A long time ago when I was too naive and too technical, I thought that the best product (or technology) always wins. Well… I was wrong. Later I learned that this is one of the top sales myths. The reality is that having the best product, or the best features,…
Unless you live under the rock for the last few years, you’ve heard about DevOps. So, for starters, this is my best description of DevOps from Atlassian. DevOps is a set of practices that automates the processes between software development and IT teams, in order that they can build, test,…
PLM business is a complex discipline and often relies on resellers to grow and scale. PLM industry has many examples of successful partnership channels in the past. And some companies are open to speaking about the value of resellers to make their business stronger. Engineering.com article Why VARs can be…
Companies and businesses need to grow. If they don’t, businesses will die and investors won’t get their money back. According to CIMdata, the growth of PLM business was in the upper single-digit (9.4% for PLM and 8.6% for cPDM). You can check my blog from the last year – PLM…
I want to come back to multi-tenancy. Over the past few months, I shared my thoughts about the importance of multi-tenant platforms in PLM and the role multi-tenancy will play in the future of PLM development.. You can catch up on my writing. Here are a few links Who will…
Looking back on what happened for the last 10 years in PLM, the one thing is absolutely clear – the position of vendors didn’t change. The ruling top vendors in the PLM business in 2019 are the same vendors that ruled the market in 2009. As we are coming to…
Interconnected Virtual Cloud Concept with Multiple Clouds I want to make a confession. I’m a data person. I have a passion for data and how data can be used. It is fascinating to see how modern data management technologies can help to design better software for engineering and manufacturing. And…
Just a few days left before the year 2020 will be here. The past decade was the time for PLM software vendors to learn and experiment with cloud systems. I read my blogs from the 2010s. Many of those articles are reflecting the debates we had about cloud computing and…
Cloud Computing – SaaS Enterprise companies of all sizes are adopting cloud technologies. This is not a secret and all numbers are speaking about significant growth in SaaS application adoption. Check my article from the last year – Need for Speed and cloud PLM adoption. Manufacturing companies are coming to…
The opensource model became very popular in the last 2-3 decades of software development and you can find great examples of open-source software used everywhere – operation systems, mobile platforms, graphic libraries, databases, and even business applications. But we don’t see it much successful in PLM. Last week’s discussion about…
