CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 21 October 2011

21 October 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Autodesk Acquires Micro Application Packages Limited
  
• Oracle Buys Endeca

CIMdata News

• CIMdata Releases 2011 PLM Market Industry Analysis Report
• Dassault Systèmes—Meeting Industrial Equipment Business Challenges (CIMdata Commentary)
• Is Digital Manufacturing the new CAD solution for process design? What do you think?
  

Company News

• Aras Expands Open Innovation and Collaboration on PLM Solution Projects Website
  
• Autodesk and Gehry Technologies to Work Together to Improve the Way Buildings are Designed and Constructed
• CIMdata’s 2011 China PLM Market Analysis Report Ranks PTC First in Direct Revenue for Mainstream PLM, cPDm and MCAD-DF
  
• Gehry Forms Alliance of Architects To Promote Technological Integration
• Geometric Appoints Arvind Kakar as CFO
  
• LEDAS Appoints Alexey Ershov as New CEO
• Microdesk Named Autodesk Reseller of the Quarter for Q2
• SolidProfessor Releases 2012 Update Training for SolidWorks
• Tacton Systems Receives IBM Award for Best Networking Partner of the Year 2011
  
• Tech Soft 3D Expands and Rebrands to Best Serve Global Development Community
• 3D PDF Consortium Names David Opsahl as Interim Executive Director
• Tim Alexander Lüdke will become spokesman (CEO) of Nemetschek AG
  

Events News

• Apache President Dr. Andrew Yang to Deliver Keynote at EPEPS 2011 Conference
• ASUG Extends Complimentary Admission to Community Focus
• AVEVA World Marine Seminar Attracts Delegates from Across Europe
• Cadence Announces Winners of CDNLive! India 2011 Best Paper Awards and Cadence India Design Contest
• Cadence Demonstrates the Power of Ecosystem Collaboration at ARM Technology Conference
  
• Cimatron Webinar: Reducing NC Programming Time by 25%+
• Delcam to Show Complete Dental System at DLOAC CADCAM Symposium
  
• ESI Participates in SAE Aerotech Congress & Exhibition in Toulouse, October 18 to 21
  
• Majenta PLM in Conjunction with Siemens PLM Software to Host the First View of NX software in the UK, Following the Launch, at the Silverstone Grand Prix Race Circuit
• Manufacturing Solutions for Process Automation – CENIT at EuroMold 2011
  
• Radan to Show Offline Press-Brake Programming at Fabtech 2011
• Singletree Technologies to Showcase Intellimas™ at Ideation2011, Gerber Technology's Annual Software Conference
  
• Si2 Announces Donation of DRC+ from GLOBALFOUNDRIES
• SoftInWay and OPEN MIND Announce a Free Joint Webinar “Workflow for Optimizing and Manufacturing Turbomachinery Components”
  

Financial News

• Aspen Technology Announces Date of First-Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results Release, Conference Call and Webcast
• EMC's Third-Quarter 2011 Earnings Results Available on EMC.com
• Geometric Q-o-Q Revenues Rise 10.7%
• IBM Reports 2011 Third-Quarter Results
  

Implementation Investments

• Burns & McDonnell Implements Oracle's Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Solutions for $1.4 Billion Power Transmission Construction Program
• COMAC Expands Use of PTC Solutions for Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management
• Cutting-Edge LMS NVH Work Helps FutureSteelVehicle Reduce Body Structure Weight by 35%
• Delcam Software Supports Move into Large Part Machining
• Ford Motor Company Selects aPriori for Product Cost Management
  
• Ingersoll Rand Expands aPriori Product Cost Management Deployment to All Business Segments
• Lantek, Kaltenbach and Remmert Bring their Open Technology Innovations Together
  
• Perkins Creates Colossal 400-Foot, 192-Wheel Truck Using Autodesk Software
• Schneider opts for PLM GoLive by assyst
  
