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China Chengda Engineering Co. Ltd., a leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company in China, has renewed its Strategic Alliance Agreement with Intergraph®, reaffirming its commitment to a long-term strategic relationship between the two industry leaders. The extension of the agreement allows Chengda access to Intergraph SmartPlant® Enterprise solutions, as well as consulting and ongoing technical support. The Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise portfolio used by Chengda includes Intergraph Smart™ 3D, PDS®, SmartPlant Instrumentation, SmartPlant Electrical, SmartPlant Reference Data and SmartPlant Review. This portfolio not only ensures Chengda's position as the preferred EPC company in China, but also meets its growing business demands for increased global competitiveness. "We have been using Intergraph technology for many years, and we are pleased to extend our long-term strategic relationship with Intergraph," said Chengda officials. "We have achieved great success through the implementation of SmartPlant Enterprise for our engineering projects, and we are confident that SmartPlant Enterprise will continue to deliver

PTC reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2014.  Highlights Q3 Results: Revenue of $337 million, up 7% over Q3'13 non-GAAP revenue and up 5% on a constant currency basis Non-GAAP EPS of $0.53, up 19% year over year and up 14% year over year on a constant currency basis Non-GAAP operating margin of 24.2%, up 200 basis points year over year and up 130 basis points year over year on a constant currency basis GAAP operating margin of 16.2% and GAAP EPS of $0.32 Q3 revenue contribution from acquired businesses Enigma (acquired on July 11, 2013), NetIDEAS (acquired on September 5, 2013), and ThingWorx (acquired on December 30, 2013) was $3 million Q4 Guidance: Revenue of $340 to $355 million and non-GAAP EPS of $0.59 to $0.63 License revenue of $95 to $110 million GAAP EPS of $0.39 to $0.43 (excluding the pending Axeda transaction and acquisition accounting for Atego) Assumes $1.35 USD / EURO and 101 YEN /

Infor today announced that it will host an investor conference call to discuss Q4 fiscal year 2014 results for current holders of Infor securities and other interested parties on Monday, July 28, at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Materials and dial-in details will be available at www.infor.com/company/investor-information/ after 8 a.m. Eastern time Monday, July 28.

Dassault Systèmes today reports IFRS unaudited financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2014. These results were reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors on July 23, 2014. Summary Highlights (unaudited) On an organic basis, second quarter non-IFRS new licenses and software revenue both up 7% in constant currencies Second quarter CATIA software revenue up 11% in constant currencies led by Transportation & Mobility and High-Tech Second quarter non-IFRS organic operating margin growth estimated at 260 basis points on global operating efficiency improvements Accelrys acquisition completed and new brand BIOVIA, for Research and development in Life Sciences and Material Sciences unveiled Announces proposed acquisition of QUINTIQ, for operations planning & optimization 2014 full year outlook reaffirmed and EPS objective adjusted for two-for-one stock split To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.3ds.com/press-releases/single/dassault-systemes-reports-solid-second-quarter-performance-and-reconfirms-full-year-outlook/?xtmc=%23all&xtcr=2

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the appointment of Mike Ellow as senior vice president, World Trade, effective August 1, 2014. He replaces Don Maulsby, who is retiring from this role. Ellow joined Mentor Graphics as part of the company's acquisition of Berkeley Design Automation, where he was vice president of Global Sales. Prior to that he held various positions at Cadence Design Systems, overseeing sales in North America, Europe and India, culminating in the role of corporate vice president, North American Sales. "We are impressed with Mike's consistent achievement of sales targets, deep technical expertise, and demonstrated skills in effective teamwork," said Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics. "We congratulate him on his new role, and anticipate benefiting from his talents to further build upon the company's success." "Mike brings 25 years of executive sales and technical management experience, along with a proven track record of building strong sales teams and delivering positive results," said Gregory K. Hinckley, president, Mentor Graphics.

