CAD Vendors have Nothing to Fear from Oracle-- but PLM Vendors Do
Last week during the heavily-attended Oracle OpenWorld User event in San Francisco, Oracle Company President Charles Phillips, (who is also total ‘keynote candy’ according to some of the team), introduced the new Oracle Agile PLM applications.
As reported by Randall Newton in this week’s issue of CADCAMNet (subscription or free trial registration required), Oracle Agile PLM will be a CAD-neutral platform that integrates completely with Oracle’s other business applications such as CRM, ERP, and SCM.
Oracle’s aim, writes Newton, is “to simplify what have become complex IT environments. Oracle wants to rid corporate culture of a tool-based approach to problem solving, replacing a fragmented IT environment with a unifying middleware stack that allows the various tools to be united by a common dashboard interface.”
But, while CAD vendors can probably leverage the software giant’s move into PLM, Newton predicts that PLM vendors will have more to worry about: “Five years from now, the Oracle Agile line will have a PLM market share that surpasses at least one, if not two, of the Big Three CAD-centric PLM vendors” he writes.
You can also view a video news report of Oracle's PLM announcement at www.cadcamnet.tv
Video of the keynote at Oracle OpenWorld, featuring Charles Phillips who, simply put, could be Central Casting’s answer to Barack Obama, can also be viewed here:
http://www.oracle.com/openworld/2007/keynotes.html
As reported by Randall Newton in this week’s issue of CADCAMNet (subscription or free trial registration required), Oracle Agile PLM will be a CAD-neutral platform that integrates completely with Oracle’s other business applications such as CRM, ERP, and SCM.
Oracle’s aim, writes Newton, is “to simplify what have become complex IT environments. Oracle wants to rid corporate culture of a tool-based approach to problem solving, replacing a fragmented IT environment with a unifying middleware stack that allows the various tools to be united by a common dashboard interface.”
But, while CAD vendors can probably leverage the software giant’s move into PLM, Newton predicts that PLM vendors will have more to worry about: “Five years from now, the Oracle Agile line will have a PLM market share that surpasses at least one, if not two, of the Big Three CAD-centric PLM vendors” he writes.
You can also view a video news report of Oracle's PLM announcement at www.cadcamnet.tv
Video of the keynote at Oracle OpenWorld, featuring Charles Phillips who, simply put, could be Central Casting’s answer to Barack Obama, can also be viewed here:
http://www.oracle.com/openworld/2007/keynotes.html
