CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 25 April 2008

25 April 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• BlueCielo Acquires CAD & Company’s ECM Division

CIMdata News

• A New CIMdata Program Review of PDM Technology’s BlueStar PDM/PLM for Microsoft Dynamics AX
• CIMdata Highlight: Siemens PLM Software’s Synchronous Technology Announcement
• Last Chance to Vote in the Current Opinion Poll

Company News

• Aras Brings Enterprise Open Source on Microsoft to the PLM Market in EMEA
• Capvidia Expands North American Operations
• Gerber Technology Inaugurates First Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in SouthEast Asia
• Mentor Graphics Names New Vice President
• New Dedicated Website for WorkPLAN Enterprise from Sescoi
  

Events News

• Avatech Solutions Presents Autodesk 2009 Technology for Building Design and Engineering Professionals
• Bentley Best Practices for Sustaining Infrastructure
  
• CGTech to Show VERICUT 6.2 at IMTS
• ECS GmbH at SAPPHIRE 08 from 19/5 to 21/5/2008 in Berlin
• Dassault Systèmes Showcases V6 Platform and PLM 2.0 Strategy at Next-Generation PLM Seminar
• Dassault Systèmes to Showcase Next Generation PLM Solutions at ENOVIA Americas Customer Conference, May 6-9, 2008
• Delcam’s Complete CADCAM System for Footwear in China
  
• FIT and Yunique Launch New Packaged PLM Solution for SMB Fashion Businesses
• Flomerics Publishes White Paper and Sponsors Webcast on the Latest Meshing Techniques for Flow Simulation
• LMS Announces Dates for its Annual Test & Simulation Conference – May 28 & 29, 2008
• Mentor CEO to Keynote at The Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum in Orlando, Florida
• RAND Worldwide to Deliver Ten Sessions at COE Conferences
  
• SAP Customers and Partners to Gather at SAPPHIRE® 2008 Event Series to Explore “Business Beyond Boundaries”
• STAR European Conference 2008 Wrap Story
  
• Theorem Solutions Showcases New Interoperability Products for CATIA users at COE 2008

Financial News

• Apache Design Solutions Continues Growth with Record Q1 Sales
• Cadence Reports Q1 Revenue of $287 Million
• Catalog Data Solutions Announces 100% Growth Rate for Q1 2008
  
• EMC Posts Record First-Quarter Revenue
• ESI Group Announces its Consolidated Full-Year Results to 31 January 2008
• Geometric Q4 USD Revenues up 1.8% QoQ, Operating Profit up 28.6% QoQ; Annual Revenues up 42.7% on USD Basis
• MSC.Software to Host First Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast on May 7, 2008
• PTC Announces Fiscal 2008 Second Quarter Results Issues Q3 Guidance and Re-Affirms Full Fiscal Year Targets
• SAP to Announce Results for First Quarter of 2008 on April 30, 2008
• SofTech Announces Third Quarter Financial Results for FY 2008
• Synplicity Announces First Quarter 2008 Results

Implementation Investments

• ANSYS Technology Offers Swimmers Best Chance of Success in Build-Up to Beijing Games
• AVIO Selects iSIGHT-FD for Simulation Process Integration, Automation and Design Exploration
  
• Daktronics Selects PTC® Product Development System to Develop Innovative Scoreboard Systems
• Delcam’s PowerMILL Use for Laser-Based Micromachining
• Delphi Cuts Development Time of Next-Generation Diesel Engine ECU With LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim
• Eurostep Limited Contracted by the UK Defence Logistics Organization
• Leading Utility Industry Equipment Manufacturer Selects RuleStream to Capture, Manage and Reuse Knowledge
• Shipbuilder Selects IFS Applications for Increased Visibility of Costs and Inventory
• Simulation Helps Solve Difficult Thermal Challenge in Tower Mounted Amplifier
• Toshiba Adopts Synopsys Sentaurus TCAD Simulation for Development of Next-Generation Device Technologies
  
• TTM, INC. Adopts Cadence Holistic DFM Solutions for 65NM and Below Designs
  

Product News

• Agilent Technologies Announces Expanded RF/Mixed-Signal Simulation Coverage for Wireless Communications IC Design
• Arena Solutions Announces New EDA Adapter Designed to Integrate Arena PLM's Centralized Product Record With Schematic Design Tools
• Automate Imaging Workflows With New Spicer Scan Review™ for Imagenation®
• Blue Ridge Numerics Named Autodesk Preferred Industry Partner
• CENIT and Right Hemisphere Announce Worldwide Partnership
  
• Ceon Launches ‘Rapid Product Modeling’ Service to Accelerate Product Management Transformation
• Comet Solutions, Inc. Partners with T-Solution to Bring First Integrated Simulation Environment to China
• Geometric’s DFMPro™ Now Enables Users to Add Design for Manufacturability (DFM) Rules In-House
• Geometric Introduces 3DPaintBrush, a Design Visualization Software
• Hankuk Valence to Distribute Valor's Assembly Solutions in Korea
• Kubotek Delivers Tenth KeyCreator Release Committed to History-free, Feature-based Modeling Approach
• Lattice Semiconductor and Synplicity Expand Partnership
• Moldflow Announces the Release of Moldflow Communicator 2.0
• New Accolade® Version 7.0 from Sopheon Enables Product Range Management and Technology Reuse
  
• Over 120 Oracle Accelerate Solutions Now Available From Oracle Partners
• SAP Helps Life Sciences Companies Mitigate Risk and Achieve Compliance With “Perfect Plant” Center of Excellence
  
• TraceParts Announces Strategic Partnership with CAD.de Portal
• TSMC Unveils New 40/65-Nanometer SPICE Tool Qualification Program
  
• Visiprise Enhances its Shop Floor Integration Solution for Manufacturers

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:

The poll indicates that 35% of responders consider PLM implementation to be as complex as implementing an ERP solution.

Another 26% of responders indicated that PLM implementation was more complex than ERP. For large enterprises, PLM implementations generally encompass a significant amount of process change and integration with other business and technology applications. This can require a major amount of services and can have significant impact on how people work. Such change is inherently complex – similar to or more so than many ERP implementations.

Some 39% indicated that PLM implementation was easier than ERP implementation. For smaller enterprises, PLM implementations tend to be more narrowly focused than those at larger companies. This results in less integration, process impact and other changes. PLM implementations of smaller scope can be completed in a much short time than ERP implementations at the same company.

The results of the poll reinforce that larger implementations (and most PLM implementations to date have been in larger enterprises) much be planned and executed as would any other enterprise level system – and can be just as complex.

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