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PLM and Project Management Options

PLM and Project Management Options

Few days ago, I run into Gartner Magic Quadrant about IT Project and Portfolio Management. You can get it by navigating to the following link (the link was live at the day I posted). Please take a read and make your opinion. Project and Portfolio management software is an interesting…

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PLM, Google Cloud Connect and Social Information

PLM, Google Cloud Connect and Social Information

I found an interesting news came from Google yesterday. Google introduced Google Cloud Connect function as part of the new GSA 6.8 release. You can read more on Google Blog. However, this is a short info: Cloud Connect displays relevant, personalized results from Google Docs and Google Sites alongside results…

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COFES Russia: New Trends In PLM (Working Group)

COFES Russia: New Trends In PLM (Working Group)

I’ve been running the working group “New Trends in PLM” on COFES Russia / isicad-2010. I had no idea how actually the working group discussion will go. The format of this working group and number of people was unusual and a little different from original small discussion groups (7-10 people)….

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COFES: Russian Style!

COFES: Russian Style!

COFES Russia is a history now. I wanted to put some thoughts and links for non-Russian speaking readers about what I call “COFES: Russian Style”. COFES in Arizona designed as a four-day event. Brad Holtz defines it as “vendors, analysts, users in sandals, under the sun, near the pool with…

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50 Free Alternatives for Expensive Software, PLM is not listed

50 Free Alternatives for Expensive Software, PLM is not listed

I want to share an interesting list of 50 top Open Source alternatives for expensive software. From the standpoint of customers, expensive software starts at price $200 US. Numbers 9 and 10 in the list are two Open Source CAD packages – BRL-CAD and Archimedes as a possible replacements for AutoCAD….

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PLM and Social Media 101

I’ve been presenting on Technia PLM Innovation Forum in Stockholm early this week. My presentation shows how to get into a space called Social Media and explains why you need to use it in your everyday job. The key topics are 1/what is social media; 2/how it works and 3/how…

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COFES Russia / isicad 2010 Plenary Session and Working Groups

COFES Russia / isicad 2010 Plenary Session and Working Groups

I’m going to join this first COFES Russia event on 21th September. Earlier this week David Levin of LEDAS announced his vision of isicad 2010 / COFES Russia plenary session. Navigate you browser on the following link. If you not familiar with David Levin, I can recommend you to subscribe on his very popular…

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Technia PLM Innovation Forum

Technia PLM Innovation Forum

I’m going to attend Technia PLM Innovation Forum 2010 next week in Stockholm.  You can learn more about the event and see the main agenda and afternoon round table sessions. In the morning, I will be presenting about PLM and Social Media. The working title of my talk is PLM…

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What Is The Future of PLM Strategic Presentations?

What Is The Future of PLM Strategic Presentations?

Have you had a chance to see any PLM strategic presentation? I’m sure you did. You can find easy few of them by Google “PLM Strategy“. How many times you’ve been looking on PLM strategic presentation and saying – hm, this is not exactly what I’m looking for. I was…

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3D CAD Access in Manufacturing and PLM Improvement

3D CAD Access in Manufacturing and PLM Improvement

An interesting report was published by SearchManufacturingERP.com few days ago – Report: Wider access to 3D CAD images can improve PLM by David Essex. According to the Joe Barkai of IDC, the key topic is “multi-disciplinary collaboration” and an ability to take a decision early in the process. However, article presented PLM…

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