PTC  announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Axeda Corporation, a pioneer in the development of solutions to securely connect machines and sensors to the cloud, for approximately $170 million in cash. Axeda's technology innovation, extensive customer base, and powerful partnerships directly complement the PTC ThingWorx business, and will accelerate PTC's ability to deliver best-in-class solutions across the entire Internet of Things technology stack. Subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions and certain regulatory approvals, the transaction is expected to be completed in PTC's fiscal Q4 2014. Secure connectivity, and the ability to leverage machine data to create new business value, are critical components of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology stack and are in increasing demand as more companies pursue a smart, connected product strategy. An innovator in the IoT technology market, Axeda currently serves more than 150 customers, processing hundreds of millions of machine messages daily across multiple

Dassault Systèmes today announced the signing of a definitive share purchase agreement for Dassault Systèmes to acquire Quintiq, a provider of on-premise and on-cloud supply chain and Operations Planning & Optimization software, for approximately €250 million. With 800 employees, Quintiq, whose offerings include production, logistics and workforce planning applications, is rated as a leader in the market by top industry analysts and its solutions are used today by 250 customers, at 1,000 sites, in more than 90 countries. The acquisition of Quintiq, headquartered in ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, extends Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to business operations planning and further enables its longtime goal of harmonizing product, nature and life. “3DEXPERIENCE is about the entire breadth of a business, beyond design, engineering and production. With today’s acquisition, thanks to Quintiq’s highly talented team, we expand our capacity to provide a strategic business experience platform to our customers.” said Bernard Charlès, President & CEO, Dassault Systèmes.

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced its next offering in the new Xpedition® platform, the Xpedition Data Management (xDM) product suite. The xDM Design product suite provides a flow-wide information hub that manages the PCB design data that is created, reused, imported, or released from the Mentor Graphics® Xpedition Enterprise platform. As a single, comprehensive data management solution, the xDM Design solution manages design data for work-in-progress designs, and library and component data for the entire PCB design flow. The xDM Design product ensures the accuracy, integrity and security of the PCB data used throughout the enterprise flow. This results in cost reduction, increased productivity, and data protection across each state of the PCB development process to efficiently manage complexity. “Mentor’s xDM Design enables us to increase visibility of the work-in-progress ECAD design process which fosters collaboration within design teams, as well as with external disciplines. Instead of relying on each individual,

Aras® today announced that Singapore-based NuStar Technologies Pte Ltd, an engineering company with innovative solutions to challenging land and offshore engineering projects, has selected the Aras solution suite for both enterprise PLM and quality management. The breadth, depth and flexibility of the Aras Innovator® platform will enable NuStar to re-imagine enterprise collaboration around product information to save money and resources while vastly speeding operations. NuStar will leverage Aras for customer needs management, product development, manufacturing and quality to streamline the process of sales order management through engineering and production. Leveraging expert consultation from Aras partner SolidCAD Technologies, NuStar will combine Aras solutions for BOM management, configuration management, engineering change management, CAD file management for SolidWorks, quality planning, and CAPA for good manufacturing practices to vastly improve enterprise collaboration. NuStar Technologies has quickly established its engineering leadership in industries that rely on land-based and offshore engineering projects. Oil and gas companies, governments, and

Geometric Ltd. announced its first quarter financial results for FY 2014-2015 at the board meeting held today. Highlights for the quarter ended June 20, 2014 (Q1 FY15) The Company recorded operating revenues of USD 44.96 Mn, as against revenues of USD     44.29 Mn in the previous quarter, and USD 46.45 Mn in the corresponding quarter last year The Profit after tax rose 185.2% and 24.6% to INR 192.08 Mn from INR 67.35 Mn in Q4FY14 and INR 154.14 Mn in Q1FY14 respectively Signed new deals worth USD 8.08 Mn EPS for the quarter at INR 3.02 In Rupee terms, the Company closed the quarter with operating revenues of INR 2,688.45 Mn compared to revenues of INR 2,733.62 Mn in the last quarter and an increase of 3.3% from INR 2,602.75 Mn in Q1FY14. The EBITDA margins saw a healthy improvement from 10.4% in the previous quarter, and 15.6% in the same quarter last year, to 17.3%