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Industry Summary Articles
Solution Provider Profiles (723)
Sonntag, April 08, 2007
Manufacturing Industries Move Toward Engineering Collaboration (Commentary)
PDF The widespread movement toward engineering collaboration represents a major trend for companies wanting to improve teamwork among people in different locations. A variety of technologies to support collaboration are now commercially available including synchronous meeting solutions, co-modeling systems, visualization software, digital mockup, and many others. For the most part,…
Sonntag, April 01, 2007
What is Wrong With Collaboration? (Commentary)
PDF There has been a lot of confusing discussion recently, particularly among people in the CAD user community concerning the definition of collaboration and the real value of the technologies that support it no matter how it is defined. The root terminology problem seems to stem from the haphazard use…
Montag, Januar 29, 2007
Siemens A&D to Acquire UGS (Commentary)
PDF As CIMdata announced in yesterday’s edition of its CIMdata PLM Late Breaking News, Siemens AG has announced their intent to acquire the UGS Corporation for US $3.515 billion, pending all necessary governmental reviews and approvals. After this acquisition, UGS will become a unit within Siemens’ Automation and Drives (A&D)…
Donnerstag, November 02, 2006
SAP’s Easy Document Management (Commentary)
PDF ANN ARBOR, Michigan, November 3, 2006 — Document management is a foundation element for any enterprise. The term “document” is a broad definition that includes files and information of many different types, formats, and media, all of which must be managed in a consistent manner. Managing documents includes capturing…
Sonntag, Juni 25, 2006
isicad 2006, Akademgorodok Novosibirsk, Russia (Commentary)
PDF isicad 2006, organized by Ledas Ltd. (www.ledas.com) and supported by SibCongress and Sib3, and held 31 May–2 June in Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia provided a forum for Siberia-based Russian companies to learn more about PLM and to share experiences with those who have already begun adopting PLM solutions and technologies.…
Montag, März 27, 2006
Product Design Cost Estimating Using SAP (Commentary)
PDF Effective product design cost estimating (PDCE) is an important factor in determining whether a company should commit to building a product. Failure to accurately estimate the cost of a design will have a significant negative impact on a company’s market success and profitability. Underestimating the cost may require additional…
Dienstag, März 07, 2006
PLM Consolidation Accelerates – Dassault Systèmes to acquire MatrixOne (Commentary)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 2, 2006 — Earlier today, Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced their intent to acquire MatrixOne for a total of $408 million. They expect to finalize the acquisition in the second quarter of this year. CIMdata is positive on this acquisition and believe that it has the potential…
Dienstag, Januar 24, 2006
IBM - PTC Announcement (Commentary)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, January 25, 2006—IBM and PTC today announced a non-exclusive relationship in which the two companies have established a cooperative market agreement to address specific markets. IBM and PTC will jointly market and sell solutions based on PTC’s suite of products, with a focus on their Windchill offerings.…
Mittwoch, Juli 06, 2005
The Acquisition of Arbortext by PTC (Commentary)
ANN ARBOR , Michigan , July 7, 2005—PTC has announced its intention to purchase all of the assets of Arbortext, a market leader in dynamic enterprise publishing. We believe that this acquisition is strategically important and will create a number of advantages and opportunities for the combined entity. The primary…
Sonntag, Juni 05, 2005
PTC Acquires Polyplan: Digital Manufacturing Gains a New Competitor (Commentary)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 6, 2005 — PTC announced today their acquisition of Polyplan Technologies Inc., a private company based in Montreal, Canada. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. PTC stated that this action was a key to its strategy to enable simultaneous product and process development through enhanced…
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