A blog by Oleg Shilovitsky
Information & Comments about Engineering and Manufacturing Software

Openness

6 October, 2024

Q4 is hear and the run towards the end of 2024 begins. I think, it is a remarkable year for...

11 May, 2021

I’ve got an email with this question from the PI DX Team, an outfit that stands behind a cross-industry community...

15 August, 2019

It has been a little bit over a decade since I started to write my PLM blog. Started with a...

29 November, 2018

Earlier this month in Chicago, I attended PI PLMx conference. One of my favorite sessions vendors’ panel about standards. Check...

25 August, 2016

Manufacturing companies are speaking about the necessity for openness. You can learn it from Steven Vettermann’s article – Ready for...

16 May, 2016

Monica Shnitger article Openness — will you know it when you see it? made me think again about PLM and openness. The...

11 April, 2014

One of the most popular topics in engineering (but not only) software ecosystem. Open vs. Close. I’ve been discussing it...

24 September, 2012

The issues of data, data lock-in, interoperability usually drives lots of debates and discussions. Started early from support and conversions...

8 May, 2012

Let’s talk nuts and bolts today. APIs.. If you think about any PDM / PLM implementation, the question about API...

19 February, 2012

After posting my last blog multi CAD and PDM- dead lock?, I’ve got quite many emails and calls. It again...

21 July, 2011

The topic of openness in PLM software isn’t new. In the past decade, I’ve been hearing lots of good and...

21 May, 2011

Yesterday, I had a chance to join a discussion panel on Eurostep Share-A-Space Forum. The formal name of the panel...

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