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* Corporate *
Dassault Systemes announced the creation of DELMIA, its new brand for e-Manufacturing.
DELMIA consolidates Deneb, DELTA and SAFEWORK under a unique brand.
Ingenuus Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement for the sale of a portion
of its EDA business consisting of the company's Chip & Chip business unit, located in
Sunnyvale, CA, in a management led buyout for $2.6 million in cash.
Matra Datavision and Compass Technologies, Inc. announced the sale by Compass and the
acquisition by Matra Datavision of the CATIA Business Operation and Microcadam installed
base migration operation of Compass Technologies, Inc.
* Financial results *
Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced that it expects revenues and earnings for the
second quarter ended June 30, 2000 to be below analysts' expectations. Revenues are
expected to show modest growth over the second quarter of 1999 and to be in the range
of $23.5 to $25 million.
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* People *
Cyco Software announced the appointment of Jason M. Lowry to the position of Director
of International Sales with Cyco International.
PARTsolutions, a provider of standard- and supplier-parts catalog software, announced
that Tim Thomas, a 19 year CAD/CAM veteran, has joined the company as General Manager.
PTC announced Noel G. Posternak has been named as its new non-executive Chairman of the
Board. Steven Walske, who stepped down as CEO in March, has now resigned from his
position on the board.
Tecoplan AG announced that since May 1, 2000 the marketing team at Tecoplan has been
headed by Ralph Lingmann and Bettina Mueller.
Verity, Inc. appointed Michael Zuckerman as its new vice president of marketing.
Workgroup Technology Corporation (WTC) announced that Patrick H. Kareiva, President
and Chief Executive Officer, was appointed to the position of Chairman of the Board
of Directors.
* Implementation *
Agile Software announced that Chatham Technologies Inc. has signed a definitive
agreement to deploy Agile Anywhere to manage its worldwide manufacturing commerce
operations. Chatham Technologies, Inc. is a provider of custom electronic enclosure
systems focused on the design, manufacture, integration and deployment services for
the communications industry.
Agile Software Corporation announced a multi-million dollar agreement that initially
concerns more than 2,000 subscriptions of Agile Anywhere, which SCI Systems Inc., an electronics
manufacturing services provider, will use to connect OEM customers, internal personnel,
suppliers and subcontractors together into a seamless, collaborative manufacturing community.
Ariba, Inc. announced that Bethlehem Steel has selected the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform to
create global economies of scale and supply chain efficiencies with its suppliers and
partners via the Internet. Bethlehem Steel will use the Ariba Buyer solution to manage
a substantial portion of its worldwide purchases from over 7,000 suppliers.
Ariba, Inc. announced that TI Group plc, the global specialized engineering company, is
executing live transactions on the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform. This implementation was
achieved in less than 40 days.
Dassault Systemes announced that Philips Semiconductors is implementing ENOVIAPM to
manage product data in conjunction with the company's Semiconductors Product Information
Network (SPINE) project.
Engineering Animation, Inc. announced that TRW Automotive's global Seat Belt Systems
division has selected EAI's VisMockUp and VisConference as its preferred product
visualization and digital prototyping solution.
Excalibur Technologies Corporation announced that the Johnson Space Center has selected
Excalibur Screening Room to manage video content originating with Space Shuttle and
International Space Station missions.
Informative Graphics announced the integration of its Brava! Java-based view and markup
solution with Documentum 4i eBusiness Edition, by Documentum. The integration enables
customers, suppliers, partners and other approved users to view documents and drawings
in the Documentum content repository using standard Web browsers, such as Netscape
Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, without having to install any software on the
client.
MatrixOne announced that Valmet Corporation the fiber and paper technology business
division of Metso Corporation will use the Company's eMatrix solution to provide
collaboration for multiple sites, suppliers and partners.
SDRC announced that Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. has placed a $1.1 million order of I-DEAS
software and services for its Farmington Hills facility. The installation of additional
seats of I-DEAS is a result of new vehicle programs to the supplier community and
increasing staff size.
SDRC announced that Behr GmbH & Co., an automotive component supplier in the motor
vehicle air-conditioning and engine cooling sectors, has standardized on SDRC's
Metaphase product knowledge management software for its global product knowledge
management implementation.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced the selection of its Solid Edge mechanical CAD
software package by Arizona State University East. ASU East plans to use 50 licenses
of Solid Edge within its manufacturing and aeronautical engineering technology program
on the Mesa campus.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced that Ottawa, Ontario-based JDS Uniphase - a market
leader in the design, development, manufacture and distribution of advanced fiberoptic
products - ordered 121 seats of its mechanical computer-aided design system, Solid Edge.
Vuent, Inc. announced that Carrier, a world leader in the manufacturing and sales of
heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) products, will use Vuent's Envision-i
software as part of its global product development process, in order to improve product
quality, simplify manufacturing processes and reduce time-to-market.
* Developments *
Autodesk, Inc. announced the availability of Volo View software. Volo View is a
Web-enabled tool for viewing design data, including the industry-standard DWG, DXF,
and DWF formats. It allows viewing, measuring, markup, printing, and precision plotting
of AutoCAD drawings, without requiring access to AutoCAD software.
Autodesk, Inc. outlined a plan to create a common, platform-independent and open standard
for communicating design-related data on the Web. At the heart of this effort is the
extensible markup language (XML).
Autodesk, Inc. introduced the Autodesk e-Learning program, which will deliver web-based
training to customers.
IDEAL Scanners & Systems, Inc. rolled out Digital Container, a secure information
management solution that web-enables the network and allows workgroups easy,
browser-based access to any large or small format document.
