In two separate but related efforts to advance the future of digital and physical creation, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) announced it is working with Microsoft Corp. to embed its 3D printing platform in Windows 10, and that it intends to make its 3D modeling software interoperable with Microsoft's mixed reality environment, Microsoft HoloLens. In the first initiative, Autodesk will embed its Spark 3D printing software platform in Windows 10. This effort will provide Windows users with direct access to optimized and more reliable 3D printing experiences that streamline the additive manufacturing process for a variety of software, material, and printer choices. Autodesk will make the Spark APIs available for free* to the Microsoft developer community to build upon, extending the reach and growth of the 3D printing industry. Further, to their combined goal of making 3D printing more accessible, Autodesk will also join Microsoft as a founding member of a 3D Manufacturing Format (3MF) Consortium to create and support a standard 3D interchange and printing format. "We're approaching a tipping point

Aras®, the next leader in enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, today announced that Hitachi, Ltd. Power Systems Company, a leading supplier of equipment and services for the power generation market, has selected the Aras Innovator suite for enterprise PLM to serve as the backbone for the company’s new global engineering data IT framework. The move to Aras PLM underscores the drive at Hitachi Power Systems to optimize manufacturing efficiency and product quality. After evaluating several PLM solution suites, Hitachi Power Systems selected Aras for its native Web platform technology, overall system flexibility and extensive customization capabilities. Hitachi Power Systems plans to integrate numerous critical processes across multiple business units and departments, worldwide, using the Aras Innovator platform. “With Aras, we can manage in a single system the multitude of business processes and product data sources needed to unify our global product design and production,” said Kyu Kabata, Senior Engineer, Business Process

Agilent Technologies Inc. will release second-quarter fiscal 2015 financial results after the stock market closes on May 18. The company will host a live webcast of its investor conference call in listen-only mode. Date: Monday, May 18 Time: 1:30 p.m. PDT Web access: www.investor.agilent.com Listeners may log on and select “Q2 2015 Agilent Technologies Inc. Earnings Conference Call” in the “News & Events – Calendar of Events” section. The webcast will remain on the company site for 90 days. In addition, a telephone replay of the conference call will be available at approximately 5:30 p.m. PDT on May 18 through May 25 by dialing +1 855 859 2056 (or +1 404 537 3406 from outside the United States) and entering pass code 22310408. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Agilent on CIMdata.com

French IT services company Capgemini is to acquire iGate in the U.S. for US$4.0 billion, in a bid to expand its presence in the North American market. The deal will boost Capgemini’s revenue from North America by 33 percent to $4 billion, making the region the first to account for 30 percent of its revenue. The iGate acquisition also brings to Capgemini additional expertise in application and infrastructure services, business process outsourcing and engineering services. Capgemini also gets iGate’s clients, including key customers such as General Electric and Royal Bank of Canada, to whom it can now cross-sell its own services. After the acquisition, the merged entity will have an estimated combined revenue of €12.5 billion ($13.6 billion) in 2015, an operating margin above 10 percent and around 190,000 employees. About 50,000 of these employees will be focused on North American clients. iGate had revenue of $1.3 billion in 2014, of which 79 percent

Key takeaways: Three transformational forces affect all industries—data (the what), cloud (the how), and engagement (the why) An important value of the Internet of Things is found in gaining insight that leads to action The Internet of Things generates a new scale of challenges—such as trusted devices and the need for security intelligence IT can no longer add value programmatically—the IT economy is being shaped by a cognitive era CIMdata recently attended IBM Analytics Day on April 9th, 2015 at the Museum of Natural History in New York City, where IBM issued its latest press release that continues their journey with their creation of the Internet of Things unit (previously announced on March 31st, 2015). The announcement in New York further refined the IBM commitment to the Internet of Things (IoT) with the announcement of related software, services and an ecosystem of partners and clients. The roughly 250 attendees at the half-day private event included

