CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 31 July 2009

31 July 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Mentor Graphics Unveils Android and Embedded Linux Strategy with Acquisition of Embedded Alley

CIMdata News

• CIMdata in the News “What PLM Can Learn from Social Media”

Company News

• Autodesk Assistance Program Expands to Europe
• Autodesk 2010 Certification Now Available for Design Professionals
• Bentley Announces Online Availability of May 2009 Annual Report
• CAD4All Premieres ZWCAD Training Centers in South Africa
• Domain Celebrates 13 Years of Delivering Value Through Products and Services to Agile PLM Customers
• DP Technology, Creator of ESPRIT CAM, Teams up with Italian company CAMM s.r.l., maker of OmniCAD
• Intergraph® Offers Smart Career Program for Transitioning Design Professionals
• Jonathan Pickup’s 3D Modeling in Vectorworks Now Available for Purchase
• Synopsys Honors Accellera and the SPIRIT Consortium with Ninth Annual Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award

Events News

• Apache Design Solutions Achieves Record Q2 Bookings and Revenue
• ARM, Chartered, IBM, Samsung, and Synopsys Collaborate to Deliver Vertically Optimized Solution for 32/28nm Mobile SoC Designs
• CADWorx Plant Design Suite, CAESAR II, PV Elite and TANK Design and Analysis Software Products to Be Featured at COADE Discovery Tour on August 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• CGTech to Show VERICUT 7 at SOUTH-TEC
• COADE Discovery Tour Event Scheduled for August 12 in Quito, Ecuador, Featuring CADWorx Plant Design Suite
• Design Automation Conference Announces Winners of 2009 DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest
• 46th DAC Announces Preliminary Attendance Figures
• 46th Design Automation Conference Goes Green at Moscone This Week
• NovaQuest PLM Summit to be Held Sept. 17 - 18, 2009 in Chicago Illinois
• Tekla User Meeting 2009 Keynote Speaker Announced
• Think3 Part of the Crew at the “International School of Yacht Engineering”
• Z-DAC 2009 Conference Registration is Now Open

Financial News

• Atos Origin First Half 2009 Results
• Cadence Reports Q2 2009 Financial Results
• Capgemini Group First-Half 2009 Results in Line with Targets
• Cranes Software’s Q1 FY10 Consolidated Revenues up 6% to Rs. 1,218 Million
• DS Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results At High End of Company Objectives
• Geometric Declares Revenues of Rs 1,293 Mn, PAT up 140.7% Q-o-Q
• Lectra First Half 2009
• PTC Announces Q3 Results
• SAP Announces Second Quarter and First Half 2009 Results

Implementation Investments

• Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ Selected by NEC Electronics
• Catalog Data Solutions Customer Exceeds 48,000 CAD Downloads
• China National Chemical Engineering Co., LTD. Expands Use of Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise Solutions
• Davao City, Philippines, Selects Bentley’s WaterGEMS to Efficiently Design and Build New Water Systems
• Engineering Contractor Ampack Ammann Opts for Transparency and Standardisation
• Fiat FGA to Standardize Worldwide With Zuken E³.series on Electrical Design Solutions
• Freescale Achieves Design Cycle Reduction and Superior Silicon Predictability with Cadence Model-Based Physical and Electrical DFM Solutions
• LG Electronics Adopts Cadence Conformal Technology for Improved Engineering Design Management, Faster Time to Market
• MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT Opts for LMS Simulation Technology to Develop its Ground-Breaking Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) Engine
• PROTOMED SA Chooses HyperWorks to Simulate Implantable Medical Devices
• SpaceClaim Awarded Major OEM Contract by Flow International Corporation
• UMC Adopts Cadence 40-Nanometer Reference Flow for Low Power, Verification, Implementation and DFM-Aware Design
• VNIIGAZ Selects ANSYS MULTIPHYSICS Software to Drive Innovation in Oil and Gas Pipeline Technology

Product News

• ACS Software, Inc. Releases SR4 Update for Version 6.5 of the AutoEDMS™ Document Management & Workflow Solution
• Cadence Achieves First-Silicon Results on 32nm Common Platform™ Technology
• Cadence Validates ARM Optimized Libraries for 45nm SOI Process
• CSC's FirstDoc Recognized by EMC as a Preferred Regulatory Compliance Application for Life Sciences Industry
• First Intra-Operable Software for Intelligent Substation Design Speeds Project Delivery and Reduces Costs
• Gerber Technology Launches Newest Version of webPDM, the flagship component of Gerber’s PLM Software Suite
• Great Abilities for 2D Design and Budget Savings; ASCON continues rental program for KOMPAS-3D and KOMPAS-Graphic
• Jobshop 2009 R3
• Latest Enhancements to AVEVA Plant Deliver Immediate and Measurable User Benefits
• Magma Announces Next-Generation Mixed-Signal Design Flow With New Release of Titan Platform
• Magma's Talus IC Implementation System Included in TSMC Reference Flow 10.0 Targeting 28-nm Process Technology
• Mechanical Simulation Corporation Releases CarSim® 8
• Mentor Graphics Announces Linux and Nucleus Multi-OS Support for Marvell Sheeva Embedded Processors
• Mentor Graphics Announces Nucleus Graphics and Linux Platform for ARM Mali GPUs
• Mentor Graphics Enables Android on Freescale Products Based on Power Architecture Technology, Reaching New Applications and Audiences
• Mentor Graphics Underscores Low-Power Strategy with Vista Architecture-Level Power Solution
• Optimize Machine Design With a Software Solution From Dassault Systèmes and Rockwell Automation
• PROSTEP Enhances Its Data Exchange Portal OpenDXM® GlobalX
• Synopsys Introduces Galaxy 2009 with 2x Faster Throughput
• Think3 and 3Dconnexion Agree to Technology and Sales Partnership
• True Engineering Technology Re-Invents The Number
• Vero Launch VISI 17
• Virage Logic Extends IP Technology Leadership to the 32/28nm Process
• Virage Logic Introduces Volume Production-Proven SiPro™ PCI Express PHY IP
• ZWSOFT Announces Release of ZWCAD 2009i

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 opinion poll asked if the economy had impacted company PLM programs this year. The results were better than expected. The first concerned the progress of PLM programs. More than a third of respondents (37%) indicated that there had been no change. This indicates that many companies have remained committed to their PLM initiatives and are continuing to acquire and deploy PLM solutions. Another 18% indicated that the situation had improved and their programs were now proceeding without further delays while 21% indicated that their programs were proceeding with some delays. Only 24% indicated that their situation had worsened and their PLM programs were being delayed or reduced in scope. The fact that 75%+ indicated continuing progress reflects management’s understanding of the importance of PLM to help a company maintain or improve its competitive position in times of stress and also that PLM can help reduce the overall cost of product development.

The second question asked if companies had changed the direction (focus, scope) of their PLM program. 52% responded that there had been no change in direction while 27% indicated that there had been changes in priorities to focus on supporting specific business areas. The remaining 21% indicated that there had been miscellaneous direction changes. These results would indicate that most companies are following their PLM plan with the confidence that it should provide the support they need. They are evaluating how PLM can best support specific business areas and adjusting their programs to focus on those areas in which they can get the biggest return on investment.

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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