CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 26 February 2010

26 February 2010

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

News and Information on Product Lifecycle Management

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Acquisitions

• Open Text to Acquire Nstein Technologies

Company News

• Arena Solutions Celebrates 10 Years of Providing On-Demand Bill of Materials (BOM) and Change Management Software in the Cloud
• AVEVA Opens a Global Customer Centre in Houston, Texas
• Dimensional Control Systems Inc. Adds EnViztec Pty. Ltd. to its Growing Roster of Resellers
• Kubotek USA Signs FEA Software Distribution Agreement with NEi Software
• Kubotek USA Adds Eureka-TEK as New Reseller for KeyCreator 3D Direct CAD Products
• Lectra Appoints Céline Pérès Communications Director
• Magma and Chengdu ICC Establish Joint Lab to Foster Growth of Analog and Digital IC Design in Western China
• SoftInWay Introduces Online Courses to Train Turbomachinery Design Engineers
• Surfware, Inc. Announces New 4- and 5-Axis Application Engineer
• Technology Industry Leaders Join Accept Software Management Team
• Updated Vectorworks Tutorials from Jonathan Pickup Now Available

Events News

• Delcam to Show New-Look in ArtCAM 2010 at Sign & Digital Exhibition
• Delcam to Support Diversification at DieMould India
• ESPRIT 2010, by DP Technology, at Interphex Puerto Rico 2010 March 4-5
• Texstars and VISTAGY to Present Webcast that Explains how Tier 2 and 3 Suppliers Can Win More Composites Business
• WorkNC®DENTAL Digital Prosthesis Manufacture at LMT Lab Day Chicago
• Zuken Delivers Seminar for Electrical System Design in Marine Projects

Financial News

• ANSYS Reports Revenue and Earnings Growth for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009, Updates Outlook
• Autodesk Posts Sequential Revenue, Profitability and Cash Flow Growth
• Autodesk, Inc. Fiscal Fourth Quarter 2010 Earnings Announcement February 23, 2010 Prepared Remarks
• Centric Software Posts Impressive Growth in Fiscal 2010
• Cimatron Reports Non-GAAP Net Profit of $1 Million in the Fourth Quarter of 2009
• Magma Reports Revenue of $31.0 Million for Third Quarter -- Exceeds All Financial Guidance
• Nemetschek Exceeds Profit Expectations

Implementation Investments

• Anchorage Municipal Light & Power Selects Autodesk Topobase to Improve Network Records Management
• Anshen + Allen Uses ArchiCAD to Transform Shipping Containers into Clinics for the Developing World
• Carestream Health Selects Aras as Enterprise PLM Backbone for Product Level Information Replacing Outdated Global Legacy PLM System
• Catalog Data Solutions Inc Selected by Rockford Linear Motion Inc for Online CAD Downloads, Catalog and eCommerce Solution
• Designers Rely on KOMPAS-3D both for Work and Creativity
• Kaman Anticipates Cutting Ply Development Time for Composite Helicopter Blades by Almost 80% with FiberSIM® Software
• Mentor Graphics Announces That Dongbu HiTek Has Adopted Eldo for Optimized Cell Characterization Flow
• MSC.Software Empowers China’s First Automotive Works with Industry Leading Engineering Management Platform
• Oil & Gas Contractor Semco Maritime Selects IFS Applications
• PDF Solutions Expands Use of Magma's Quartz Products to Physically Verify CV Test Chips for 45-, 40-, 32- and 28-nm Processes
• Queiroz Galvão Implements Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise
• Sescoi Software Used by Winners and Finalists in the 2009 Excellence in Production Competition
• StructureCraft Creates Roof for Richmond Olympic Oval with Autodesk Inventor
• Thermphos Taps Atrion International’s Product Compliance for SAP® EH&S Integration into Business Processes
• Volvo 3P Cab Engineering Includes New Material Model Available in RADIOSS to Better Predict Behavior of Cast Parts in Crash Calculations
• With Kneissl, Skier Is Ready for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games

Product News

• Cadac Organice BV Announces Advanced Document Creation in Organice Explorer 2010
• CGTech Now Shipping VERICUT Composite Applications Version 7
• Delcam Adds Parasolid to Toolmaker Tooling Design Software
• First Trace Releases Kinnosa 4.2 for Engineering Document Management
• Geometric Releases NestLib® 2010 R1
• Invensys Releases DYNSIM Medium Fidelity Simulation
• Invention Machine Unveils Innovation Software to Foster Expert Collaboration
• Lattice Technology And Kubotek USA Announce Partner Agreement
• Mentor Graphics Introduces FloTHERM IC, a Comprehensive Solution for Semiconductor Package Thermal Characterization and Design
• NEi Software Meets Market Demand with NEi Fusion 2.1, a 3D CAD Modeler with Nastran FEA
• New Version of Industry Leading Swept-path Software, AutoTURN, Launched
• Planisware Launches New On-Demand Solution Planisware Live™
• PTC Extends Explicit Modeling Technology Leadership with CoCreate 17.0
• Spatial’s CAD Translation Components Help Drive 3D-Tool Sales Growth

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.

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The results for the last opinion poll are:

CIMdata’s latest opinion poll on the sources our readers and website visitors use to keep informed regarding Product Lifecycle Management shows that their most important source of news and information related to PLM is email newsletters (48%), followed by blogs (31%), and then by PLM vendor press releases at 7% . Facebook and hard copy magazines, each at 4%, were far down on the list of PLM sources along with LinkedIn Groups (2%), Twitter (2%), and YouTube (2%).

Our experiences indicate that there are a number of factors that account for email newsletters as the most favored source. (1) They offer PLM news and information in near-real-time with high visibility (email or RSS) that is available 24/7 wherever there is Internet connectivity, and (2) they are versatile, i.e., news can be forwarded or copied and shared easily, and some even include links to electronic copies of articles from online versions of hard copy magazines. This facilitates quick skimming of relatively robust content for items of interest.

With regard to Blogs, our experiences indicate that they can contain useful news and industry expert comments that are not contained in PLM vendor and service provider press releases and newsletters. Additionally, they often raise issues and welcome comments from readers. This facilitates other viewpoints and stimulates discussion and can be a good source of PLM market intelligence.

Finally, it is possible that email newsletters and blogs are comprehensive enough that the other sources mentioned in our poll are used only to supplement them and/or to tap into more social aspects of PLM knowledge acquisition.

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