Question
Survey - Would your company take advantage of Wildfire 5 with Intralink 3.x? - SUMMARY
- February 17, 2010
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In January of this year I sent out an initial query to Technical Committee
members to see if other companies were interested in requesting Wildfire 5
support with Intralink 3.x. This was followed by a Pro/E Exploder query
sent out February 9, 2010, all responses received to date are included
below.
Summary:
I received replies from 37 different companies. Of those, 33 would very
much like for PTC to support Wildfire 5 with Intralink 3.x, while 4
companies did not see this as a need.
I have grouped the responses as follows regarding what I could gather of
their future Pro/E PDM strategies.
· Already on PDMLink or migrating very soon
o 4/37 – 11%
· Firm plans to migrate to PDMLink, however the timeline is far
enough out that they would like to upgrade to Wildfire 5 while still using
Intralink 3.x.
o 9/37 – 24%
· Expect to migrate to PDMLink or ProductPoint sometime, but no firm
commitment has been made
o 8/37 – 22%
· Future Pro/E PDM solution not yet chosen
o 8/37 – 22%
· Selected a non-PTC data management solution for ProE data
o 3/37 – 8%
· Migration Plans not provided
o 5/37 – 14%
Several pointed out that the complexity and cost for the migration from
Intralink to PDMLink is too much for their company since they either
already have or do not need a complex PDM solution. The current state of
the economy is a factor as many companies are cutting back expenses and
this is not a needed expenditure at this time.
Many of the larger companies are planning a migration at some point but
due to circumstances beyond their control the migration date could be
years away.
There was frustration expressed especially from smaller companies who feel
that they are placed in a no win situation. They are waiting for a
workable solution from PTC while considering solutions from other CAD
companies. It was pointed out that even though support for Intralink
officially ended, companies are still paying the same amount of
maintenance and are now questioning what they are getting for their
maintenance dollar since a PDMLink migration is out of the question.
In general, most companies indicated that if given the option, they would
upgrade to Wildfire 5 shortly after PTC provides Intralink support.
Full responses are included in the attachment and make for a very
interesting read. I apologize in advance if I in anyway misconstrued what
was meant in any one’s reply.
I have removed all names and contact info to avoid anyone getting
bombarded by migration service companies.
🙂
Margi
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members to see if other companies were interested in requesting Wildfire 5
support with Intralink 3.x. This was followed by a Pro/E Exploder query
sent out February 9, 2010, all responses received to date are included
below.
Summary:
I received replies from 37 different companies. Of those, 33 would very
much like for PTC to support Wildfire 5 with Intralink 3.x, while 4
companies did not see this as a need.
I have grouped the responses as follows regarding what I could gather of
their future Pro/E PDM strategies.
· Already on PDMLink or migrating very soon
o 4/37 – 11%
· Firm plans to migrate to PDMLink, however the timeline is far
enough out that they would like to upgrade to Wildfire 5 while still using
Intralink 3.x.
o 9/37 – 24%
· Expect to migrate to PDMLink or ProductPoint sometime, but no firm
commitment has been made
o 8/37 – 22%
· Future Pro/E PDM solution not yet chosen
o 8/37 – 22%
· Selected a non-PTC data management solution for ProE data
o 3/37 – 8%
· Migration Plans not provided
o 5/37 – 14%
Several pointed out that the complexity and cost for the migration from
Intralink to PDMLink is too much for their company since they either
already have or do not need a complex PDM solution. The current state of
the economy is a factor as many companies are cutting back expenses and
this is not a needed expenditure at this time.
Many of the larger companies are planning a migration at some point but
due to circumstances beyond their control the migration date could be
years away.
There was frustration expressed especially from smaller companies who feel
that they are placed in a no win situation. They are waiting for a
workable solution from PTC while considering solutions from other CAD
companies. It was pointed out that even though support for Intralink
officially ended, companies are still paying the same amount of
maintenance and are now questioning what they are getting for their
maintenance dollar since a PDMLink migration is out of the question.
In general, most companies indicated that if given the option, they would
upgrade to Wildfire 5 shortly after PTC provides Intralink support.
Full responses are included in the attachment and make for a very
interesting read. I apologize in advance if I in anyway misconstrued what
was meant in any one’s reply.
I have removed all names and contact info to avoid anyone getting
bombarded by migration service companies.
🙂
Margi
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