PLM Industry Summary Editor: Christine Bennett Vol. 9 No.20 Friday 18 May 2007 CONTENTS Top Story _____________________________________________________________ 3 Oracle Buys Product Lifecycle Management Leader Agile_______________________________________________ 3 Oracle to Buy Product Lifecycle Management Leader Agile Software ______________________________________ 4 Acquisitions___________________________________________________________ 6 PTC Acquires Leading CAM Software Provider NC Graphics Ltd_________________________________________ 6 SAP Acquires Wicom Communications to Deliver Communication-Enabled Business Processes_________________ 7 CIMdata News_________________________________________________________ 9 CIMdata Commentary: PLM Consolidation Continues—Oracle to Acquire Agile Software Corporation __________ 9 CIMdata in the News: Oracle Makes PLM Play With Agile Buy_________________________________________ 11 CIMdata in the News: Oracle to Buy PLM Provider Agile______________________________________________ 12 CIMdata in the News “PLM Market Grows To Meet Integration Challenges; Market is estimated to hit $30 billion by 2011” _______________________________________________________________________________________ 12 Opinion Poll on the PLM Initiative and Formal PLM Related Vision & Strategy in Your Organization ___________ 13 Company News _______________________________________________________ 13 ANSYS Makes List of Top R&D Spenders__________________________________________________________ 13 Aspen Technology Wins Award for Best Online Support—Receives SSPA’s STAR Award for Excellence in Self- Service Capabilities ____________________________________________________________________________ 14 Banks and Insurers Capitalize on New Business Opportunities Through Co-Innovation with SAP and Partners_____ 15 Cadence Launches Electronic-Design Contest for European Engineering Students ___________________________ 17 Delcam Appoints New Chairman and Non-Executive Director___________________________________________ 18 “Dynamic Product Documentation On-Demand” Guides Manufacturers to Bring Products to Market Faster and At Lower Cost___________________________________________________________________________________ 18 George M. Davis Appointed President and CEO of Avatech Solutions Donald R. “Scotty” Walsh Retires after Five Years of Outstanding Service_____________________________________________________________________ 20 MSC.Software Signs Agreement With CEI Enhancing Graphics Visualization for SimXpert ___________________ 21 Product Name Changes -- AutoManager is now InnoCielo ______________________________________________ 21 PTC Launches Global E-Commerce Operations For Desktop Solutions; Online Store Offers PTC Product Development Software and Training Programs to Worldwide Customers______________________________________________ 23 SAP and SunGard to Collaborate: First Offering Is Asset Liability Management Solution on Integrated Platform ___ 24 Events News _________________________________________________________ 25 CD-adapco to Preview Engine Thermal System and Coolant Flow Boiling in STAR-CCM+ at VTMS VIII _______ 25 Comet Solutions Sponsors Business Impacts of Early Simulation Workshop at PTC User World Event 2007; Early Simulation Can Make the Difference in Staying Competitive and Pushing Innovation ________________________ 26 Design For Power With Sequence At DAC, Booth 4860________________________________________________ 27 44th Design Automation Conference Announces Third Integrated Design Systems Workshop __________________ 28 Jotne EPM Technology sponsor PLM and 3D Quality event. ____________________________________________ 30 Registration Open for BE Conference Europe ________________________________________________________ 31 Tribold And Convergys To Demonstrate Successful Implementation Of A Unified Product Catalog At TeleManagement World Nice ____________________________________________________________________ 33 Financial News _______________________________________________________ 35 Ansoft Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast _______________ 35 Autodesk Reports Record Revenues of $509 Million __________________________________________________ 35 Avatech Solutions Achieves Record Revenue of $14.6 Million, Including 53% Increase in Services Revenue to $2.8 Million ______________________________________________________________________________________ 38 Copyright © 2007 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] CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Cimatron's Q1 2007 Results Release Scheduled for May 21st____________________________________________ 39 Implementation Investments_____________________________________________ 