CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 30 May 2008

30 May 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Dassault Systèmes Introduces V6 to the Market

Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced the market introduction of V6, a next generation PLM 2.0 platform and solution set. Unveiled in January, this sixth generation version was conceived in tight collaboration with industry leaders and leverages the success of DS brands and V5 PLM. V6 harnesses the power of Web 2.0, Web 3D and Dassault Systèmes’ rich technology portfolio...

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Acquisitions

• Bentley Acquires Common Point to Mainstream Construction Simulation

CIMdata News

• New Opinion Poll on the Management of Simulation/Analysis in Your Organization

Company News

• Accept Expands Senior Management Team With Two Appointments
• Bentley Announces Release of May 2008 Annual Report
• First Book Published on the Open Verification Methodology
• Four-Fold Increase in Educational Sites Using Flomerics EFD Software
  
• IBM Opens New Global Delivery Center in Pune, India
• Jochen Boy Receives Bryan K. Martin Technical Excellence Award
• New Product Development Study Revealing Interesting Trends
• Sequence Chapter in New PFI Book Details Early Power Analysis Tips
• Thales and Mentor Graphics Halve Time-to-Productivity for New Design Engineers
  

Events News

• Agilent Technologies to Feature Latest Innovations in Signal Integrity Design, RFIC Verification at 2008 Design Automation Conference
• Anark Showcases 3D CAD Transformation Platform at PTC/User World 2008
• Apache Design Solutions Offers Hands-On Tutorial on IP Validation for Macro and Embedded SoC at 45th Design Automation Conference
• Apriso to Speak at Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA User Conference
  
• Busy Start to June for Theorem at PTC User World Event and Siemens PLM Connection Americas
• Design Automation Conference Professional Development Fund to Award More than $170,000 this Year
• ESI Group Announces Keynote Speakers for EuroPAM 2008
• 45th Design Automation Conference Shines Spotlight on Wireless Technology
• Gibbs to Demonstrate Advanced 3D with HSM Enhancement at IMTS 2008
• GibbsCAM Interoperability with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire Showcased at PTC/USER World Event 2008
• Join Arena Solutions June 5th for Summer ’08 Arena PLM Online Launch Event
• Mentor Graphics Chairman and CEO to Moderate 6th Annual ESL Symposium Panel at DAC 2008
• RuleStream to Bring Leading Edge Technology to PTC/USER World Event
• Simulation Software at Unmanned Air, Land and Marine Vehicle Conference Promotes Innovation, Faster Design Cycles, and Optimized Solutions
• Si2 Announces Member Demonstrations at the Design Automation Conference
  

Financial News

• Ansoft Corporation Revenue Increases Nearly 20%
• Arena Solutions Announces 46 Percent Growth in Sales of Arena PLM for First Quarter 2008
• AVEVA Group Results for the Financial Year Ended 31 March 2008

Implementation Investments

• agron, inc. Implements PTC® FlexPLM™ to Increase Information Reuse and Improve Operational Efficiency
• Autodesk Announces Sound Devices as Inventor of the Month for May 2008
• Bentley Announces Winners of 2008 BE Awards of Excellence
• Bentley’s Communications Products Help Hellas Online Speed Delivery of 450-Kilometer Fiber Network in Athens
• CENIT Receives Contract From Airbus in the Double-Digit Millions
• Ceon’s PLM System Selected by Leading Converged Services Provider Siminn
  
• HDR Increases Investment in Autodesk BIM Solutions
• Open-Silicon Adopts Magma's Hydra Automated Floorplanning and Hierarchical Design Planning Product to Streamline ASIC Implementation
• Project-centric Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group moves faster with IFS Applications
• STARC Adds Sequence Low-Power Tools to Advanced Design Flow
• Technische Werke Friedrichshafen Selects Bentley Software to Implement New Multi-Utility GIS
• Tompkins Industries Selects CDS Solution
• Volkswagen Group Relies on ESI Group’s Virtual Performance Solution
• Zensys Selects Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ for Wireless Transceiver Verification
• Zuken Boosts Presence in Defense Market Announcing Deal with MBDA
  

Product News

• Altair and FTSS Cooperate to Deliver Integrated Safety Analysis Solution
• Altair Increases Western European Presence through FEMTO Channel Partner Agreement
• Always in Touch: OptiTex Packs Even More Features into its 3D Runway Designer 10
• Bentley Announces ISO 15926-Based Bentley OpenPlant PDx Manager
• Bentley Integrates Bentley Building Electrical Systems With Visual Lighting Design and Analysis Software From Acuity Brands Lighting
• Bentley Releases Bentley Water V8 XM Edition
• DesignAdvance Introduces CircuitProbe - New Product Enables Bi-Directional Communication Between Layout and Schematic
• ESI Group Adopts Oracle to Power ESI Group Decision Support System Enterprise Solutions
• EVE Unleashes DW-FPGA for FPGA Synthesis
• GibbsCAM Post Processors for Mori Seiki NMV Line Approved
• Mentor Graphics Qualifies Calibre Model-based Planarity Flow for TSMC’s 65 and 40 nanometer IC Manufacturing Processes
• Spatial Announces Integrated Suite to Speed EDA 3D Analysis Development
• Synopsys Introduces HAPS-51T ASIC Prototyping System to Accelerate Time to Results
• Synopsys Releases Proven VMM Methodology Standard Library and Applications Under Apache Open Source License
• Synopsys Unveils New IC Compiler Router Delivering 10X Speed-Up
  
• Trubiquity Names First Sales Partner in China
• Virage Logic Speeds Time-to-Market with an All-Digital, High-Performance DDR2/3 PHY+DLL Solution
  

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 aolutions.

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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