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cadcentral By Kenneth Wong SOA: The Star of Teamcenter 2007 After being acquired by Siemens Automation & Drives, UGS quietly adopted the name Siemens PLM Software. Recently, the company unveiled a new version of its Teamcenter product lifecycle management (PLM) software suite. The five-page announcement mentions service-oriented architecture (SOA) numerous times: The software boasts “a complete SOA”; it’s “the industry’s first solution to move beyond individual software applications to establish a truly integrated PLM solution . . . based upon SOA approaches”; and it “includes a complete SOA technology foundation A screenshot from Siemens PLM Software’s throughout the entire portfolio.” Teamcenter 2007. One of the highlighted features is the Business Modeler, which is based on the open-source Eclipse Framework. It provides “the ability for multiple users to collaborate on the system definition and to deploy as a merged set” and “the ability to deploy from Test directly to Production,” the company claims. The new version is expected to Product Knowledge allow users to edit manufacturing or engineering requirements in an integrated Word is Power interface or include live Excel features. Teamcenter 2007 promises bidirectional data exchange and workflow between enterprise, engineering, and Teamcenter 2007 deployMarket researcher Aberdeen ments; interaction within a company and with suppliers; and exchange of configured and recently released a new unconfigured metadata (product structure, bills of materials, lifecycle states, ownership). report titled Simulation LifeThe race to build new software based on SOA began in enterprise resource planning cycle Management: Driving (ERP), with SAP and Oracle leading the pack. In PLM, Dassault Systemes, Siemens’ main Better Engineering Decisions competitor, also subscribes to the SOA vision. In theory, SOA facilitates easy integration and Speed to Market. of disparate data systems. According to the report, companies seeking the highest return on their productLicensed to Resell? performance data should: Centrally manage their You can sell your 15-year-old X-Men purchaser to transfer (i.e., sell or give away) simulation and testing comic books for extra cash on eBay, but a particular lawfully made copy of the models, configurations, can you do the same with an old copy of copyrighted work without permission once and results AutoCAD? The matter eventually may be it has been obtained . . . The DMCA was Formally document how decided in a Seattle courtroom. illegally used to have the items removed their simulation data, When Timothy Vernor, who collects from the eBay site.” The full text of the testing results, and prodand sells vintage comics, listed AutoCAD complaint is at www.adskvoda.com, a site uct data drove product R14 on eBay, the CAD giant cited the Digi- dedicated to tracking another Autodeskdecisions in the developtal Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to related lawsuit. ment process have the item removed and his license susVernor is asking for $7,000 in compenDeploy a knowledge pended. This happened on “at least five satory damages for lost eBay sales, $350 management system separate occasions,” according to Vernor. for cost related to the filing, and $10 milto capture lessons Autodesk’s view, reflected in its attorlion in punitive damages. “This is a reasonlearned about product ney Andrew Mackay’s letter to Vernor able amount due to Autodesk’s size and performance and wizards (and posted at www.aecnews.com), reads, sales volume,” he wrote in the complaint. (or guides) to deliver it. c “Autodesk software is licensed, not sold. And who should come to Vernor’s aid but When your customer purchased the packPublic Citizen, a nonprofit organization Cadalyst contributing editor age of AutoCAD . . . the customer purfounded by Ralph Nader. The consumer Kenneth Wong explores chased a license, or a limited right, to use advocacy group has agreed to represent innovative use of technology. the software. The limiting terms . . . [prothe eBay seller. vide] that Autodesk software licenses are Caroline Kawashima, Autodesk’s direc‘nontransferable,’ meaning that they cantor of corporate communications, said, More News not be sold or transferred.” “We are aware of the complaint and are Vernor eventually got his eBay trading looking into the allegations made in the privilege restored, but he’s also fighting complaint. We will respond to the comFind breaking and back. In August, he filed a legal complaint plaint in due course.” current news at stating, “The First Sale Doctrine allows the www.cadalyst.com/news. 12 November 2007 | cadalyst | www.cadalyst.com http://www.adskvoda.com http://www.aecnews.com http://www.cadalyst.com/news http://www.cadalyst.com

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