PLM Visual Capabilities
April 25, 2012
Many potential users of product lifecycle management (PLM) products who are proficient in computer-aided design (CAD) can be initially reluctant to adopt such data management solutions because they fear that their view of development processes within the PLM context will be less robust than that offered by the CAD-based applications to which they are accustomed.
In his blog entry entitled “Siemens PLM Software’s Active Workspace Mines Product Data” that recently appeared in Ray Kurland’s Blog, Ray Kurland writes that he is encouraged by the potential applications of the high-definition (HD) visual environment offered by Siemens PLM Software’s newly announced Active Workspace (AWS) Version 1 and explains the innovative capabilities of this emerging technology:
“Exactly what is HD PLM? It’s not a product, but an architectural framework. HD-PLM, announced two years ago, provides a technology foundation enabling Siemens product development team to produce a common set of integrated software tools that will identify, capture and collate the massive amount of information available in manufacturing enterprises, and apply meaning to that data using an intuitive visual environment.”
Inforbix also offers innovative, scalable, and cost-effective data management solutions with its cloud-based, user-friendly PLM products that enable organizations to efficiently find, reuse, and share their product data.
Tonya Weikel, April 25, 2012
Exorbyte Inks Deal with Ross Tech
April 25, 2012
Ross Tech announces its sweet deal in “Exorbyte Commerce Search Business Logic.” Exorbyte has tapped the company to develop and maintain the business logic layer of its Commerce Search solution. The brief write up explains:
“The business logic layer is responsible for handling quotes, special-offers, contracts and payment processing in this SaaS system. Exorbyte Commerce Search is used as an enhancement for the built-in site-search in E-commerce platforms such as Magento, Xt-Commerce or Gambio, providing superior search results for increased conversions.”
Exorbyte supplies approximate search and data matching software and solutions for online ecommerce, directories, and data quality applications. The company has done well for itself since it was established in 2000. The award-winning company has its headquarters in Konstanz, Germany, and serves clients around the world.
Founded in 2002 and based in Bristol, UK, Ross Tech declares that it does “not meddle in mediocrity; excellence is a core value.” That’s always a good center from which to operate. Though this announcement highlights their emphasis on online commerce, the company also specializes in email systems.
Cynthia Murrell, April 25, 2012
Sponsored by PolySpot
Another Play for “Real” Content
April 25, 2012
Magazines have always been popular reads, and when Ezines broke out on the web, their popularity quickly spread as a way to enjoy reading without cluttering up your coffee table with old paper editions. Now according to, YouTube co-founders are working on a magazine publishing service called Zeen yet another online magazine is getting ready to hit the World Wide Web. We learned:
“It looks like you’ll soon be able to discover and create “beautiful” magazines online. In the last 24 hours, YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, who now run AVOS, posted a “Coming Soon” page on the website Zeen(a take on the word zine, which commonly refers to a narrowly focused self-published magazine). There are plenty of websites that allow you to create your own zine, so it should be interesting to see how the YouTube co-founders, who also own the social bookmarking service Delicious, plan to separate themselves from the rest of the pack.”
The world of online reading is vast offering readers fictional and reality based content. The internet has been flooded over the past decade with a variety of different blogs and ezines. You have to wonder if Zeen will be the beginning of an Ezine evolution, or just provide more publications to an ongoing fad in an over saturated industry. Is this just another play for ‘real’ content?
Jennifer Shockley, April 25, 2012
Sponsored by PolySpot
Clearwell Clicks with Nikon for eDiscovery
April 25, 2012
Nikon, a leading Japanese optical instruments maker, has presumably made its legal team very happy. Symantec announces, “Nikon Corporation Takes Control of eDiscovery Process with Symantec’s Clearwell eDiscovery Platform.” The press release explains:
“The product provides the flexibility necessary for cross-border eDiscovery cases typically faced by Japanese customers, where litigation often demands multi-jurisdictional support and requires data to be processed in Japan and other countries such as the United States. For instance, Symantec’s Clearwell eDiscovery Platform can be deployed on a hosted basis or onsite, which allows eDiscovery to be conducted in Japan without having to send data to the U.S. for processing. This enables customers like Nikon to maintain control over potentially sensitive data and avail themselves of business hour support in-country.”
Strong benefits, indeed. The need for eDiscovery strategies are escalating around the world, and it is important that any company that does business internationally develop a robust plan. Immediately.
Founded back in 1982 and headquartered in Mountain View, CA, Symantec now operates in over 50 countries and employs more than 18,500 souls. The company provides organizations large and small with security, storage, and systems management solutions. Naturally, airtight security is a primary focus, but ease of use is also important to the software giant.
