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* Corporate *
Autodesk Ventures announced an equity investment in the Internet start-up CapacityWeb.com which is developing an
Internet-enabled marketplace to create frictionless buying and selling of manufacturing capabilities.
Cyco Software announced that they received a multi-million Euro second round investment, following a first round
early last year from three European venture capitalists. The financing will support Cyco's worldwide launch of
AutoManager Meridian, a new document management system designed for the engineering and design environment. Man
and Machine Software AG, the largest AutoCAD distributor in Europe, entered as a new investor in the second round
and made a 5% investment in Cyco Holding.
Oce and Siemens announced a binding memorandum for the acquisition by Oce of Computer Gesellschaft Konstanz mbH
(CGK), a business active worldwide in the area of digital character and document recognition and high speed
image scanners.
Spatial Inc. announced the completion of venture capital funding of $6.9 million for its PlanetCAD b2b
(business-to-business) Internet ASP business for the engineering software industry.
Viewlogic Systems, Inc. and Summit Design, Inc. announced they have selected 'Innoveda, Inc.' as the name of the
new company resulting from their planned merger.
* Financial results *
Agile Software Corporation announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2000 ended January 31, 2000.
Total revenues increased to $8.56 million compared
to total revenues of $4.59 million for the same period in fiscal 1999, representing an increase of 86.5%.
Altris Software, Inc. reported results of operations for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 1999. Total
revenues for the quarter were $1.7 million compared to $3.1 million for the quarter ended December 31, 1998.
Autodesk, Inc. announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2000. Net
revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2000 was $220.2 million compared to net revenue of $217.5 million
reported for the same quarter a year ago. Net revenue for the fiscal year 2000 was $820.2 million versus $871.9
million for the prior year.
Hewlett-Packard Company reported revenue growth of 14 percent for the first quarter of 2000, which ended Jan. 31,
2000. Net revenue from continuing operations was $11.7 billion, compared with $10.2 billion in last year's first
fiscal quarter.
Hummingbird Communications Ltd. announced its consolidated results for the first quarter ended December 31, 1999.
Sales for the quarter ended December 31, 1999 were $54.5 million, an increase of 78% over the same quarter ended
December 31, 1998.
RAND Worldwide reported revenue of $109.6 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 1999, representing
an increase of 24.5% over revenue of $88.0 million for the same period in 1998. Revenue for the year ended
December 31, 1999 was $440.4 million, representing an increase of 47.0% over revenue of $299.6 million reported
a year earlier.
Stonesoft Corp. announced financial results for 1999. Net sales grew 113%. Operating profit before goodwill
depreciation grew 49%.
Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced revenues for the full year of 1999 increased by 29% to $88.0 million
compared to $68.3 million in 1998.
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* People *
Agile Software Corporation announced the appointment of Robert Godfrey to head its new Northern European
regional headquarters. Agile also announced the promotion of Luc Daime to the post of Vice President of
European Business Development.
Autodesk, Inc. announced the creation of two vice president positions. The new vice president of the Design
Platforms Group, Eddie Boyle, is responsible for core platform technologies including AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT,
Actrix, and AutoSketch software. Kathi Fox was named vice president of Worldwide Field Marketing.
FileNET Corp. announced that CFO Mark St. Clare is leaving the company to join Nexgenix,
Inc. Nexgenix is a consulting firm that assists B2C and B2B clients in re-engineering their business strategy
ensuring their successful transition to the Internet.
Motiva announced that it has named Michael R. Haviken as chief operating officer. Haviken will lead the sales,
marketing, customer satisfaction, and strategic partner relationship efforts surrounding Motiva eChange Solutions.
Staffware plc announced that Jon Pyke, Chief Technology Officer, Staffware, has been elected Chairman of the
Workflow Management Coalition Steering Committee.
think3 announced that former Parametric Technology Corp. sales executive Carlo Carpanelli has joined the company
as vice president of sales. In a dual role, Carpanelli has responsibility for worldwide major accounts and for
Italian sales operations, reporting directly to think3 Chairman and CEO Joe Costello.
* Implementation *
Green Pasture Software announced that AT&T has selected its internet-based GPS W/EDGE software and FileNET's
Panagon integrated document management system to give its business partners and suppliers access to its
geographically dispersed engineering and site-management documents. AT&T gave this order to GPS after a
10-month development and test program.
Hewlett-Packard's Electronic Software and Information operation has selected FileNET Corp.'s Panagon Web
Services to provide the foundation for its knowledge management system.
IBM and Dassault Systemes announced that MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG of Munich has decided to convert its entire
engine development at its Nuremberg site to CATIA. That increases the total number of CATIA seats at MAN
Commercial Vehicles by 50 to over 360.
