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* Corporate *
Ariba, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Agile
Software Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, each share of Agile common
stock will be converted into 1.35 shares of Ariba, resulting in a net aggregate
purchase price of approximately $2.55 billion based on the closing price of Ariba
common stock of $40 on January 26, 2001.
Intergraph Corporation announced that it has acquired for its Process & Building
Solutions division the MARIAN business unit from debis Systemhaus Industry GmbH,
Stuttgart, Germany. The acquisition includes the MARIAN materials management software
and existing contracts for software and IT services.
* Financial results *
Dassault Systemes announced financial results for the 2000 fourth quarter and year
ended December 31, 2000. Total revenue increased 33% to Euro 196.5 million in the
2000 fourth quarter, compared to Euro 147.5 million in the 1999 fourth quarter.
For the year ended December 31, 2000, total revenue increased 25% to Euro 632.4
million, compared to Euro 504.7 million in 1999.
Hummingbird Ltd. reported its unaudited consolidated results for the first quarter
ended December 31, 2000. Sales for the quarter ended December 31, 2000 were $60.4
million, representing an increase of 11% compared to the quarter ended December
31, 1999.
Innoveda, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year
ended December 30, 2000. Revenue for the fourth quarter increased 143 percent to
$30.8 million from $12.7 million for the prior year period. For the fiscal year
ended December 30, 2000, revenue increased 68 percent to $89.9 million from $53.5
million for fiscal 1999.
Intergraph Corporation reported operating results for its fourth quarter and year
ended December 31, 2000. Revenue for the fourth quarter was $144 million versus $224
million in the prior year quarter. Revenue for the year was $690 million versus
$938 million in the prior year. Net earnings for the year were $10.1 million.
Mentor Graphics Corporation reported fourth quarter 2000 revenues of $182 million,
compared to revenues of $155 million for the fourth quarter of 1999. For the full
year 2000, revenues were $589 million compared to 1999 revenues of $511 million.
Open Text Corporation announced results for its second quarter of fiscal 2001,
ending December 31, 2000. Total revenues for the quarter increased to $37.8 million,
up from $26.7 million, an increase of 42% from the prior year.
SDRC announced its results for the fourth quarter and year 2000. Revenues in the
fourth quarter totaled $120.0 million compared to $114.1 million last year. For
the year ended December 31, 2000, revenue was $451.9 million compared to $442.2
million last year.
Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced financial results for the fourth quarter and
full year ended December 31, 2000. Revenues for the fourth quarter ended December
31, 2000 were $21.7 million compared to $23.8 million for the same period in 1999.
Revenues for the year 2000 were $89.0 million compared to $88.0 million for the
same period in 1999.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced financial results for the fourth quarter and
twelve months ended December 31, 2000. Revenues for the fourth quarter ended
December 31, 2000 were $154 million compared to $136 million for the same period
in 1999. Revenues for the year 2000 were $525 million compared to $467 million for
the same period in 1999.
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* People *
Ariba, Inc. announced the appointment of James W. Steele to a newly created position
as the executive vice president of Ariba worldwide sales.
Quickturn, a company of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., announced that Shozo Uchida has
joined Cadence as the new General Manager of its Quickturn Japan organization.
EIGNER + PARTNER, Inc. announced that it named Steve Milliren as National Sales
Manager, North America.
IHS Group, a worldwide content provider of technical and business information
solutions, announced that Robert R. Carpenter has been named the new president
and CEO of IHS Group.
The Process & Building Solutions division of Intergraph Corporation announced
the appointment of Kurt Ingenthron as executive vice president of Technology and
Gerhard Sallinger as executive vice president of Global Sales & Marketing.
* Implementation *
Agile Software Corporation and Tality Corporation, a subsidiary of Cadence Design
Systems, Inc., announced that Tality has licensed Agile Anywhere, a web-based
suite of collaborative manufacturing solutions.
Alventive, Inc. announced that Sporteum, Inc., a collaborative communications
e-business provider, will use Alventive's Design-to-Order Solutions to develop
a private marketplace dedicated to improving the ability of sporting goods
manufacturers to collaborate more effectively with suppliers on product design.
Alventive, Inc. announced that Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., a manufacturer of
recreational vehicles, purchased additional Alventive Design-to-Order Solutions.
