CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 9 January 2009

9 January 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Valor Acquires PCB Matrix

CIMdata News

• CIMdata in the News: “Virtual Product Development Gaining Traction”
• New Poll: How have these stressful economic times impacted your PLM program?

Company News

• Autodesk Names Ideate Inc. Reseller of the Quarter for Outstanding Customer Achievements
• Cadence Appoints Lip-Bu Tan President and Chief Executive Officer
• Ken Bozzini Joins Arena Solutions as Chief Financial Officer
• LMS Announces Two Strategic Vice Presidential Appointments
• NovaQuest Begins Operations January 1, 2009
• Surfware, Inc. Announces New Direct Sales Manager, Eric Brown
• ZWSOFT Launches ZWCAD CAD Design Contest

Events News

• Cimatron’s Webinar Showcases Integrated Die Design and Manufacturing Improving Shop’s Profitability
• Delcam to Demonstrate Jewellery Software and Services
• Delcam to Show Dental Software in Spain
• Major Sewn Products Suppliers to Participate in SPESA EXPO 2010
• Mastercam for SolidWorks on Display at SolidWorks World
• Onesia Releases a New Offer for Orealia
• Sescoi and OSG Corporation Run a Joint Productivity Technology Seminar
• Si2 to Host Low Power Coalition Tutorial at DesignCon 2009
• solidThinking to Offer Free ‘sTudent’ Software at Macworld

Financial News

• EMC Announces Preliminary Fourth-Quarter Financial Results in Line with Previous Guidance
• Open Text to Report Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Results on Wednesday, January 28, 2009
• PTC Provides Preliminary Q1 FY’09 Results
• Virage Logic Updates First-Quarter Fiscal 2009 Outlook

Implementation Investments

• Cobra Automotive Technologies Selects Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter to Enhance Product Development and Engineering Processes
• Dubai Victory Team Boats Fly with SolidWorks
• Eaton Taps IBM for Vehicles Driven by Fluid Power; UPS Tests Trucks That Cut Fuel Use by 50 Percent
• Hifn Selects CoWare ESL 2.0 Solutions for Design and Performance Optimization of Next-Generation Applied Services Processors
• IFS Signs New Agreement with Sanitec
• PTC And Dallara Automobili Celebrate 15-Year Technology Partnership in Building Winning Race Cars

Product News

• Adam Evolves- and Tim is Born- in 3D
• Altium Supports CADstar Users With New Import Wizard
• Apache Design Solutions Introduces RedHawk-NX, the Next Generation Full-chip Dynamic Power Integrity Solution
• Autodesk Announces Three New Software Releases for the Mac
• ecVision® Enhances Workflow Configuration Capabilities in Retail Supply Chain Software
• EnSuite Enables Seamless Product Knowledge Sharing across the Enterprise
• JETCAM Releases v16.06.00 of JETCAM Expert
• Lattice Technology Releases XVL Plug-in for Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended Software
• Lectra Extends its Lead with a New Version of Lectra Fashion PLM
• New Geomagic Studio 10x Ships
• Synopsys DesignWare Controller and PHY IP for PCI Express Successfully Pass PCI-SIG 2.0 Compliance Testing
• ZWSOFT Releases ZWCAD 2009, its Most Efficient CAD Software Ever

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