Highlights:
- Engineers are drowning in tools and want complete, turn-key solutions, not just better technology
- Global competitive pressures are forcing many engineering companies to re-evaluate their own design practices to improve product reliability, effiencies and cost
The glory days of the 1980s and 1990s, when an engineering software company could pump out new products for consumption by a technology-starved market, are long over. Engineers are now drowning in "productivity tools." They are now much more interested in a complete solution than "better technology." This has led vendors to provide a service offering as a complement to their tools - training, application development, through to development of turn-key solutions. This paper exploring the new trend is based on an article in Desktop Engineering magazine by Paul Goossens, Vice President, Applications Development, Maplesoft.
