The Giant Foot of Google Wave Will Crush CAD and PLM

by Josh on June 12, 2009 · View Comments

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Ok, maybe not ‘Crush’ so much, maybe more like, boot it into the future. You need to drop your bagel, Blackberry or coworker on the ground and run, nay I say sprint, to read Oleg Shilovitsky’s 6 reasons Why Google Wave will Change PLM Collaboration.

Pivotal, my geometry-glazed friends. Oleg briefly points out how Google’s Wave application has direct applications for how we will collaborate in the future. It’s 6 things, I’m convinced, hardly anyone has realized or is even thinking about. How do you think this is going to affect how you work?

Here are the 6 reasons. Read them, read his post and let me know what you think!

Basically here are Oleg’s 6 reasons Why Google Wave will Change PLM Collaboration

Everything can be real-time
Everything can be online
Everything can be embedded
History can be playedback
Data will be federated (synchronized)
Processes with be automated

Note: for those unfamiliar with the acronym and concept…
PLM is Product Lifecycle Management – “Product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing [document and support] the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal.” – _Wikipedia

What are your thoughts?

Tagged as: collaborative design, future of cad, google wave, manufacturing process, plm technology

{ 5 comments }

ckeen June 12, 2009 at 11:28 am: I am loving the hype built around Google Wave. I am bracing for impact (hopefully not disappointment).
Marijn June 13, 2009 at 6:37 am: It's about time Google kicked in.
Devon T. Sowell June 13, 2009 at 12:10 pm: Hi Josh-

Very interesting, I signed up for the notification when Wave goes live.

A few comments: “Everything can be online”

So if your Internet connection is down, that's bad?
If the site is hacked, that's dangerous?
Google has it all, on their servers, nervous about that? What about IP spying?

Thanks,
Devon
Bruce Buck June 15, 2009 at 10:00 am: Maybe I just didn't read very well, but the article/comments make it sound like PLM vendors are the ones who will be incorporating the technology into current products, not Google (doesn't make sense business wise for google to get into the PLM industry?). My only question is, will this change anything in terms of charging companies exorbitant and confiscatory prices/fees for the “privilege” of using their software?
Bruce Buck June 15, 2009 at 3:00 pm: Maybe I just didn't read very well, but the article/comments make it sound like PLM vendors are the ones who will be incorporating the technology into current products, not Google (doesn't make sense business wise for google to get into the PLM industry?). My only question is, will this change anything in terms of charging companies exorbitant and confiscatory prices/fees for the “privilege” of using their software?