CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
20 October 2004
Implementation Investments
Colubris Networks Deploys Agile on Demand PLM, Successfully Implementing Agile Advantage 2005 in One Day
Agile Software Corporation announced that Colubris Networks, a leader in the wireless local area network (WLAN) market, has deployed Agile Advantage 2005 as its corporate PLM solution. Colubris opted for the Agile On Demand PLM offering. Colubris successfully implemented Agile Advantage 2005 in one day, and began managing its product information the next day. Agile Advantage 2005 is Agile's new offering for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
"Members of our product and executive teams had experience with Agile's PLM solutions in the past," said Ken Maclure, Colubris vice president, operations. "They believe that Agile delivers the capabilities and value we sought, and felt strongly that our best option was to go with a proven leader. The Agile On Demand PLM model allowed us to realize-virtually immediately-the benefits of working with a system we view to be an industry standard for PLM solutions. We had no hardware to invest in, no software to purchase, and no IT resources to allocate. Best of all, we were able to go into production within 24 hours of signing our agreement with Agile."
Founded 5 years ago, Colubris has grown rapidly to become a leading provider of WLAN solutions, and today has more than 1,000 customers around the world. Accuracy in Colubris's outsourced manufacturing processes is critical to keeping costs down and assuring the quality that Colubris customers-concentrated in the service provider industry and the Fortune 2000-rely on.
"A comprehensive PLM system enables us to provide our contract manufacturers with precise product information," said Ed Sweeney, technical operations manager, Colubris. "This reduces cost inefficiencies due to rework and helps ensure that we continue to meet our ship dates. Our customers provide service for venues like the Olympics and the Major League Baseball's All Star Game, so there's no room to negotiate on dates."
Colubris Networks chose to implement its Agile Advantage 2005 through the Agile On Demand PLM option. For Colubris, this means that the company's product information is managed in a secure, reliable, IT environment-with system maintenance tasks such as backup and disaster recovery provided-and without the IT burden an enterprise system often carries. Colubris was able to implement Agile Advantage 2005 in a day, and began leveraging the system's PLM capabilities the next day.
"As a growing company, Colubris can feel confident in their selection of the Agile Advantage offering. They were able to get up and running on the Agile solution in just one day, and were immediately able to see the benefits." said Bryan Stolle, Agile CEO. "As Colubris grows, they can rest assured that Agile will be able to scale with them, as we have for hundreds of our customers that we have grown with over the years."
Colubris Networks manufactures and sells a WLAN product family to service providers and enterprises worldwide. Its WLAN system enables customer flexibility and control in the secure delivery of voice, data, and multimedia Wi-Fi applications and services to mobile workers, customers, partners, suppliers and guests. Colubris Networks' equipment is deployed by more than 1,000 organizations worldwide.
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