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* Corporate *
Motiva Software Corporation's answering service at +1 858/481-4822 announced 'effective Friday
October 13th, Motiva has ceased operations'.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced consummation of the offer by UGS Acquisition
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of UGS, to acquire all of the outstanding shares
of common stock of Engineering Animation, Inc. at a price of $13.75 net per share.
* Financial results *
Ariba, Inc. announced record results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended
September 30, 2000. Revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2000 were the largest
quarter in Ariba's history at $134.9 million, up 67 percent from the previous quarter
and up 687 percent from the same period last year.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced third quarter revenues of $332 million - a 47
percent increase over the comparable quarter in 1999.
FileNET Corporation announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30,
2000. The Company reported record revenue of $99.1 million, an increase of 16 percent
from the $85.5 million reported for the third quarter of 1999.
Ingenuus Corporation announced that its 3Q, 2000 net loss narrowed to $3.3 million
on revenues of $1.2 million. The 3Q, 2000 loss shows a $1 million improvement over
the previous quarter. Revenues for the quarter equaled those for the 2Q, 2000, which
were an increase of 387% over 1Q, 2000.
i2 Technologies, Inc. reported total revenues for the Company's third quarter ended
September 30, 2000, of $319.5 million, 32 percent higher than the second quarter 2000
revenues of $242.6 million and 118 percent greater than total revenues of $146.3 million
for the third quarter of 1999.
PTC announced revenue totaling $235.0 million for the fourth quarter ended September 30,
2000, compared to $280.1 million for the same period last year. For the fiscal year,
revenue totaled $928.4 million, compared to $1,057.6 million for fiscal 1999. Total
Windchill revenue in the quarter was $51.6 million, as compared to $40.2 million a year ago.
Windchill revenue for the year was $174.7 million as compared to $81.3 million last year,
an increase of 115% percent year over year.
SAP AG announced its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2000. In the third quarter,
revenues rose 27% over the same period last year to EUR 1.42 billion.
Selectica, Inc. the Internet Selling Systems (ISS) company, announced revenue was $16.8
million for the second quarter of fiscal 2001 ended September 30, 2000, an increase
of nearly 400 percent over the second quarter of fiscal 2000 and a sequential quarterly
increase of 55 percent.
Staffware announce that for the third quarter ended 30th September 2000, turnover for the
period was £7.6 million, up 138% from the comparable period in 1999.
Workgroup Technology Corporation (WTC) announced its financial results for the second quarter
of fiscal 2001 ending September 30, 2000. For the second quarter of fiscal 2001, WTC
reported revenue of $1,846,000 compared with $1,955,000 in the second quarter of
fiscal 2000.
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* People *
Alventive, Inc. announced the appointment of Mark Geene to the position of Executive
Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Geene will lead Alventive's worldwide sales activities
across both direct and indirect channels.
Autodesk announced that Vic Sanchez has been hired as the Vice President for its Europe,
Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) division.
Baan Company announced it has appointed Henk de Ruiter as its Sr. Vice-President of
Marketing and Alliances. He will report directly to the company's new President, Laurens
van der Tang.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced it has appointed Glen S. Fukushima president of
Cadence Japan, Ltd.
Cimage Enterprise Systems Ltd. announced the appointment of Duncan Moore as non-executive
chairman and director.
FileNET Corporation appointed Ron L. Ercanbrack president of the company. As president,
Ron will lead the company's sales, customer support, and professional
services organizations.
Qumas Inc. announced that Valarie King-Bailey has joined the company as the Vice President
of Marketing.
VIDAR Systems Corporation announced the appointment of Trevor Fennell as President and
CEO. Retiring president Gunder Lilius will remain on the Board of Directors, and will
focus on further developing VIDAR's software business line, Bamboo Solutions.
* Implementation *
Agile Software Corporation announced that Altera Corporation, a supplier of programmable
logic devices, has signed a corporate agreement for the deployment and use of Agile
Anywhere throughout Altera Corporation.
