PTC hopes its major PLM release Windchill 11 becomes a tool for a broader range of stakeholders in a project. The company describes it as the first smart, connected PLM. The challenge of IoT and its attendant big data represents a transformational inflection point for design companies—for the first time companies enabling digital models are faced with incorporating real world … [Read more...] about PTC’s latest version of Windchill 11 knits IoT, ALM, and more into PLM
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Feeding the Matrix: Banjo puts the world’s photos to work
Companies are sucking up data and using it to find out everything they can about whatever it is they care about. So far, it's been a way one deal: data flows from us and into the monster maw of enterprise servers. Banjo has it both ways. We didn’t really expect to be thinking about big data at our recent visit to V2V, an SXSW spinoff for the start up community but we were … [Read more...] about Feeding the Matrix: Banjo puts the world’s photos to work
The Archipelago of Things
We tend to think of the Internet of Things as a vast network that is knitting itself together as devices and computers connect to each other. But rather than a conspiracy of connected things; we're more likely to see different networks of different things and most of them will do us more good than harm. The Internet of Things is more of an aspirational term rather than a … [Read more...] about The Archipelago of Things
Lenovo opens its checkbook
The aggressive computer maker shelled out $5.2 billion for Motorola Mobility and IBM’s server business. By Kathleen Maher Lenovo has been on a spending spree lately, putting out $5.2 billion buying technology and companies. It bought IBM’s x86-based server line for $2.3 billion and Google’s Motorola Mobility business for $2.91 billion. Allied Movers are at both facilities … [Read more...] about Lenovo opens its checkbook
PTC joins the ranks of companies enabling virtualization
The virtualization trend is exploding as standards are set in place. PTC certifies first virtualization platform with Citrix, IBM, and Nvidia; more to come. Virtualization has finally reached acceptance among users and it’s happening even faster than many companies selling the hardware expected. At PTC’s worldwide conference this year, PTC Live 2013, the company announced an … [Read more...] about PTC joins the ranks of companies enabling virtualization
Year in Review: The workstation separates from the PC pack in 2012
Similar technologies, but far different usage models mean workstations sales will continue to grow, unlike the larger PC market. [Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of year-in-review articles from the Jon Peddie Research team.] By Alex Herrera Much has been made about 2012 as the beginning of the end for the PC. This once-hot growth market has not just matured … [Read more...] about Year in Review: The workstation separates from the PC pack in 2012
Customers were waiting for Teamcenter on the cloud
PLM Software? Check. Integration Partner? Check. Cloud Platform? Check. When PTC announced it would provide its Windchill enterprise PLM software on the cloud three years ago, the market replied with a collective yawn. It wasn’t that the software was bad—Windchill is competitive and popular—but companies that use enterprise-class PLM software were just not ready to deploy to … [Read more...] about Customers were waiting for Teamcenter on the cloud
Big fortunes lie hidden in big files
An absolute explosion of data is occurring under our noses. Big business wizards are emerging to make sense of it all. By Andy Marken “Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning, where men … [Read more...] about Big fortunes lie hidden in big files
Ansys revenue sets second quarter record
Revenue of $162.3 million reflected growth in all product lines and services. High performance computing applications and services are in particularly high demand. Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) today reported record second quarter revenue of $162.3 million, the second highest quarter in company history. The company says its deferred revenue, for maintenance contracts and long-term … [Read more...] about Ansys revenue sets second quarter record
2007: Is Second Life a new opportunity for engineering application vendors?
In 2007 IBM invested in Second Life, which at the time was the talk of technologists everywhere. Industry analyst Allan Behrens takes a look at what Second Life could mean for the engineering IT industry, in a commentary published March 2007 in Engineering Automation Report, which was acquired in 2010 by Jon Peddie Research. By Allan Behrens Engineering Automation Report, … [Read more...] about 2007: Is Second Life a new opportunity for engineering application vendors?