Inforbix - Product Data Applications
Inforbix product data application for engineering and manufacturing
PDM has been around for decades. The Cloud is trending. At Inforbix, we think it’s time to combine PDM and the Cloud into something new. So we started experimenting on a new kind of PDM we think will be much simpler and easier to deploy, use, and adopt than traditional PDM systems. We’ll share more [...]
Google has changed both our expectations and the way we do thing online. Today, we expect information on the internet to be instantly available when we want it. Searching for the latest activities of Lady Gaga, Olympic medal standings, or most anything else on the internet has never been easier. However, in the last ten [...]
We have recently seen growing interest among Creo-Parametric users. For Creo-Parametric users, a big challenge presented by the growing amount of product data, is how to aggregate, access, and find the product data they need in an intuitive and simple way. More often than not, the data they need will be sourced amongst different file types, [...]
So it’s summer time. For some, time to hit the beach, go on a road trip, or holiday in distant lands. For Inforbix, it’s a great time to experiment with what we hope are some cool and helpful UI improvements. I’ll share with you what we’re up too. We’re thinking of adding a new option [...]
I’ve noticed quite a bit of chatter going on about the differences or similarities between PDM and PLM. Take a look at these recent articles, What is PDM?, PLM is just data management… Whatever Dude?, and PLM should be like Google. Really. What all these discussions have in common is data. As we recently reflected [...]
There’s so much said, these days, about the importance of an intuitive user interface (UI). It is hard to overstate the importance of a crisp and clear UI experience that does not distract from the task at hand. I shared some of my thoughts on UI in my BeyondPLM blog a few days ago. Here’s [...]
The dream of all software companies (among others…) is to become a “platform”. There is no surprise why this is so. When you become a platform, your business starts to kicks-ass by providing services to all other applications, tools and service providers. That’s been the situation for years, since the mainframe days to the world [...]
Today was clearly “Microsoft day” in the news. Even Marissa Mayer’s appointment as a CEO of Yahoo didn’t distract us from the excitement about Microsoft Office 13. So why the excitement? Let me share with you why. First, Microsoft announced the long awaited and BIG release of Office 2013. Navigate here to learn more, Microsoft [...]
We try to make Inforbix as easy and simple to use as possible. We are always looking for ways to make our UX as intuitive as possible for users of all skill levels and experience. However, questions on usage can and do come up. On this post, I’d like to talk about the different HELP [...]
You can hear the question of App vs. Native Browser application often these days. The moment when “if you have a problem, we have an app” became a mainstream rallying call, enterprises found themselves a new rallying call: easy to install mobile apps. Inforbix, too, is thinking of this new rallying call. As you may [...]