PLM Industry Summary Editor: Christine Bennett Vol. 7 No 41, Friday 14 October 2005 CONTENTS Acquisitions _________________________________________________________ 2 FileNet Completes Acquisition of Yaletown Technology Group __________________________________________ 2 RAND Worldwide® Completes Acquisition Of Autodesk-Related Assets From Continental Imaging Products______ 3 CIMdata in the News__________________________________________________ 3 A New Report from CIMdata: The Benefits of Integrating PLM and ERP ___________________________________ 3 Company News ______________________________________________________ 4 Avatech Solutions Announces Customer Loyalty Program; Leading Solutions Integrator Seeks to Set New Standards in Customer Care Performance ______________________________________________________________________ 4 AVEVA Delivers New Strategic Initiative in China ____________________________________________________ 5 Bentley Announces Publication of 'Rendering With MicroStation'; Book Details Every Aspect of Rendering Needed to Produce Photorealistic Images and Output____________________________________________________________ 6 Bentley Announces BE Conference Europe 2006 ______________________________________________________ 7 Cadence Announces Best Overall Paper Presented at CDNLive! __________________________________________ 8 Carlucci Promoted to Head Deligo Technologies ______________________________________________________ 9 Delcam USA Names FCS International Top FeatureCAM Distributor _____________________________________ 10 Engineous Software to Host Over 300 at International Symposium and Workshops in Detroit, Michigan; FIPER 2.0 and iSIGHT-FD Launched and Demonstrated at the Event _________________________________________________ 11 Leading PLM Vendor Will Discuss Next Generation PLM Solutions for Complex Engineering Manufacturers_____ 12 Magma Launches Second Series of ''TechTalks''; Lunch-Time Technical Presentations Cover Migrating to Magma's Blast Create, Statistical Timing Analysis and Yield Enhancement ________________________________________ 13 Next IAI-IFC and STEP/PLCS/RDL Workshop for Implementations _____________________________________ 13 Omnify Software To Present at ASPMFG RoHS/WEEE Seminars In Palo Alto and Irvine_____________________ 14 OptiTex™ Announces Its Membership in the Microsoft Certified Partner Program___________________________ 15 Patrick D. Cahill Starts The U.S. ShipConstructor Team _______________________________________________ 16 Prominent Sutter Hill Ventures Managing Director Jim White Joins Right Hemisphere Board of Directors ________ 16 PROSTEP IMP Supports Mechatronic Integration ____________________________________________________ 18 Si2 Announces the Seventh OpenAccess Conference with Speakers and Demonstrations from Leading Semiconductor and EDA Companies ___________________________________________________________________________ 18 Spescom Software Appoints Glenn Cox as VP Sales and Marketing ______________________________________ 19 UGS and General Motors to Host Exclusive Executive Perspectives: Best Practices in PLM-enabled Business Process Improvement Symposium on October 11____________________________________________________________ 20 UGS Elects New Directors to Board; New Members Add Business and Industry Expertise to Further the Company’s Growth Initiatives______________________________________________________________________________ 22 UGS, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and CAD Potential Team Up To Deliver Automotive Certification Program in the Americas for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Technologies___________________________ 23 Visiprise and HMS Software Announce Merger Agreement_____________________________________________ 24 World's Best Innovators Are "Six Times More Successful" in Getting Better Products to Market Faster, UGS Chairman, CEO and President Tony Affuso Tells Fellow Automotive Industry Leaders _______________________ 26 Financial News______________________________________________________ 27 AVEVA Group plc—Pre-Close Trading Update ______________________________________________________ 27 Cadence Announces Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results Webcast ______________________________________ 27 FileNet Announces Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results on October 25, 2005______________________________ 28 netGuru Receives Nasdaq Notification _____________________________________________________________ 28 PTC to Host Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005 Results Conference Call and Webcast on November 2, 2005 ____ 29 [TCS] Strong Q-o-Q Performance, Big Wins Drive Growth Momentum (US