ProPlus Design Solutions, Inc. today announced that eSilicon Corporation, a leading independent semiconductor design and manufacturing solutions provider, has selected its high-performance parallel SPICE simulator and its variation analysis platform for advanced intellectual property (IP) designs at 28-nanometer (nm), 16nm and beyond. eSilicon selected ProPlus' NanoSpice for its high accuracy and superior performance, which are needed to tackle the increasing challenges of advanced designs, such as memory characterization, large block simulation and verification. eSilicon also adopted NanoYield for its highly accurate and high-performance high-sigma technologies to analyze the impact of process variations on analog and memory designs, in order to achieve optimum yield versus power, performance and area trade-offs. Both tools have been validated by intensive evaluations for different types of designs and implemented into eSilicon's design flow to help eSilicon develop and deliver complex integrated circuits (ICs) and various memory and custom IP offerings. The tools' technological advantages, including NanoSpice's superior parallel performance

SAP SE today announced its financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2015. SAP again delivered exceptionally strong growth in the cloud. Second quarter non-IFRS cloud subscriptions and support revenue grew 129% year-over-year (92% at constant currencies) to €555 million. New cloud bookings, the key measure for SAP’s sales success in the cloud, increased 162% in the second quarter to €203 million. The Company had a very strong non-IFRS cloud and software revenue performance with 21% growth (9% at constant currencies) to €4.06 billion. Non-IFRS operating profit increased 13% (1% at constant currencies) to €1.39 billion. “When I speak with CEOs, they are looking for a road map to digitize their business and to create new business models,” said SAP CEO Bill McDermott. “Our business is thriving because we have the most complete vision for how to make this transition to digital business a simple one. I am

Delcam will demonstrate the new Ember™ 3D printer from Autodesk and the 2015 R2 version of ArtCAM JewelSmith at the TCT exhibition to be held at the NEC on 30th September and 1st October. Autodesk developed the Ember printer as a reference device for Spark, its open 3D printing platform, to show how tightly integrated software and hardware can deliver an improved user experience.  By using digital-light stereolithography to cure liquid resins, Ember creates complex, high-resolution objects, which is desirable for the casting of jewellery. The Ember printer also offers a rapid build speed, having the capability to produce up to ten model rings in an hour or up to twenty model rings in less than 90 minutes. ArtCAM JewelSmith has been developed specifically to allow jewellery manufacturers to increase productivity, improve quality and deliver new designs more quickly, by combining their craft skills and creativity with the power and precision of computer-aided

OPENMill™ is the latest CNC modular control system for control of machining centers from OSAI USA. Designed for highest productivity, finishing quality and ease of use, these new OSAI hardware and software modules provide optimized management of simple 3 axis milling machines to the most complex 5 axis machining centers. “The new OSAI hardware and Software modules allow the optimized management of machining centers, in terms of costs and performance from simple 3 axis milling machines up to more complex 5 axis machining centers.” reports Ivica Simunic, national sales manager for OSAI USA. “The OPENMill system is designed to simplify the installation and commissioning, for a faster time-to-market, as a result of its advanced Software modules and Hardware components”. The OPENMill software programs and controls the machining center managing the execution of programs from either an external CAD-CAM or locally using graphic and parametric programming of cycles and profiles. The programmer does

Paul & Shark, the luxury sportswear brand, has selected Centric Software to provide its product lifecycle management (PLM) software. The company, known for combining technical fabrics with elegant and stylish details, will use Centric 8 PLM to help manage growth and international expansion, according to Andrea Dini, owner and CEO of Paul & Shark. Centric 8 PLM for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods companies will replace a custom product data management (PDM) system at Paul & Shark. “The advantages of PLM, and specifically, Centric PLM, are significant when it comes to speed, efficiency and full visibility across all areas of product development,” says Dini. “For Paul & Shark, moving to Centric was a clear choice.” Centric’s innovative PLM targets key areas for Paul & Shark, adds Dini. “The Sample Review Mobile App, in particular, will help Paul & Shark maintain and enhance excellence in product quality and with the manufacture of materials.” The Centric 8

