Aras Cloud and The Future of PLM

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLOUD
Many new technologies are introduced as the “next major driver to change the tech industry,” but in reality, a fair amount of these never achieve the impact of their original hype. Like a top draft pick coming out of college, some may show great promise and then fizzle, others may develop into solid role players, and some may even become all-stars, but once in a while, the promise is realized and a hall of fame player that impacts the game is introduced. Cloud technology is such a game changer.
In recent years, cloud technology growth within all its various business segments has had a significant, if not an overriding impact, across the IT industry. The opportunity for companies to alleviate themselves of the arduous tasks of managing their own data centers, and the associated operations that go with this, is hard to ignore. As the complexity of securing physical data centers increases, protecting valuable data intensifies, and the effort to keep thousands of software programs up-to-date becomes unmanageable, the cost of safeguarding a business’ most valuable assets is rapidly increasing. Organizations are looking for ways to not just keep up, but to improve their back office operations while reducing, or even just maintaining costs. Enter the cloud.