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PLM: Same Vendors Continue to Dominate

By Dick Weisinger

The annual IDC PLM Marketscape report is out (free for download courtesy Siemens), and the vendors listed are not too much of a surprise.  Three distinct areas of PLM were analyzed in the report: Computer Aided Authoring (CAx). This category

PLM: Enterprise Software Becoming More Usable and More Sociable

By Dick Weisinger

PLM vendors are doing their best to pivot their development paths and reinvent their software to incorporate better usability and more collaborative and social features.  It’s been a challenge for them, but by the end of 2010, some signs of

PLM: Experiencing Strong Growth Despite Challenges

By Dick Weisinger

PLM has been one area that has been able to bounce back from the effects of the recession.  There was a strong rebound in PLM sales during the first two quarters of 2010, as reported by the ARC Advisory Group.

PLM: Synergies from Merging Product and Application Lifecycle Management

By Dick Weisinger

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is the process of managing the lifecycle associated with building software, that include tools for managing requirements, architecture, coding, testing, tracking, and release management.  Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle

PLM and SaaS: Still Early-Adopter Territory

By Dick Weisinger

While enterprise software is gradually making a presence in the cloud, the rate of migration hasn’t been uniform across all categories of software.  On-demand CRM under the lead of SaaS-pioneer Salesforce.com, for example, is now more than 20 percent of