ESI Group announces that Expliseat has obtained certification for their revolutionary Titanium aircraft seat; developed with the help of ESI's Virtual Seat Solution. French company Expliseat thereby releases the lightest seat ever certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The Titanium seat was developed in record time thanks to a highly innovative design and manufacturing process. Expliseat used ESI's Virtual Seat Solution to develop and test fully virtual seat prototypes; easily conducting many iterations without the need to build numerous (and costly) real prototypes. "Virtual Prototyping empowers SMEs to shorten the pre-industrial phase of their new products - and to do so with minimum initial investment," explains Fouad El-Khaldi, Industry Strategy & Innovation General Manager, ESI Group. Virtual Seat Solution is a dedicated software solution for seat design, manufacturing and performance that takes into account the physical behavior of materials and enables virtual pre-certification of a seat before final testing of the real seat. Thanks to Virtual Seat Solution, Expliseat was able to develop and test newly

SAP SE today announced its financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2014. BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER 2014 SAP again delivered strong growth in the cloud and a solid performance in its core business. With non-IFRS cloud subscriptions and support revenue increasing 39% at constant currencies (32% at actual currencies) SAP is the fastest growing enterprise cloud company at scale. Non-IFRS software and software-related service revenue grew 8% at constant currencies (4% at actual currencies). At the Company’s user conference SAPPHIRE NOW in May, SAP launched the “Run simple” strategy with cloud and SAP HANA at its core to simplify the business experience and consumption for its customers. SAP HANA is radically simplifying the technology stack. Cloud is radically simplifying the consumption of SAP solutions. As a first example for “Run simple” the Company has included the SAP Fiori user experience within underlying licenses of SAP software. “We

The HP board of directors has declared a regular cash dividend of $0.16 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend, the fourth in HP's fiscal year 2014, is payable on Oct. 1, 2014, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on Sept. 10, 2014. HP has approximately 1.9 billion shares of common stock outstanding.

Mastercam Certification is a rigorous set of knowledge-based and practical tests that demonstrates a programmer's ability to work effectively with CAM software, overcome common issues facing today’s shops, and produce high quality finished parts. CNC Software Inc. offers Certification in Mastercam. There are two Certification levels you can achieve-Associate Level and Professional Level. Associate Level is comprehensive testing based on the latest technologies while Professional Level includes the comprehensive testing combined with a practical application component. There are many benefits of Mastercam Certification. Programmers and machinists who complete the Mastercam Certification program carry with them a useful means of quickly proving and validating their Mastercam skills in an increasingly demanding industry. And, for an employer, by hiring Mastercam Certified employees, you are guaranteed to get the level of experience and expertise that you demand. Last month, over 400 students got certified in Mastercam CAD/CAM software in the Broward and Dade Counties. In

Ideate, Inc., an Autodesk, Inc. Gold Value Added Reseller, today announced that Autodesk, Inc., has named Ideate, Inc. its North American Reseller of the Quarter for the First Quarter 2015 Autodesk fiscal year. Reseller of the Quarter is chosen from more than 200 partners throughout North America, based on conscientious customer support, use of best practices, industry knowledge and dedication, and exceptional sales growth. The honor underscores the Ideate, Inc. commitment to customer satisfaction and its attention to customer loyalty. The Reseller of the Quarter designation is in part an acknowledgement of Ideate experiencing 72 percent increase in software license sales to customers in AEC and media & entertainment (M&E) in addition to significant new license and Autodesk Subscription sales. "Ideate earned the title of Reseller of the Quarter because of its commitment to customers’ said Bill Griffin, vice president worldwide channel sales, Autodesk. ."Ideate demonstrates best practices as it drives the

The Board of Directors of ESI Group, on the recommendation of the Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee, will propose the nomination of two new independent directors, Ms Véronique Jacq and Ms Rajani Ramanathan, at the next Annual General Meeting on 24 July 2014. Alain de Rouvray, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ESI Group, said: “We are delighted to propose the nomination of Véronique Jacq and Rajani Ramanathan to the Board of Directors of ESI Group. Their unique experience in the digital industry and extensive knowledge of innovative companies will be invaluable to the Board and its committees, supporting the international and multicultural development of ESI Group and its technological leadership with a strong social and environmental bias.”

MathWorks today announced that University of Victoria has won the MathWorks Modeling Award as part of the EcoCAR 2 collegiate engineering competition. The award recognizes the team’s use of MATLAB and Simulink for Model-Based Design during the three-year project-based learning competition where students were tasked with the real-world challenge of reengineering a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu by improving its fuel efficiency and reducing its emissions while retaining its performance and consumer appeal. Other schools to place included Ohio State University and Virginia Tech, winning second and third place respectively. Through the use of modeling and simulation, the teams solved the engineering challenge at hand, demonstrating a possible solution through a presentation and Q&A session coinciding with the conclusion of the three-year competition. Winners were assessed on how well they applied Model-Based Design concepts using MathWorks tools, including the key areas of plant modeling, control design and tuning, data analysis, and industrial grade Model-Based Design development process elements. “Student competitions are a

Trimble introduced the latest version of its smart water infrastructure mapping and work management software—Trimble® Connect™ version 1.8. The latest release of the cloud-based, Geographic Information System (GIS)-centric software includes a suite of applications that allow water, wastewater and stormwater utilities to visualize and efficiently manage their network maintenance and data collection activities.    Trimble Connect software leverages Trimble's GNSS rugged mobile devices and Esri's GIS technologies to accurately map, locate and assess the condition of critical infrastructure assets, allowing utilities to keep their field infrastructure data up-to-date and accurate. Offered as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription, the solution allows users to monitor asset operating conditions, manage leak repairs, reduce non-revenue water, deploy and inspect smart meters, lower potential threats to safety and health due to contamination and adhere to regulators' reporting guidelines and requirements. Trimble Connect version 1.8 can be configured and deployed quickly on a variety of Trimble and non-Trimble

Further increasing the reliability of the v15.0x branch, BETA CAE Systems S.A. announces the release of the v15.0.3 ANSA & µETA pre- and post- processing suite. This maintenance release focuses on the correction of identified issues for the ANSA / µETA 15.0x branch and is addressed to those who wish to continue to use the v15.0x branch -and not upgrade to v15.1x branch- with its issues resolved. These corrections have also been propagated to the latest releases of the 15.1x branch, ie v15.1.1. Understanding the Software Release Schedule The plan BETA CAE System is committed in delivering improved and enhanced software releases, the soonest possible, in order to meet the requirement of their customers for the continuous improvement of their experience and work. Therefore, they are working in releasing new software versions with code corrections, new software features and enhancements, in regular, frequent intervals. A major software version is released every year. First point releases, such

BETA CAE System S.A. announces the release of the v15.1.1 of the ANSA & µETA pre- and post- processing suite. With improvements and fixes to identified problems, this version further enhances and improves the performance of their latest v15.1x branch. Amongst the improvements and fixes of v15.1.1 the most noticeable are listed below. Understanding the Software Release Schedule The plan BETA CAE System is committed in delivering improved and enhanced software releases, the soonest possible, in order to meet the requirement of their customers for the continuous improvement of their experience and work. Therefore, they are working in releasing new software versions with code corrections, new software features and enhancements, in regular, frequent intervals. A major software version is released every year. First point releases, such as v14.1.0, v14.2.0 and so on, with code corrections but also with additional software features and enhancements are released every three months. Second point releases, such as v14.2.1, v14.2.2, v14.2.3