Autodesk, Inc. announced that Lamb Technicon Body and Assembly Division has selected
Autodesk Inventor software to design its automotive welding assembly lines, hemming
machines, and assembly machines.
Cadcentre Group plc announced the decision by Day & Zimmermann International, Inc.
to standardize all 3D design functions on Cadcentre's plant design solution.
Dassault Systemes announced an agreement with the DD 21 Alliance on CATIA Version 5
and ENOVIA to support the complete Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) of the U.S.
Navy's Zumwalt-class Land Attack Destroyer (DD 21). Under the agreement, Dassault
Systemes will develop dedicated shipbuilding software solutions as requested by the
Alliance.
Documentum announced that Alcon, a provider of ophthalmic products, has selected the
Documentum 4i eBusiness Platform as its global standard for all content management
applications.
Eurostep Commercial Solutions AB announced that Hagglunds Vehicle AB has chosen to
use Share-A-space, a web-based solution developed to manage complex collaborative
design projects where the collaboration partners use different CAx systems.
Framework Technologies announced that Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United
Technologies Corporation, has successfully completed Phase I deployment of
ActiveProject, enabling collaborative product development.
Framework Technologies Corporation announced that Varco International, Inc., a
manufacturer and supplier of drilling equipment and rig instrumentation,
has selected ActiveProject as its collaborative commerce solution.
The Process & Building Solutions division of Intergraph Corporation announced
that the Royal Dutch/Shell Group has signed agreements for global purchase of
INtools instrumentation software and delivery of joint INtools services.
The Process & Building Solutions division of Intergraph Corporation announced
that Fluor Daniel has signed a Global Alliance Agreement. Under terms of the
multi-year agreement, Intergraph Process & Building Solutions will supply
integrated life cycle engineering software to Fluor Daniel and affiliates throughout
Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.
MatrixOne, Inc. announced that eMatrix is the solution of choice for Aviointeriors
S.p.A., Latina, an Italian manufacturer of interiors and seating for civil
airplanes and train coaches.
NexPrise Inc. announced that it has licensed its secure collaboration and communication
solution to Invensys Power Systems, a division of Invensys plc.
Open Text Corporation announced that Cable & Wireless has chosen to deploy
Livelink.
PTC announced that staffing and outsourcing leader CDI Corporation has purchased
PTC's Pro/ENGINEER software for use in CDI's turnkey worldwide engineering
staffing solution.
PTC announced it has received a $1 million order from Balzer Process Systems GmbH
(BPS) of Alzenau, Germany for software and services.
SDRC announced that Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company has placed a software
license and related services order for deployment of over 3,000 concurrent users
of SDRC's Metaphase software.
SDRC announced that Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has placed
an order valued at $1.4 million over 2 years in Metaphase software and services.
SDRC announced that the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has purchased I-DEAS,
Metaphase and Accelis software for the Mars Exploration Rover project.
Selectica announced that Invacare Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of
home medical products has chosen Selectica to automate its online sales and
distribution process.
SolidWorks Corporation announced that Enidine Inc. has chosen SolidWorks as its
standard solid modeling solution. Enidine is using SolidWorks to design, develop,
test, and assemble its shock, vibration isolation, and motion control products.
Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd. announced that it has received a $3.5 million follow-on
order from European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company EADS Airbus SA for
Tecnomatix eMPower eManufacturing software.
Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced that it has received a $400,000 follow-on order
for Tecnomatix-Unicam software. Agilent Technologies, Inc. is standardizing its
printed circuit assembly (PCA) manufacturing process on the Tecnomatix-Unicam eMPower
software.
think3 announced that Kablooe Design has selected think3's 3-D solid and surface
modeling software, thinkdesign, for 3-D design and engineering of a wide range
of consumer, medical and industrial products.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced the successful customer implementation of
its iMAN Portal software at Ballestra S.p.A. and CMS S.p.A.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced that Fayetteville, Tennessee-based Amana
Heating and Air Conditioning has selected Solid Edge as its mechanical computer-aided
design software system. Amana purchased 14 licenses of Solid Edge.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced that ULMA Packaging and ULMA Construction, based
in Onati, Guipuzkoa (Spain), have selected Solid Edge as their corporate product
design system. The initial contract includes 45 licenses of Solid Edge, with more
planned during the next two years.
* Developments *
Ariba, Inc. announced the availability of new functionality with Ariba Sourcing.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced the release of the Cadence Signal Processing
Worksystem 4.6.
