industry and can…
Last week I attended CIMdata PLM Market & Industry Forum 2021. It was a second virtual event (last year’s event also was virtual). CIMdata event is a traditional place for CIMdata to speak about a broad analysis of the variety of issues in the PLM industry – trends, vendors, and…
Earlier this week, one of my readers asked me a question about the lifecycle of IT systems and PLM systems in particular. According to the comment, all commercial IT systems/applications are to some extent „black holes“, locking you somehow into continuous costs and since few IT systems last forever, companies…
