AVEVA today announced that it has entered a multiyear agreement with Aker Solutions for AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D?). The Norwegian oil service company has selected AVEVA E3D to be its strategic 3D tool on plant design, modification and maintenance projects. This agreement is a continuation of a long-standing successful working relationship that spans more than 20 years. 'The deployment of AVEVA E3D will enhance productivity, enabling Aker to execute larger, more complex projects with less risk using the best solutions available on the market. AVEVA is unmatched in the engineering design world,' said Richard Longdon, CEO, AVEVA. 'We are very proud to be continuing our long-standing working relationship with Aker Solutions. Together we have advanced the development of our technology over many years and will continue to contribute to our strategic vision of a Digital Asset'. Dave Wheeldon, CTO, AVEVA added, 'Using AVEVA software, Aker Solutions benefit from complementary applications that draw

Wipro plans to open a “technology innovation centre” in Silicon Valley by the end of December 2015. This move is part of Wipro’s plan to build on its automation and artificial intelligence capabilities. Earlier this year, Wipro publically announced its intention to reduce its company headcount by 30 per cent through the use of robotic automation. Wipro CTO K.R. Sanjiy commented on this development: “Why Mountain View? Bay Area represents that right area where we can bring together a lot of start-ups [to work with our] customers. We are working with lots of start-ups in the automation space.” The firm currently plans to have roughly 100-150 people working out of the facility. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Wipro on CIMdata.com

Ingram Micro has inked a deal to distribute EMC in New Zealand. The company will distribute the full range of EMC products and services, and Gary Bigwood, Ingram Micro New Zealand managing director, says the distributor is ‘excited’ about the opportunities the deal presents. “Whether it’s cloud computing, big data, trusted infrastructure or storage, EMC has class leading products across all these sectors and more,” Bigwood says. “We are absolutely delighted with this appointment and have great plans to work with EMC to rapidly grow its presence in New Zealand.” Phil Patton, EMC New Zealand country manager, says it is ‘imperative’ the vendor has ‘a high performing and progressive New Zealand distribution partner to deliver EMC technology’ to customers. “That’s why we selected Ingram Micro. “Our organisations share similar values and aspirations and we are looking forward to working together.” The deal extends Ingram Micro’s EMC footprint in the region, with Ingram Micro already an EMC

3D Systems announced a new cooperative R&D agreement with Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD). In accordance with this agreement, 3DS and the US Navy will jointly develop and evaluate 3D printing technology and materials for military uses, including helping the Navy fulfill a number of strategic initiatives. The US Navy's partnership with 3DS underscores the disruptive potential of 3D printing to redefine the supply chain for naval ship components, and reinforces 3DS' ability to continue to modernize the U.S. defense industrial base. "The US Navy is at the forefront of a concerted military effort to integrate 3D printing into their operations," said Neal Orringer, 3DS' Vice President of Alliances and Partnerships. "Through their Print-the-Fleet initiative, the Navy is educating sailors on the latest in digital manufacturing and accelerating adoption of 3D printing. We're proud that our technology—our direct metal printing and our advanced polymer

Tecplot, Inc., developer of the leading Visual Data Analysis (VDA) software for engineers and scientists, today announced the general availability of Tecplot 360 EX 2015 Release 2. The new release, which is ten times faster than the legacy (2013) version of Tecplot 360 at computational analysis and graphics rendering, is the easiest-to-use CFD post-processor available. Specific new features include customizable color maps and improvements to data-probing functionality. “We always seek input from our customer base when planning what features go into a new release,” Tecplot Product Manager Scott Fowler said. “Customizable color maps were at the top of our customers’ wish list, so it was an easy decision to devote the development resources necessary to include them in this release. Likewise, improvements to the data-probing tool were requested often by our customers who perform CFD post-processing work.” Customizable color maps allow users to understand variations in their data through the use of graphical point &