Agile Software Corporation announced that Solectron Corporation will implement Agile
Anywhere at all Solectron manufacturing sites worldwide. The contract includes
licenses for more than 3000 subscriptions at more than 50 Solectron manufacturing
plants worldwide.
Altris Software announced that its document management software, Altris eB will be
used by Spescom Ltd., Altris' exclusive European distributor, for the management
of all documentation relating to its recently announced multimillion pound contract
with British Telecommunications plc.
Ariba Inc. announced that John Deere has chosen the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform to
help transform the company's purchasing processes and to power other eCommerce efforts.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that Texas Instruments has renewed and
substantially increased its license agreement for Cadence EDA technology.
Dassault Systemes announced that F.X. Meiller Fahrzeug- und
Maschinenfabrik-GmbH & Co. KG, a manufacturer of tippers, skip
handlers and hydraulics for commercial vehicles, has selected ENOVIAVPM for
the company's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) processes.
DesignSource Technology announced that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
will install more than 600 seats of PDM/Works software to manage design data
generated as part of the school's undergraduate engineering curriculum.
Excalibur Technologies announced that Morehouse College will use Excalibur RetrievalWare
to provide the intelligent search technology for The Howard Thurman Papers Project.
Informative Graphics announced that Brava! has been selected by TheJobsite.com,
the homebuilding industry's first Internet-based application service provider, to
power viewing and markup on the company's portal.
i2 Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been selected as the preferred
content technology and services provider of Trade-Ranger, Inc., the marketplace
launched by 14 leading energy and petrochemical companies. Trade-Ranger plans to
utilize i2's Discovery and Content Exchange software and publishing services
to aggregate and maintain more than 10 million unique items of supplier content.
i2 Technologies, Inc. announced that TaylorMade-adidas Golf is implementing i2
TradeMatrix Solutions as a part of its initiative to become the best performance
golf brand in the world.
Matra Datavision announced that it was selected by Snecma Moteurs for a consulting
and services mission to establish a referential methodology for the company's design
and industrialization processes.
MatrixOne announced that FMC SOFEC Floating Systems is using eMatrix to enhance
collaboration among its engineers, designers, contractors and customers worldwide.
Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that NEC Corporation has adopted the Celaro
hardware emulator as the foundation for its design verification environment for
large scale systems-on-chip.
NexPrise, Inc. announced that it has been selected by automotive e-marketplace,
Covisint, as a strategic technology provider. NexPrise will provide Covisint
customers, including auto manufacturers and suppliers, access to the NexPrise
ipTeam platform allowing them to create and modify virtual project workspaces
for complex procurement and collaborative product development.
PTC, working with Andersen Consulting, announced it has received an order from
KLA-Tencor for software and services. KLA-Tencor will implement PTC's Windchill
as a foundation for the company's strategic remote manufacturing and engineering
initiatives.
PTC announced that it received a $1.7 million order for Pro/ENGINEER software
and services from Manitowoc Cranes, Inc., Manitowoc, WI.
PTC announced that it received a $2 million order from Glynwed International
for its Windchill software and services.
PTC announced that it received a $1.7 million order from Alliant Techsystems
for its Windchill software and services. ATK will deploy Windchill in support
of their Integrated Design Environment for the Objective Individual Combat Weapon
program to build the next generation shoulder-fired weapon for the U.S. Army.
PTC announced that it has received an order for Windchill software and services
from Evans & Sutherland. Evans & Sutherland will implement the PDM features
of Windchill as well as the product change and configuration management functions
of the software. The company will also apply the workflow features of Windchill
to automate many of its engineering and related business processes.
Qumas Inc. announced that Antigen Pharmaceuticals is to implement Qumas' document
management software to automate documentation processes.
The Qumas solution will standardize Antigen's document formats and streamline
its document review and approval processes.
