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Article: New tool powers product development exchange: 3Ga software helps companies create CAD-neutral, web-based collaboration. (E-Services and the Design Engineer).(3Ga Corp.'s software, Ray Raines, Boeing Co.)
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- Design News
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- December 17, 2001
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The Boeing Co. has a company-wide Internet-based communications network called Automated Information Management (AIM) that runs on a classified wide area network. Worldwide employees, suppliers, and customers can communicate on the network, and the central website makes it possible to invite others to teleconferenced or net-based meetings for secure communications.
At the same time, Boeing has a number of CAD programs, including CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, Unigraphics, and IDEAS, deployed on individual workstations. Employees may come and go, but software licenses generally stay attached to workstations, used or not.
Ray Raines, a retired Boeing Technical ...