I want to learn more about Microsoft’s strategies these days. The “big PC” is preparing to become the biggest supplier of enterprise software Office boxes and Office servers. Microsoft is not exciting these days. However, they are making huge money by selling software to enterprise manufacturing. The majority of manufacturing…
The following announcement came to my attention yesterday. Technia annouces Technia Value Components Release 2010-3 future increase the value of ENOVIA. I found it interesting. Technia is a Sweden outfit with a deep and diverse set of skills of PLM implementations. Technia came to my attention first time as a…
This week on DSCC 2010 I had a chance to learn more about what Dassault is planing as their next step in the development of their Social Innovation strategies. Dassault presented their interest in social software last year by the following joint announcement with blueKiwi. However, for the moment, Dassault…
I’ve been attending SPTech Boston Conference today. Navigate your browser on this link. You can get some information there. Microsoft is rolling SharePoint 2010 out, and I wanted to understand what traction it takes in the community of developers. To understand that I spent couple of hours on the SPTech…
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…
I was reading Jos Voskuil’s PLM Selection: Don’t do this on his virtualdutchman blog. Jos made me think again about few mistakes people made when trying to apply Product Lifecycle Methods in a holistic way. I’ve seen similar situations in the past – companies managed an extremely long process of…
What do you think about “Collaboration”? I think, it confusing a bit. We use it too often. Some people like “collaborative” stories and some don’t. My long time collaborator in collaborative discussions, Chris Williams of Vuuch once in the comment to his blog post on Vuuch Voice, challenged me to…
In any enterprise software, there is a point of time we are asking the following question – “what APIs are supported?” We anticipate the need of API in order be configure, customize, tailor, change, adapt, etc. Use any marketing wants, in the end you’ll need an API to be able…
The following Google Apps Blog caught my attention few days ago – More Tools For Viewing Document Revisions. I found it interesting for several reasons. First, as a user of Google Doc, I can definitely confirm, that this is one of the most requested features. Second is a potential for…
Yesterday, I touched a topic of connection between CAD and PLM. The discussion started by Peter Schroer of Aras and my post, generated a very interesting opinions exchange related to the importance of balanced management of information about a product. It made me think about Product Cost. Cost is one…
