Infor today announced that it plans to increase the number of European partners in the Infor Partner Network (IPN) by 36 percent in the next six months. The IPN is a global network designed to provide the tools and resources necessary to help partners grow a profitable and sustainable business around Infor products. Infor has continued to make significant investments in the IPN since its inception in 2011, building a program that has been consistently recognized as a leader in the industry. Ninety-seven new channel partners joined the IPN in fiscal year 2015 making it the fourth consecutive year that Infor has cultivated around 100 new reseller partnerships worldwide. Infor continues to recruit channel partners and is currently looking for new partners focused on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, particularly in the key vertical markets of fashion, food & beverage and industrial machinery. "Resellers and Alliance Partners continue to play

Rand Worldwide today announced that its courseware division, ASCENT- Center for Technical Knowledge, is partnering with 4D Technologies to provide free access to their Autodesk Certification Preparation content online for a limited time. The new online certification preparation portal includes Official Certification Preparation content by ASCENT and rich CADLearning video courses by 4D. These materials, available for free from November 3 to December 3, will ensure an unrivalled learning experience for those taking certification exams at Autodesk University 2015 in Las Vegas. ASCENT’s Official Certification Preparation books are specifically designed to help users prepare for Autodesk Certification exams. They contain relevant instructional topics, practices, and review questions that directly address the Certified Professional exam topics and objectives. To gain access to the ultimate combination of certification preparation materials, register for free athttp://certprep.cadlearning.com. “We’re combining the best learning materials in one place, online,” says Matt Murphy, director of content management and development, 4D Technologies. “Video lessons, detailed descriptions,

PTC announced today it has completed its acquisition of the Vuforia business from Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. The Vuforia™ platform is the industry’s most advanced and widely adopted augmented reality (AR) technology platform. The acquisition enhances PTC’s technology portfolio and accelerates PTC’s strategy as a leading provider of technologies and solutions that blend the digital and physical worlds. The combination of Vuforia and PTC leverages two transformational technology trends – Internet of Things (IoT) and augmented reality (AR) – that will allow PTC to deliver a new class of products that merge the digital and physical worlds. “With the addition of Vuforia, PTC provides an incredibly innovative technology platform that enables customers to capitalize on the opportunity of the Internet of Things (IoT),” said PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann. “PTC welcomes the Vuforia team and customers, commits to supporting Vuforia’s technology leadership in the consumer market, and will

Key takeaways: SAP is expanding their reach across the extended supply chain, focused on needs and opportunities in the age of smart connected products The platformization of the SAP portfolio on S/4HANA illustrates the evolution of the product innovation platform as defined by CIMdata and others Expansions like Innovation Management, Product Lifecycle Costing, and others are bringing new energy into SAP PLM, expanding their solution coverage to the full product record CIMdata attended SAPs Extended Supply Chain Management (eSCM) analyst event at SAP Headquarters in Walldorf, Germany on 29-30 September 2015. The SAP team put on a comprehensive program with most of the first day focused on updates from SAP on company strategy and specific products and initiatives. One-to-one sessions between SAP executives and analysts spanned the rest of the allotted time in which SAP asked for pointed feedback during each session. Because CIMdata’s focus is on product lifecycle management (PLM) that is the

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces a program review of Arena Solutions and their PLM portfolio. Arena Solutions was the originator of multi-tenant cloud-based PLM. Since their inception they have continued to expand and evolve the functional capabilities of their solution portfolio, their hosted delivery model, and the underlying technology so that it is now capable of supporting the largest global enterprises. This paper discusses the issues facing manufacturing organizations across all industries and the need to have scalable, flexible PLM environments for internal development and collaboration across the value chain. It describes Arena Solutions’ history and overall program approach to addressing these issues. It further presents information about each of Arena's PLM solution components as well as three case studies highlighting how customers have used Arena's solutions to achieve important business benefits. This paper is freely available from CIMdata’s Publications web page.

