Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: John McEleney, Head of Strategy, PTC (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: My short experience with CAD in the early 2000’s timeframe was that mechanical design is one of the highest exit barrier industries. People don’t want to get out of the system. It makes innovation very difficult. John McEleney: We had a slide deck that said what’s happening in our industry. Over the last

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: John McEleney, Head of Strategy, PTC (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What happens to the core CAD? Does that still remain mostly or generally an on-premise desktop-based system? John McEleney: For companies that have an install-base type of systems, the CAD geometric data is typically stored in a vault. They’re not necessarily moving it out of the vault to a different system.

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: John McEleney, Head of Strategy, PTC (Part 3)

John McEleney: One of the best things about a SaaS solution is that it’s very easy to get multiple people and locations to get onboard. The strategy with respect to Creo is to continue to improve the core base and then embrace and extend it with other cloud-related applications and functionalities. We’re not forklifting everybody

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: John McEleney, Head of Strategy, PTC (Part 2)

John McEleney: When PTC acquired Computervision in early 2000s, they stumbled upon a company called Windshield Technologies that Computervision had invested in and ultimately acquired. Windshield was based out of Minnesota and founded by Jim Heppelmann. It was the first cloud-based PLM system. The idea behind it is that you can manage data with links

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: John McEleney, Head of Strategy, PTC (Part 1)

We discuss the Mechanical Design industry’s transition to the cloud. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to your background as well as PTC’s work in cloud computing. John McEleney: I have been in the design and technology software space for the better part of almost 40 years. It started when I had an

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