CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
25 November 2008
Company News
Aras Achieves Microsoft “Front Runner” Status for Advanced PLM Solution Suite
Aras® announced that the Aras Innovator solution suite for Product Life Cycle Management [PLM] is enabled on Microsoft SQL Server 2008, earning the company Front Runner status from Microsoft Corp. Aras’ advanced enterprise PLM solution in combination with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 helps enable customers to innovate and collaborate more effectively to develop new products faster.
“Microsoft remains committed to the success of our broad ISV partner community who drive innovative solutions to market,” said Mark Jewett, marketing director, SQL Server at Microsoft Corp. “The Front Runner program was designed to provide our partners with the best development environment possible and give them the technical and marketing tools they need to be successful over the long term.”
“Aras supports SQL Server 2008 because it’s an extremely powerful database platform and a significant advance forward,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras. “Achieving Front Runner status enables us to deliver the most advanced enterprise PLM solution suite to customers within the same timeframe as the launch of SQL Server 2008. As a result, we are uniquely positioned to help our customers get the most from their PLM investment.”
Aras delivers a comprehensive suite of solutions for product lifecycle management, enterprise quality management, and global supplier management. The Aras solutions are enterprise open source on the Microsoft platform which enables companies to drive business improvement initiatives forward in the face of a challenging economy and IT budget reductions. The enterprise open source format from Aras provides freedom from licensing to:
• Remove the up-front capital expense for licenses which eliminates corporate expense risk
• Enable companies to validate solutions prior to commitment and without purchasing licenses
• Deliver unlimited users with no incremental license expenses
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