PLM and connectivity for the masses

Product lifecycle management (PLM) software giant UGS has been working hard with Microsoft – and the result is Teamcenter for Microsoft SQL Server 2005, which has significant performance and scalability enhancements. It’s about nothing less than providing world-class PLM for the masses. What you find is a modular system well able to scale to support demanding workloads and very large numbers of users and transactions – both inside and way outside engineering development. You also find the commitment you need in engineering itself. For example, the firm’s Teamcenter Data Management for Autodesk Inventor 2D/3D CAD, also launched last month, allows Inventor users to get into PLM with multi-CAD support. In fact, this offering, developed in with independent INCAT, operates from inside Inventor to access and manage design data stored in Teamcenter – as well as the system’s knowledge management and collaboration environment. That could be good news for SMEs as well as big users – ensuring that designs are secure and reusable but also auditable for compliance, fault-finding and the rest.