TechNet Blogs

Resources

Benchmarks
Teamcenter Running on SQL Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Successfully Supports 10,000 Concurrent Users With Excellent Performance Siemens Teamcenter easily supports 5000 concurrent users on SQL Server: Siemens PLM Software has been validated to easily support 5,000 users with SQL Server 2008.
Whitepapers
High Availability Options for Siemens Teamcenter on SQL Server: This whitepaper provides recommendations for configuring high availability options for the SQL Server database platform running Teamcenter.
Best practices for running Siemens Teamcenter on SQL Server: This white paper provides best practices for configuring and running Teamcenter 8.1 on the Microsoft SQL Server database platform.
Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Deploying Siemens PLM Teamcenter Using SQL Server 2008 : In this webcast experts from Microsoft and Siemens introduce Siemens TeamCenter and discuss why SQL Server is the best platform for deployment, including best practices for deployment.
Case Studies
Teradyne's deployment of Siemens Teamcenter on Microsoft SQL Server: By deploying Siemens Teamcenter, SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server, Teradyne cuts Engineering Change-Order Cycle by 84 Percent and saves $2 Million Yearly.
Volvo Aero - mission critical deployment of Siemens PLM on Microsoft SQL Server: Relying on the Siemens Teamcenter and SQL Server, Volvo Aero is able to support its mission-critical product life-cycle management processes, accelerate time-to-market, and maintain its competitive advantage.

Siemens Teamcenter - Related Blog Posts

| |

Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Teamcenter Running on SQL Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Successfully Supports 10,000 Concurrent Users With Excellent Performance

Posted 2 months ago

by Tali Smith
- 0 Comments
Product lifecycle management (PLM) is an enterprise, business, and information strategy that helps companies develop and deliver world-class products quickly and efficiently. Teamcenter from Siemens PLM Software is the most widely used PLM system in the...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Impressive Benchmark Testing Results: SQL Server 2012 and Teamcenter

Posted 2 months ago

by Tali Smith
- 0 Comments
In November 2011, Siemens PLM Software, Microsoft, and Intel conducted performance and scalability testing on Teamcenter 8.3 with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 running on servers based on Intel Xeon processors. The benchmark testing was very successful, confirming...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemens PLM: How Systems-Driven Product Development Drives Success in the Automotive Industry (Webcast)

Posted 5 months ago

by lonnyeb
- 0 Comments
Successful automobile design today requires electronics and software design expertise in addition to traditional mechanics. Automotive engineers and product developers must be able to simultaneously design the various elements of mechatronic products...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemens PLM: Improving Workplace Environments with Kinect and Jack

Posted 5 months ago

by lonnyeb
- 0 Comments
Siemens PLM Software is working on innovative ways to bring the natural user interfaces (NUI) capabilities of Microsoft Kinect to Jack , their human simulation solution that helps manufacturers design safe, efficient, and comfortable workplace environments...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemens Teamcenter Running on SQL Server and Windows Server Successfully Supports 5K Concurrent Users

Posted 8 months ago

by lonnyeb
- 0 Comments
As part of their strategic alliance, Siemens and Microsoft, in partnership with HP and Intel, ran benchmarking tests to evaluate the performance and scalability of current versions of Teamcenter, Microsoft SQL Server, and Windows Server. These tests were...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemens: Interview with Lonnye Bower at PLM Connections

Posted 11 months ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
Listen to the latest news from Siemen's PLM Connections (May,2011) on the joint efforts of Siemens and Microsoft. Interviews with Lonnye Bower and Kevin Wittkopf.
...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemens: Using compression to improve performance and reduce costs

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
In prior posts , I have described the benefit of Read-Committed Snapshot Isolation (RCSI). RCSI will usually benefit most ISV databases . Another method may benefit many ISV databases (running on SQL Server 2008 and later): compression . Compression is...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemens PLM running on SQL Server saves costs across the board

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
Recently I was reading the PLM World e-Newsletter and saw this nice table reflecting the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). TCO Category Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Benefit over Oracle Database 11 g IT Labor 24...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemen's PLM: SPÄNEX runs on SQL Server

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
SPÄNEX based in Uslar, Germany, design and provide chip-extraction, dust-extraction and filtering plants around the world. They are a small company with only 60 employees with minimial information technology support. After two years of consideration...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Migration: The value gained moving from Oracle to SQL Server 2008R2

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
[DB2 Migration Value] [ Sybase Migration Value ] In the early 1980's I was an Oracle Developer on mainframes and on MS-DOS using Oracle 5.1 on MS-DOS (distributed on some 20+ diskettes -- I still have them). It was an interesting time because PC products...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Migration: The value gained moving from DB2 to SQL Server 2008R2