SDRC announced that the General Motors Corporation has selected SDRC's SLATE systems
engineering groupware solution for the implementation of their Requirements
Information Management System (RIMS).
think3 announced that la Pavoni (Milan, Italy), a leading manufacturer of
coffee machines for commercial businesses and consumers, has standardized
on think3's flagship solid and surface modeling software, thinkdesign.
think3 announced that Savio Macchine Tessili (Pordenone, Italy), a global leader
in textile machinery, has standardized on think3's flagship solid and surface
modeling software, thinkdesign.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Engineering Animation, Inc.
announced that Covisint, the global on-line automotive exchange formed by Ford,
DaimlerChrysler AG, General Motors, Nissan and Renault SA, has chosen e-Vis to
power its visual collaboration service.
Verity, Inc. and Digital Commerce Corporation (DCC) announced that DCC has selected
Verity's high-performance Verity K2 Toolkit portal infrastructure
technology to power FedCenter.com’s search engine, the online government purchasing site.
Verity Inc. announced that Fish4, a consumer internet brand, plans to implement
Verity's key portal infrastructure technologies across its Web sites.
Verity, Inc. and GoTo Auctions, a division of GoTo.com, Inc. announced that
GoTo Auctions has selected Verity K2 Toolkit portal infrastructure technology
to power its integrated auction search.
* Developments *
eBusiness Technologies announced the working prototype of a new workflow tool
for engenda based on Microsoft Visio which will allow customers to build workflows
by creating graphic representations of the processes. The new workflow tool
will streamline development by speeding and simplifying workflow creation
and modification. The workflow diagrams will be saved in engenda as eXtensible
Markup Language (XML).
Green Pasture Software released version 4.5 of W/EDGE including dramatic performance
enhancements. Version 4.5 also supports Panagon 2000, the enterprise repository
from FileNET.
Innoveda, Inc. announced a new software tool and interfaces that complete the
TransDesign fully integrated harness design solution for automating vehicle-level
electrical system design.
Maxim I/T announced the test release of a software product called FindView Connect
which will be offered to a select number of existing customers. FindView Connect
enables individual businesses to act as their own B2B portal.
Maxim I/T announced the release of FindView V2.0, expanding upon V1.3's retrieval
and delivery of unstructured digital information. Using only a web browser, FindView
allows easy access to engineering and manufacturing data from CAD applications,
databases, ERP, PDM and legacy systems.
Selectica, Inc. announced the immediate availability of ACE 4.5, a newly-enhanced,
comprehensive Internet-based system that simplifies and accelerates the process
of selecting, configuring, pricing, and purchasing of complex products and services
across all sales channels.
SolidWorks Corporation announced the availability of the new SolidWorks 2000
Lab Pack for educators.
Spicer Corporation announced the release of Imagenation 6.2, offering new file
support for DWF, HP RTL, Progressive JFIF and TIFF JPEG files, and enhanced support
for HPGL and AutoCAD files. Release 6.2 adds Korean, Czechoslovakian, Hungarian
and Polish language support to the graphical user interface. Other enhancements
include new scanning support for KIP America's K-series and K-75 through a
customized TWAIN interface.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced Unigraphics Version 17 CAD/CAM/CAE software.
Using Unigraphics V17, manufacturing companies can capture expert knowledge
in their product designs through a process called Knowledge Driven Automation (KDA).
Workgroup Technology Corporation (WTC) announced the availability of its new WTC
ProductCenter Bill of Materials (BOM) Editor. This Web-based application is a
comprehensive, flexible solution for more efficiently creating, updating
and managing engineering BOMs throughout the product lifecycle.
ZoomON announced ZoomON Vizit, an online solution that dynamically converts
images from native to viewer-ready format for a wide variety of input and
output file formats - including vector, PDF, raster, TIFF, GIF, JPEG and others
- streamlining the process of sharing and editing design, technical and engineering
documents over the Internet.
* Relationships *
Ariba, i2 Technologies and IBM announced an expansion of their B2B alliance through
a new reseller agreement between Ariba and i2 that now allows each company to resell
the others' inter-operable B2B solutions.
