CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 8 July 2011

8 July 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Actify Announces Intent to Acquire 3DOne GmbH
• Atos and Siemens Have Finalized the Acquisition by Atos of Siemens IT Solutions and Services
• Atos Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting Approved the Acquisition of Siemens IT Solutions and Services by 99.99%
• Delcam Acquires a 25% holding in Fabbify Software GmbH
• Human Solutions Acquires AVM
  
• Infor and Golden Gate Capital Complete Acquisition of Lawson Software
  

CIMdata News

• CIMdata Releases 2011 PLM Industry Review and Trends Report: Second module of the CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report Series
  

Company News

• Electronics Industry's UBM Electronics Relaunches Design News, Specialist Community Site Created to Serve the 21st Century Design Engineer
• 4th Working Group of the European “FoFdation” Project Aims at Developing Innovative Technologies to Predict and Control Lead Times and Surface Quality in Milling Processes
• Icona Solutions Opens Additional UK Office to Support Worldwide Automotive Industry: Appoints New Perceived Quality Consultant
  
• Infor Creates New Partnership to Drive Expansion in EMEA
• LMS Selects Dalimar Instruments as Main Distributor of LMS Products in Canada
• Mentor Graphics Expands Verification Academy Portal with Additional UVM/OVM Content
  
• Microdesk Earns Autodesk Consulting Specialization
• SEAL Systems Named New PDF Generator 3D Partner
  
• Tecplot, Inc. Observes 30th Birthday
  

Events News

• Deadline Extended Until July 15th, 2011 for Users to Submit Success Stories for the Intergraph® CADWorx® & Analysis University 2011 Drivers of Success Competition
  

Financial News

• EMC To Announce Second-Quarter 2011 Financial Results on July 20; News Release To Be Available on EMC's Corporate Website
• OpenText to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year-End 2011 Financial Results on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
• PTC to Announce Fiscal Q3 Results on Tuesday, July 26th And Host Conference Call on Wednesday, July 27th at 8:30 am ET
  

Implementation Investments

• AutomationDirect.com Adds 3D Product Models to Web Site Using TracePartsOnline.net
  
• Bergene Holm and Five other Norwegian Wood-Products Manufacturers Select IFS Applications
• Dassault Systemes Drives PLM Innovation in Automotive Industry
  
• GRAPHISOFT Inks Strategic Partnership with JZFZ in China
• GRAPHISOFT Joins Forces with UDG in China
  
• Knorr-Bremse Group Broadens Use of Altair HyperWorks to Enhance Development Processes
• Newman/Haas Racing Renews Their Partnership with CATI for SolidWorks Software
  
• Petra Solar Selects Omnify Software Product Lifecycle Management for Design of Smart Energy Solutions
• Silicon Image Improves Operational Efficiencies Using Oracle
  

Product News

• Bluebeam Software Receives Patent for Document Comparison Feature
  
• Cadac Organice Enriches Autodesk Vault and Microsoft SharePoint Integration
  
• CENIT Launches Release R13 of FASTSUITE
• CGTech Releases VERICUT Composite Applications Version 7.1
  
• Dassault Systèmes Introduces V5R21
• DS SolidWorks Corp. Announces SolidWorks Education Edition 2011-2012
• E³.series 2011 Delivers Time Savings and Efficiencies
  
• Free TurboViewer Makes Debut as First 3D DWG Viewer on iPhone
• Lantek Maximises the Profitability of Manufacturing Processes with the New Lantek Manager
• MathWorks Announces Release of Simulink Design Verifier 2.0
• STAR-CCM+ v6.04: Increase Innovation and Decrease Cost
  
• Tech Soft 3D Introduces HOOPS Publish
• VariCAD 2011-1.08
• Vero Launches VISI 19
  

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 most recent poll, the intent was to assess how well PLM solution suppliers are providing support to their customers, and to determine if there is a difference between the quality of support obtained directly from the solution supplier versus that received from a value added reseller (VAR) or channel partner.

The good news is that 50% of those responding believe that user support was either good or excellent from solution suppliers and resellers alike. For solutions suppliers, the percentage of those responding excellent compared to good was approximately the same. However, for resellers, those responding excellent was only half of those responding good.

These anecdotal results confirm what CIMdata routinely hears in our work with industrial clients worldwide; PLM solution suppliers are doing a good job in providing customer support with some room for improvement. However, there is an opportunity to improve the capacity and training of PLM resellers and channel partners to excel by providing more than just ‘’good” support, which is required in today’s hyper competitive technology landscape.

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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