CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 28 March 2008

28 March 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Events for PLM technology and service suppliers to examine the Industry's performance, gauge its progress and set the vision for the future. (Details)

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Acquisitions

• SolidWorks Acquires CircuitWorks Provider Priware
• Watchtower Completes the Recommended Cash Offer to the Shareholders in Telelogic

CIMdata News

• CIMdata in the News: “Designing for Mechatronics”
• CIMdata in the News: “From mind to market...”

Company News

• Autodesk Recognizes Elite Platinum Club of Top-Performing Resellers
  
• Cadence Expands and Accelerates Development in China
• Dassault Systèmes Joins FIATECH to Power Stronger Collaboration in the Energy, Process and Construction Industries
• Dassault Systèmes’ Serves the Global Automotive Market with Unified Brand Approach
• Howard Clark Named Vice President of Strategic Alliances;Powerway, Inc. Again Bolsters Marketing Team
• NGC Moves to New Corporate Headquarters to Keep Pace With Rapid Growth
• WorkNC 20 Years On

Events News

• Dassault Systèmes Announces 2008 International Abaqus Users' Conference
• ESPRIT 2008 at METAV, Düsseldorf, Germany, March 31-April 4, 2008
• Siemens PLM Software Empowers Channel Partners to 'Sell the Power' at Asia Pacific Go! 2008 Conference
• Program Announced for 45th Design Automation Conference
• VX CAD/CAM Version 13 Highlighted at MICAD - Paris
• VX to Demonstrate Mold Design Automation and Machining at Eurostampi
• VX to Demonstrate New Automated Machining at METAV 2008
• Zuken Brings Japanese Roots to Hannover Messe Combining East and West
  

Financial News

• Oracle Reports Q3 GAAP EPS Up 30% to 26 Cents, Non-GAAP EPS Up 23% to 30 cents; Database and Middleware New License Revenues Up 20%, Total GAAP Revenues Up 21%

Implementation Investments

• A Committed WorkNC Customer for Over 20 years, Salomon’s Slogan is ‘No Limits’
• Behr America is Launching FACTON's Product Lifecycle Costing Software
• ESS Technology Standardizes on Simucad's SmartSpice Analog Circuit Simulator
• Fluid Components International Reduces Time to Market for Quality Instrumentation with Adept Document Management
• Hynix Uses Magma to Implement Flash Memory Design – Reduces Turnaround Time by 30 Percent on 16-Gb Design
• Leirvik Module Technology Selects Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter as its Company-Wide PLM Platform
• New Compact Proton Radiotherapy Device Designed with SolidWorks Software
• NIFT Chooses TUKATECH for Bachelors and Masters Degree Program in Fashion Technology
• Novare Surgical Systems Selects Arena PLM to Aid in Delivery of the World’s First Full-Range-of-Motion Handheld Surgical Instruments
  
• STARC Establishes Variation-and-Yield-Aware Design Methodology Using Mentor Graphics Calibre LFD
• Sunplus Selects Cadence Incisive Xtreme to Meet Faster Time to Market by Achieving Orders of Magnitude Performance Gain in Simulation Acceleration
  

Product News

• Altair Announces New Reseller Agreement with CYBERNETICS, Expanding Presence in Eastern Europe
• aPriori to Enhance Design-to-Cost Software Solution with Tech Soft 3D’s HOOPS Graphics Platform
• ASCON Released the Next Update of KOMPAS-3D V9
• Cadence Encounter Conformal Eco Designer Improves Logic Designers' Productivity
• CollabNet Opens Distributed Development Platform to all Developers
• Leading OEM Partners Rely on Cognos Solutions to Broaden and Strengthen Core Product Offerings
• LMS Signs Partnership Agreement with EADS Innovation Works and IMACS to Integrate Next-Generation Acoustic Simulation Technologies in LMS Virtual.Lab
• Mentor Graphics Expands Questa Functional Verification Platform with Questa Codelink for Processor-Driven Tests
• New VX Intelligent Machining Automation Speeds Up CNC Programming Productivity
• Science + Computing AG Joins Altair’s Simulation Data Management Implementation Partner Program
• The MathWorks Announces EDA Simulator Link DS
• The MathWorks Expands Product Portfolio for Electronic System Verification
• think3 and Mahindra Engineering Services Forge Strategic Partnership
  
• Yunique Solutions Raises the Bar for PLM Image Management; Advanced Storyboard, Collaboration and Adobe Integration Tools Address Designers & Developers
  

CIMdata Online Polls

CIMdata is now featuring online polls with real time reporting on our web site at http://www.cimdata.com/research/polls/polls.php. Each week the results of the previous poll will be included in the CIMdata PLM Industry Summary to help you stay on top of trends in the PLM industry.

Take a moment to visit the site and vote on our current poll.

The results for the last opinion poll are:

This opinion poll indicates that of the companies responding, 43% initiated their program within the last 3 years. This group generally reflects the recent adoptions of PLM by small to medium size enterprises. Adoption of PLM by SMEs has been growing rapidly as the PLM providers have developed solutions targeted to that market. The group that initiated their PLM program between 3 and ten years ago (almost 38% of respondents) generally represents larger enterprises which have been the primary market for PLM solutions since the mid to late 1990s. Those companies that initiated their program over ten years ago represents the early adopters of PLM – generally larger automotive, aerospace and heavy machinery companies.

A majority of respondents also indicated that their company had a formal PLM strategy. CIMdata strongly recommends that company establish a PLM strategy prior to selecting any specific solutions and beginning implementations. Having a defined strategy provides a framework for determining the best solution for each individual company and for how the solutions should be deployed to deliver the maximum benefit for that investment. In the opinion poll 43% indicated that their company conducts a yearly PLM audit – a best practice that CIMdata strongly recommends – and another 41% indicated that they conducted audits randomly over time.

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