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What is the future of PLM VARs?

What is the future of PLM VARs?

Transformation is coming to many places these days. Look how the internet, mobile, cloud (and not only…) transformed our world. You can hardly can find a place that behaves similar to how it was back 10-15 years ago. However, wait a minute…  What about CAD, PDM, PLM VARs? Are they…

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PLM, ERP and enterprise cloud race

PLM, ERP and enterprise cloud race

I was reading GIGAOM article Amazon and SAP put All-in-One in the cloud few days ago. According to the article SAP will soon make an appearance on Amazon EC2 cloud. Interesting enough it is connected to the fact almost all software of SAP rival Oracle is already available from the…

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Product Lifecycle Data and Cloud Trap Debates

Product Lifecycle Data and Cloud Trap Debates

The discussion around the cloud is heating up. At the time, the competition gets stronger, the debate around the cloud trap is taking to the next level. It is not unusual these days to see cloud propaganda coming from the companies beating their future on the success of the cloud…

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Cloud and Next Generation of BOM

Cloud and Next Generation of BOM

Few days ago, I was talking about some interesting patterns of PLM and ERP implementation. In a nutshell, the integration between PLM and ERP systems presents a significant level of implementation complexity. The need to synchronize between PLM and ERP storage is a complicated process that different among many companies….

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ECO Management: What Matters?

ECO Management: What Matters?

Engineering Change is probably one of the most important and complicated disciplines. I had a chance to meet people that told me – all what you are doing is about ECO management. You can see many examples of ECO management solutions. Almost every software vendor in the field of engineering…

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PLM Vendors, IT and Cloud Strategy

PLM Vendors, IT and Cloud Strategy

I was reading CloudAve yesterday. The post named – IT: Become Relevant or Die. Read this blog and make your opinion. The discussion about cloud is not new. This is my favorite passage from this post: There are three things happening in IT now. The first is cloud, the second…

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