Laserdyne’s new SmartPierce™ creates a clean pierce point that is the same diameter as the cut width. This eliminates splatter of molten material around the pierce location making for a consistent and smoother appearing entry point. Using Laserdyne’s exclusive SmartPierce feature, the diameter of the pierce point is smaller than a conventional pierce point when controlled by the system software ensuring that it is the same width as the cut. The SmartPierce capability is important in wide range of applications from thick to thin metal cutting. For example, in many medical devices, electronics and fine mechanics applications requiring small features and thin materials, features may be too small to allow for piercing the “drop-out” or scrap portion of the material. SmartPierce solves this problem. Additional application features such as slots can be produced in a single pass without moving around the outside profile of the feature. This minimizes time producing the feature. Other

CGS, a global provider of business applications, enterprise learning and outsourcing services, announces that its flagship BlueCherry® Enterprise Suite will now incorporate the Leadtec® shop floor control and Threadvine® wholesale solutions. In response to the consumer lifestyle industry's trend toward the integration of business functions, an omnichannel business approach and a more seamless consumer experience, CGS has designed its BlueCherry portfolio around providing an end-to-end, comprehensive solution that can manage clients' complete concept-to-consumer processes. CGS has served the fashion, consumer lifestyle and sewn products industry with its flagship business solutions for more than 30 years, driving the fundamental business processes of global organizations such as Aerosoles, Delta Apparel, Tommy Bahama, Haggar and Paige Denim. To enhance the breadth of CGS's BlueCherry offerings and enable clients to better meet today's changing industry needs, CGS's Leadtec and Threadvine products are now incorporated into the BlueCherry Enterprise Suite under the new names BlueCherry Shop Floor

MODIS, Russia’s fastest growing value fashion retailer with sales exceeding 13 billion Rubles and 138 stores, chooses Tukatech systems to drive innovation and efficiency. “2015 has been a challenging year with the Ruble losing nearly 50% of its value. In such challenging times Modis has decided to re-engineer its processes, roles, workflow and systems in order to combat inflation and improve customer service” comments Mike Mikkelborg, Commercial Director. “Tukatech’sTUKA3D virtual prototyping software, their consulting and implementation processes add value and benefits that will help Modis thrive through these challenging times. Our objective is to help our supply chain reduce their cost of samples, courier, development and provide consistent fit for our customers,” he added. “Modis makes high quality, yet affordable fashion clothing for women, men, teenagers and children. Their product range also includes shoes, accessories and cosmetics. This is possible because Modis creates its own collections without any middleman. Modis buyers and

Faymonville, a manufacturer of trailers for special-purpose and heavy-duty trucking, relies on CIM DATABASE PLM to validate its product portfolio strategy. The company is therefore not only replacing its existing TDM system but also establishing new PLM apps like mBOM Manager, to provide optimal support for the product creation process from development through to production. Faymonville has been using CIM DATABASE PLM for an initial product series since the middle of 2014 and is now expanding rollout. Faymonville AG, which is headquartered in Luxembourg, exports approximately 40% of its trailers to countries outside Europe. In 2014, the corporate group introduced CIM DATABASE at four locations in order to strengthen its market position. The PLM system from CONTACT Software will replace the existing team data management solution and enable configure-to-order processes that will provide comprehensive support for Faymonville's strategic corporate objectives with regard to the new product platforms. CIM DATABASE PLM is already

' PTC  today reported revenue for the second quarter of FY'15 of $314.1 million. Net income was$5.4 million or $0.05 per share, which compares to revenue of $328.7 million and net income of $43.8 million or $0.36 per share in the second quarter FY'14. Second quarter FY'15 non-GAAP revenue was $315.3 million. Non-GAAP net income was $61.4 million or $0.53 per share, which compares to non-GAAP net income of $57.7 million or $0.48 per share, in the second quarter FY'14. James Heppelmann, President and CEO said, "PTC had a solid second quarter. When adjusted for an increasing mix of subscription bookings and foreign currency depreciation, our analysis indicates software revenue would have increased 10% and non-GAAP earnings would have increased more than 20%. Although foreign currency and subscriptions bookings mix will continue to weigh on our reported results this year, we still expect to achieve 15% constant currency growth in non-GAAP earnings - as our workforce realignment positions us to deliver improving operating margin in the second half of FY'15. Focused portfolio