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PLM Industry Summary Christine Bennett, Editor Vol. 13 No.16 Friday 22 April 2011 Contents CIMdata News _____________________________________________________________________ 2 The Power of Partnership: A New White Paper from CIMdata ___________________________________2 Company News _____________________________________________________________________ 3 Altium Continues to Expand its Reseller Network in the Baltics ___________________________________3 AESSiS Joins the ShapeSpace Reseller Team _________________________________________________4 Autodesk Adds Platinum Tier and Enhances Channel Partner Program _____________________________4 DS SolidWorks Corp. Announces Global Green Design Contest Honoring Earth Day __________________5 HP Appoints Veteran Marketing Professional Marty Homlish as Chief Marketing Officer ______________6 Humans and Computers Compete in Marker Making Contest _____________________________________7 MSC Software Launches Registered Consultant Program to Deliver Simulation Best Practices to Customers _____________________________________________________________________________________7 New Mastercam Software Development Center Opened in Switzerland _____________________________8 Siemens Helps Universities Develop Next Generation of Vietnamese Engineers with US$71 Million In-Kind Software Grant to the Higher Engineering Education Alliance Program _____________________________9 solidThinking Expands its Global Presence by Adding U.K.-Based Cadsoft Solutions as a Distributor ____10 Xavier Falcons from Middletown, CT Win the 2010-2011 Real World Design Challenge ______________11 Events News ______________________________________________________________________ 12 Alibre-Designed WIKISPEED 100 MPG Ultra-Efficient Car to be Top Exhibit at Boeing’s Future of Flight Earth Day Event _______________________________________________________________________12 ASCON Successfully Hosts KOMPAS-3D V12 at Hannover Fair 2011 ____________________________13 AVEVA to Exhibit at Nor-Shipping 2011 ___________________________________________________14 Bluebeam Software to Host First-Ever International Rally User Conference ________________________14 CGTech to Preveiw New VERICUT Drilling and Fastening Programming and Simulation at the Paris Air Show ________________________________________________________________________________15 ESI User Conferences Underline Growing Presence in India ____________________________________16 Executives from BP, Huntsman, and Shaw Group to Headline Keynote Speeches at AspenTech’s OPTIMIZE™ 2011 Conference ___________________________________________________________17 FISHER/UNITECH to Participate in Erie Tool Show __________________________________________18 Pratt & Whitney and Micro Engineering Solutions Experts Announced as EASTEC 2011 Keynotes _____18 Speakers Announced for the 11th FLOW-3D European Users Conference __________________________19 TactonWorks to be Featured at 2011 Design Automation Conference Hosted by Lino GmbH ___________19 Tanner EDA to Demonstrate Version 15.11 of Full-flow Analog Design Suite and TowerJazz PDK at ChipEx 2011 __________________________________________________________________________20 VISTAGY Webcast: How to Profitably Develop Composite Aerostructures ________________________21 ZW3D a Hit at the 17th AUTOMATICON in Poland __________________________________________22 Financial News ___________________________________________________________________ 22 EMC Reports Record First-Quarter Results __________________________________________________22 IBM Reports 2011 First-Quarter Results ____________________________________________________25 SofTech Announces Audit Completion & Financial Results for Its Fourth Quarter & Fiscal Year 2010 ___30 Surfware Reports 31% Increase in Sales Growth for 1st Quarter of 2011 ___________________________31 Implementation Investments _________________________________________________________ 32 Autodesk Software Aids Quest to Harness Energy from the Sea __________________________________32 Autodesk Wins Global Deal Worth More Than AUD 5 Million with GHD _________________________33 Catalog Data Solutions CAD Download Solution Selected by CUI, Inc. ___________________________34 Copyright © 2011 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 Customer Case Study: Jobshop: “Monumental Contribution to Our Success” _______________________34 Engineering Team for British SuperSonic Car Addresses Design Challenges with Altair's HyperWorks Technology ___________________________________________________________________________36 Fashion Retailer The Limited Selects Visual PLM.net® ________________________________________37 KTH and COMSOL Sign $400,000 Software License Agreement ________________________________37 Leading Australian Manufacturer Wilson Transformer Company Expands Use of Epicor® With Migration to Latest ERP Solution __________________________________________________________________39 Materion Implements Stature from Dyadem for Quality Risk Management _________________________40 Radan Customer Case Study: Punching and Bending Keeps Nichol McKay in Shape _________________41 Synopsys Design Compiler Graphical Cuts Design Time at Exar _________________________________42 VeriSilicon Standardizes on Springsoft’s Verdi Debug Platform for Digital IC and System-On-Chip Verification ___________________________________________________________________________42 Product News _____________________________________________________________________ 43 Bentley’s AutoPLANT Design Software Now Available for 64-Bit Platforms _______________________43 Bentley Showcases First Commercially Available Products to Support Two-Way Interoperability With ISO 15926 _______________________________________________________________________________45 CCE Broadens its PLM Portfolio to Include Aras _____________________________________________46 Cortona3D Launches RapidAuthor 6.0 A Single Suite of Tools for all Support Documentation: Manuals, Parts Catalogs, Training Materials and Assembly Instructions ___________________________________47 Dassault Systèmes Announces Isight 5.5 for Simulation Automation and Design Optimization _________47 Extensible CAD Joins Aras Partner Program; Integrates InspectionXpert with Aras PLM ______________48 Omnify Software Launches Next Generation Empower PLM Solution _____________________________49 Process Management and New Nest Functionality for Radan ____________________________________50 Siemens PLM Software Introduces Next Generation of Social Product Development Built on Microsoft Technology ___________________________________________________________________________51 SmartCAM V18 Features New Rest-Milling Roughing, Improved Modeling & Toolpath Editing _______52 Synopsys Advances Mixed-Signal Verification with New CustomExplorer Ultra ____________________54 TransMagic Ships R8 sp5 with Enhanced Support for CATIA V5 Meta Data _______________________55 CIMdata News The Power of Partnership: A New White Paper from CIMdata 20 April 2011 CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm announces the availability of “The Power of Partnership.” Today’s manufacturing industries are under continuous pressure to deliver competitive products faster and are implementing enterprise solutions to improve their operational effectiveness and ability to deliver more innovative products. These business networks are becoming increasingly globalized as more and more companies compete internationally. But while globalized markets expand business opportunities, they also intensify competitive pressures. Global competition, product complexity, time to market, cost and quality continually drive businesses to become more efficient and innovative, especially in the manufacturing industry. Maintaining a competitive position in today’s global market requires accelerating the pace and efficiency of the business while getting the most from its business systems, information technology (IT) infrastructure, people, suppliers, and partners. This paper describes the challenges companies are facing, why and how they need to work smarter, how a SOA-based enterprise information and process management approach enables a smarter business, and Page 2 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary how IBM and Siemens PLM Software have teamed to form an alliance that is integrating and leveraging their individual corporate capabilities and solutions to help customers accelerate their businesses and bring innovative products and services to the market faster while using fewer resources. The goal of this IBM-Siemens PLM Software Alliance is to help companies’ technology-enabled businesses work smarter by deploying environments that maximize flexibility and responsiveness for rapidly changing business needs. The Power of Partnership is available for downloading at no charge at: http://www.cimdata.com/publications/reports_complimentary/white_papers.html About CIMdata CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, provides strategic management consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Since its founding more than 25 years ago, CIMdata has delivered world-class knowledge, expertise, and best-practice methods on PLM solutions. These solutions incorporate both business