Michelle Boucher and I joined a group of industry analysts for an annual visit to Dassault Systèmes headquarters for an update on their business performance, product progress, and corporate strategy. This year did not disappoint. We had a lot of great conversations with company leadership and heard some really interesting updates. I’m going to try…
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Aras Showcases Differentiation and Strengths at ACE 2023 (Insight)
ACE is Back! PLM conferences are back, and it seems there’s a conference a week right now! The first one I attended this Spring was Aras’ ACE conference. This was a special one for me because it was my first time attending in person. I was planning to attend in 2020 but it was canceled…
OpenBOM becomes a Digital Thread Platform (Insight)
I was recently able to catch up with Oleg Shilovitsky for an update on OpenBOM. In addition to his high blogging productivity, he and the OpenBOM team have been even harder at work developing new capabilities and expanding their reach. I’ve enjoyed following OpenBOM’s progress because they take a practical approach to solving manufacturer’s problems,…
ENOVIA and NETVIBES Show Transition to a Business Platform (Insight)
Michelle Boucher and I had the opportunity to get an update on Dassault Systemes’ progress and strategy by attending a relatively small industry analyst day meeting. The event was a joint presentation for two important DS brands, ENOVIA and NETVIBES and allowed us to get a behind-the-scenes look and ask a lot of questions. What…
Strategies of the Major PLM Vendors 2018+
The last few years have brought drastic changes in the market for product innovation, product development, engineering, manufacturing, and service software. The scope of solutions has changed, in part to the natural evolution and expansion of software suites, but also due to exciting advancements in technologies like the IoT, 3D printing/additive manufacturing, generative design, virtual/augmented reality…
Strategies of the Major PLM Vendors 2016+
As part of our ongoing coverage of the PLM and engineering software markets, we stay in touch with as many vendors as we can to understand their strategic direction and how it impacts their customers. This post shares our latest published coverage of the vendors, and provides a bit of insight into where we see the market transitioning this…