Aras Corporation is an American

United States

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 developer

Software developer

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 and publisher of software for product lifecycle management

Product lifecycle management

In industry, product lifecycle management is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal...

 (PLM), Advanced Product Quality Planning

Advanced Product Quality Planning

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 (APQP), Lean product development and new product introduction (NPI).

The Aras software is called Aras Innovator.

Aras Innovator Software

Aras Innovator is a suite of enterprise software on Microsoft .NET for managing complicated PLM

Product lifecycle management

In industry, product lifecycle management is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal...

 business processes. Community source

Community source

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code is available for paid subscribers, and the Aras software that runs on the framework is open source

Open source

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 software governed by OSI

Open Source Initiative

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 approved licenses. The underlying framework for Aras Innovator is not open source.

PLM

Aras offers Microsoft-based open source

Open source

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 enterprise PLM

Product lifecycle management

In industry, product lifecycle management is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal...

 software,

Company Information

Aras is a privately held company with institutional investors Oak Investment Partners

Oak Investment Partners

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, Greylock Partners, Matrix Partners

Matrix Partners

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 and New England angel groups eCoast Angels from New Hampshire and the Boston Harbor Angels.

External links

Official
Company Web site: www.aras.com

News

• Aras is First Enterprise Open Source Solution Certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - SOA World Magazine, February 1, 2008 by SOA World Magazine News Desk
• Aras Move Puts New Spin on Open Source - eWeek, January 15, 2007 by Peter Galli
• Soft Sell for Open Source Apps - InfoWorld, January 15, 2007 by Neil McAllister
• Microsoft and Open Source? Aras Leads the Way - The Next Big Thing, January 15, 2007 by Don Dodge
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• Aras Embraces Microsoft .NET Platform to Offer Open Source PLM - Design News, January 16, 2007 by Beth Stackpole