Will PLM follow a custom hardware path?
I want to talk about hardware today. You probably surprised, but I hope not so much. During the last 10-15 years, the majority of works PDM/PLM systems were doing were focused on the commodity low end...
View ArticleIaaS, Cloud PLM and Disruptive Pricing
PLM vendors are continuing to adopt cloud. I can clearly see a difference between people attitude for cloud solutions now and 4 years ago. Here is my simplistic definition of changes that happened for...
View ArticlePLM Implementation Lifecycle Challenges
Implementation of enterprise information systems is a long and painful process. It requires a lot of efforts, investments and planning. ERP and other enterprise backbone technologies (eg Oracle) are...
View ArticleWhat Oracle Results Mean for PLM vendors?
For many years the business model of CAD, PDM and later PLM vendors was structured as high upfront license combined with continues maintenance payments. The same is true for many other enterprise...
View ArticlePLM, Information Discovery and Excel Provisioning
Excel is one of the most widely accepted PLM systems. PLM vendors and consultants may disagree with this strong statement. Despite that, I believe the amount of product data that lives today in Excel...
View ArticlePLM and Oracle New Full Text Query
Are you familiar with 1% internet rule? It is also called 90-9-1 principle. According to this rule, only 1% of internet users are actively involved into content creation. Even 1% percent rule cannot be...
View ArticleThe future of PLM vendors differentiation?
Differentiation. Competitive advantage. Value sales. I’m sure you’ve heard these buzzwords many times. Competition is part of everyday business life. Usually, I don’t speak about competition. I...
View ArticleOracle Cloud PaaS will provide a magic button for PLM
Cloud PLM architecture and implementations is one of the topics I’m following for the last few years. It is interesting to watch dynamics of this space from initial ignorance to careful recognition...
View ArticleMore cloud PLM from Oracle and Aras. Are we in cloud rush?
Cloud PLM is a trending topic among software vendors these days. As I mentioned earlier in my post, the question these days is not why should we do cloud PLM, but “how” to make it happen. PLM vendors...
View ArticleIs public cloud reshaping PLM landscape? Time to re-check…
The question how to implement PLM cloud is one of the most confusing when it comes to the decision about choosing one of available PLM solutions on the market today. The time when PLM vendors used...
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