Nikon is not just about quality cameras. The company was founded almost a century ago, in 1917. Perhaps its stated commitment to integrity, along with an enthusiasm for the study of light, have allowed the company to prosper. Their products have become essential to customers in many fields.
Cynthia Murrell, April 25, 2012
Sponsored by PolySpot
Connotate Pursues Big Data for Marketing
April 25, 2012
Connotate’s Web site announces, “Connotate Automates Altitude Digital Partners’ Ad Exchange Data Collection Processes.” Altitude Digital Partners is a supply-side platform for monetizing online content. The company has chosen Connotate to automate its Web data collection and monitoring. The move should free up Altitude’s employees for other tasks. Lots of other tasks.
The write up quotes Kelly Darnall, Director of Ad Operations for Altitude Digital Partners:
“Connotate’s solution is the perfect fit for our business needs as it allows us to monitor and collect the information our clients require from the Web – even if the source is password-protected. We expected to experience immediate operational benefits but were surprised at just how dramatic the results were. . . The quality of the results improved, we expanded the number of ad networks and exchanges that are available to our customers and improved client service.”
Connotate credits Altitude’s customer service improvements to its reworked SSP interface.
Connotate, named a KMWorld “Trend-Setting Product” for the past six years, was founded in 2000. The company aims to help clients increase the value they glean from their data with an easy-to-use solution. Connotate asserts that it is the only vendor in its field “with a broad, uncontested patent portfolio.” That is a definite advantage.
Altitude Digital Partners works with hundreds of online publishers to provide services in yield optimization for display and online video advertising. The company claims to, on average, generate a threefold revenue increase for its clients.
Cynthia Murrell, April 25, 2012
Sponsored by PolySpot
Open Source Search Profiles Available
April 25, 2012
OpenSearchNews.com, the new information service from ArnoldIT, has rolled out a new profile service. The first profile describes the Basho Riak Search system. Although proprietary, the Basho team has made the Riak search system open source. You can request a copy of the Basho Riak profile, which is available without charge, from the Open Source Search Profiles link.
Stephen E Arnold, publisher of OpenSearchNews said:
Consulting firms specializing in open source search have been slow on the trigger when it comes to vendors who offer an alternative to proprietary, “closed” search systems. My team has completed analyses of a dozen open source search vendors and will post a fresh profile every seven to 10 days. The profiles follow the same type of format which we used in such monographs as The Google Legacy, Beyond Search (published by the “old” Gilbane Group), Enterprise Search Report, Successful Enterprise Search Management, and The New Landscape of Enterprise Search. Instead of paying hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars, ArnoldIT is making the information available without charge to facilitate greater understanding and discussion of open source search options.
Profiles contain:
- Background of the company
- Principal features and functions of the systems
- The upside and downside of the system
- An ArnoldIT “net net” which puts the system in context.
The content of the profiles is intended for individuals, students, and teachers. Libraries are free to use the content without seeking permission. Any other use requires written permission from Stephen E Arnold.
A complete collection of the 12 profiles, an introduction to the open source search, and a summary of where open source search is gaining traction, contact us by writing seaky2000 at yahoo dot com. The information is available in the form of an online or on site briefing. There is a charge for the complete set of information and/or the briefing.
For up-to-date information about open source search solutions built on Lucene, Solr, and Xapian, among others, check out OpenSearchNews.com. You can, of course, wait for one of the azure chip consultants, unemployed Webmasters, or newly minted search experts to recycle ArnoldIT content. However, the profiles are current and will be available without charge. Enjoy.
Donald C Anderson, April 24, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT, your source for strategic information services
Are Semantic Technology Vendors in a Squeeze?
April 24, 2012
A new trend seems to be evolving in the ever changing world of technology. Some established companies have started joining in an effort to meet the needs of growing businesses. One such example of this new comradeship is seen in the article, Semantic Web Company and punkt. netServices have merged |The Semantic Puzzle.
Consolidation appears to be the new key as;
“In 2004 Semantic Web Company was foundedpunkt. netServices GmbH has offered services and products since 1998. The company is head-quartered in Vienna/Austria and currently employs 15 persons. [We] bring the semantic web and linked data technologies closer to the needs of companies, consumers and the government sector. We have done a lot of basic research those past years, as well as project-pioneering with prospective customers and partners. Finally we have consolidated our knowledge and skills in that field. What was avant-garde in 2004 now has become bleeding edge technology in present days.”
Modern businesses are making evolutionary changes within their operating systems. Companies now require more flexible programming to allow for big data. Therefore, corporations are seeking convenient modifications that allow the merging of new applications into existing plans.
