Choosing the right software for your manufacturing company can be a daunting task. Do you go with a Software as a Service (SaaS) option, or hosted software? What is the practical difference? Since we’ve got an internet connection for computers, the idea of providing PLM system and associated data available…
The market of SaaS applications is growing substantially. Check my earlier blog – How much PLM companies will grab from $20B annual increase in SaaS spending. The market looks very bright and some PLM vendors are making big bets on this growth. As such latest Engineering.com articles written by Verdi…
While cloud and the internet are a way to live and breathe for many of us, the adoption of SaaS and cloud technologies was not so obvious for engineers and manufacturing companies. As much as engineers are the biggest powerhouse for innovation when it comes to their own tools, you…
How big is the future SaaS/cloud PLM market? As much as this number sounds simple, the answer is not easy to find. As much as I was trying to find some numbers, analysts, as well as CAD and PLM vendors, are very much silent on this topic. One of my…
SAP is one of the leading vendors to run business for many companies. Somehow I remember old airport commercial – “A Runs on SAP”. I’m sure you’ve seen it at least once. SAP is a sophisticated and comprehensive environment to manage many aspects of company business data and processes. When…
PTC acquired Onshape last week. Check this link for the PTC press release and more information. I’ve been following media, talked to many people and got tons of questions since last week online and offline. Some people were caught by surprise and some media and publications started debates about how…
Altium is a software outfit developing design applications (CAD) for PCB and electronics. In the world of growing “PCB everywhere” trend, the space is growing. It is almost guaranteed that every single piece of equipment in front of you has PCB and it must be designed and manufactured. Democratization is…
Cloud adoption is coming to the edge. Earlier today, I’ve learned few interesting facts about cloud adoption from Forbes article – State Of Enterprise Cloud Computing, 2018: (1) 77% of enterprises have at least one application or a portion of their enterprise computing infrastructure in the cloud; (2) Enterprises predict…
Have you heard about serverless computing? Not yet… This is a time you should start paying attention. Serverless computing is gaining some traction. While serverless isn’t exaclty new thing it is reaching some interesting point in the development where it is already mature to observe some trajectory of future development….
The race toward efficient cloud sharing of files and other information is heating up. While typical photo sharing application is mostly relies on the ability of smartphone and photo app to capture and share photo, the story is completely different for CAD and engineering data. There are pros and cons…
