CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 29 August 2008

29 August 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Bentley Expands Professional Services for Structural Engineering and Plant Application Users in North America
• HP Completes $13.9 Billion Acquisition of EDS
• Infosys Announces its Plans to Acquire Axon Group plc

Company News

• CGTech Announces VERICUT® ‘Super-User’ Contest Winners
• ‘Global Delivery ? An Essential Guide’ from INCAT Presents the Case for Engineering Services Outsourcing
• ITI Announces Leadership Promotions
• Ministry of Science & Technology and Bentley Launch 2008-2009 Future Cities India 2020 Competition Finals
• NEi Nastran FEA Software Joins Intel® Certified Solutions Program
• Noran Engineering, Inc. Becomes NEi Software
• RAND Worldwide Opens New Training Facility in Atlanta
• ThinkDesign ‘Reforms’ Descriptive Geometry

Events News

• Anark Showcases Innovative 3D CAD Transformation and Visualization Solutions at NVISION 2008
• ANSYS Previews Support for Windows HPC SERVER 2008; Simulation Software Performance to be Highlighted at 2008 International ANSYS Conference
• COADE CADWorx Plant Design Webinar September 4th to Focus on Intelligent Insulation
• Delcam Announces 40 Partner Stands at IMTS
• DP Technology Debuts ESPRIT 2009 CAM Software at IMTS 2008
• Experience DELMIA's 2008 Customer Conference North America
• Fourth Annual Multiphysics Conference Poised to Set Attendance Records
• Free-of-Charge Tool Making Meeting Point for an Efficient Process Optimization, Sept. 17, 2008 in Frankfurt
• Gibbs to Demonstrate Advanced 3D with HSM Enhancement at IMTS 2008
• JETCAM Showcases Full Punching and Profiling Automation at Euroblech
• Manufacturers Will Meet on Developments in Computer-Aided Engineering at Altair's HyperWorks Technology Conference
• ModuleWorks to Show Latest CAM Component Technology at IMTS
• New Version of CimatronE Previewed at IMTS
• Sescoi Exhibits its CAM/CAD and ERP Systems and Launches New Collaborative Working Software at the AMB Show in Stuttgart

Financial News

• Avatech Solutions Reports Preliminary Net Income for Fiscal 2008
• Cimatron Reports Record Revenues of $10.9 million on a Non-GAAP Basis in Q2/08
• Delcam Announces Record Half-Year Sales
• Magma Reports Revenue of $45.7 Million for First Quarter
• Sopheon Results For The 6 Months To 30 June 2008 Business Review And Outlook

Implementation Investments

• Ariela Alpha International, LLC Selects Lectra's Modaris ExpertPro to Improve Efficiency and Speed Product Development of Global Designs
• EADS and Atos Origin Consolidate 15-Year Partnership With Global Framework Contract for Onboard Software and Engineering
• IFS Applications™ to Support the UK Defence JAMES Land Project
• Kubotek USA and Brazil’s RCTASK Expand Agreement with SENAI
• Leading European Design Consulting Firms Standardize on VMM Verification
• Magma Titan Analog Migration Solution Ports Rambus Custom Designs
• Magma's Talus Selected by Infineon as Standard Implementation Platform for Nanometer ICs
• SandLinks Achieves First-Time Right Silicon Using CPF-Enabled Cadence Low-Power Solution
• Technia and AKVA group ASA Sign a 3 MNOK Agreement for Product Lifecycle Management to Facilitate Growth

Product News

• Agilent Technologies to Collaborate with NVIDIA to Accelerate Signal Integrity Simulations Using CUDA-Based GPUs
• KOMPAS-3D V10 ? New Version Launched
• Magma Introduces Titan Analog Circuit Design Acceleration Solution
• Magma to Develop Yield Enhancement Software for Solar Cell Fabs
• Rasterex Releases RxView & RxHighlight R10
• Siemens PLM Software Ships Solid Edge With Synchronous Technology
• SofTech Announces Linux Support with Latest CADRA Release
• Solid Edge CAD Connectors for Aras
• VISTAGY Partners with CSM Vigyan to Extend its Leadership to the Indian Aerospace and Automotive Markets

CIMdata Online Polls

CIMdata is now featuring online polls with real time reporting on our web site at http://www.cimdata.com/polls/polls.html. 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
The results of last month’s poll (What is the primary driver for deploying PLM solutions within your business) indicate that cost savings and cycle time reductions are still the leading drivers for PLM implementations. These two areas represent over 50% of the responders primary drivers (25% for cost savings and 28% for cycle time reductions). These have been the primary drivers for over four years ? in a similar CIMdata poll in 2004 over 53% indicated the same primary drivers. New product introduction also remains important with 16% of respondents indicating that it was a primary driver. These results confirm that enterprises are under pressure to get new products to market faster while continuing to reduce costs. These pressures reflect the need for companies to improve their profitability and maintain their competitive position through faster delivery of more products.

Improving manufacturability is also an important driver with 14% of respondents indicating it was primary. This is up from just over 3% four years ago and indicates the increasing importance of being able to more efficiently (and more cost effectively) manufacture the increasing number of new or improved products being brought to market. Other factors such as serviceability and regulatory compliance are drivers but at this time less important than cost and time reductions.

For comparison results from this poll when it was featured in 2004:

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