Commentaries & Highlights

 PDF Key takeaways: PTC has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in IoT and this event showcased their progress in supporting real-world use cases The Thing Event highlighted the potential for companies in a range of industries to use big data/analytics powered by IoT and augmented reality to deliver innovative…

 PDF Key takeaways: Siemens’ intent to acquire CD-adapco reinforces their commitment to the Simulation & Analysis (S&A) market and will expand and strengthen Siemens PLM Software’s portfolio and position in this market CD-adapco’s world-class and widely used capabilities in computational fluid dynamics and coupled flow/multi-physics applications are complementary to Siemens…

 PDF Key takeaways: Manufacturing enterprises need flexible, scalable PLM environments that can adapt to their changing business needs Infor PLM Accelerate is built on third party technology that Infor has significantly extended; they have also incorporated Infor’s intellectual property into the solution Infor has used their ION® (Intelligent Open Network)…

 PDF Key takeaways: Autodesk stayed on message about the future of making things, positioning Fusion 360 and Autodesk 360 at the center of their product innovation platform Autodesk announced Forge, an initiative to accelerate cloud solution development for their platform, consisting of a platform-as-a-service offering, a developer program, and a…

 PDF Key takeaways: Effective, early product costing, especially for manufacturers in the automotive, industrial machinery, and high-tech industries is becoming more critical to a company’s ability to propose, deliver, and service the products that are key to their long-term profitably Effective lifecycle costing must incorporate the mechanical, electronic, and software…

 PDF Key takeaways: Smart, connected products are becoming the norm in a wide range of manufacturing industries Companies must blend and manage software development tools within their existing PLM environments to strive for a single source of truth Acquiring Polarion Software provides Siemens PLM Software with cloud-based application lifecycle management…

 PDF Key takeaways: Increased product complexity and global competition are driving manufacturing companies to increasingly look at PLM for competitive advantage Inconsistent alignment of enterprise value elements is leading to a widening of the value gap between the projected value and realized benefits of PLM systems Automotive, aerospace, and industrial…

 PDF Key takeaways: Dassault Systèmes views the world economy as entering an “Experience Economy” phase, one which they are well positioned to support Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Forum further demonstrated their support for the PLM industry and the company’s desire and progress towards enabling a robust product innovation platform On November…

 PDF Key takeaways: Over the years, Windchill has grown in breadth, depth, and flexibility to support the growing complexity of PTC’s customers’ products ThingWorx technology is transforming Windchill into a smart, connected PLM platform by enabling integration and mash-ups of data created and maintained within PLM and other environments Windchill…

 PDF Key takeaways: Solid Edge users are increasingly employing Synchronous technology in their model creation and editing—they report 61% are more satisfied using this approach than purely history-based modeling techniques Solid Edge, Siemens PLM Software’s mainstream CAD solution, celebrated its twentieth birthday Mr. John Miller, Senior Vice President and General…