MatrixOne, Inc. announced that BREED Technologies, Inc., one of the top occupant safety system suppliers
in the world, has begun the first phase of its implementation of the eMatrix solution.
MatrixOne, Inc. announced that Fokker Aerostructures B.V. and Fokker Special Products B.V. awarded MatrixOne
a software and services contract and completed first phase deployment of the eMatrix solution.
Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that Sun Microsystems, Inc. has adopted the Mentor Graphics next-generation
Calibre physical verification and manufacturing tool for its deep submicron (DSM) integrated circuits (IC),
including its next-generation SPARC microprocessor.
PROCAD GmbH announced that Siemens Duewag Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH, a subsidiary of the Transportation Systems Group
(VT) of Siemens AG in Krefeld (Germany) has selected PRO*FILE for the management of Pro/ENGINEER models and
drawings.
PTC announced that Power Generation Group of Siemens, AG has adopted PTC's new collaborative product commerce
solutions (CPC) strategy. CPC enables manufacturing companies to use the Web to collapse the time and distance
associated with collaborating in a global network of suppliers and customers on the development of new products.
SDRC announced that MTD Products, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) has selected Metaphase as its core PDM system for document
management and change management capabilities. The value of this initial order for software and services is
approximately $600K.
SDRC announced that Singapore Technologies Aerospace has placed an order for SDRC's Metaphase Enterprise PDM
software and related services.
SolidWorks Corporation announced that the Polytechnic University of Turin has adopted SolidWorks as the standard
3D solid modeling system for its engineering courses. More than 100 SolidWorks licenses have been incorporated
into the university's engineering courses.
Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced that it has received a follow-on order from Ericsson Radio Systems for
Tecnomatix electronics solutions.
Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced that Renault has placed an order worth $850,000 for software and services
for manufacturing its next mid-range model.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced that the Koenig & Bauer Group has selected Unigraphics and UG/Manager
as its corporate standards for product design and data management. The contract's initial implementation phase
will consist of 300 licenses of Unigraphics and UG/Manager.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced that Bormioli Rocco Group selected Unigraphics software as its corporate
standard for CAD/CAM. Bormioli has invested close to $500,000 in UGS software and services.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced that Germany's BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH selected Unigraphics
and UG/Manager data management software as its new corporate standard for product development. The three-year,
$15 million contract includes extensive training and consulting services.
* Developments *
ACS Software announced that it has released a new version of the AutoEDMS document management and workflow
software. This r2 maintenance release of AutoEDMS Version 6 includes a new data import wizard for converting
Excel-based document data into AutoEDMS. AutoEDMS' viewing technology has been enhanced with additional support
for AutoCAD 2000, MicroStation, Acrobat PDF and the latest Microsoft Office file formats.
Aspect Development, Inc. announced a new B2B content publishing and management platform, the Aspect Content
Network, designed to support the content publishing and subscription needs of Business-to-Business exchanges
and portals that connect many buyers with many suppliers, as well as meet the needs of an enterprise eProcurement
implementation.
Baan Company announced Baan E-Configuration version 2.2, the latest evolution of its product and service
configuration solution and a key component of Baan Company's E-CRM strategy.
CoCreate Software Inc. announced ME10 2000, the latest version of its 2-D CAD software, ME10, with new
capabilities focused on support of industry standards and the use of Internet technology.
Dassault Systemes and IBM announced the ISO 10303 (STEP) certification of the CATIA Version 4 Release 2.2 CATIA
STEP AP203 Interface product.
Framework Technologies Corporation released ActiveProject v2000/E, an enterprise-scalable version of its
industry-leading project communication software. ActiveProject v2000/E is a Web-based software solution
that enables corporations to set up their own project extranets for sharing information with an extended
team of suppliers, subcontractors and internal constituents.
Green Pasture Software announced GPS W/EDGE 2000, a new version of its internet-based GPS W/EDGE document
management software.
Hummingbird Communications Ltd. announced the release of HostExplorer Web Version 2.1 (a portal-integrated,
Web-to-Host solution), HostExplorer Print Services Version 1.0 and Exceed Web Version 2.1, a portal-integrated,
Web-based Thin X solution.
SAP AG announced the availability of SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM), an integrated business
application within mySAP.com for managing the complete product life cycle of the extended supply chain,
from design and production through sales and maintenance. SAP PLM includes and builds on the capabilities
of the SAP PDM application.
SolidWorks Corporation announced that it introduced SolidWorks 2000, the newest release of the company's
Windows-native 3D mechanical design software. SolidWorks 2000 provides more than 150 major customer-driven
enhancements and innovations.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced that Parasolid is now available on the Linux operating system.
Verity, Inc. announced that Virgin Net, (www.virgin.net), the UK's No.1 entertainment and leisure service online,
has selected Verity's Information Server to give subscribers access to the site's content.
