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What Autodesk Fusion 360 means for PLM?

What Autodesk Fusion 360 means for PLM?

It is officially happened yesterday. Autodesk announced Fusion 360 – cloud based CAD software. Fusion leverages cloud tech to provide the ability for design team to work anywhere. It shines by the ability to support multiple platforms including OS X. It is available for $25/ month and you can try…

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Amazon, CIA and Future of PLM Private Clouds

Amazon, CIA and Future of PLM Private Clouds

Cloud. Public. Private. Dedicated. Secured. Security topic can detonate and destabilize any discussion about cloud deployment. Tell people about security and discussion will be derailed for the next 30 min… I’ve been discussing cloud security on my blog many times. You probably can skim few notable discussions by reading –…

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Total PLMification and Paper vs. Software Thoughts

Total PLMification and Paper vs. Software Thoughts

“Hardware is what it is. Software is what it does”. I’ve got this brilliant quote from Dick Morley at COFES Russia last month. It made me think about frustration people have sometimes working with Product Lifecycle Management systems. From my personal experience, the biggest lesson PLM industry must learn is…

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Why Cloud PLM Should Pay Attention on Web Components?

Why Cloud PLM Should Pay Attention on Web Components?

Take a deep breath. I’m planning to get technical today. Google I/O is already few weeks behind us. Nevertheless, because of my working schedule, I’m just starting to scratch the surface of presentations and news that were presented there. Web development and specifically browser development is one the drives my…

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PLM360+NetSuite: Changing the integration game?

PLM360+NetSuite: Changing the integration game?

PLM and ERP integration is not a new topic. Step in the discussion about any PLM implementation and you will come to the topic of PLM+ERP integration in less than 5 minutes. Integration between two enterprise software suites is usually a complicated tasks which involves lots of planning, adjustments and…

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PLM Focus Debates and Strong Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary

PLM Focus Debates and Strong Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary

Working with engineers is like herding cats. Try to put few engineers in a room and get an agreement. If you have 4 engineers in a room, you probably will have about 5-6 opinions about what is the right way. No surprise. That’s what happens when engineers are trying to…

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How to prevent PLM and Data Openness Collision

How to prevent PLM and Data Openness Collision

Two words today are raising lots of discussion and controversy – Data and Openness. We live it everyday by hearing about different “data transparency” events and news. Google, Mobile, social networks, cloud- data is leaking everywhere. Even if we almost automatically considering “data leak” as something bad, many people today…

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Autodesk acquires Inforbix and message to my readers.

Autodesk acquires Inforbix and message to my readers.

Dear friends! I’m glad to share the news with you – Autodesk Continues Strategic Investment in Product Lifecycle Management with Acquisition of Inforbix. You probably remember my first blog about Inforibx back in 2010 – Introducing Inforbix Product Data Apps. I’m excited for Inforbix, the team and looking forward to new…

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PLM Cloud and New Microsoft Office Reality

PLM Cloud and New Microsoft Office Reality

For many years, Microsoft and Office were 100% associated with PC. Not any more. If you follow earlier news from today, Microsoft announced of the biggest releases for a long time – Office 2013. Long awaited release brings lots of new stuff in the Microsoft Office eco-system. Navigate here to…

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Old Browsers and the Impact on Cloud PLM

Old Browsers and the Impact on Cloud PLM

I made my weekly social media catch up during the weekend. The following topic caught my attention. Google recently started to show some muscles to other browser players. Google Apps require newest browsers to run, and Google drops support for older versions and some browsers completely. Here is the evidence….

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