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
[Oracle Migration Value] [Sybase Migration Value] Two decades ago, I made my living as a DB2 developer working for GTENW (now Verizon). In this year's spring-cleaning, I came across my old DB2 certificates; perhaps it is time to do a spring-cleaning...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemens PLM running on SQL Server is less work for one man support staff

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
Recently I was reading the PLM World e-Newsletter article entitled “ A One-Man Show: Maintenance Tips from a Solo CAxPLM Administrator ” by Larry Carpenter (P.E.) I have encountered this situation often in talking with PLM support staff: the...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

SIEMENS: Teamcenter reduces storage requirements by 50% on SQL Server

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
Siemens is a leading provider of enterprise manufacturing execution and quality systems. Teamcenter 2007 is a suite of lifecycle management solutions improving productivity by connecting people with the product and process knowledge. There are over 4...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemens: Migration Experiences at Boeing

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
For those of you attending Siemens PLM Connection in Las Vegas, Nevada (May 2nd-5th, 2011), you may wish to grab Keith Gartenlaub's presentation on May 4th. Boeing made a strategic decision to cut costs by migrating applications from Unix/Oracle to Windows...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemens' PLM: Thomas Instrument runs on SQL Server

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
Thomas Instrument provides engineering, manufacturing, repair, and overhaul services to the United States Department of Defense (DoD). The company is used by the DoD to produce and/or support orphan parts, components, and systems. Orphans are items that...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Fundamentals: Improving Insert and Update Performance by Dropping Unused Indexes

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 3 Comments
[Prior Post in Series] [Next Post in Series] In my prior posts, I looked at adding indexes with Database Engine Tuning Advisor. In this post, I will look at the other side of the coin and delete indexes that are unused or that cost more resources than...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Fundamentals: Running Database Engine Tuning Advisor and Selecting Indexes

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 1 Comments
[Prior Post in Series] [Next Post in Series] In my last post Fundamentals: Creating a Workload by Using a Trace Log , I illustrated how to create a workload. In this post, I will look at the complimentary step, using the log as input to the Database...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemens PLM: Lincoln Electric runs on SQL Server

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 1 Comments
Lincoln Electric, founded in 1895, is a world leader in the design, development, and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic arc-welding systems, plasma, oxyfuel cutting equipment and brazing and soldering alloys market. Lincoln Electric has a work...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Siemens PLM’s UniCam FX now running on SQL Server

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
I’ve been catching up on press releases for Siemens and noticed this one from January, 2011. Siemens is responding to customer demands for lower TCO for their offerings by adding SQL Server as a database option. “UniCam FX now supports...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Fundamentals: Creating a Workload by Using a Trace Log

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
[Next Post in Series] This is the kick-off post of a regular Friday series of posts, " Basic Skills for SQL Server ISV Administrators ". I have found that ISV Administrators are often Professional Engineers (P.E.) -- rich in business knowledge and...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Server Security – Additional Resources

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
[Prior Post in Series] The intellectual property (IP) stored on SQL Server in your PLM may be your firm’s greatest asset. Its value is more than credit card records (credit cards can be cancelled if lost, IP can’t). It is equivalent to...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Best Practices Analyzer for ISV SQL Servers to protect your company’s property

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
The intellectual property(IP) or other valuable information may be stored on SQL Server in your ISV product. Its value is more than credit card records (credit cards can be cancelled if lost, IP can’t). It may be the equivalent of a state secret...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Migrating from Oracle to SQL Server

Posted over 1 year ago

by Ken Lassesen
- 0 Comments
[Next Post in Series: Kronos Migration] My first experience with data migration dates from the 1970’s when a firm was moving from a Honeywell Mainframe (64KB of memory, no DASD -- just tape drives) to an IBM 4331 (2 MB of memory and DASD). In...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Right sizing ISV installations for the best bang for the buck!

Posted over 1 year ago

by SQL Server ISV
- 0 Comments
Author: This article is written by our contributing author Ken Lassesen. His bio can be found here . Recently I have seen two configurations that caused me to shake my head in disbelief. In reality, the problem is the classic one of people...
Enterprise Applications on Microsoft SQL Server

Backing Up Your Siemens Teamcenter Databases

Posted over 2 years ago

by SQL Server ISV
- 0 Comments
Ask any DBA what the single most important part of their job is and their answer should always be backup/recovery. The DBA plays a critical role in being able to recover the databases (and overall availability) from a failed state. Backups can be a tricky...