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Cimmetry Systems Inc. announced that Cimmetry's AutoVue family of products supports
Autodesk's Inventor format. AutoVue can View and Markup the 3D models as well as
the 2D drawing files created by the Inventor package.
Hummingbird Ltd. announced the general availability of Genio Suite 4.6 - a data
integration platform for large scale data warehousing.
Hummingbird Ltd. announced the release of version 2.1 of a solution that facilitates
the rejuvenation process of converting mainframe and mid-range applications into
modern user-centric e-Business solutions. This solution consists of two modules:
e-Toolkit, a designer tool to build graphical user interfaces for host applications;
and e-Gateway, the back-end server used to deploy these customized application
interfaces via the web.
IDEAL Scanners and Systems announced the release of ScanDEX 2.5. This offers users
a multitude of new features, including color image support, email image support,
advanced multi-page capability, direct printer support, and more.
Informative Graphics Corporation announced that Brava!, its online view and markup
collaboration software, is now available in English, German, French, Spanish,
Finnish and Kanji.
The Process & Building Solutions division of Intergraph Corporation announced
that an updated version of SmartPlant Review will support Elumens VisionStation single
projector hemispherical display system.
Mentor Graphics Corp., Xilinx, Inc. and Kawasaki LSI announced fully-functional
silicon reference design for Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0-compliant peripheral
designs.
Océ announced that the Océ CPS700 (Colour Production System) will be
launched at CeBIT 2001.
Spicer Corporation announced the integration of ViewCafé with Step2000 from
UDMS, a leading supplier of e-process (workflow) and e-content management capability.
Synergis Technologies announced it will debut version 4 of its document management
software, NFM3 - now named Synergis Adept - at the National Design and Engineering Show.
Verity, Inc. announced the immediate availability of Verity K2 Catalog.
Workgroup Technology Corporation (WTC) announced the availability of a new release
of its SolidWorks Integrator. The new SolidWorks Integrator release is certified
as a SolidWorks Gold Logo product and is enhanced in the areas of usability,
performance, and overall product data management functionality.
Xerox Engineering Systems announced the ColorgrafX X2 piezoelectric inkjet printer,
a new 54-inch, six-color inkjet printer.
* Relationships *
Atos Origin announced it signed a partnership agreement with Industrial & Financial
Systems. The agreement will enhance Atos Origin's capability in the integration of
legacy systems with e-Business solutions and extend its enterprise resource planning
(ERP) portfolio.
CoCreate Software Inc. announced an agreement with GE Plastics whereby GE Plastics
will become a service provider using CoCreate's OneSpace technology and services
for a new collaboration portal at GE Plastics' sites.
CoCreate Software, Inc. and MatrixOne announced that, as part of a new alliance,
they would integrate certain complementary technologies that will enable companies
to capitalize on intellectual property created during the product generation process.
MatrixOne products will provide the underlying business process and enterprise
integration infrastructure for business-to-business collaboration, and CoCreate's
OneSpace engineering collaboration solution will enable real-time communication
sessions among geographically disparate design teams.
FileNET Corporation and corporate portal software-maker Plumtree Software announced
an alliance to integrate FileNET's Panagon eProcess Services and Content Management
software into the Plumtree Corporate Portal known as Plumtree Portal Gadgets.
Informative Graphics Corp. announced that its Brava! software will be integrated
by Lucernex Inc., a developer of software to enable large retail and hospitality
chains to manage the property rollout process, into Lucernex’ Rollout Manager product.
Informative Graphics Corp. announced that Documentum's DocViewer, powered by IGC,
now provides view and annotation over the Web for DocControl Manager users.
i2 Technologies, Inc. announced a strategic partnership with QRS Corporation, a
leading provider of collaborative business-to-business e-commerce solutions for
the retail industry. The partnership plans to integrate i2 TradeMatrix Solutions
with QRS' Tradeweave Retail Network.
KPMG Consulting and EIGNER + PARTNER have agreed to cooperate in the introduction
of e-Engineering solutions to offer customers industry-tailored know-how in a
variety of projects.
SDRC and EDS announced an agreement for EDS and SDRC to jointly pursue the E-Business
Collaboration market. The agreement targets the exploding market for collaborative
product commerce (CPC) software and services.
