Beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing
Ryan Foss was a guy with some ideas. He happened to share those ideas with some folks at Right Hemisphere, and now alleges that his ideas were actually stolen by them. He blogged about this on April 30, and you can read his story here.
It goes to show that you always need to watch your back, create contracts, look at the fine print, and always beware of the wolf in sheep's clothing. This is especially true when implementing a new software system.
In their efforts to build a system that reuses 3D CAD and PLM data for the downstream user, Right Hemisphere has embedded the requirement for a server-based product. One that is necessary if you want the slightest chance of seeing any of the proposed benefits of their product. One that manages its own workflow, searching, and processing. One that must be connected to your other servers in a complex array of SQL and API scripting. One that is expensive and difficult to implement in a global environment. And, dare I say, one that is illogical.
Companies have heavily invested in PLM and ERP systems, data replication and redundancy, vaulting and revisioning, workflows, approvals, and many other IT systems. But then Right Hemisphere comes along, in their sheep's clothing, and talks about simplifying things for the non-engineers and gaining all sorts of wonderful benefits. But the wolf underneath is asking for these companies to invest in another disconnected set of servers and add even more complexity to their systems.
It just doesn't make sense. Any improvement you want to make in your downstream infrastructure should not require massive process changes, and should make use of existing systems. They say that logic is governed in the left hemisphere of the brain, something that seems to be missing with Right Hemisphere.
So don't be bitten by the wolf. 3DVIA Composer does not need a complex server solution to give you incredible productivity gains. Just ask our customers. And if you want to integrate the system into your existing environment, it can be done extremely quickly and can be setup to do exactly what you want it to do.
Go with the product that has the full brain working. Go with 3DVIA Composer.
