CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 19 March 2010

19 March 2010

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

News and Information on Product Lifecycle Management

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Acquisitions

• Mentor Graphics Acquires Valor Computerized Systems, Ltd.

Company News

• Autodesk Launches European Clean Tech Partner Program
• Autodesk Names CompuSoluciones as New Value Added Distributor in Mexico
• Autodesk Names M2 Technologies Reseller of the Quarter for Customer Service Excellence
• Autodesk Publishes Framework to Help AEC Professionals Implement BIM Process
• Bentley Issues 2010 Be Inspired Awards Call for Entries
• Cadence Europe Expands Its Academic Network
• COMSOL Offers a Complimentary Multiphysics Conference CD - 2010 Edition
• EMC Appoints Industry Veteran Jeremy Burton as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
• PTC® to Support the Arkwright Scholarships
• Synergis Inducted into Autodesk Platinum Club 2010 as Top Reseller in Overall Manufacturing Solutions Sales Growth
• Tacton Employs Tobias Andersson as VP TactonWorks
• UnitForce Technologies in India Joins Aras Partner Program

Events News

• AVEVA Showcases it's Successful Strategy for Navigating Information Management Challenges at SAP-Centric EAM
• Bluebeam Software VP of Engineering to Address Design, Engineering and Construction Technology Leaders at Fiatech
• CimatronE to Power Live High Speed Machining at DieMould 2010
• Cutter & Buck to Discuss Deployment of Gerber’s YuniquePLM System to Global Supply Chain at Apparel Tech Conference West
• Daimler, Voith and Safran Headline Successful LMS Engineering Simulation Conference
• Delcam to Launch New PowerINSPECT at Control
• Delcam to Launch New 3D Scanner for Orthotic Design at Orthopaedie
• Delcam to Show New CAM Range at MetalTech
• ESI will speak at CastExpo’10 in Orlando, Florida
• Geometric to Demonstrate CAMWorks® 2010 at WESTEC®
• GUESS, Billabong, Cutter & Buck Speaking at Apparel Tech Conference West
• IMAGINiT Technologies to Deliver Technical Presentations at Multiple AUGI CAD Camp 2010 Locations
• Joe Gibbs Racing to Host VERICUT Users’ Exchange Event
• Magma Announces Agenda for MUSIC China Users Conference
• Sescoi to Demonstrate Digital Dental Prosthesis Manufacture at the Dental South China Exhibition
• 64-Bit, Multi-Core WorkNC and Sescoi’s all New Hybrid Modeler on Show at Industrie, Paris
• SPESA Expo to Offer Over 30 Wide Ranging Seminars and Workshops
• Surfware Inc. Announces: Discover TRUEMill at Westec 2010
• Technical & Training Sessions Announced for PTC/USER World Event 2010

Financial News

• ESI Group 2009/10 Annual Sales Above Expectations

Implementation Investments

• A Global Leader in Medical Device Technology Partners with Fishbowl Solutions to Migrate Five Pro/INTRALINK™ Databases into One Windchill® PDMLink® Database
• ads-tec GmbH Leverages Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter for Product Data Management
• Catalog Data Solutions Releases E•DRIVE Design Case Study
• Delcam’s FeatureCAM helps Students Make Guitars in 15 Hours
• Dong Fang Boiler Selects Dassault Systemes for First-of-a-kind PLM Solution to Support Global Collaboration
• Energy Micro Uses Cadence Low-Power Solution to Develop its Latest Energy-Efficient Microcontroller
• Haglöfs on Fast Track for Profitable Growth with ENOVIA V6 and TVC
• InnerPulse to Utilize Realistic Simulation from Dassault Systemes
• Realtek Semiconductor Corporation Adopts Apache Design Solutions’ Products for Power and Reliability Sign-off
• Samsung Total Expects More Than $5M in Annual Savings from Deployment of aspenONE® Planning & Scheduling Software
• Sescoi’s Solutions Help CA Tooling Improve Productivity and Win Business
• Siemens PLM Software Helps GMN PAUL MÜLLER INDUSTRIE GMBH & CO. KG Optimize Processes and Enhance Design
• Small Isn’t Just Beautiful, It’s Educational For California-Irvine Students Launching Micro Satellite to Photograph the Earth

Product News

• Agilent Technologies’ SystemVue Now Links C++ Code Generation, X-parameters for RF-DSP Co-Design
• CoWare Announces Software Development Solution for ARM Cortex-A5 and ARM Cortex-M4 Processor-based Designs
• Delcam CRISPIN Launches 2010 CADCAM Range for Footwear
• Easy Switch from 2D to 3D with KOMPAS Solutions
• Mentor Graphics to Extend Cooperation With STMicroelectronics for Advanced Chip-Development Design Solutions
• New VariCAD 2010 2.0 Released
• Selerant Condenses PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Implementation with Cream of Benefit Results
• View CAD Drawings on iPhone through Microsoft Seadragon Deep Zoom Technology from Informative Graphics

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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