SDRC announced it is working more closely with long-time industry partner, Sun
Microsystems, Inc. to help drive the adoption of Collaborative Product Commerce
(CPC) solutions within the discrete manufacturing environment.
Selectica announced an expanded relationship with Aspect Communications. Aspect
will deploy Selectica's ISS as an enterprise-wide Web solution in order to
empower Aspect's global sales force by simplifying the configuration and ordering
of products and services online.
Smart Solutions announced an agreement with WebEx Communications, Inc. to deliver
new e-collaborative product development capabilities to its manufacturing customers
and their supply chains. Under the terms of the agreement, SmarTeam will be
integrating the WebEx interactive platform into its e-Supply Chain solutions.
Staffware and Biomni announced they have formed a strategic alliance to develop
the first workflow-enhanced e-procurement solution with scalable, fully automated,
self-service functionality.
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. announced that Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. - a provider
of functional virtual prototyping software and services - will provide UGS'
Academic Partners with ADAMS Full Simulation and Dynamic Designer software packages
for use with Unigraphics and Solid Edge.
Vignette Corp. and Ariba, Inc. announced a strategic alliance to deliver solutions
that enable buyers, suppliers and marketplaces to gain greater market traction by
deepening relationships with their trading partners, enhancing customer revenue
opportunities, and increasing efficiency on all sides of B2B e-commerce.
* Other *
ACS Software, Inc. announced the opening of their new UK office. ACS Software Europe
Limited has been established in the UK to support its international business partners
and customers in Europe and other international markets.
Autodesk announced that its new Business Headquarters in Singapore will serve as the
Asia Pacific business headquarters as well as a research and development facility
and a geographic information systems (GIS) service and support competency center.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that Toshiba America Electronic Components,
Inc. has issued sign-off endorsement for the static timing analysis technology
embedded within the Cadence Ambit BuildGates synthesis and Physically Knowledgeable
Synthesis tools for application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design flows.
Centric Software, Inc. announced the opening of its new automotive industry headquarters
in Ann Arbor, MI.
Centric Software, Inc. announced the expansion of its European operations with the
opening of a new office in Paris - the third office it has opened in France in less
than 14 months.
Cyco Software announced a free 30-day fully-functional download of its AutoManager
View 3.2 software on http://www.cyco.com.
IDEAL Scanners and Systems announced the roll out of a new dealer plan for 2001.
The I/DEALer Program centers on IntraNETIX, a large format document management
software that allows for browser-based access to any black and white or color document
in a secure Intranet/Internet environment.
QUMAS Ltd., a provider of Enterprise Compliance Management solutions for regulated
industries, announced that the company has been recognized as Ireland's twelfth
fastest growing technology company by being named to the Deloitte & Touche
Technology Fast 50 Program.
SDRC announced that for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2000, Metaphase
sales totaled $47 million. There are now approximately 405,000 Metaphase users
in production worldwide, an increase of 30,000 users in Q4 alone.
SolidWorks Corporation announced that it has donated 123 licenses of SolidWorks
software to the China Education Association of Mechanical Engineering in Shanghai,
China.
Staffware announced it has joined the Business Process Management Initiative
(BPMI.org), and the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration Project (UDDI).
Both organizations are at the forefront of driving industry standards in the
eBusiness environment.
Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd. announced that The Boeing Company has adopted the
Tecnomatix eMPower Quality Solution as one of its corporate standards for quality
assurance.
Tecoplan AG announced that it is offering a free trial account of the new Xbrioso
Engineering Service at CeBIT 2001.
Unigraphics Solutions, Inc. announced that, according to wire service reports,
General Motors, Isuzu Motors, Fuji Heavy Industries and Suzuki Motors plan to
integrate their 3D CAD systems used in the development of new models. The four
organizations will all use Unigraphics and expect that the data sharing facilitated
by this integration will enable them to increase development efficiency and enhance
competitiveness.
Verity, Inc. announced that its Verity K2 Toolkit has won a Crossroads 2001 A-List
Award from Open Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA). The award identifies products and
services that are ready for mainstream use and have proven track record in large
or fast-growing companies.
ZoomON announced that it is refining its business to focus on solutions for the
Mobile Internet. ZoomON has a unique, patentable technology that mediates graphics
between different types of mobile units. The Collaboration business area - which
develops tools for the engineering sector - will be branched off.
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