CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 6 February 2009

6 February 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• Oracle’s Acquisition of Agile: A Status Update (CIMdata Commentary)
• CIMdata Announces the Results of its Opinion Poll on How These Stressful Economic Times Have Impacted PLM Programs

Company News

• American Tec and Valor Sign Cooperative Agreement
• Article: Implementing the Engineering Collaboration Hub
• COMSOL Expands Presence in India
• Cybernet is Now Master Reseller for SpaceClaim in Japan, Taiwan, and China
• Delcam Establishes Professional Services Group in Singapore
• Document Locator® Listed on Construction Specification Institute’s GreenFormat™
• Driving Dimensions for Google SketchUp Public Beta Downloads Top 3,000 in Three Months
• Dyadem Opens EMEA Headquarters in London
• EDS, an HP Company, First to Be Certified in Run SAP® Methodology as a Provider of Solution Implementation and Solution Operations
• EMC and Microsoft Extend Strategic Alliance through 2011 to Deliver Efficient Information Infrastructures and Empower Workers
• Eurostep Selected as New Partner in Building Industry Project
• Eurostep to Prepare New Edition of PLCS
• Lattice Technology Appoints Chris Vodanovich as National Account Manager for the Americas Region
• Magma Licenses ATPG Technology to LogicVision
• SAP Announces IBM’s Adoption of the Run SAP® Methodology; IBM Becomes Launch Partner for SAP® Business Suite 7
• SAP Helps Customers Respond Quickly to Economic Downturn With Introduction of New Modular Business Suite - Partner Quote Sheet
• SME Education Foundation, Siemens PLM Software, and National Science Foundation Invest in Future Engineers

Events News

• Apache Design Solutions to Participate in Three DesignCon Sessions Addressing Chip-Package-System Co-Design
• Capvidia to Showcase FormatWorks at SolidWorks World 2009
• CGTech Ltd Expands VERICUT Training Courses for 2009
• CGTech to Demonstrate VERICUT Composite Applications
• COADE Announces 2009 COADE Productivity Training Schedule for CAESAR II Pipe Stress Analysis Software
• COADE Productivity Training Classes Scheduled for COADE PVElite 2009 Pressure Vessel Analysis Software
• Delcam to Show Biggest and Best CAM Range at WESTEC
• Delcam to Show Latest PartMaker at mediSIAMS 2009
• GibbsCAM 2009 to be Demonstrated at SolidWorks World 2009
• Geometric to showcase CAMWorks 2009 and DFMPro ver 2.0 at SolidWorks World
• Microsoft to Hold Empowering Excellence Workshops to Help Manufacturing Firms Innovate and Reduce Costs in Uncertain Times
• SolidCAM to Reveal New Electrode Solution for Mold Makers at SolidWorks World 2009
• solidThinking to Demonstrate Improved Collaboration Between Industrial Design and Engineering Software at SolidWorks World, Feb. 8-1
• Tacton Systems to Showcase TactonWorks 4.2 at SolidWorks World 2009
  
• TraceParts 3D Catalogs to be Presented at the SolidWorks World 2009 Conference
• 2009 COADE User Conference Scheduled for September 28-30 in Houston with Registration Now Open
• Virtual Product Test for Designers and Engineering Simulation Software for Analysts at Pacific Design Show
• Zuken Exhibiting at SolidWorks World 2009 and Plans Global Preview of E³.WireWorks 2009
• ZWCAD 2009 Launch Seminars to be Held in Emirates and South Africa

Financial News

• Autodesk Extends Invitation to Join Its Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results Conference Call Thursday, February 26, 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time
• Avatech Solutions Announces Rescheduling of Conference Call to Report Fiscal 2009 Second Quarter Results
• Cadence Reports Q4 2008 Financial Results
• Magma Announces Third Quarter Earnings Call and Webcast
• Magma Design Automation Announces Cost-Cutting Actions Expected to Save $20 Million
• Synopsys Announces Earnings Release Date and Conference Call for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009

Implementation Investments

• Blue Ridge Numerics Helps Design Engineers Solve Flow and Thermal Problems in Any Economic Climate
• Delcam’s FeatureCAM Supports Shielding Specialists
• Finn-Flare Implements Gerber Technology’s webPDM Solution
• General Motors Selects VISTAGY Seat Design Environment™
• Huntsville Utilities Selects Bentley Software to Implement New Multi-Utility GIS
• Kineo CAM’s Collision Detector Library, KCD™ Chosen for CMM Software Applications
• PTC® CoCreate® Helps ARRI Maintain Foothold in Hollywood
• Rieter Argentina Deploys Infor EAM for its Maintenance Operations
• Spijkstaal Elektro Selects Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter Express and Solid Edge
• Toyota Continues Strategic Partnership Using LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim full Vehicle Energy Management Studies
• Weichai Power Improves Cross Functional and Departmental Collaboration with PTC Windchill

Product News

• Agilent Technologies Introduces Million-Bit-Per-Minute Channel Simulator for Signal Integrity
• Arena Solutions Announces Winter '09 Release of Arena With New Arena-SolidWorks Integration
• Autodesk Announces Inventor Fusion Technology
• Autodesk Takes 3D Design and Documentation to Next Level with AutoCAD 2010
• Browzwear Takes Comprehensive Approach with 3D Virtual Prototyping Implementation Solution and New Products
• Delcam Launches NC-Checker for Machine Tool Verification
• Dimensional Control Systems Inc. (DCS) announces a Software Development Partnership Agreement with SIMULIA
• MachineWorks v6.6 Introduces a New Graphics Engine
• MapleSim Japanese Edition to Bring Cost and Time Benefits to Engineers in Japan
• Mentor Graphics Announces MAJIC JTAG Probe Support for Sigma Designs Secure Media Processors
• Mentor Graphics Delivers Power Integrity Analysis to Address Advanced PCB Systems Design Challenges
• SAP Helps Customers Respond Quickly to Economic Downturn With Introduction of New Modular Business Suite
• Synopsys Expands DesignWare SuperSpeed USB IP Offering with xHCI Host Controller
• Think3 Releases MoldDesign, the ‘Smart’ Solution for Mold Makers

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:

In the light of these current uncertain economic times, it is of no surprise that many companies are drastically curtailing spending. What is of interested is where are companies cutting spending (i.e., from which projects or what types of projects). In order to find out, CIMdata recently conducted an opinion poll that asked participants how have the current stressful economic times impacted their PLM programs. When discarding the "None of the above" responses, approximately 63% of the remaining respondents reported that their PLM program has been negatively impacted in some manner (e.g., 14% reported that their project was stopped, 9% reported that their project’s scope had been reduced, and 15% reported that they have experienced a reduction of resources availability). These responses all point to the fact that a large percentage of the participant’s PLM programs, like many other business initiatives we read about in today’s news, have not been immune from the budget cutting knife. This in itself is not that interesting.

However, what is significantly more interesting is the fact that the vast majority of the participant’s indicated that their programs are continuing forward in some manner. In fact, it should be noted that 37% of the poll’s participants indicated that their PLM program has been positively impacted (e.g., almost 17% indicated that their program’s speed and/or importance has increased and approximately 14% indicated that they have seen absolutely no impact). These are very positive results, and ones that our upcoming polls will focus on in order to gain additional insight related to how the current uncertain economic times are impacting PLM’s adoption.

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.

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