This is the last blog this year and I’d like to finish it by discussing what the PLM selection process will look like in 2021. It is the 3rd and final article in my end of the year series of articles I used to explain the evolution of PLM system…
Technology always played a significant role in engineering and manufacturing software. Earlier CAD systems were very much dependent on specific graphic workstations and computing power. Earlier PDM was based on proprietary databases and later standardized on SQL databases. During the last decade of web and cloud development, we’ve seen a…
PLM industry woke up today to a big M&A news. PTC announced their plan to acquire Arena Solution for $715M in cash. The homepage with news is here. It will give you some ideas about why PTC decided to do so. These are four reasons to justify the acquisition of…
The discussions around cloud SaaS PLM are heating up. Like a decade ago, when the engineering software industry just started to explore cloud software concepts, we had many skeptical voices about the feasibility of cloud software usage in the cloud, the performance of browsers. We’ve heard tons of concerns about…
The discussion about single-tenant vs multi-tenant cloud PLM models is getting more interesting every day. And it is not only because it can create a major differentiator for systems that the PLM industry didn’t see since inventing parametric feature modelers and bringing PCs and Windows machines into the professional business….
You can’t sit in two chairs with one butt. Well, Siemens’s SaaS strategy says you actually can. TeamcenterX SaaS strategy is all about it – how to keep Teamcenter on-premise and bring TeamcenterX SaaS solution. For the last few days, I was learning more about Teamcenter X using my trial…
Teamcenter X: Future Ready Cloud PLM says Siemens’ website invites you to try Teamcenter X for 30 days. If you follow my blogs, you probably had a chance to read my earlier commentary about Siemens Teamcenter X, SaaS, and cloud PLM. Check this out here – Learning about Teamcenter X…
The news from last week – Dassault Systemes, one of the leading PLM vendors is acquiring NuoDB. The formal press release can give some idea about the acquisition. The focus of NuoDB acquisition is to focus on 3DX cloud strategy, leverage NuoDB distributed elastic database for cloud and strengthens NuoDB’s…
SaaS is a topic of many debates in the PLM industry these days. Back in the 2010s, the question was if the “cloud” technologies work for manufacturing companies and CAD/PLM vendors will adopt it beyond testing and evaluation. Few articles back to that time. For example, Siemens IT was analyzing…
Earlier this week, I spent time online watching AU2020 tracks and presentations. The event this year was completely virtual, which unfortunately won’t allow us to meet live people and have great conversations. On the other hand, you can get a front-row on every session, rewind, and watch it again. And…
