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What is product lifecycle management? Organizing the development process

CIO Business Intelligence

PLM brings together people, data, processes, and business systems to aid an organization’s ability to develop, market, and support its products. It was born at American Motors Corporation (AMC) to speed up the company’s product development process, in particular around the development of the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

Already this year, there are numerous smaller M&A deals, as enterprise software providers buy their way into new markets or acquire new capabilities rather than develop them in house. Perforce Software, a privately held provider of software development tools, has agreed to buy the infrastructure automation software platform Puppet.