Entreprise Open Source

Aras Innovator solution coexists with the terms PLM Open Source, Microsoft and Company.From this observation, many questions we are asked about the open source nature of the solution, and how this tool is compatible with modern strategies SI and the trend of declining costs of computer systems company.

It therefore seems important to keep in mind these few explanations when approaching Aras Innovator.

The "Enterprise Open Source" concept

Aras Innovator solution based on a solid foundation of Microsoft tools.The solution was developed for different platforms before becoming 100% Microsoft to limit the number of platforms to support and at the same time to receive services from Microsoft to validate each new version.

Sur cette base, Aras Innovator se compose donc de trois blocs:

• The first block is designated by the line "Community Source Framework.It represents the block's core technology Aras Innovator. It is this base that includes the workflow engine (BPM) software, version management, item management ... For this block, the sources are not freely distributed. They are available to purchasers of the solution. The reason is primarily to provide users and customers to Aras Innovator software-based solid, secure and controlled.
• Above this technical layer, the online Open Source Solutions is divided into two blocks:
  • The first of these two blocks is the set of features developed by Aras Innovator PLM to form.These elements are fully open source code is visible after installation and is fully exportable via XML files from one jurisdiction to another.
  • The second block of "Open Source Solutions" represents all the developments made by partners, customers, or any user of the solution.These solutions are freely downloadable from the project site Aras can deliver new capabilities to the solution.

Microsoft & Open Source

The pronunciation of Microsoft and Open Source in the same sentence may still surprise some people. However, Microsoft has actually launched an open source approach for example by participating in Linux kernel development, being the main partner of the last show of the Open Source in France, setting up the collaborative portal CodePlex, and many others.