CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 2 October 2009

2 October 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• MSC Software Amends Merger Agreement with Symphony and Announces New Special Meeting Date

CIMdata News

• Netherlands Telecommunications Law Impacts Dutch Readers of CIMdata PLM Late-Breaking News and CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

Company News

• Accellera Members Approve VIP Standard Best Practices Guide, Continue Improving EDA Verification and Interoperability
• David Bartlett Appointed Director of Agile PLM Practice for CPG
• I.B.I.S., Inc. to Resell PTC® Leading PLM Solutions to Industrial Equipment Manufacturing Clients
• Sescoi Plays a Major Role in the Prodentic Dental Prosthesis Project

Events News

• ACIS Architect to Speak at SIAM Geometric and Physical Modeling Conference
• Bentley and U.S. Department of Energy See Robust Energy Simulation as Key to Creation of High Performance Buildings
• Delcam Reseller to Preview Integrated CAM at SolidWorks Launch in Quebec
• ESPRIT Reseller EMCO Group Reveals Latest Innovations to the World
• ESPRIT 2009 by DP Technology at Middle East Manufacturing Exhibition 2009, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 18-20
• GibbsCAM to Program Live Manufacture of Cervical Plate at EMO
• IBM, Northrop Grumman, Bell Helicopter, Mentor Graphics and Leading Industry Analyst to Speak at IESF 2009 Military and Aerospace Conference in Dallas
• MachineWorks to Show Toolpath Generation at EMO
• Magma Launches Fall 2009 TechTalks Seminar Series for IC Designers
• NEi Software to Demonstrate Simulation of Impact Damage to Composite Structures at SAMPE 2009 Fall Technical Conference
• PDF3D Integration Success for ERPA Packaging CAD CAM Solutions
• SolidCAM to Show a Preview of the Upcoming Version SolidCAM 2010 at the EMO Exhibition
• Tribold Live Webinar: B2B Enterprise Product Management
• 2010 Call for Papers for SIMULIA Customer Conference

Financial News

• Avatech Solutions Reports Fiscal 2009 Fourth Quarter and Year-end Results
• ESI Group Results of the First Half of 2009/10 - Growth of Activity - Control of the Cost Structure

Implementation Investments

• ATC Lasham Now Live on Lawson Enterprise Software System
• Fuji Electric Device Achieves Significant Cost Reduction with Cadence Virtuoso Accelerated Parallel Simulator
• MagnaFlow Uses Autodesk Inventor to Improve Engine Efficiency, Reduce Emissions
• National University of Singapore Fuels Eco-car Innovation with MSC.Software
• 1,000,000 Starts Of CoCreate® Personal Edition From PTC®
• Polish Engineering Company Adopts ZWCAD for Tooling Design

Industry-Wide News

• EDA Consortium Reports Industry Revenue Down in Second Quarter 2009

Product News

• Agilent Technologies Announces MMIC Tool Bar Personality for United Monolithic Semiconductors’ pHEMT Processes
• ANSYS HPC to Enable High-Fidelity Insight and Productivity for Simulation Driven Product Development
• Aras and Lixto Accelerate Online Data Exchange in the Automotive Industry
• Bentley’s Hevacomp Simulator V8i Certified for Dynamic Simulation Modeling in United Kingdom
• Bunkspeed Introduces HyperShot ’10
• Cadence Extends Performance Leadership with Expanded Multi-Core Support
• Cadence Introduces the EDA Industry’s First Verification Solution for PCI Express 3.0
• Cadence Physical Verification System Supports TSMC’s Interoperable iDRC and iLVS Formats for 40-Nanometer Design
• Celeritive Signs Gibbs and Associates to Sell VoluMill for GibbsCAM; Broadened exposure for VoluMill in Europe, Asia and South America
• CGTech Ships VERICUT 7.0
• COADE and ASD to Integrate CAESAR II for Pipe Stress Analysis and ASD Pipe Support Optimizer
• Common Platform Alliance Qualifies Synopsys IC Validator for 32-nm Design Rule Checking
• Emergent to Provide ‘Knowledge Connectors’ Through Siemens PLM Partnership
• ESI Announces the Release of ACE+ Suite V2009.2; New enhancements benefit automotive, aerospace, fuel cell, and electronics industries results
• EVE’s ZeBu-Server Proven Fastest Emulator on the Market
• Gibbs and Associates Announces Partnership with Celeritive Technologies
• Intergraph(R) Releases SmartPlant(R) Construction Developed from Industry Best Practice Work Processes, Software Increases Productivity, Saves Time and Reduces CAPEX Costs
• Kubotek Spectrum Multi-CAD Viewer $99 Extended through October
• Lectra Launches the New Version of Kaledo®, its Unique Fashion-Specific Design Solution
• Magma Broadens Support for TSMC Processes: Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS Rule Decks Now Available for 180 nm and Below
• mental images® Unveils iray Rendering Solution
• MSC.Software Announces Strategic Relationship with Phoenix Integration
• Omnify Software Releases Version 4.5 of Empower PLM Solution
• Open Text Releases New Version of Enterprise Connect
• Radan’s 2010 R1 Delivers Efficiency, Automation and Ease-Of-Use
• SYCODE Launches Four High End Proprietary File Import Plug-Ins for AutoCAD
• 3DModelSpace Enables Industrial Suppliers with Online CAD Drawings to reach over 2 Million Design Engineers
• Virage Logic Expands SiPro™ Product Portfolio with New Production-Proven Advanced Interface IP Offerings
• VMAP by TechPassion Now Part of Altair's HyperWorks Enabled Community
• Zuken Takes Systems and PCB Design to the Next Level with CR-5000 2009

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 CIMdata’s latest opinion poll, participants were asked to indicate how different factors impact product success. The following chart shows the percentage of respondents rating an item either highest impact (5) or second-highest impact (4).

The results show that bringing a completely new product or significantly improving an existing product can have the most impact on the success of the product in the market. It also illustrates the importance of good service and support on customer satisfaction. Interestingly, lower cost and longer service life, while important, were considered less an impact on success. This would indicate that respondents believe that customers are willing to pay more for new and improved products. This has been true in the past when a first-to-market product (or significantly improved product) has been able to command premium pricing until the competition can catch up. Green/sustainable design is considered less important than other factors, but CIMdata thinks it will grow in importance in the coming years.

When asked who sets priorities for new product design, customer requirements were most important. The following figure shows that after customer requirements, sales and marketing, and design and engineering have an equal role in setting product design priorities. It is interesting to note that reacting to competition was considered less important and than sales and marketing, or design and engineering. However, requirements and priorities from those two groups often reflect competitive factors, e.g., sales and marketing requesting a product feature already available in their competition.

Corporate management was rated the least important when compared to the other factors in the poll; however, many of their priorities may have already been included in sales and marketing requests. The bottom line is that creating new and improved products that meet or exceed customer expectations and requirements is still the best path to success in today’s highly competitive markets.

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