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ANSYS, Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of CFX from AEA Technology PLC for approximately $21 million in cash. Details Autodesk, Inc. announced the acquisition of the assets of two software companies -- truEInnovations, Inc., and Linius Technologies, Inc. -- and an agreement to purchase certain assets of a third software company -- VIA Development Corporation. The move advances the company's goal of delivering a comprehensive product lifecycle management (PLM) solution that meets the needs of mainstream manufacturing customers. Details Open Text Corporation and Corechange, Inc. announced the closing of the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Corechange by a wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text. Details * Financial * QAD reported that for the fiscal 2003 fourth quarter, revenue increased 18 percent to $57.1 million, from $48.5 million in the fiscal 2003 third quarter and increased 6 percent from $53.8 million in the same period last year. Details  * People * Entrada Software, Inc. announced the appointment of Stephen D. Haber to President and CEO. Details Green Pasture Software announced the addition of Bruce Lobona to its Management Team. Details QAD announced it has appointed Darryll Dewan as vice president of global sales. Details REALVIZ announced the recent appointment of Peter R. Butler as Regional Sales Manager for the UK, Northern Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. Details Verity Inc. announced the appointment of Anthony J. Bettencourt III to president and chief executive officer. Details * Implementation * Access Commerce announced that Pinguely-Haulotte Group has deployed Cameleon Direct Selling, a CRM solution designed specifically for manufacturing companies. Details Agile Software Corporation announced that ViaSat has deployed Agile Product Cost Management and Agile Product Collaboration in 15 weeks. Details Dassault Systemes and IBM announced the signing of a contract with Nilfisk-Advance. Details EDS announced UTS, the engineering business unit of the Comau Group, has selected EDS as its corporate standard for product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services. Details EDS announced it has joined the corporate partnership program of the University of North Texas (UNT) and will provide the university with PLM software valued at $6.25 million. Details LMS International announced that ESA-ESTEC is currently integrating next-generation LMS test hardware and LMS vibration control and data-reduction software. Details Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that the Wire Harness Technology division of Vansco, a supplier of complex wire harnesses for the transportation industry, has adopted the Mentor Graphics Capital Harness Systems family of products for the design, engineering and manufacturing of electrical wire harnesses. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced that Melbourne, Australia-based Forgecast has adopted MSC.SuperForge and professional services from MSC.Software. Details PTC announced a new $2.4 million contract for software and services. RWTH Aachen has purchased PTC Windchill, including Windchill PDMLink, on behalf of the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen. Details PTC announced an agreement with Miba. Details Realization Technologies announced that Agere Systems has selected its Concerto software to manage product development in the Computer Connectivity Division (CCD). Details SGI announced that Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has selected SGI Origin 300, a compact, modular supercomputer, to support major engineering programs such as the COMANCHE helicopter. Details SolidWorks announced that the world's leading ladder manufacturer and distributor will use SolidWorks 3D CAD and SMARTEAM product data management (PDM) software. Details Sopheon announced that National Gypsum Company is deploying Sopheon's Accolade product development system. Details Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd. announced that Creation Technologies has purchased US$211,000 in licenses and support for eMPower Execution Systems from Tecnomatix Unicam. Details VISTAGY, Inc. announced the sale of FiberSIM software and training services to Rex Composites, Issoire, France. Details VISTAGY, Inc. announced the sale of over $1.4 million in FiberSIM software and training services to the Renault F1 Team in Enstone, England. Details Workgroup Technology Corporation announced that Monarch Hydraulics, Inc., a provider of fluid power solutions, is now in production with WTC's ProductCenter collaborative PDM solution. Details * Developments * Access Commerce announced plans to support the Cameleon Configurator. ANSYS Inc. announced the release of CFX-TurboGrid version 2.1 featuring new technology developed by recently acquired CFX, a leader in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and services for turbomachinery. Details BetaSphere announced Release 1.5 of the BetaSphere Product Definition Server and BetaSphere RevMax Optimizer, as part of the BetaSphere RevMax Suite of offerings. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced enhancements to its CeltIC 4.1 signal integrity (SI) solution. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced the Cadence Incisive verification platform. Details Cimage NovaSoft announced that Cimage NovaSoft's software, DM-Net, meets the enterprise-level reliability specification, leading to Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Certification. Details Cimmetry Systems Inc. announced that the AutoVue 17 server is now available for the Solaris platform. Details Cimmetry Systems, Inc. announced that AutoVue integrates with Hummingbird DM, an integral component of Hummingbird Enterprise. Details Cyco Software announced that AutoManager Meridian 2003 and AutoManager TeamWork 2003 will fully support AutoCAD 2004. Details EDS PLM Solutions announced the availability of Solid Edge Insight.NET Version 14. Details EDS PLM Solutions announced the availability of its new Systems Libraries capability within Solid Edge Version 14. Details Elysium Inc. announced its feature-based translation (FBT) technology at this year's National Design Engineering Show (NDES). Details Elysium Inc. announced the CADpdm synchronization tool at this year's National Design Engineering Show. Details Mentor Graphics Corporation announced enhancements to the Calibre suite of resolution enhancement technology tools. Details Open Text Corporation's FirstClass division introduced FirstClass version 7.1, the latest version of the FirstClass Communications Platform, an integrated suite of messaging and communications software. Details SAP AG announced the launch of a specialized solution designed to meet the needs of the industrial machinery and components industry. mySAP Industrial Machinery & Components (mySAP IM&C) will provide a single integrated solution to meet all business process requirements, from the plant floor to the back office. Details SolidWorks Corporation announced a new version of PhotoWorks that gives engineers high-end photorealistic rendering results comparable to those found in specialized rendering tools costing many times more. Details VX Corporation announced that its VX CAD/CAM software now incorporates an exceptionally easy to use graphical approach to manufacturing. Details * Relationships * ANSYS Inc. and Satyam Computer Services, Ltd. announced a strategic alliance. Details Bentley and ESRI announced their AEC GIS Interoperability Initiative. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced it has joined the FlexRay Consortium as a tool development member. Details CADKEY Corporation announced that it has licensed the CATIA V5 Reader InterOp translator from Spatial Corp. Details Cimage NovaSoft announced it is a new member in the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program. Details E2open and IBM announced they are offering a new joint solution for high technology and electronics manufacturers that integrates multi-company business processes with customers, suppliers and partners. Details Eigner and Sumisho Electronics Ltd. (SSE) announced a master distribution agreement that enables SSE to sell, implement and service Eigner PLM in Japan. Details Framework Technologies announced its partnership with Integral, Inc. Details GlobalSpec, Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Design News magazine. Details INCAT announced a reseller agreement has been reached with Pathtrace Systems Inc. to distribute EdgeCAM software through INCAT offices throughout the United States. Details Informative Graphics Corporation announced that LoadSpring Solutions, Inc. has chosen Brava ProjectWeb, Informative Graphics Corporation's Web-based project data and file management product, to provide document and drawing view, markup and annotation functionality for its real-time collaboration application, the CAM Console. Details LMS International and ANSYS Inc. announced the signing of reciprocal agreements for the cross - licensing, integration and distribution of certain engineering technologies that expand the breadth and depth of the solutions they both provide for virtual product development. Details Mentor Graphics Corp. announced a technology collaboration with Xilinx, Inc. and Thales Communications to develop a new FPGA verification flow to meet Thales' requirements. Details PTC and Thomas Register announced the availability of CADRegister within Pro/ENGINEER. Details Spescom Software Inc., formerly Altris Software, Inc., announced that it has successfully completed the integration of eBTM, its collaborative document, configuration and records management software suite with Passport, the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) application from Indus International. Details * Other * Aras Corporation emphasized a broad perspective of PLM functionality at National Manufacturer's Week. In addition to the typical PLM processes such as design, development, and supplier sourcing, the Innovator Application Suite includes features that are essential to successful management of a product across the lifecycle including "as built" traceability, tooling designs, and program/project management. Details Autodesk, Inc. announced that more than 40 applications have met Autodesk's requirements for receiving Autodesk Inventor 6 software certification. Details COSMOS announced the formation of the Advanced Analysis Group (AAG), a separate division wholly dedicated to the development, sales, marketing and technical support of the COSMOSM and COSMOSDesignSTAR product lines. Details Covisint announced that it has acquired Trust Services certification for Covisint systems. Details Dassault Systemes announced an educational partnership with the University of Durham (England) and Oregon State University (U.S.A) for the development of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) awareness. Details Documentum announced that KMWorld has chosen Documentum as one of the 100 companies that matter in knowledge management for the second year in a row. Details Endeca announced it has been listed as one of KMWorld's 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management 2003. Details Endeca announced that the Global Information Business, a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. focused on the creation and selling of information, has experienced measurable ROI with Endeca InFront. Details Engineous Software announced the availability of a new eCOURSE class, Six Sigma in the Design Process. Details Gibbs and Associates announced that they will be previewing the new 2.5D Solids Machining option and next generation Windows interface for GibbsCAM at WESTEC 2003. Details Intergraph Corporation announced that according to a recent Daratech Inc. analysis, Intergraph in 2002 achieved a 35.7 percent share of the $448 million (U.S.) Overall Plant Design Software and Services market and a 45.2 percent share of the $281 million Overall Plant Design-specific Applications market. Details MAPICS, Inc. announced the introduction of a new marketing strategy and corporate logo. Details In 2002, French software manufacturer MISSLER S.A. had annual turnover of 15 million Euro. Details Moldflow Corporation announced its Moldflow Plastics Advisers and Moldflow Plastics Insight software products played a critical role in enabling DW Product Development to redesign the Black & Decker Workmate 375 by incorporating plastic injection molded components. Details Open Text Corporation said its acquisition of Corechange is a major step in the company's end-to-end integration strategy for Livelink. Details PTC announced that it has received a CADENCE Magazine 2003 NDES Show Stopper Award for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire and Pro/CONCEPT. Details PTC unveiled a product development system and architecture that enable companies to more easily implement product lifecycle management (PLM) while meeting the increasingly complex challenges of product development. Details QUMAS announced the expansion of its European operations with the opening of a sales office in the United Kingdom. Details SGI announced it was recognized by VARBusiness magazine as one of North America's top vendors by virtue of the support it provides to the value-added resellers (VARs) of its products. Details SolidWorks Corporation launched the SolidWorks 3D Skills Program, a wide-ranging initiative to give designers and engineers an opportunity to learn 3D CAD skills. Details T-Systems invites all users and interested people to share their CMI experiences at CMI User Day, April 3, 2003 in New Orleans, Louisiana. During CMI User Day the standard CMI, the Web based e!CMI and also the supplier version s!CMI will be presented. Details Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd. announced that Topaz Partners of Malden, Massachusetts will spearhead its corporate public relations campaigns. Details 3D Systems Corp. announced the launch of the Advanced Digital Manufacturing (ADMSM) Center with the Renault F1 Team. Details |
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