Spatial Inc. announced Release 6.2 of the ACIS 3D Toolkit and Husks. This release
features across-the-board performance enhancements and added functionality to the ACIS
3D Toolkit including faceting, sweeping, and the Visualization Management (Visman)
component.
Spatial Inc. announced the launch of PlanetCAD. This one-stop Web services portal for
manufacturing and design engineers offers a combination of Web-hosted application
services designed to solve real-world design engineering problems and a robust array
of e-commerce, content and community features.
SupplierMarket.com announced that version 5.0 of the SupplierMarket.com marketplace is
now available at www.suppliermarket.com. This new release features an Enhanced Image
Viewer to simplify online collaboration and communications between buyer and supplier.
Engineering drawings may be attached to the online RFQ Builder electronically, as well
as Microsoft Word and Excel files, PDF files, scanned images, and digital photographs.
The Enhanced Image Viewer allows users to see multiple pages with improved clarity, as
well as the ability to save the images locally - independent of the original file
format.
SupplierMarket.com announced the availability of its XML Integration Toolkit, its
dedicated XML integration server, and new enhancements to the site.
VIDAR Systems Corporation announced the addition of a new scanner to their TruScan
product family. The TruScan Select Pro is a high speed, black-and-white scanner
that delivers superior quality results for high-volume CAD engineering, reprographics
or in-house scanning applications.
* Relationships *
Ariba, Inc., VeriSign, Inc. and American Express Company announced a strategic
relationship to deliver the first integrated card payment processing utility for
online business-to-business transactions. As part of the relationship, Ariba will
integrate VeriSign's B2B payment connectivity services with the Ariba Commerce Services
Network to process American Express payments.
CoCreate Software Inc. and 100% Solution Alliance, Inc. announced that 100% Solution
Alliance and its member companies have been signed as certified members of CoCreate's
Engineering E-Services Partner Program (EESP).
CoCreate Software Co. announced that NTT Communications is the first Japanese
collaboration service provider to offer OneSpace, CoCreate's collaboration
solution. On July 1, NTT Communications will start Japan's first collaboration service
using OneSpace.
Dassault Systemes announced that CADAM Systems Company (CSC) has formed an alliance with
IBM and Dassault Systemes. CSC is Japan's leading supplier of 2D mechanical CAD/CAM
systems, with more than 75000 seats of its MICRO CADAM Helix products sold to date.
Under the agreement, CSC becomes an IBM CATIA Version 5 Business Partner and IBM service
provider.
Dassault Systemes and Design & Reuse announced their intent to establish a strategic
alliance to reinforce Design & Reuse's B2B leadership position in IP commerce and
leverage Dassault Systemes' ENOVIA Solutions for PDM and Product Life cycle Management
(PLM).
Hummingbird Ltd. announced a global, strategic relationship with Mummert + Partner, a
delivery and implementation organization with its global head office in Germany. Phase
one of this relationship is focused on the delivery of data warehousing and business
intelligence solutions for SAP R/3 installations, using Hummingbird's Genio Suite
software and Mummert + Partner's delivery expertise.
MatrixOne and Ariba, Inc. announced their intent to form a strategic alliance to provide
B2B marketplaces and exchanges with an integrated, Web-based, many-to-many product
development collaboration and eCommerce environment.
Staffware announced it is expanding its activities in the m-Commerce market, enabling
real-time enterprise wide WAP based solutions. As part of the initiative, Nokia will
provide the Nokia 7110 WAP enabled handsets, infrastructure and Nokia WAP Server
software. Staffware will deliver the underlying business process solution based on its
workflow technology, enabling the automation of business processes across the internet.
SupplierMarket.com and Relevant Business Systems announced that they have signed a
memorandum of understanding to form a strategic alliance and integrate their offerings.
As a result of a future integration, Relevant INFIMACS II ERP users will be able to
buy and sell built-to-order components, parts and equipment seamlessly via their
purchasing and quotation screens.
Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced the launch of a new Application Service Provider
(ASP) initiative. Tecnomatix is partnering with Spatial Inc.'s PlanetCAD division, to
provide the first product to be offered under this initiative. In the first stage of
the initiative, Tecnomatix has joined forces with PlanetCAD to deliver an
e-manufacturing service for the machining industry called quote-A-part.
* Other *
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that the Cadence virtual component co-design
(VCC) environment has been selected as the best new EDA product of the year 2000 by
the French publication, Electronique.
Digital Paper Corporation announced that it has been recognized in Fortune Magazine's
'Cool Companies 2000' cover story on hot startup companies.
Mentor Graphics Corp. and Cypress Semiconductor announced that a selection of Mentor
Inventra Intellectual Property (IP) cores is now available for licensing and download
over the World Wide Web, as optimized netlists, for use in the Cypress Delta39K family
of complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs).
Open Text Corporation announced its strategy to take knowledge management to the next
level. As a key part of this strategy, the Company announced the next evolution of
BASIS and Techlib - the document collection and library automation components of the
Livelink product family - myBASIS, a collaborative portal interface, allowing users
to organize multiple information sources.
R&B Mold & Die Design, Ltd., a mold and die design software developer, announced that
its MoldWorks software has achieved certification for SolidWorks 2000 by meeting the
criteria for Certified Gold Partner status.
SDRC announced that its Metaphase product knowledge management (PKM) software is the
first product certified as Configuration Management II (CMII) compliant by the
Institute of Configuration Management (ICM).
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced that after standardizing on UGS' product
development software earlier this year, Cleveland Golf of Cypress, CA has completed
the design and development of a new set of irons in record time.
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