40 ADVIK Hi-Tech Leverages PTC® Pro/ENGINEER® To Speed Entry Into Four-Wheeler Auto-Parts Market _____ 40 Autodesk Announces One Millionth 3D User ________________________________________________________ 41 Autodesk Honors RTKL for Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration With Revit BIM Experience Award ______________ 42 Delcam’s PowerMILL Gives Wegner Motorsports High-Speed Port Machining _____________________________ 43 Forklift Innovator Combilift Cuts Product Design Time by 40 Percent with SolidWorks, COSMOS _____________ 44 INCOSE Chooses Telelogic DOORS for Requirements Management _____________________________________ 45 IronCAD Helps Design Group Secure Oakridge National Labs Contract ___________________________________ 46 Leading Semiconductor Companies in China Adopt the VMM Verification Methodology _____________________ 47 MTC Technologies Puts Enigma First—Selects Enigma as Subcontractor for US Army Maintenance Logistics Programs ____________________________________________________________________________________ 49 Open-Silicon Adopts Synopsys DFT MAX to Lower the Manufacturing Cost of ASICS ______________________ 50 Precast Leader Tindall Corp. Selects IFS Applications—IFS Shows Capabilities in Both the Manufacturing and Construction Space_____________________________________________________________________________ 50 Rapid Subversion Adoption Validates Enterprise Readiness and Challenges Traditional Software Configuration Management Leaders ___________________________________________________________________________ 51 SABMiller plc Taps Sopheon to Power Global Innovation Process Initiative________________________________ 53 Stability and Competitiveness with KOMPAS-3D – the Main Secrets of JSC "Zavod Phiolent" _________________ 54 Sympak Corraza Spa Wraps Up Design Environment With CoCreate Tools ________________________________ 56 Two High School Robots Designed in SolidWorks Software Win Big in National Competitions ________________ 57 Vienna City Administration Waltzes With SAP—City of Vienna Leverages SAP® ERP to Enhance Public Sector Administration and Maximize Public Value for Its 1.7 Million Residents __________________________________ 59 WorkNC Improves Lean Manufacturing at Reich Tool & Design_________________________________________ 60 Product News_________________________________________________________ 61 Cadence Introduces Industry's First Complete Custom IC Simulation And Verification Solution ________________ 61 Cadence Revolutionizes Productivity For Next-Generation PCB Design with New Allegro Platform _____________ 63 Cadence Speeds Adoption of Wireless and Consumer Low-Power Designs with Low-Power Methodology Kit_____ 65 CADopia Bundles McNeel Rhino 4.0 and Flamingo 1.1 with CADopia IntelliCAD Professional ________________ 67 CaminoSoft Completes Testing of Information Lifecycle Management Software under IBM System Storage Proven Program _____________________________________________________________________________________ 68 Concept Engineering to Join Sequence Design’s In-Sequence Program ____________________________________ 69 Dassault Systèmes Announces New Release for Unified Finite Element Analysis from SIMULIA_______________ 70 Dassault Systèmes Announces SIMULIA Solutions for Simulation Lifecycle Management ____________________ 71 DAZ 3DTM Announces Free Dynamic Clothing Technology ___________________________________________ 72 DP Technology Corp. Introduces ESPRIT 2008 and ESPRIT Mold V. 9 ___________________________________ 73 EMC Unveils Newest Version of Flagship Storage Resource Management Software, ControlCenter 6.0 __________ 74 FreeDesign Receives Patent for FreeDimension Technology ____________________________________________ 75 HP Helps Manufacturers, Distributors Better Manage Business Services with Solution Certified by SAP _________ 76 Informative Graphics MYRIAD CAD Viewer Gets 3D Visual Rights Publishing ____________________________ 78 iSEEK Delivers CADSEEK Polaris, Incorporating New Technology For More Sophisticated, Extensive Shape Searches _____________________________________________________________________________________ 79 LEDAS enters CAM/CNC market in partnership with Tecnos G.A. Srl. ___________________________________ 81 Lombardi Announces Teamworks 6 BPM Suite ______________________________________________________ 82 Magma Enhances Flip Chip Design Support, Integrates Talus Vortex and Blast Fusion with Rio Design Automation’s RioMagic ____________________________________________________________________________________ 85 Magma Offers Royalty-Free License for Low-Power Chip Design Patent __________________________________ 85 MasterControl Partners with EMC