Autodesk rolls out PLM strategy, products

BANGALORE: After merging the Indian operations with that of South Asia Pacific, Autodesk has announced the launch of new products from its stable. "This year was the year of consolidation of the restructuring. Autodesk Asia Pacific has four regions, South Asia Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, ASEAN and SAARC), Japan, Korea and Greater China (China, Hong Kong and Taiwan). Next year Autodesk will release 30 new products in regular intervals. Next year we would witness sales and market share of Autodesk soaring," said Autodesk’s Regional Director for South Asia Pacific, Andre Pravaz.

The company today launched two of its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Streamline and Buzzsaw. While Streamline is targeted at the manufacturing sector, Buzzsaw is focussed at Business Industrial Design sectors. These products are release to supplement Autodesk’s existing design products such as the Revit, Inventor series and the Map series. The launch marks Autodesk’s PLM strategy of extending the use of the data throughout the value chain and product lifecycle.

"Our solutions offerings will enable Autodesk’s customers and their extended network of enterprise partners to truly leverage and maximise the potential of their design data both upstream and downstream," remarked Pravaz. The company’s strength in India is about 50 employees including the support staff. It proposes to strengthen its sales and support staff significantly, however declined to give numbers. The Tech support staff numbers 14 while catering to the South Asia Pacific region Autodesk resellers and customers. The other support includes the Autodesk Developer Network support and an internal support team.