GAAP) _________________________ 30 Implementation Investments _________________________________________ 34 Copyright © 2005 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 Ameron International Selects Synergis Adept Engineering Data Management and Achieves 50 Percent Increase in Productivity __________________________________________________________________________________ 34 Constellation Energy Contract Valued at $750,000 for Deployment of eB Across Nuclear Fleet_________________ 35 Dassault Systèmes and Queen’s University Establish PLM Competency Centre _____________________________ 35 Engineous Software Wins Phase V Award for Continuing Work on the US Army's Integrated Performance Cost Model Program _____________________________________________________________________________________ 36 eSERV Selects PTC® Windchill® To Strengthen Engineering Services Offering ____________________________ 38 FISHER/UNITECH Helps Wise Plastics Technologies Realize Up To 40% Reduction in Design Cycle Times _____ 39 Kawasaki Microelectronics Adopts Apache’s SoC Power Closure Design Flow _____________________________ 40 Liz Claiborne Inc. Selects PTC® Retail, Footwear And Apparel Solution As Company-Wide PLM Standard ______ 41 Marvell Adopts Synopsys' Galaxy Platform for High-Performance Communications Products __________________ 42 netGuru Inc. REI Division Adding Corporate Accounts; Fourteen STAAD.Pro Corporate Clients Signed During Last Six Months ___________________________________________________________________________________ 43 Newark InOne Goes Live With New Endeca-Powered Punchout/Roundtrip Website _________________________ 44 South Carolina DOT Wins 2005 BE Award _________________________________________________________ 45 Product News_______________________________________________________ 46 Altium Releases Service Pack 3 for P-CAD® 2004 ___________________________________________________ 46 AssurX Announces Immediate Availability of CATSWeb Process for Document Control _____________________ 48 Autodesk Ships 3ds Max 8 Software _______________________________________________________________ 50 Autodesk Improves Product Design Collaboration for Manufacturers _____________________________________ 51 AVEVA Announces VNET 3.3 ___________________________________________________________________ 52 AVEVA Delivers Huge Package of Customer-Driven Enhancements to Project Resource Management System ____ 54 CADopia Announces the Release of CADopia 6______________________________________________________ 54 CADSTAR 8.0 Includes Advanced Features for Signal Integrity, Routing, Lead Free Compliance and Variant Management__________________________________________________________________________________ 56 CollabNet Joins Mercury BTO Ecosystem As Elite Alliance Partner, Supports Comprehensive Approach To Application Lifecycle Management ________________________________________________________________ 57 FileNet Announces General Availability of FileNet Capture 5.0__________________________________________ 58 Hitachi and Denali Collaborate to Deliver CE-ATA Simulation Models for Microdrive® 3K8__________________ 59 HRS Partners With Gael Quality To Distribute Q-Pulse Compliance Management Software ___________________ 60 IBM Expands PLM Express Portfolio to Help Mid-sized Manufacturers Increase Customer Responsiveness and Maximize ROI ________________________________________________________________________________ 61 IBM Names PROSTEP Advanced Level Partner______________________________________________________ 65 IFS Announces New Maximum Overall Equipment Effectiveness Solution_________________________________ 66 MSC.Software Releases MSC.ADAMS 2005 r2______________________________________________________ 66 Nemetschek North America Announces the VectorWorks 12 Product Line _________________________________ 67 NIKA to Exhibit EFD.Pro at PTC/User Events in Germany and France ____________________________________ 68 OSIsoft Announces MCN Health Monitor Software ___________________________________________________ 69 Pathtrace and Mori-Seiki Announce Collaboration Plans _______________________________________________ 70 Pathtrace Announces Support for Autodesk® Vault ___________________________________________________ 70 Productivity Improvements are Key in the Latest Release of EdgeCAM software from Pathtrace Engineering Systems ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 71 PROSTEP and AutoWeb Team to Improve the Exchange of Intellectual Property____________________________ 72 SAP Releases 28 New Versions of Best Practices Offerings for Midsize Enterprises__________________________ 73 UGS Launches PLM Mid-Market Product Portfolio and Channel Program in EMEA _________________________