 HP announced that it has been selected by leading data driven marketing and loyalty analytics company Aimia to help achieve its goal of delivering more agile, secure and scalable environments for both internal and client facing IT operations. Under the ten-year contract, HP will support Aimia's business by consolidating and virtualizing its IT infrastructure on the HP Helion Managed Virtual Private Cloud environment and introducing an optimized applications development and support management model. As a result of consolidating and standardizing the technical landscape and providing a globally consistent delivery platform, HP will enable Aimia to continue to expand its data-driven marketing and loyalty analytics services worldwide. "The combination of Aimia's industry leading products, platforms and insights and HP's global infrastructure technologies and application expertise will assist Aimia in enabling our business strategy and provide enhanced services to our customers," said Harry Pickett, Global CIO of Aimia. "Today's announcement is about positioning Aimia to win today, and in

Rand Worldwide, Inc. announces its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, Rand Worldwide, Inc. reported total revenues of $23,474,000 and operating income of $3,677,000. The Company's overall gross margin percentage was 51.8% which was slightly lower than the same quarter in the prior year due to the revenue mix. Total selling, general and administrative expenses were 5.2% lower in the current quarter compared with the same period of the prior fiscal year as a result of decreased commission expense and reduced occupancy costs. As a result, the Company reported income from continuing operations of $1,857,000, or $0.06 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, compared with $2,756,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. For the nine months ended March 31, 2015, the Company reported total revenues of $66,671,000, and operating income of

Theorem Solutions will be attending this year’s Siemens PLM Connection in Dallas, from 18th-21st May 2015. As a long standing Siemens PLM solution partner and Vendor Member of the JT Open initiative, the team from Theorem Solutions will be there to showcase our latest PLM productivity enhancing solutions for the Siemens NX and JT user. If you drop by the Theorem booth (No.106), we will be demonstrating the latest version of our Publish 3D suite of products as well as showcasing data archiving and CAD migration solutions.  Publish 3D is our  3D PDF solution for the NX and JT user .Imagine being able to share any interactive 3D model with anyone in the world without the requirement for CAD viewing software.  Come and see how interactive 3D PDFs are revolutionizing knowledge sharing and collaboration inside organizations, and up and down the supply chain. Theorem will also be available to offer expert advice on how best to work with CATIA

The Object Management Group® (OMG®) announced today the full agenda for the Model Based Engineering in PLM and Manufacturing special event. This event will spotlight how model based engineering standards will usher in a new era of manufacturing with respect to how Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing strategies will affect the interoperability of the data infrastructure of complex products. This event will occur on June 18th at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin, Germany. The agenda will focus on the following presentations and speakers: Welcome and Introductions: Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman & CEO, Object Management Group Dr. Andreas Goerdeler, Head of the Department of Information Society; Media, BMWi·          The Dilema of Standardization in Industry 4.0: Wolfgang Dorst, Head of the Industry 4.0 Department, BITKOM An Architectural Model for Industry 4.0 - A Commonly Approved Base for Standardization: Dr. Peter Adolphs, Head of WG2 "Standardization" in the Platform Industry 4.0, Pepperl+Fuchs Sven-Olaf Schulze, President, German

If you’ve heard about the exciting features coming in Vectorworks 2016, you can see them for yourself at booth #3181 at the AIA Convention 2015, where Vectorworks Architect experts are on hand to answer all your questions about the current version of the software, as well as preview three tools we know you’ll love once 2016 hits the market this fall: Marionette: As the first and only cross-platform graphical scripting environment available in a BIM authoring tool, Marionette lets Vectorworks Architect users create complex design variations and intelligent parametric objects in a Python-based environment. Energos: Vectorworks Architect users can make critical performance decisions based on real-time feedback directly in their models with Energos, the only BIM authoring tool that uses the highly respected Passivhaus calculation method to create building energy use analysis results. Project Sharing: Design teams will be able to work concurrently in the same Vectorworks file using
a multi-user environment to streamline project workflows,