The service providers are compelled to make alterations in order to compensate, so it appears a new pattern is starting to emerge. It makes sense, as by combining company efforts; providers can more readily deal with the needs and wants of perspective clients. Semantics vendors face new challenges, so perhaps a merger is a way to gain traction?
Jennifer Shockley, April 24, 2012
Sponsored by PolySpot
Customizing the SharePoint Search Box
April 24, 2012
Customization of SharePoint is almost a necessity in order to extract the full benefit from such a large and broad enterprise implementation. Christian Stahl addresses customization of one very important component, the search box, in his piece, “Brand the Search Box in SharePoint 2010.”
Stahl begins:
I have written some blog posts, in the past, about branding the global navigation which is an important part of the SharePoint user interface. The search box is another part of the user interface that often needs a bit of branding especially if it concerns a public faced web site where the search box could be one of the most important elements in the user interface.
Stahl has a good point; the search box is an important branding piece, especially when used in a public facing web site. However, the complications of customization can be daunting, especially if designated staff is not available. Third-party solutions can be a smart add-on solution to an existing SharePoint implementation.
Fabasoft Mindbreeze has an especially attractive web site search feature in Fabasoft Mindbreeze InSite. Read what Dr. Manfred Weiss of Computerwelt had to say about customized web site search with Fabasoft Mindbreeze Insite:
We want to stand out from the crowd with a top internet presence. Fabasoft Mindbreeze InSite is part of this strategy. Our readers value the service of a perfect search. Regardless of which of our portals the information is on, Mindbreeze finds it. Since the search function is operated as a Cloud service, we save time and money.
Put your best public foot forward with a customized web site search, made possible by the intuitive solutions at Fabasoft Mindbreeze.
Emily Rae Aldridge, April 24, 2012
Sponsored by Pandia.com
PLM as a Survival Tool
April 24, 2012
In the recent book Great by Choice (HarperBusiness, 2011), co-author Jim Collins contends that forward-thinking enterprises require discipline and organization as well as innovation in order to succeed in today’s uncertain global economic climate. Consequently, by making use of such technological solutions as product lifecycle management (PLM), companies can corral their often fragmented product information and correspondingly enhance their responsiveness to customer demands and market conditions.
Supporting Collins’ contention is Stephen Porter, who, in an article entitled “The PLM State: How Fast Can You Turn Your Ship?” that discusses Collins’ book and that recently appeared in the blog Zero Wait-State, The PLM Experts, explains how the implementation of PLM solutions for organizing data is integral to corporate success:
“Having your product record captured in a single system and fully defined gives a company enormous control over their product development process. Controlling all of the information that defines a product and having the ability to capture process as well allows discipline to be applied and to measure and quantify the time it takes to develop these products. If you do not have PLM in place doing this can be almost impossible unless you are an extremely small organization or developing very simple products.”
Given the pace of change in today’s business climate, PLM technology that is cloud-based, scalable, and intuitive will provide the most immediate as well as the most sustained benefit to progressive companies seeking to implement a data management solution that will enable them to easily find, reuse, and share product data throughout the enterprise.
Tonya Weikel, April 24, 2012
Research in Motion Stops Android Sideloading
April 24, 2012
Research in Motion will restrict its users from sideloading Android apps onto its Blackberry PlayBook tablet, so says Alec Saunders, the VP of developer relations. TechNewsWorld reported on the story in “RIM Fishes PlayBook Out of Google’s ‘Chaotic Cesspool.’” The PlayBook’s sales figures have been extremely low and RIM tried to save the tablet with Android apps. RIM allowed Android developers to repackage their apps for the Playbook as along as they removed the name “Android” and all links to the Google Android marker.
For a time it worked, but the VP developed a different opinion:
“Saunders later referred to Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android Market, which was recently made part of the Google Play store, as a ‘chaotic cesspool.’”
Even though RIM had Android app developers remove all that information from apps sold for the PlayBook, they still allowed sideloading and compatibility with the Android. The agreement went sour with Android security, malware, pirated apps, and low quality apps. Developers loved the agreement, because they got more money, but when users downloaded the apps from unofficial Android stores it cut into the PlayBook’s profits. RIM is pulling out to keep their app market cleaner and so they can keep growing in the app market. RIM has been in the news a lot lately with a stabbing at RIM party and when an executive’s behavior on a plane soured a flight. They’re doing poorly all over the board and now RIM is wiping up the bloodstains. What will happen next? Maybe RIM will go away? We think Google will remember the “cesspool” comment, however.
Whitney Grace, April 23, 2012
Sponsored by PolySpot
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