Comments on: Future PLM face to face: Open Source vs. Cloud

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:05:17 +0000

Rahul, Thanks for commenting! I think, PLM can definitely support a sustainable development. The ability to control all aspects of product data (from design to disposal) can be beneficial to achieve sustainability goals. Best, Oleg

By: Rahul Kulkarni

Rahul Kulkarni — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:47:21 +0000

Now. Come to the reality. We do need a sustainable development. Oil will be end in few year and so the automobile sector , or heavy manufacturing sector.
There will be many users who will work individually on products. May be a home industry.
We need a platform to bind them together. So that can come with an alliance.
Think of changing society and them PLM.

By: SaaS and Open Source: PLM Future Rides « Daily PLM Think Tank Blog

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By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:19:33 +0000

Paul, I think you mentioning very valid point- how to bring cloud to IT without position it as a competitive curve. I hear many discussions about public vs. private cloud. I think, in the end, cost and security are two major drivers for cloud in enterprise. If companies will assume cloud is secured enough and IT will see a significant difference between running their “big boxes” vs. Amazon (or whoever else) boxes, it will be done deal. But, I don’t believe we are there… In my view, cloud today is an option for smaller companies. Thank you for your comments! Best, Oleg

By: Paul Bock

Paul Bock — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:16:32 +0000

I think the cloud should come down a bit and be closer to the company involved. Like a fog. My company’s IT group keeps thinking in centralized terms. They really like their singular “big boxes”. I think the future is distributed data, distributed storage, and distributed computing. By distributing these things over a company’s existing local resources, you sidestep all the issues surrounding storing proprietary data on remote machines.

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:25:56 +0000

Dasteph, I think you are right. Most of the companies have MS server ready to deploy At the same time, companies can use some mixed strategies to keep data on cloud and physical files on secured vault locations inside of company. I’m not sure it make difference, but this is can be potential alternatives. In addition, I think this is different for different industries and segments of the market. For example, companies can be less sensitive if this is related to released products – you can buy products and reverse engineer them. I think in many cases IT use Intellectual Property topic as defense strategy to keep IT in the company. Regards, Oleg.

By: dasteph

dasteph — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:38:19 +0000

I agree with mwynn. I don’t know too many organizations willing to put their intellectual property out on a cloud. Actually had the experience just the other day on an ERP system of an organization willing to spend about $1K/seat rather than go out to a cloud.

Also, I’ve had a little experience with the Aras solution and the Aras community. It’s all been very positive and if you think of how many small and medium companies have a MSoft server in the back room… this should be a no brainer.

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:35:25 +0000

Mr. mwynn, Thanks for your comment and welcome to plmtwine!
I believe manufacturers want to decrease cost of IT solutions. I believe cloud is one possible option to do so. What set of curcumstances can move manufacturers in their decisions? Best, Oleg.

By: mwynn

mwynn — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:29:38 +0000

My experience is that no manufacturers are going to put proprietary data onto a cloud. They instst on keeping it in house.
Manufacturers want to manufacture competitive products, not employ open source programmers.

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:13:25 +0000

Brian, Thank you for your comment and welcome to plmtwine! I appreciate your insight and I think it reflects a specific market situation we have today. Best regards, Oleg.