Tag: Integrity

The Changing Role of Engineering Analysis in Software-Intensive Product Development

By Steve Denman | Published: August 30, 2012

Continuing with the blog theme Software Happens – A Challenge for the 21st Century, I’d like to zero in on some interesting development at PTC in the area of engineering analysis with Mathcad and integration with our application lifecycle management platform, Integrity. Continue reading →

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Software Happens – A Challenge for the 21st Century

By Steve Denman | Published: June 21, 2012

“My toaster says it’s “downloading a firmware update. Please wait…” What is a firmware update and why does a toaster need one? And, why is my toaster talking to me in the first place? All I want is a lousy piece of toast!!!” We were startled years ago to find that every day appliances like washing machines, refrigerators, and even toasters contained microprocessors… What do you think? Will software safety and reliability be the driving factors in product engineering in the 21st century? Continue reading →

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Designing for everyone

By PTC_Integrity Blog | Published: November 21, 2010

At the last Communitech usability peer-to-peer meeting, Adam Baker, UI Designer at Google, took us through an interesting exercise. Working in teams of four, we had to design the user interface for an application used to order pizza. Each team was given a… Continue reading →

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