November 3, 2011

Managing CATIA V4 Obsolescence

ITI TranscenData's Latest White Paper Outlines Five Strategies for the Last-Minute Migration

Milford, OH, November 3, 2011 – ITI TranscenData announced today the release of their latest White Paper Publication: Managing CATIA V4 Obsolescence: Five Strategies for the Last-Minute Migration.

For the past ten years, ITI TranscenData program teams have worked diligently to enhance their consulting services and process automation tools for solving the CATIA V4-to-V5 conversion/migration problem.  This nine-page white paper consolidates just some of the firm’s best practices, and for a limited time, will be available on a complimentary basis. Click Here to obtain your copy.

“Companies are still struggling with CATIA V4 obsolescence” explains Jamie Flerlage, ITI TranscenData Regional Director, and the author of the publication.  “As the cost to maintain software, hardware and institutional knowledge increases with each passing year, so does the risk of losing critical infrastructure components.  We have heard of companies buying hardware on eBay just to keep their legacy V4 systems alive.”

The publication not only outlines five CATIA V4 migration strategies, it also illustrates methods for opening, viewing and editing models in the absence of CATIA V4 licenses.  Readers will also gain insight for managing and mitigating risk, before, during, and after a major migration.“This is a problem that could potentially impact shareholders and taxpayers,” Flerlage explains.  “There are certainly regulations and financial penalties governing data integrity and availability.  These types of deterrents will keep manufacturers focused on solving the problem, but I also suspect that catastrophic data loss and knowledge worker attrition will push last-minute migration projects forward.”

About ITI TranscenData

ITI TranscenData is the product data interoperability business within International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI). ITI TranscenData provides interoperability solutions that enable companies to effectively exchange, reuse, integrate and share engineering product data among diverse software applications used throughout a manufacturing enterprise and its supply chain. ITI TranscenData solutions are aimed directly at reducing and eliminating non-value-added time and costs associated with reusing product data. ITI TranscenData solutions are distributed worldwide through a combination of direct sales, resellers, and strategic vendor/OEM partners. Included
among ITI TranscenData’s customers are ABB, Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Daimler, EADS, Ford, General Dynamics, Honeywell, Lego, Lockheed Martin, NASA, MAHLE Powertrain, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon, Renault, Rockwell Collins, Samsung Electronics, Siemens Automotive, Snecma, Spirit AeroSystems, Thales, ThyssenKrupp, US Air Force, US Army, Xerox and others.

For further information, please use the ITI TranscenData Contact Page or the below information:

ITI TranscenData Americas and Corporate

Tel: +1-888-783-9199

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