CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 9 April 2010

9 April 2010

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata Successfully Concludes its 2010 North American Vendor Forum and Releases Its 2009 PLM Market Analysis

CIMdata, the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) consulting and research firm, presented its 2010 America’s PLM Vendor Forum—the first in a series of global events. Participants gathered to hear CIMdata’s perspective on the state and trends of the current and future PLM market, as well as a detailed discussion of CIMdata’s research and perspective on 2009 PLM market results...

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CIMdata News

• “3D Part Catalog Management” A New Product Review from CIMdata

Company News

• Autodesk Assistance Program Extended Through 2010
• Delcam to Participate in High-Value Manufacturing Project
• HP Announces Leadership Changes for HP Enterprise Sales, Marketing and Strategy
• Lattice Technology and SEYS Announce New Reseller Agreement
• Siemens PLM Software Maintains Leading Rankings in cPDm and Digital Manufacturing
• Valor MSS Software Suite for PCB Assembly from Mentor Graphics Wins 2010 Vision Award

Events News

• Aras at Congress on the Future of Engineering Software (COFES 2010)
• Call for Papers: COMSOL Conference 2010 Boston
• CDNLive! EMEA Invites Cadence Customers to Go “Beyond Imagination”
• Delcam Dental Developments go Trans-Atlantic
• Delcam to Show Feature-Based CAM at MACH
• Delcam to Show Footwear CADCAM in India
• ESI Sponsors the ‘Composites Simulation Conference’ Taking Place During the JEC Paris 2010
• ESPRIT 2010, by DP Technology, at Intermold/Die & Mold Asia 2010, Osaka, Japan, April 14-17
• Familiarize with KOMPAS-3D at Hannover Messe in Hall 17 Stand B58
• Hankook Delcam to Have Largest CADCAM Stand at SIMTOS
• IMAGINiT Technologies to Sponsor Living Building Challenge Road Show
• Lectra to Hold First-Ever Fashion Technology Event in Toronto
• Open Design Alliance Announces Cancellation of ODA World Conference 2010
• SPESA Expo to Highlight Advanced Technology in Special IT Showcase and Cool Zone Exhibits

Financial News

• Dassault Systèmes Schedules First Quarter 2010 Results Webcast and Conference Call for April 29, 2010
• PTC to Announce Fiscal Q2 Results on Tuesday, April 27th and Host Conference Call on Wednesday, April 28th at 8:30 am ET
• Surfware Reports 22% Increase in Sales for March 2010

Implementation Investments

• Agilent Technologies’ GoldenGate Software Selected by RF Integration for Advanced RFIC Development
• Cadence OrCAD PSpice Technology to be Used by STMicroelectronics to Help its Customers Evaluate Analog and Power ICs
• Delcam’s PowerMILL Reduces Machining Times for Kobe
• ESPRIT CAM by DP Technology Chosen by Japanese Industrial Education Leader Bynas Co., Ltd., for Inclusion in New “Mill-Trainer” Program
• Intercim Announces the Signature of a Framework Agreement with EADS
• Sinomatech Selects VISTAGY’s FiberSIM® Software to Increase Speed of Wind Blade Design and Production
• Technia Signs Agreements with Global Telecom Suppliers for Delivery of Software Valued at more than SEK 40 M
• Tharanco Group to Implement Gerber Technology’s YuniquePLM™
• TSMC Expands Physical Verification Support in Integrated Sign-off Flow With Magma Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS

Product News

• Autodesk Developer Network Introduces Companion Products for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 and Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011
• Autodesk Developers Release Companion Products for Autodesk Inventor 2011
• Cadac Organice Supports AutoCAD 2011
• Dassault Systemes Announces Global Reseller Agreement with Intercim
• Elysium to Release New NXdoctor Product Data Quality Tool
• Kubotek Validation Tool Version 9 Offers Significantly Improved Performance for Validating CAD Models and Managing Change
• LEDAS Ships LGS 3D v3 for Variational Direct Modeling Developers
• Mentor Graphics Announces FloVENT v8 with New Technology Specifically Targeted at Design Engineers
• Mentor Graphics ReqTracer Automates Requirements Tracking and Reporting for Broad Range of Electronic Design Projects
• MSC.Software Partners with VI-Grade to Distribute Adams-based Integrated Solutions Worldwide
• Oracle Introduces Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management 8
• Oracle Unveils Oracle’s AutoVue 20.0
• Simulation Performance Headlines New ModuleWorks 2010.03 Release
• Synopsys DesignWare DDR multiPHY IP Supports Six DDR Standards in a Single PHY
• TSMC Certifies Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE for 28nm LP Process
• VISTAGY and Assembly Guidance Systems Deliver Enhanced In-Process Quality Control for Composites Manufacturing

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 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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