CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 18 July 2008

18 July 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Cimatron Announces the Increase of its Holdings in Microsystem to 100%

CIMdata News

• A New CIMdata Program Review: SAP’s New PLM Roadmap—Enabling Product and Service Leadership
• CIMdata Announces the Promotion of Peter Bilello to Vice President
• CIMdata Announces the Results of its Latest Poll on Managing Simulation & Analysis
• CIMdata in the News: “PLM's Natural Evolution”
• Only 10 Business Days Left to Vote in our Latest Opinion Poll: What is the primary driver for deploying PLM solutions within your business?
  
  

Company News

• Catalog Data Solutions Announces 85% Growth in First Half of 2008
• Gerber Technology Participates in Opening of Keehwa Hitech’s Laser Cutter Manufacturing Center
• Lectra Strengthens its Partnership with the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana
• Mentor Graphics Donates Unified Coverage Database (UCDB) to the Accellera Unified Coverage Interoperability Standard (UCIS) Technical Subcommittee
• PLM Industry Veteran Don Tolle Joins Comet Solutions, Inc.
• Valor Appoints ELAS as Representative in Hungary

Event News

• Dassault Systèmes to Highlight V6 at DELMIA Worldwide Customer Conference
• ESPRIT 2008 and ESPRIT Mold v9 at Machine Tool Fair OTA 2008
• Lectra Holds its First Education Congress

Financial News

• ANSYS, Inc. to Release Second Quarter 2008 Earnings August 7, 2008
• Apache Design Solutions Achieves Twenty-Second Consecutive Quarter of Record Sales with Continued Profitability
• Aspen Technology Announces Date of Selected Preliminary Fiscal 2008 Fourth-Quarter and Full Year Financial Results Release, Conference Call and Webcast
• Dassault Systemes Releasing Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results on July 31, 2008 as Previously Announced; Advancing Time of Webcast by ½ Hour
• IBM Reports 2008 Second-Quarter Results
• MSC.Software to Hold Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast on August 5, 2008
• Sopheon Trading Update

Implementation Investments

• AEG Electric Tools GmbH Creates Cool Power Tools Faster with EFD.Lab Flow Simulation
  
• Corden Pharma Opts for CIDEON Output Management
• CSI Integrates HyperWorks Simulation Tools into Its Automotive Product Development Process
• Delcam’s FeatureCAM Cuts Machining Times by 80%
• Delcam’s PowerSHAPE CAD Used for Conformal Cooling Project
• MAKO Uses SolidWorks Software to Design Robotics and Implants for Minimally Invasive Surgery Alternative
• Namura Shipbuilding Orders Additional Licences of AVEVA Software
• Ricoh Adopts Cadence Encounter Platform For Digital IC Design
• Saab Aerosystems Selected Teamcenter MRO for Handling its Customer Support
• Siemens PLM Software-Sponsored Joe Gibbs Racing Driver Kyle Busch Dominates First Half of NASCAR Season
• Siemens PLM Software-Sponsored KB Racing Driver Greg Anderson Wins Three in a Row
• SofTech’s ProductCenter PLM Solution Selected by Fluidigm Corporation
• Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company Debuts Russia’s First Paperless Aircraft Using Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter Collaboration Solution
  

Product News

• Agilent Technologies Announces Industry’s First HiSIM2.4 Model Extraction Package for DC, RF Parameters
• Cadence Expands System-Level Offerings with Introduction of C-to-Silicon Compiler
• Cimatron’s Microsystem Offers GibbsCAM in Italy
• Conformia Announces Design Suite for Pharmaceutical Product/Process Operations
  
• CONTACT Software Integrates Adobe Standards into CIM DATABASE
• Corel Unveils Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite X4
• EDS and Siemens PLM Software Deliver Best-in-Class Defense Logistics Solution
• Elysium Inc. Releases CADdoctor EX3.0 for Product Data Translation, Verification and Quality
  
• Geometric Releases GeomCaliper® Version 2.2
• LMS Imagine Unveils National Instruments LabVIEW Real-Time Interface in LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Rev 8A
• Magma and Zyvex Instruments Enter OEM Partnership to Provide Faster, More Accurate Failure Analysis for Sub-100-nm ICs
• Magma Announces Next-Generation Knights LogicMap and IntensityMap -- Enables Cross Mapping to Camelot CAD Navigation Software for Faster, More Accurate Analysis and Debug
• Magma Enhances Knights YieldManager With New Bitmap Defect Analysis -- Improves Yield and Time to Market
• Magma Introduces New Options for Knights Camelot CAD Navigation, Tightening Links Between Design and Manufacturing -- Faster 'Concept to Reality'
• Magma's Knights Camelot CAD Navigation Solution Now Links to Mentor Graphics YieldAssist Fault Diagnostic Engine
• Mentor Graphics Announces Support of Model-driven Design for Six Sigma in the Automotive Industry
• Open Text's Enterprise Library Services Certified for Windows Server 2008
• RAND Worldwide Launches ProductivityNOW Version 2.0
• Siemens PLM Software Ships Version 4 of Teamcenter Express cPDM
• Synopsys and Mattson Collaborate on Advanced TCAD Process Simulation of Technology
  
• Synopsys Broadens DesignWare SATA Solution With Device IP
• usb Joins Aras Partner Program
• Zuken Releases Latest Free Version of the CADSTAR Express
  

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 Simulation & Analysis, while growing in use, is still primarily selectively used within enterprises according to 59% of respondents. Supporting this situation is that many most enterprises (56% of respondents) have not yet established corporate processes for managing S&A data. However, even though the responses indicate limited use of S&A, it is clearly growing. The fact that 44% of the respondents indicated that processes are being applied illustrates the growing importance that companies are placing on S&A and the recognition that managing this valuable IP is becoming more and more critical.

When asked where S&A data is being maintained, respondents indicated that approximately 18% was essentially in a loosely or uncontrolled manner – 3% on paper and 15% in other (Microsoft Excel is the leading S&A tool for S&A). On a positive note, 33% of respondents indicated that PDM systems were being used to maintain S&A data, while another 49% indicated that simulations data managers associated with the analysis tools were being used. The fact that some 80+% of the data is being placed under more formal control is a solid step to establishing better use of S&A data, including reuse and traceability. Linking the simulation data managers into the overall PLM environment will continue to improve this process.

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