CIMdata to Host Free Educational Webinar on Navigating PLM End-of-Life

CIMdata to Host Free Educational Webinar on Navigating PLM End-of-Life

This webinar will introduce an Audit and Risk Assessment Framework to help enterprise leaders evaluate technical debt and plan low-risk platform migrations.

By: CIMdata

What happens at PLM end of life?

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Sept. 22, 2026 - PRLog -- CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the digital transformation it enables, announces a free live educational webinar titled "Managing a PLM Solution's Lifecycle." The webinar will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 11:00 AM most enterprise software, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platforms follow a natural lifecycle and eventually reach the end of their architectural life. When this happens, simple upgrades aren't an option, and many organizations face full-scale reimplementation. Waiting for an official End-of-Life (EOL) notice often exposes enterprise teams to significant risks to timelines, budgets, and intellectual this 60-minute webinar, CIMdata's President & CEO, Peter Bilello, will explore common migration traps—such as custom code, legacy process extensions, fragile integrations, obsolete middleware, custom data models, and unmaintained CAD connectors—and present a practical Audit and Risk Assessment Framework. Attendees will gain actionable insights into quantifying technical debt, evaluating replacement roadmaps, and assessing modern platform capabilities, including artificial will learn about: The core elements of PLM investment to prepare for platform obsolescence before official EOL application of CIMdata's Audit and Risk Assessment for determining when to upgrade versus when to replace legacy to create a workable PLM replacement roadmap. According to Peter Bilello, CIMdata's subject matter expert for this webinar, "Like most technology-based solutions, PLM platforms have a natural lifecycle. PLM obsolescence is not something organizations should address only after an end-of-life announcement—it must be planned for and managed proactively. As legacy PLM platforms approach end-of-life, there are significant risks to product-related intellectual assets, costs, and timelines, often stemming from an organization's technical debt."Peter Bilello has more than 35 years of experience developing business-enabling IT solutions for research, engineering, and manufacturing organizations worldwide. He has contributed to PLM analysis, selection, implementation, and training; CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM implementation and management; synchronous and lean manufacturing consulting; software engineering; and general data management strategy development and support. He has authored numerous papers and research reports on PLM and related topics, and his articles, commentaries, and perspectives have appeared in publications across the Americas, Europe, and webinar promises to be a valuable resource for executives responsible for PLM initiatives; leaders of digital transformation; PLM team leaders and members; PLM users; product managers; IT leadership; Engineering VPs; IT Directors; Enterprise Architects; or anyone evaluating system modernization amid the inevitable platform learn more, visit To register for the webinar, go to

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