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Propel CEO Ross Meyercord Featured on Episode of Acceleration Economy's "Cloud Wars Horizon"

December 15, 2022

"Explaining why the cloud is so beneficial to customers, he notes the value of the cloud has been proven just about everywhere, except in the area of product data. But in his discussions with customers, it’s clear they believe that product data does belong in the cloud."

Propel's CEO Ross Meyercord was recently invited to speak with Acceleration Economy Chief Analyst Tony Uphoff and Cloud Wars Horizon host Tom Smith about his thoughts on the industry and the future of the company.

"Explaining why the cloud is so beneficial to customers, he notes the value of the cloud has been proven just about everywhere, except in the area of product data. But in his discussions with customers, it’s clear they believe that product data does belong in the cloud; a couple of things, the pandemic, and supply chain crunches of the past several years really cemented the conviction with customers for that to be true. On-prem PLM solutions have been in place for a long time and they’re not bad solutions, but customers can’t stay current even when those products, those on-prem products are driving great innovation. Customers get new innovations pushed to them multiple times a year."

Watch the full conversation here.