--- title: Zero Wait-State PLM Tech Tips description: Learn technical tips to optimize your Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) courtesy of Zero Wait-State --- [![ZWS](https://www.zerowait-state.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CorpLogoFireball/Global%20Nav_60x300_ZWS_logotag_2016_H_GrayOrange_RGB.png?width=327&height=60&name=Global%20Nav_60x300_ZWS_logotag_2016_H_GrayOrange_RGB.png "Global Nav_60x300_ZWS_logotag_2016_H_GrayOrange_RGB.png")](https://www.zerowait-state.com/home) ** [Contact ZWS Executive](https://zerowait-state-1744353.hs-sites.com/contact-zws-executive) Search ** [Contact ZWS Executive](https://www.zerowait-state.com/contact-zws-executive/) Search # PLM Tech Tips [▶](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/page/2) [![](https://www.zerowait-state.com/hubfs/Campaigns/PropelPLM/ZWS%20Propel%20Cloud%20PLM%20device%20screenshot2.png) ](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/thinking-about-propel-plm-do-this-first) ## [PLM Tech Tips: Thinking About PropelPLM? Do This First.](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/thinking-about-propel-plm-do-this-first) [PropelPLM](http://www.propelplm.com) is a wonderfully flexible and powerful system with the power residing behind the curtain and not visible to end users. If you have any thoughts of implementing PropelPLM it is likely you... [Read More](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/thinking-about-propel-plm-do-this-first) [![](https://www.zerowait-state.com/hubfs/blog-files/zws%20agile%20plm%20hacker.jpg) ](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-meltdown-spectre-bitcoin-hacks) ## [PLM Tech Tips: Do Meltdown, Spectre or Bitcoin Hacks Impact my Agile PLM System?](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-meltdown-spectre-bitcoin-hacks) ***Welcome to our PLM Tech Tips Tuesday!*** ## Meltdown, Spectre and Bitcoin You have likely heard of these in the news lately as these are the HOT topics right now in cybersecurity. You, like many people,... [Read More](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-meltdown-spectre-bitcoin-hacks) [![](https://www.zerowait-state.com/hubfs/Campaigns/PLM%20Health%20Check%20/Request%20Recording%20Agile%20Security%20Webinar%20CTA%20Lrg.png) ](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-security-best-practices-webinar-recording-09212017) ## [PLM Tech Tips: Oracle Agile PLM Security Best Practices Webinar On-Demand](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-security-best-practices-webinar-recording-09212017) ***Click [HERE](https://www.zerowait-state.com/request-oracle-agile-plm-security-best-practices-webinar-on-demand-sept-2017) to request webinar on-demand access.*** Security and system vulnerabilities are in the news daily. **So, when was the last time you checked the security of your Agile Product Lifecycle...** [Read More](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-security-best-practices-webinar-recording-09212017) [![](https://www.zerowait-state.com/hubfs/Stock%20Photos/Process%20Automation%20on%20the%20Mechanism%20of%20Metal%20Gears..jpeg) ](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/automating-oracle-agile-plm-database-exports) ## [PLM Tech Tips: Automating Oracle Agile PLM Database Exports](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/automating-oracle-agile-plm-database-exports) Server administrators are always looking for ways to automate routine tasks. Automation helps to standardize an operation and make it easily repeatable. Automating the Agile export facility makes it... [Read More](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/automating-oracle-agile-plm-database-exports) [![](https://www.zerowait-state.com/hubfs/Blog_Featured_Images/maintenance%20in%20progress.png) ](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/patching-oracle-agile-plm-file-manager-for-improved-security) ## [PLM Tech Tips: Patching Agile PLM File Manager for Improved Security](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/patching-oracle-agile-plm-file-manager-for-improved-security) Security and system vulnerabilities are in the news daily. Some of it may be misleading and some of it may seem incomprehensible or impractical. Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is... [Read More](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/patching-oracle-agile-plm-file-manager-for-improved-security) [![](https://www.zerowait-state.com/hubfs/Blog_Featured_Images/REACH%20chameleons.png) ](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/is-reach-beyond-your-reach) ## [PLM Tech Tips: Is REACH beyond your reach?](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/is-reach-beyond-your-reach) Just a couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a compliance manager for a prominent company in Silicon Valley, a man I highly respect. To my astonishment, he still did not fully understand the updated... [Read More](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/is-reach-beyond-your-reach) [![](https://www.zerowait-state.com/hubfs/Campaigns/PLM%20Health%20Check%20/security%20healtcheck%20email%20header.png) ](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/why-is-oracle-agile-plm-security-important) ## [PLM Tech Tips: Why is Oracle Agile PLM Security important?](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/why-is-oracle-agile-plm-security-important) I was recently asked a question which confounded me and left me speechless. On the one hand, the answer to the question was, to me, so obvious that I could not conceive of anyone asking it. I was... [Read More](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/why-is-oracle-agile-plm-security-important) [![](https://www.zerowait-state.com/hubfs/Partner_Logos/O-Gold-Partner-clr.png) ](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-system-diagnostic-process-06142017) ## [PLM Tech Tips: Oracle Agile PLM System Diagnostic Process](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-system-diagnostic-process-06142017) The following is a paragraph I wrote for a recent support engagement. At first glance it may not seem like much and may even seem a bit arrogant, but I think in many ways it sums up the diagnostic... [Read More](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-system-diagnostic-process-06142017) [![](https://www.zerowait-state.com/hubfs/Blog_Featured_Images/ohmy.jpg) ](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-changes-in-935-936-system-passwords-and-encryption) ## [PLM Tech Tips: Encryption, Repositories, and SQL Oh My!](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-changes-in-935-936-system-passwords-and-encryption) ## Changes in 9.3.5 / 9.3.6 System Passwords and Encryption ### Encryption, Passwords and the WebLogic Repository Back in December of 2013 I wrote about the affect of password encryption on the process of... [Read More](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-changes-in-935-936-system-passwords-and-encryption) [![](https://www.zerowait-state.com/hubfs/Partner_Logos/O-Gold-Partner-clr.png) ](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-averify-closer-look) ## [PLM Tech Tips: Averify, a Closer Look](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-averify-closer-look) When beginning an engagement with a client, so many times I discover that they have not run Averify regularly (sometimes even once) to maintain their Agile database. Averify is a critical maintenance... [Read More](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/oracle-agile-plm-averify-closer-look) [▶](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/page/2) ### Subscribe to the ZWS Blog ### Recent Posts © 2024 Zero Wait-State • All Rights Reserved • [Terms of Use](https://www.zerowait-state.com/plm-tech-tips/page/1#) • [Privacy Policy](https://www.zerowait-state.com/privacy-policy)