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CAD Software: An $8 Billion Market

By Dick Weisinger

The CAD software market is currently an $8 billion market with 5.15 million users, estimates Jon Peddie Research.  The market is expected to grow to $8.7 billion by 2017 at an annual growth rate of 4 percent. By company, the

Resilient Software Design: Where Will Your App be in Ten Years?

By Dick Weisinger

Technology changes.  Very quickly.  Can your software keep up? Will that modern streamlined app you created today still be as cool next year?  Probably not.  Technology is continually changing in a way that in turn causes you to see things

PLM: PLM International Research Foundation

By Dick Weisinger

Product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the complete lifecycle of a product.  The PLM lifecycle includes the steps of design, manufacture, service and disposal of the product. In 2004, the global industry group for PLM practitioners, known

PLM: Strong Growth in Collaborative Product Definition Management

By Dick Weisinger

The Global PLM Market in Discrete Industries market reached $20.45 billion and is expected to reach $27.78 billion by 2017, as forecast by research company Frost & Sullivan.  Within PLM, the collaborative product definition management (cPDM) sector is expected to see

PLM: Accenture Prepares for a World with Products of Greater Complexity and Higher Density of Technology

By Dick Weisinger

Accenture, a global managing consulting company, recently has been loading up on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies. In late November last year, Accenture purchased the Hungarian industrial and embedded software development and services Evopro. in October, Accenture acquired PCO Innovation, a consultancy specializing