software founded 2000 2000 founder peter schroer headquarters andover massachusetts united states products aras innovator number of employees 150 200 website www.aras.com aras corporation is an american developer and publisher of product development software aras innovator . 1 the product is used for product lifecycle management plm and other purposes . 1 since 2007 aras has been providing aras innovator for free as open source software with aras corp providing technical support software updates and other consulting as a subscription service . 2 aras corp was founded in 2000 in andover massachusetts by peter schroer . aras innovator is an enterprise software suite for managing complicated product lifecycle management business processes . the software is based on the microsoft . net framework and sql server . 3 the product is used for product lifecycle management plm advanced product quality planning apqp lean product development product quality control collaborative product development and new product introduction npi . 1 until 2007 aras sold their product as proprietary software software for enterprises . 2 in 2007 aras began providing aras innovator as open source software . clients obtain the software for free and aras corp provides technical support software updates and other consulting as a subscription service . 2 references edit a b c can product life cycle management boast direct tie to lean . msi . 1 october 2004 . via highbeam research subscription required a b c denison d. c. 24 september 2012 . in cloud era free software flies high . the boston globe . via highbeam research subscription required mcallister neil 15 january 2007 . soft sell for open source apps . infoworld . further reading edit computer world boston business journal design news engineering.com product lifecycle management in the era of internet of things 1 2 3 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aras corp & oldid 735708122 categories product lifecycle managementbusiness software companiessoftware companies based in massachusettshidden categories subscription required using viapages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 22 august 2016 at 15 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view