• SharePoint-based Engineering Document Management and Control in the Chemical Industry
• SolidCAM iMachining Halves Cycle Times and Makes Cutters Last 5 Times Longer for Mill-Turn Operations at Dixons Surgical
• Synopsys Low Power Solution Accelerates Time to Market for 3G Mobile IC
  

Product News

• ARM and Cadence Achieve Industry Milestone with Tape Out of 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore Processor
  
• Cadence Library Characterization Scripts Now Available in New TSMC Reference Kit
• Compact Next Generation Machining Centre - the MILLTAP 700 is Launched
  
• COMSOL Version 4.2a Unveiled at the COMSOL Conference in Boston
• Cortona3D Launches Сortona3D Viewer for iOS; a highly visual operational documentation now can be used on mobile devices
  
• Delcam Launches Delcam for SolidWorks 2012 with Wire EDM
• EMC Improves VNX Unified Storage in Microsoft and Oracle Environments
• Enhanced Tagging, Nesting and Bending Features for Radan 2012 R1
  
• 1st Pricing Announces Cloud-Integrated BIM Add-on for ArchiCAD 15
• Intergraph® Offers up to a 70% Discount off CADWorx® Plant Professional 2012 Through End of December 2011 During CADWorx Reinstatement Program
  
• LEDAS Implements Variational Direct Modeling in KOMPAS-3D
  
• Maplesoft and VI-Grade Partnership Announced
• Mastercam Port Expert Provides Specialized Multiaxis Programming for Precision Head Porting
• Mentor Graphics Announces the Next-Generation Nucleus RTOS Addressing Power Management and Connectivity Issues for Embedded Systems
  
• New Solid Edge Web Portal Speeds Design by Providing Millions of Supplier Parts
• ParaSolid V24 Delivers Significant Productivity Enhancements For End Users And Application Developers
• Robust Control Toolbox and Simulink Control Design Simplify Complex Control Systems Tuning in Simulink
• SAP Unleashes Real-Time Analytics in the Cloud
  
• Siemens PLM Software's NX 8 Includes Comprehensive Enhancements Throughout with Focus on CAE
• Siemens PLM Software Releases Latest Version of 3D D-Cubed Software Components
• Siemens PLM Software's Tecnomatix 10 Includes Numerous Enhancements to Power Manufacturing Productivity
• Successful Data Exchange: Certified CAD Project Template for North Rhine-Westphalia
• 3D Systems Launches Alibre Design™ 2012
• Trubiquity Launches TRUcentrix 5.6 Secure Supplier Collaboration Software
• VISTAGY and CGTech Extend Partnership to Provide Integrated Solution for Automated Drilling and Fastening of Airframe Assemblies
  
  

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 was developed to gauge the current level of adoption and future potential use of mobile devices within the context of an organization’s product lifecycle management (PLM) environment. As indicated by the responses, almost half of those who participated in the poll indicated that they feel that mobile devices are great and that they are in the early stages of be adopting within their PLM environment. This is very promising and clearly indicates that adoption is well underway. Approximately, thirty percent (30%) of the poll’s participants indicated that they also feel that mobile devices are great but that they will not be adopted within their PLM environment any time soon. This suggests that the future adoption and use of mobile devices within organizations’ PLM environment could continue to increase. Finally, it should noted that almost ninety percent (90%) of the poll’s participants indicated that they believe that mobile devices are great and they have a role in today’s and/or tomorrow’s PLM environments.

This opinion poll confirms CIMdata’s view of the need and applicability of mobile devices in today’s PLM environments. We have already seen the use of these devices in various industries where product data is needed in the field for maintenance and operations support. We are also seeing companies in multiple industries starting to apply PLM-enabled mobile devices to deliver product data to the factory floor in the support of machine operation and assembly instructions. The future of mobile devices as a data delivery device in a PLM context appears to be very bright and we expect their use to increase significantly over the next three to five years.

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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