ThingWorx, a PTC®  business  announced today that Etisalat, a leading Telecommunications provider operating in the Middle-East, Africa and Asia, has signed a Group Framework Agreement to deploy the Industry leading ThingWorx IoT Development Platform to enable new innovative IoT and M2M services throughout the regions that it serves. Etisalat is one of the world’s fastest-growing telecom groups, rapidly expanding across Asia and Africa. Its Middle East operations, strategically located at the crossroads of East and West, enables Etisalat to be the major hub in the Middle East for Internet, voice, broadcast, roaming and corporate data services. By partnering with ThingWorx, Etisalat will be able to offer its customers a large IoT application catalogue to cover a variety of market needs such as Smart City requirements. “After a thorough review of IoT platform options, we have selected the ThingWorx IoT Platform to drive our IoT strategy and the many innovative services that we

The Human Solutions Group's Italian subsidiary Sistemi Assyst, headquartered in Lainate near Milan, has gained Benetton as a new customer. The Italian fashion company will soon be working with Cad.Assyst and Automarker. Special additional functions have been individually programmed into Cad.Assyst and Automarker and precisely tailored to Benetton's requirements. "We're delighted that Benetton has opted to use Cad.Assyst and Automarker," says Peter Stampfli, CEO of Sistemi Assyst. "We have consistently developed both of these solutions in recent years. For us, Cad.Assyst is not just a design tool, it also provides efficient data management, and it can even be used as a communication tool, or as a means of providing methods and expertise. And the depth of interaction between 2D and 3D is constantly increasing. "Our Automarker solution offers fully automated piece placement with optimal utilization: On Automarker.com, you can calculate and manage as many markers as you wish at the same time and convert

SAP AG Tuesday said its second-quarter profit declined from the prior year, while revenues climbed 20 percent with growth in Cloud and software as well as Software licenses and support revenues. The company backed its full-year outlook. Profit after tax declined 16 percent to 469 million euros from 556 million euros reported last year. The results are on IFRS basis. On non-IFRS basis, profit after tax grew 2 percent to 960 million euros. Operating profit edged up 1 percent to 701 million euros. Non-IFRS operating profit jumped 13 percent to 1.394 billion euros. Total revenues climbed 20 percent to 4.97 billion euros from 4.15 billion euros. Cloud and software revenues grew 21 percent to 4.06 billion euros with revenues from software licenses and support rising 13 percent to 3.51 billion euros. Revenues from cloud subscriptions and support surged 129 percent to 552 million euros. New cloud bookings, the key measure for SAP's sales success in

Infosys reported on Tuesday a 5% increase in quarterly net profit, bolstered by a surge in demand for IT outsourcing services from clients in the United States, its biggest market. Infosys consolidated net profit to Rs 3,030 crore for the June quarter, up from Rs 2,886 crore a year ago. Consolidated revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% to Rs 14,354 crore, from Rs 12,770 crore in April-June, 2014. The company has projected a positive outlook for the company in the financial year ending March 2016. It expects to rake in a revenues growth of 10%-12% in constant currency and 11.5%-13.5% in Indian rupee at a conversion rate of 1 US dollar valued at Rs 63.65 for the rest of financial year 2016.  "Our efforts in redesigning our clients' experience and our widespread adoption of innovation, both in grassroots and breakthroughs, are starting to bear fruit in large deal wins and in the

Summary of the second quarter, April – June 2015 Net sales amounted to SEK 387.3 M (371.3), up 4 percent. EBITA amounted to SEK 25.0 M (28.3), an EBITA margin of 6.5 percent (7.6). Operating profit amounted to SEK 15.2 M (19.5), an operating margin of 3.9 percent (5.3). 1) Profit after tax amounted to SEK 8.7 M (14.4). Earnings per share after dilution amounted to SEK 0.29 (0.49). Cash flow from operating activities amounted to SEK 23.3 M (13.9). The Swedish Social Insurance Inspectorate selected e-service from Ida Infront. New Business Area Manager for the business area Process Management.   Summary of the first six months of the year, January – June 2015 Net sales amounted to SEK 819.1 M (782.7), up 5 percent. EBITA totaled SEK 58.7 M (62.6), an EBITA margin of 7.2 percent (8.0). 1) Operating profit amounted to SEK 39.6 M (45.9), an operating margin of 4.8 percent (5.9). 1) Profit after tax amounted to SEK 28.3 M