There is no Cloud… PLM
Why don’t you host the server yourself – or use a private cloud vs. someone else’s computer?
A lot of companies we talk to, both large and small, are still a bit skeptical about the PLM potentialities on the cloud. Servers for Product Lifecycle Management software are some of the key repositories of Intellectual Property (IP) for any given company, and if these fall into the wrong hands the results can be very damaging. Your company IP is worth way more than any server and perhaps you’re the best one to know how to protect it.
We know of one green energy company who went out of business over a dozen years ago, and their IT equipment was backed up and sold to the highest bidder at auction. …