The film mentioned in the article is still a year away from completion. They've been working on it for a year already. All the tools available in the world to do this work faster cannot compensate for a good script, great voice over work and artistic vision... something Pixar has in spades. And...
According to this this article IBM (That major maker of motion pictures!) and Threshold Digital Research Labs are teaming up to produce CG movies in less time then Pixar does now. (I wonder if they understand that faster doesn't always mean better. Pixar films succeed because of the story as...