VIDAR Systems Corporation announced the addition of three new products to the TruScan product family. The new
scanners - the Surveyor, the Select Pro and the Designer 1600 - represent the latest advances in scan-to-print
and scan-to-archive technology.
* Relationships *
Agile Software Corporation announced a partnership with PartMiner, Inc., a business-to-business marketplace
for the electronic components industry. As part of this agreement, PartMiner will be linked to
Agile's Internet-based Agile Buyer and Agile Anywhere products through open Internet XML standards.
Aspect Development, Inc. announced that the company has signed an agreement to license market analysis
information from Semico Research Corporation, a market research firm for the semiconductor market.
Autodesk, Inc. and Structural Research and Analysis Corporation (SRAC) announced the addition of SRAC
to the Autodesk Mechanical Applications Initiative program. SRAC's COSMOS/DesignSTAR is integrated
into Autodesk's Mechanical Desktop software and is also fully associative with Autodesk Inventor software.
EIGNER + PARTNER AG announced that Engineering Animation Inc. and EIGNER + PARTNER will collaborate closely
in the future development of their software solutions. The aim of the co-operation is to integrate components
from EAI into EIGNER + PARTNER's PDM solutions to provide efficient visualization of product data.
EIGNER + PARTNER AG announced that the collaboration started in the last fiscal year with MICROBOX DR. WELP
GmbH has resulted in the signing of a co-operation agreement. The co-operation will provide companies, such
as those involved in machinery, heavy equipment, utilities and chemical/pharmaceutical industries, with a single
co-ordinated package for the development, release, organization and long term security of products.
Excalibur Technologies announced a licensing agreement with leading Pan European online auctioneer QXL.com. Under
the agreement, QXL.com will use Excalibur RetrievalWare Web Express search and retrieval software.
Informative Graphics Corp. announced that Collaborative Structures has agreed to incorporate Brava! Java-based
viewing and collaboration software from Informative Graphics to empower viewing, redlining and collaboration
in conjunction with its FirstLine product. FirstLine is a central, shared database enabling project members
to share and manage all types of project information.
Oce announced it has chosen Microsoft's Windows NT as the software platform for the embedded controller of the
new Oce 9600 Wide Format Printing System.
PTC announced Microsoft Windows 2000 certification for its Pro/ENGINEER and Pro/DESKTOP design automation
solutions. Aligned with the Windows 2000 release, this certification embraces PTC's ongoing commitment
to provide enterprise-wide, native support for Microsoft Windows platforms.
STEP Tools, Inc. announced that Atlanta-based ManufacturingQuote.com llc (www.mfgquote.com) has set up a
direct web link to STEP Tools' Free Online Translation Service, a component of their ST-Repository web-based
data management product.
* Other *
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Dassault Systemes, IBM and Mtech Engineering Co Ltd.
announced that they have joined forces to establish the Digital Enterprise Laboratory within the Advanced
Manufacturing Institute of HKUST.
Engineous Software, Inc., developer of design exploration and optimization software, iSIGHT, announced the
iSIGHT 5.0 product launch cybercast to be held on Tuesday, February 29, 2000 at 11:00 A.M. E.S.T.
Intergraph Corporation announced that its Process and Building Solutions division continues to lead the global
3D process plant design and visualization software market with a revenue share of 59.06 percent, according
to the latest Daratech Inc. analysis for 1999.
Microsoft Corp. announced that, effective Feb. 17, all Visio products and volume licensing agreements are now
available through existing Microsoft sales channels, having been acquired with Microsoft's purchase of Visio
Corp. earlier this year. The products will be retailed as standalone applications and will be known as
Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard, Technical, Professional and Enterprise editions.
PTC announced its new corporate strategy which reinforces itself as a B2B solutions provider. PTC provides
a comprehensive suite of e-business collaborative product commerce (CPC) solutions designed to support the
complex, diverse, and changing information management needs of world-class manufacturers. PTC's software
solutions are complemented by the strength and experience of its newly announced PTC Global Services, which
provides a global network of premier consultants and system integrators, along with educational, support,
and e-business services to customers worldwide. To reflect the new solutions strategy, the company has
introduced a new corporate identity, based on the PTC acronym.
RivCom, OASIS and the W3C UK Office have combined together to organize a one-day Workshop 'Making the Best
Use of XML within the Enterprise' on 15 May 2000 as part of the WWW9 Conference to be held in Amsterdam.
More information about the workshop can be found at http://www.rivcom.com/www9workshop and more information
about the WWW9 conference can be found at http://www9.org.
Tecoplan AG announced that its product development is now divided into two company segments, 'Professional
Services' and 'Web-based Services'. The development department for existing software products is directly
integrated into the focused Professional Services segment.
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