Data management is boring. Data, Numbers, Tables… Even, if I completely disagree, I guess lots of people think so. Nevertheless, even if you work on absolutely boring from data coolness standpoint project, you can find how to get some fun. Take a look on the following visualization. The video presents a visualization of…
Just few days ago, I mentioned Alfresco in this list of the companies that potentially can challenge enterprise software vendors in their nirvana. The following article caught my attention – Alfresco is coming with open source BPM implementation based on BPMN notation. Tools is going to be available under Apache…
I want to talk about what I consider as one of the most controversial topics in the industry – PDM vs. PLM. How many times, you had a chance to hear the following question: What is the difference between PDM and PLM? I guess, the only one question can practically…
A very interesting video drove my attention today. Take a look on the new iPad application from a Valley company – Flipboard. The original idea is to make social information streams (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) to become consumable in a way you grandma can do it… Take a look and make…
The ability to have an important engineering information reference seems to me obvious. Thanks for one of my readers, who sent me information about Knovel. I found the Knovel’s web site interesting and even with my little engineering background, I could find some useful information. I found specially interesting the experience…
PLM is heavy focused on workflow, processes and workflow automation. What if… all these capabilities will be coming from cloud and integrated into a whole set of apps. The following video presents non-PLM, but workflow automation application on top of Google Apps: What is my take? I think, cloud apps…
I read an interesting write up yesterday in UK Eureca magazine – EADS is flying harmonised PLM. The background for this message is EADS 2007 decision to go with PTC Windchill – you can take a look on the original press release here. What is defined in this release is: EADS is…
I read the following article by Manufacturing Automation – SAP Taps Partnership for Manufacturing Software Enhancement. (you need to be a member to read it. Membership is free). The story is about SAP’s partnership with a company Right Hemisphere. The SAP-Hempishere partnership isn’t new. It was made initially in 2007 when SAP invested…
I think, we are going to see more iPad applications in coming year. Will PLM and other enterprise software vendors adopt new Apple tablet? This is a very good question. On the surface, I can see multiple trials to introduce various iPad applications. Below you can see few examples of iPad…
The market of social is growing up. Social software is trying to get into enterprise space too. Engineering and Manufacturing companies are definitely in the spot. Today, communication is mostly Emial and data sharing is mostly Excel. What will come next? I found an interesting summary in the blog post written by Jeremiah Owyang (Customer…
