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PLM Industry Summary Editor: Christine Bennett Vol. 10 No. 31 Friday 1 August 2008 Contents Acquisitions _______________________________________________________________________ 3 EDS Stockholders Approve Merger With Hewlett-Packard Company ______________________________3 Engineous Software Now a Part of SIMULIA _________________________________________________3 HP Announces European Commission Approval of EDS Acquisition; Agrees to Settle Litigation Relating to Acquisition ____________________________________________________________________________4 CIMdata News _____________________________________________________________________ 5 CIMdata Hosts PLM-Focused Event at the AMB International Exhibition for Metal Working: Special Attention on the relationship between PLM & Automation and PLM & Mechatronics _________________5 Cost Savings and Cycle Time Reductions are Still the Leading Drivers for PLM Implementations According to CIMdata’s Latest Poll __________________________________________________________________6 New Opinion Poll Posted on Establishing Formal Metrics to Track Improvement Resulting From the Use of Your PLM Solution _____________________________________________________________________7 Company News _____________________________________________________________________ 7 ANSYS Named to S&P Global Challengers List _______________________________________________7 Communications Service Provider Product Management is Broken ________________________________8 Complex Data Networks in Development Departments Need Standards - ENX Association Joins the ProSTEP iViP Association ________________________________________________________________9 Dyadem Expands Worldwide with Global Partnerships _________________________________________9 EVE Appoints Korean Country Manager ____________________________________________________ 10 ITI Marks 25th Anniversary ______________________________________________________________ 10 NRX Appoints Stephen Crampton as Vice President Asia Pacific ________________________________ 11 Peter Marton Joins Surfware, Inc. as Sales Managing Director ___________________________________ 11 PTC Announces Winners of DesignQuest Challenge __________________________________________ 12 Surfware, Inc., Developer of Surfcam CadCam Software, Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary _____________ 13 VizSeek Names Brian P. Phillips CEO _____________________________________________________ 14 Events News ______________________________________________________________________ 15 CADWorx Plant Design Suite 2008 and PV Elite for Pressure Vessel Design to be Featured at August 1 in Mumbai, India COADE Discovery Tour Event _______________________________________________ 15 Cimatron Group to Present New CAD/CAM Solutions for Tooling and Manufacturing at IMTS ________ 15 Collaborate for Success at ISEIT 2008 ______________________________________________________ 16 New in Norway: AVEVA NET Showcase for Integrated Operations ______________________________ 17 2008 International ANSYS Conference to Inspire Engineering: Engineering Simulation Solutions Leader Brings Together Product Innovators ________________________________________________________ 18 Financial News ___________________________________________________________________ 20 Aspen Technology Announces Selected Preliminary Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 ____________________________________________________________________________ 20 Autodesk Extends Invitation to Join Its Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results Conference Call Thursday, August 14, 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time ________________________________________________ 21 DS Reports 2008 Second Quarter Software Revenue Growth Above 15% in Constant Currencies _______ 21 Endeca Reports Record First Half Results ___________________________________________________ 27 Geometric’s Q1 Revenues Increase to Rupees 1.4 Billion, 11% Growth From the Previous Quarter ______ 28 Lectra First Half of 2008 Financial Results __________________________________________________ 29 SAP Reports Strong Growth in Software and Software-Related Service Revenues and Refines Annual Outlook to Reach Upper-End of Range _____________________________________________________ 31 Copyright © 2008 by CIMdata, Inc. 