Originator of Multi-Tenant Cloud PLM Makes Solution Scalable for Largest Enterprises Ann Arbor, Michigan, 3 November 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces a program review of Arena Solutions and their PLM portfolio. Arena Solutions was the originator of multi-tenant cloud-based PLM. Since their inception they have continued to expand and evolve the functional capabilities of their solution portfolio, their hosted delivery model, and the underlying technology so that it is now capable of supporting the largest global enterprises. This paper discusses the issues facing manufacturing organizations across all industries and the need to have scalable, flexible PLM environments for internal development and collaboration across the value chain. It describes Arena Solutions’ history and overall program approach to addressing these issues. It further presents information about each of Arena's PLM solution components as well as three case studies highlighting how customers have used Arena's solutions to

 PDF Key takeaways: SAP is expanding their reach across the extended supply chain, focused on needs and opportunities in the age of smart connected products The platformization of the SAP portfolio on S/4HANA illustrates the evolution of the product innovation platform as defined by CIMdata and others Expansions like Innovation Management, Product Lifecycle Costing, and others are bringing new energy into SAP PLM, expanding their solution coverage to the full product record CIMdata attended SAPs Extended Supply Chain Management (eSCM) analyst event at SAP Headquarters in Walldorf, Germany on 29-30 September 2015. The SAP team put on a comprehensive program with most of the first day focused on updates from SAP on company strategy and specific products and initiatives. One-to-one sessions between SAP executives and analysts spanned the rest of the allotted time in which SAP asked for pointed feedback during each session. Because CIMdata’s focus is on product lifecycle management (PLM) that is the

Australia's vintage clothing firm, The Darnell Collection, has partnered with Gerber Technology, to adopt 3D technology into its clothing styles. McFadden executive director, CAD Product Management, Gerber said, “The Darnell Collection is important on so many levels, but perhaps the highest being its role in bringing the true art of fashion to life. It serves as an inspiration, and allows us to delve into the past and bring details and ideas to the present in a new and exciting way.” The process of converting these garments to a computer generated dress for a 3D avatar yields astonishing results. Being vintage and highly constructed, some with corsets, yards of fabric and even boning, the dresses that McFadden 3D-rendered were a challenge. With these garments being older and fragile, there were unique steps taken. 3D rendering vintage garments requires attention to lots of small and specialized details in order to make sure that fabric

PROSTEP has integrated the OpenDXM GlobalX solution for file exchange and managed file transfer (MFT) even deeper into the Windows environment, thereby allowing Office application users outside the engineering department to also easily and securely exchange files. In addition to OpenDXM GlobalX Outlook-Integration, which has been available since 2014, the Darmstadt solution provider has now also integrated its Web-based file exchange platform into Microsoft Windows Explorer. Having the platform integrated into Windows Explorer makes it possible to exchange sensitive information as easily as with Dropbox. However, thanks to the encryption mechanisms and the HTTP-based proxy service offered by OpenDXM GlobalX, this is done with the highest level of security. Using Windows Explorer-Integration is remarkably easy. Users register WebSpaces for recipients with whom they regularly exchange files in their Windows Explorer in the form of directory folders, drag and drop the files to be exchanged into the folder, and write a brief

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the general access of its new SewerGEMS, SewerCAD, StormCAD, and CivilStorm V8i (SELECTseries 5) products for the analysis and design of wastewater and stormwater systems. In addition to being available as stand-alone applications and to running on CAD and GIS platforms, the V8i (SELECTseries 5) sewer and stormwater products can now be used from within the V8i (SELECTseries 4) versions of OpenRoads-based products – combining 3D design and hydraulic analysis capabilities in the same platform. The resulting comprehensive civil solution eliminates the need for extra import/export steps or file conversions. Commenting on the new releases, Chris Haines, senior civil engineer and PAR-BIM technical lead, Drainage & Utilities, Parsons, said, “The integration of Bentley’sOpenRoads civil design functionality with the advanced capabilities of Bentley’s storm and sewer analysis products will be a huge benefit to productivity and quality for our highway drainage design workflows.” Gregg Herrin, Bentley Systems director