Cimage Enterprise Systems Ltd announced the appointment of EDMS Consultants Sdn. Bhd
as its new business partner for Malaysia.
Cimage Enterprise Systems Ltd announced it has formed a partnership with eRoom
Technology Inc. to create a new solution for the project environment, the Virtual
Project Office.
Cimage Enterprise Systems Ltd. announced the renewal of its licensing agreement
with Cimmetry Systems Inc. whereby Cimmetry's viewing enabling VCET libraries
are embedded in Cimage's ImageMaster product to deliver native format viewing
of some 35 engineering file formats.
Covisint announced the addition of NexPrise and EAI to its family of best-of-breed
technology providers for the planned global trading exchange. Covisint
Collaboration will be powered by NexPrise's ipTeam platform and given
visualization by EAI's e-Vis. Covisint Collaboration will allow customers
to manage product development projects across the Internet through private
and secure virtual project workspaces.
Engineous Software and MathSoft Inc. announced they have formed a strategic
partnership. The new alliance combines Engineous' iSIGHT software with
MathSoft's S-PLUS data analysis software to reduce design cycle time by
analyzing and processing large amounts of data automatically.
Excalibur Technologies announced that it has entered into an OEM partnership
agreement with WAVE Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, WAVE will
expand the capability of its current search technology by integrating Excalibur
RetrievalWare into its MediaBank digital asset management package.
FileNET Corporation announced the FileNET Developer Network, a new partnership
initiative designed to promote development of next-generation eBusiness applications.
i2 Technologies, Inc. and frog announced they have worked jointly to develop
the i2 TradeMatrix' Design Collaboration Solution. Combining frog's design
innovation with i2's B2B marketplace solutions, the new co-developed product
represents a B2B design collaboration solution to integrate design innovation,
product engineering and manufacturing on the Internet.
Metagon Technologies announced that Mariner, an information solutions provider,
has signed a reseller's agreement to offer DQbroker as the enterprise data access
structure within their solutions offerings.
Open Text Corporation announced that ACCESSDATA Corp. has become a member of
Open Text's Affinity ASP program.
PTC and Oracle Corporation announced that they have joined forces to deliver
a CPC solution. Oracle Product Development Exchange leverages Internet
technologies to unlock the potential for streamlining the product development
process. PTC's Windchill for Oracle Product Development Exchange package
complements Oracle Product Development Exchange with Internet-based design
and engineering management solutions to support the collaborative design
of highly engineered products.
Spatial Inc. PlanetCAD division and Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd. announced
the launch of their new Web-based service for the machining industry,
called quote-a-part.
Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd. announced that it has entered into an agreement
with Zuken Corporation to form a joint venture company named Zuken Tecnomatix
K.K. which will exclusively market, sell and support Tecnomatix
products in Japan.
* Other *
AristaSoft Corporation announced that PriceWaterhouseCoopers has issued an
audit opinion stating that AristaSoft Corporation has successfully achieved
Type 1 SAS 70 certification as of August 31, 2000. The SAS 70 certification
validates AristaSoft's secure, scalable and reliable infrastructure.
Autodesk, Inc. announced its support for the new Intel Itanium processor.
Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that it is the first company to deliver
co-verification models of the MIPS64 architecture from MIPS Technologies.
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Qumas Inc. announced the expansion and relocation of its US headquarters to
Florham Park, NJ.
SolidWorks, VerticalNet, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced their agreement
to deliver 3D-Powered Storefronts to companies in North America. Through
this relationship, SolidWorks adds a new dimension to VerticalNet's
e-commerce systems by enabling users to access product information
in a variety of industries, and then interactively zoom, rotate, and pan 3D models.
Speed to Market announced that use of its Concerto NPD software helped Seagate
Technology bring its 15,000 RPM disc drive to market earlier than originally planned.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced the establishment of the first
VIEWNET (Virtual Interactive East-West Network for Engineering and Technology)
Pilot Center in the former Soviet Union, based on UGS' CAD software suite, Unigraphics.
ZoomON announced that it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
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