Daily PLM Think Tank

PLM In The Azure Box?

My new website and blog is BeyondPLM. The original post is here. If you listened to the news stream from Microsoft Worldwide Partner conference last week, you probably had a chance to get some information about future Microsoft Cloud Strategy.My attention was caught by the following announcement related to Microsoft Azure Appliance. Microsoft has…

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Vertical PLM Medley

My new website and blog is BeyondPLM. The original post is here. I read an article “PLM’s Vertical Challenge” in High Tech Views. The High Tech article is presenting advantages of industry-oriented PLM implementations. Read it and make your impression. I specially liked the following part: “We needed something that…

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PLM and Engineering Documents Identification

My new website and blog is BeyondPLM. The original post is here. The question of identification is probably of the most complicated and always raises lots of interest. I had a chance to discuss early on my blog a topic related to Part Numbers and Part Identification. The discussion raised…

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Top 3 Elements of a Successful Social PLM Strategy

My new website and blog is BeyondPLM. The original post is here. Social is trending these days. We can see this, analyzing the broad change in the Internet trend usages these days. What happens is a shift towards social tools and Facebook is definitely game changer in this space. So,…

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PLM Think Tank – Top 5 Posts, June 2010

My new website and blog is BeyondPLM. The original post is here. This week I am launching my new web site Beyond PLM. I started my first blog Daily PLM Think Tank on plmtwine.com back in 2008. PLM Think Tank is my attempt to discuss innovative ideas and thoughts about…

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Free CAD File Conversion In The Cloud?

The problem of CAD file conversion in old and has never been easy. Engineers are working in multiple CAD systems and conversion is a real problem. Quite many companies are in business of CAD conversion. The policy and practice of CAD vendors with regards to their ability to open/save competitor’s…

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Open PLM – A Climb For Losers?

Almost two months ago, I had a chance to read a blog article by Mobile Beat with some intriguing name “Open is for losers” by Dave McClure. Take a look and form your opinion. Understanding the overall intention to provoke a good discussion around this topic, I decided to follow…

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Social PLM: More Syndication and Less Communities

I’ve been thinking more about what are the gaps in taking PLM to the next level of collaboration. Social trend started on Web 2.0 sites got explored more and growing Facebook population is just another confirmation of the fact that people are looking for new ways to communicate and work…

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How Big Is Product Lifecycle Data?

Product-related data is one of the most important aspects of any PLM implementation. When you talk about PLM implementation, the topic of product-related data (or IP) is very often becomes a center of the conversation.  There are multiple sources of this type of data in the organization. In my view,…

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PLM Wood and Open Source Termites?

Last week I wrote about PLM and Open Source Big Games. One of my conclusions was that PLM Open Source can become an interesting option in PLM and Enterprise space when it comes as community based development and include the ability to leverage existing Open Source projects  Today, I wanted…

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