CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 23 January 2009

23 January 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Autodesk Completes Acquisition of ALGOR, Inc.
• Mentor Graphics Extends High Level Synthesis Leadership with Acquisition of Agility Design Solutions Inc. C Synthesis Suite

Company News

• Anark Names Chris Garcia Senior Vice President, Business Development
• Autodesk Manufacturing Community to Select 2008 Inventor of the Year Award Winner
• Delcam Offers Free ArtCAM Demo Software for Artistic Users
• DP Technology Moves its Midwest Team to a Larger, New and Improved Site
• DP signs Agreement with Italian Lathe Manufacturer GRAZIANO Tortona S.r.l.
• DP Technology Signs Agreement with Italian Machine-Tool Builder Salvadeo S.r.l.
• Kalypso and Endeca Announce Partnership in Support of Engineering and PLM-Related Information Visibility Solutions
• New WorkXPlore 3D Website Allows Engineers to Download High Speed Collaborative CAD Viewer Free
• Si2’s Open Modeling Coalition Releases Document on Statistical Design Techniques
• SoftInWay Expands Its Team to Meet the Growing Demand for Turbomachinery Design Software
• Sopheon Partners with Maxsoft to Provide Product Innovation Management Solutions in India
• Surfware, Inc. Appoints Greg Schils as New Product Manager
• Virage Logic Announces Restructure

Events News

• Cimatron Powers Latest Milling Machines at IMTEX
• COADE and IOCS Asia Schedule Training Seminar on Pipe Stress Analysis and Surge Flow Prediction in Singapore Feb 16-21, 2009
• Delcam Crispin to Launch New CADCAM Software for Footwear at WSA
• ESPRIT 2009 by DP Technology at Medical Device Puerto Rico 2009
• Geomagic Announces Program for February Convergence 2009 Conference
• “International Seminar Cum Exposition on New Product Development Tools”
• Jaguar Land Rover and Abbott Vascular to Deliver Keynotes at 2009 SIMULIA Customer Conference
• Mastercam Showcasing Major New Developments at Westec 2009

Financial News

• Geometric’s Q3 Operating Revenues Increase 31.6%
• IBM Reports 2008 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results

Implementation Investments

• Agilent Technologies’ GoldenGate Tool Now Supported as Part of STMicroelectronics’ 65nm RF Design Platform
• Alps Electric Selects Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE and Noise Analysis Option
• Felder Accelerates Design of Woodworking Machines with SolidWorks Software and 3DVIA Composer
• Freescale Japan Adopts Cadence Low-Power Solution To Develop Advanced Power Management Chip
• Gautrain Rapid Rail Link Meets Demanding Requirements With Bentley’s ProjectWise Collaboration System
• Geometric SAS, France Adds HyperWorks Suite to Their Set of Preferred CAE Tools
• HW Lochner Effectively Communicates Vision for Fort Drum Connector Project Using Bentley Software
• Intrinsity Standardizes On Magma's Talus IC Implementation Flow for High-Speed, Low-Power Processor Cores
• John T. Essberger uses AVEVA Software to Support New-Building Projects in Turkish and Chinese Shipyards
• Leading Engineering Services & Consultancy, Assystem UK, Selects Altair HyperWorks for Gas Turbine Design
• Magna Powertrain Doubles Testing Productivity with LMS Test.Lab
• Nagase Integrecs Standardizes Its Engineering Systems on PTC CoCreate
• Renesas Selects EVE's ZeBu-XXL for LSI Design for Mobile Phone
• Sogin Implements PTC® Windchill® As Global Platform For Data And Process Management
• Spirit AeroSystems Selects Right Hemisphere Software to Enable Visual Manufacturing
• TactonWorks Enables JMS to Shorten Turnaround Times with Design Automation
• USR implements vCheck

Product News

• Cadence Expands C-to-Silicon Compiler with High-level Synthesis Support for Altera and Xilinx FPGAs
• Fishbowl Solutions Announces Fishbowl Utilities for PTC® Windchill
• IBM and SAP Announce Release of Their First Jointly Developed Software Product
• ICAM Interfaces Post-Processing Product Suite to Mastercam
• Lattice Technology Releases XVL Converter for JT
• Mentor Graphics Announces Scalable TLM-2.0 Design Flow Using Vista and Catapult C Synthesis Electronic System Level (ESL) Design Tools
• NuVentures Announces Release 7 of PDMLynx Product Data Management Software
• Pictures by PC CAD/CAM Release Includes Advanced Drilling Functionality
• SIMPOE SAS Announced the Availability of the New Release Simpoe-Mold 2009 and SimpoeWorks 2009
• Synopsys Enhances DesignWare Ethernet IP With Support for IEEE 1588 Specification and ARM AMBA 3 AXI Interface
• ZWSOFT Ships ZWCAD 2009 in German (Beta) and Czech

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:

CIMdata’s latest poll was focused on the infrastructure companies are using to platform their PLM environments. The first question concerned the computing systems used for PLM servers. The responses indicated that Dell (30%), HP (26%) and IBM (24%) are the leading platforms with no platform dominating the market. Sun and other systems each had a 10% share. This reflects the competitive position of these systems in the marketplace. Each vendor is providing solid solutions and companies are tending to invest in platforms that are compatible with the rest of their IT environment.

Interestingly these server environments have generally been in place either 1 to 3 (39%) years or over 5 years, (27%) which reflects the refresh cycle of many companies and the fact that once some of these solutions are in-place and working, companies do not want to change them until it becomes necessary. The larger number of new installations reflects the recent growth of PLM programs within companies (both expansion and new initiatives). Most respondents indicated that replacement would occur with 1 to 3 years – again reflecting the traditional 3 year technology refresh cycle that most companies follow.

When asked why not refresh or replace, 41% of respondents indicated that their current environments are working fine and there is no driving reason to replace them. Another 22% indicated that budget restrictions are preventing or delaying replacement. These results reflect the current economic situation in which companies will not invest unless necessary to maintain effective operations. Respondents also stated that if they had budgets, they would either replace the current systems (28%) with a different platform or use the money to do other things (not update the computing environment – 30%). The other respondents indicated that adding memory, storage and CPUs (in that order) would be how they would invest in the current systems infrastructure.

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