CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 9 May 2008

9 May 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Autodesk Acquires Assets of REALVIZ, Developer of Image-Based Content Creation Software
• Intergraph® Korea Ltd. Acquires TechServer Corp.
• Sale of PLM Software Division Solidifies Freeborders' Position in the Outsourcing Industry
  

CIMdata News

• CIMdata Announces the Results of its Latest Opinion Poll
• CIMdata Posts a New Opinion Poll on the Most Important Criteria in Your Company's PLM Evaluation and Selection Process
  

Company News

• Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society Incorporates Algor FEA into National Qualification Exam
• Mentor Graphics Aligns Product Groups to Address IC Implementation Challenges at 45nm and Beyond
• Serena Chooses HCL Technologies to Provide End-to-End Software Lifecycle Management
  
• Synopsys Invests In Prover Technology

Events News

• ASCON to Participate in CAD Conference 2008
• AspenTech 2008 User Conferences in Houston and Berlin Highlight Best Practices in Operational Excellence from Global Process Manufacturers Using aspenONE
• CoWare Establishes Direct Presence in Israel
• Delcam Crispin to Launch New Software for Orthotics at Orthopadie
  
• ESPRIT at EASTEC 2008 May 20-22, 2008
• ESPRIT at Citizen Machinery Private Show, Nagoya, Japan, May 21-22, 2008
• GibbsCAM 2008 Previewed at EASTEC 2008
• Invitation to CD-adapco Houston Office Open Day
• Management Day at 45th Design Automation Conference Offers Design Managers Valuable Insights from Industry Peers
  
• Open Text to Showcase Leading ECM Solutions for Use With SAP at SAPPHIRE® 2008 Orlando Conference
• PDT Europe 2008 Call for Papers
• Sescoi to Co-Host 5-axis Workshop at Die & Mould China Show
• Tribold Plans a Busy TM Forum Management World 2008
  

Financial News

• Aras Accelerates Global Momentum with Record Sales and Key Milestones
• Avatech Solutions to Report Fiscal 2008 Third Quarter Results on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
• CENIT Confirms Positive Outlook for 2008
• EVE Ends Fiscal Year 2008 with 40% Growth in Revenues
  
• Magma Reports Revenue of $214.4 million for Fiscal 2008, 20.4 Percent Above Prior Year
• Moldflow Reports Results from Continuing Operations for Its Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended March 31, 2008
• MSC.Software Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2008
• Synopsys Announces Earnings Release Date and Conference Call for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2008

Implementation Investments

• Active Chilled Beam Cooling Reduces Energy Usage 20% in Northwestern Lab
• AMCC Uses Flotherm & Flopack to Reduce IC Package Development Cost by Comparing Flip-Chip/Wire Bond Thermal Performance
• AUDI AG Enters Production in Largest Global Installation of MSC.Software's SimManager
• Cybernetix’s CyxPro® Software for Monitoring Remotely-Operated Systems Integrates Kineo CAM’s KCD™ Collision-Detection Library
• Data Solutions CAD Downloads and Catalog Selected by California Caster
• Delcam Announces 25,000th Customer
• DMP Slashes Power 50% in New 3-D Graphics Processor IP Core “PICA200” with Sequence PowerTheater
• Dyrup Selects IFS Applications to Streamline Business Processes
• Ellery HomeStyles Chooses NGC's PLM and Global Sourcing Solutions
• ENOVIA MatrixOne Selected for Air Warfare Destroyer Project
• ENOVIA SmarTeam Expands Leadership in Mid-Market PLM With New Wins; Over 2,000 New Customers in the Past Year
  
• Greentec Fuels Energy-Efficient Home Systems Designed With SolidWorks
• NEDAP Upgrades to Aton5
• NEiFusion Selected by LEEVAC Industries LLC to Perform Finite Element Analysis on Vessels and Barges
• NextIO Standardizes on VMM Methodology and Synopsys VCS for Next-Generation I/O Virtualization Chip
  
• PTC Announces Innovation Design Contest Winners
• Shanhaiguan Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd Adopts PTC CADDS®5 Shipbuilding Solution as Its Standard Design Platform
• Siemens PLM Software Honored as one of Visteon Corporation’s Top Suppliers
• SMU School of Engineering Receives In-Kind Grant With A Commercial Value OF $5.7 Million From Siemens PLM Software
• Stretch Inc. Uses Arena PLM to Set up the Right Systems and Controls to Take the Market by Storm
  
• University of New South Wales Teams With ANSYS to Develop Industry-Ready Work Force
  

Product News

• Ansoft Ships HFSS v11.1
• Aras Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program
• Aras Delivers Version 9 of Advanced Model-based SOA for Enterprise PLM on the Microsoft Platform
• Autodesk Unveils Autodesk Seek Web Service for AEC Industries
• BigLever Software Delivers Fully Integrated Software Product Line and Requirements Engineering Solution
• Bluespec Expands into Japanese Market
• Flomerics Version 8.2 of EFD Simulation Software Offers Enhanced Usability and Increased Performance
• LMS Integrates 1D and 3D Simulation for Vehicle Handling
• LMS Introduces NVH Observer Database with Vehicle NVH Benchmarking Information
• Maple 12 Delivers Major Innovations in Engineering Analysis and Design
• McGraw-Hill Construction Extends Building Product Content to Millions of Autodesk Designers
• Mentor Graphics Announces Partnership with NXP Semiconductors for Design-for-Test Tools and Technology
• Open Text Enhances the Value of SAP NetWeaver Portal with Market Leading Web Content Management Capabilities
• Siemens PLM Software Adds Support for the European Reach Regulation to its Teamcenter Suite
• SoftinWay Unveils Powerful New Solvers for AxSTREAM Turbomachinery Conceptual Design and Optimization Suite at ASME/IGTI Turbo Expo 2008
• Spatial and Kubotek Renew Long-term Partnership Agreement
• STAR-CD V4.06 - Mould Breaking CFD
• TGrid 5.0 Advances Automatic, High-Quality Meshing Tools for Increased Productivity
• The MathWorks Introduces Communications Blockset 4

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:

NOTE: The results of these polls are anecdotal, not scientific.
If you have a suggestion for a poll you'd like to see contact us at info@cimdata.com.

Analysis
CIMdata’s latest opinion poll indicates that a significant majority of those responding see their company’s PLM effort, including the development of its strategy, being led by one of the following three groups: engineering, manufacturing, or corporate management. While CIMdata is somewhat surprised to see that 38% of the respondents indicated that manufacturing is driving their PLM initiative we are encouraged by this because we believe that this is an indication that many companies understand the value and necessity of accurate and complete product definition information being available to manufacturing. This may also indicate a growing acceptance of digital manufacturing and those PLM enabling solutions that support manufacturing engineering as various computer-aided design and analysis tools have supported product engineering.

It is no surprise that 34% of the respondents indicated that their company’s PLM initiative is being driven by engineering. For many years engineering has been the prime driver for the implementation of PDM, CAD, and a number of other PLM enabling solutions.

Finally, it is important to note that the third largest driver was corporate management. This points to a trend that CIMdata has seen for some time; a trend towards companies considering PLM more and more as an enterprise initiative. CIMdata expects this trend to continue as PLM is seen by companies in multiple industries as a true enterprise business strategy.

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