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CIMdata, Inc. 3909 Research Park Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Tel: +1 (734) 668–9922 Fax: +1 (734) 668–1957 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.CIMdata.com CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Virage Logic Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Results ___________________________________ 37 Implementation Investments _________________________________________________________ 38 Advantech Adds 3D Product Models Powered by TraceParts to eAutomationPro Web Site ____________ 38 AMD's ATI Radeon™ HD Products Leverage Virage Logic's Embedded Memory IP _________________ 39 Autodesk Names British Antarctic Survey as Inventor of the Month for July 2008 ___________________ 40 Avatech Experiences Increased Demand for Dynamic Modeling Services __________________________ 41 Avrotech Design Gains International Advantage From Using AVEVA Marine Solutions ______________ 42 Boeing and Siemens PLM Software Sign New Agreement to Extend Deployment of Teamcenter _______ 43 Catalog Data Solutions Selected by Fibergrate Composite Structures Inc. for Online Catalog and CAD Downloads ___________________________________________________________________________ 43 Chandavarkar & Thacker Architects Presented Autodesk Revit BIM Experience Award _______________ 44 Dainese Has Dramatically Reduced Project Time Implemening ThinkDesign to Develop its Innovative NECK Support ________________________________________________________________________ 45 Delcam’s PartMaker SwissCAM Selected by Citizen as a Preferred CAM System ___________________ 46 DP Technology Teams Up With NASCAR Racing Team Petty Enterprises _________________________ 47 EADS Selects PTC To Become The Single Provider For Its “PHENIX” Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management Solution ___________________________________________________________________ 48 ESCATEC Chooses vPlan for Accelerated NPI _______________________________________________ 49 Genoa, Italy, Selects Bentley Systems to Facilitate Sustainable Development Plan ___________________ 49 Harro Höfliger Reduces Risk in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment with Dyadem _____________ 50 OKI Turns to Cadence and the Open Verification Methodology (OVM) to Speed Product Development __ 51 Open Verification Methodology Helps KPIT Cummins Boost Productivity, Shorten Turnaround Time ___ 52 Remedent and SensAble Technologies Enter Into Multi-year, Multi-million Dollar OEM ______________ 53 SENER Has Chosen think3’s Software Components to Improve its FORAN Proprietary System ________ 54 Synopsys is Selected by National Semiconductor as Their Key EDA Partner ________________________ 54 Wolong Holding Group Standardizes on PTC® Product Development System to Optimize Its R&D Processes _____________________________________________________________________________ 55 Yacht-Maker, Construction Navale Bordeaux (CNB), Sets Sail with PTC® Steering Its Product Development __________________________________________________________________________ 57 Product News _____________________________________________________________________ 58 Agilent Technologies Improves RF Board Design with Latest Genesys EDA Software Release _________ 58 Anark Corporation Releases Version 2.0 of Its 3D CAD Transformation Platform ___________________ 59 AVEVA Global Continues to Set Standards for Central, Multi-Site, Project Administration ____________ 60 CAD Schroer Announces Release of MEDUSA4® Version 3.1 __________________________________ 61 COADE Releases Updated CADWorx Plant Design Suite 2009, Including New CADWorx Steel Professional Plus _______________________________________________________________________ 62 CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0 Brings Enhanced ALM Capabilities to Model and Standardize Preferred Software Development Processes __________________________________________________ 63 Escapae Software Announces Next Generation of its Software Development Management Product, DevCenter 2.0 _________________________________________________________________________ 64 ESI Group Announces PAM-ASSEMBLY 2008 ______________________________________________ 64 IBM Broadens Product Lifecycle Management Offerings to Help Companies Integrate, Simplify, and Speed Product Development ___________________________________________________________________ 65 Infor Announces New Version of Infor PLM Optiva ___________________________________________ 67 Made in IBM Labs: IBM Debuts "Grammar Checker" Approach to Catching Software Bugs ___________ 68 Mentor Graphics Delivers Simulation for Automotive and Aerospace Electrical Systems Designers in CHS 2008.1 Release ________________________________________________________________________ 69 New Serena Mariner Makes Project and Portfolio Management More Intuitive, Accessible, and Secure __ 69 Siemens PLM Software Ships Version 6 of NX _______________________________________________ 71 Page 2 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary SolidWorks CAD Connectors for Aras _____________________________________________________ 71 Acquisitions EDS Stockholders Approve Merger With Hewlett-Packard Company 31 July 2008 EDS announced that at the special meeting of stockholders held on July 31, 2008 its stockholders have adopted the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 13, 2008 among EDS, Hewlett-Packard Company (HP)