CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 25 July 2008

25 July 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Ansoft Announces Stockholder Approval of Acquisition and Satisfaction of Closing Conditions

CIMdata News

• CIMdata Announces the Availability of a New Review of Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter Express Program
• Only 5 Business Days Left to Vote in our Latest Opinion Poll: What is the primary driver for deploying PLM solutions within your business?

Company News

• Survey Shows CEOs Are Making Collaboration a Top Priority
• 3Dconnexion Survey Reveals Significant Design Productivity and Quality Improvements With 3D Mice
• Yunique Names Former Liz Claiborne Executive Fortier as Director of Product Development Strategy

Events

• ASCON held Partnership Meeting and Seminar in Lindau
• Delcam to Launch New Jewellery Software and Services at IJL
• Delcam to Launch World’s First “Tribrid Modelling” Software at TCT
• Delcam to Show New CAM Range at AMB
• Sescoi to Launch Two New Products and Give Away Free Software at IMTS
• Success of First European Built Environment CAE Conference Demonstrates Value of Engineering Simulation
• Prima Industrie Chooses HyperWorks Simulation Platform to Develop 2D Laser Cutting Machines

Financial News

• Cadence Reports Q2 Revenue of $329 Million
• EMC Posts Record Second-Quarter Financial Results; Achieves 18% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth
• PTC Announces Fiscal 2008 Q3 Results
• PTC Q3 Fiscal 2008 Prepared Remarks

Implementation Investments

• Bottero Chooses Altair HyperWorks Simulation Platform for Development of Glass Production Lines
  
• Calvin Klein Jeans and Tukatech Develop Custom Fit Forms
• Mentor Consulting Slashes Time-to-Mask at Dongbu HiTek with Optimized Calibre Flow
  
• New Case Study Published on Holland Applied Technologies Choosing CADWorx for Intelligent 3D Plant Design, Cutting Design Time 66% and Saving 10% on Fabrication Costs
• Pacific Brands Selects Dassault Systèmes’ PLM Solution to Drive Apparel Development from Concept to Customer
• Prima Industrie Chooses HyperWorks Simulation Platform to Develop 2D Laser Cutting Machines
  
• SPP Shipbuilding Uses AVEVA Marine and PLM Solutions
• Técnicas Reunidas Group Selects Intergraph® As Preferred Enterprise Engineering Software Provider
• Thompson Couplings Uses Autodesk Inventor to Create Innovative New Coupling
• U.S. Navy Purchases Additional KeyCreator Software from Kubotek USA
  
• USR Chooses vPlan for Better Customer Service
  

Product News

• Autodesk Announces New Products to Help Utilities Improve Network Design and Management
• BlueCielo Releases InnoCielo Asset Management Module 2008
• BlueCielo Releases InnoCielo Publisher 2008
• Content Management Meets Web 2.0 Without Enterprise Risk—EMC Delivers Version 6.5 of Documentum ECM Suite
• Delcam Adds Abutment Module and Five-Axis Options to Dental Machining System
  
• ESI Group Releases Virtual Performance Solution 2008
• i-PULSE Establishes OEM Agreement with Valor
• Icona Solutions Signs Up New Reseller in Korea for aesthetica, its Perceived Quality Software Solution
• Immersion Launches Kit for Designing Touch Feedback Into Small Touchscreen Products
• Kubotek USA Signs Rand North America as a Value Added Reseller for New Validation Tool Software
• New Version of solidThinking Industrial Design/Styling Software Launches Globally
• Mill Turn Machining With TopSolid'Cam
• ReverseEngineering.com Announces OEM Partnership with SolidWorks Corporation
• Siemens PLM Software Ships Version 6 of CAM Express
• Siemens PLM Software Delivers Parasolid Version 20.0
  
• Spatial Advances CAD Interoperability and 3D Modeler to Drive CAD/CAM/CAE Innovation
• Stage-Gate Inc. Endorses Planview Enterprise for New Product Development Optimization
• Synergis Software Delivers Adept 8 Enterprise Document Management and Workflow
• Synopsys Announces Availability of New Fully Synthesizable PowerPC Cores
  
  
  

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.

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The results for the last opinion poll are:

NOTE: The results of these polls are anecdotal, not scientific.
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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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