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AVEVA will be showcasing its industrial gaming software AVEVA Activity Visualisation Platform (AVEVA AVP) at the Fiatech Annual Technology Conference and Showcase, 31 March to 2 April, 2014 at the Hyatt Huntington Beach Resort in California. AVEVA AVP transforms operator training by enabling users to create immersive, multi-person, interactive environments from an AVEVA Everything3D or AVEVA PDMS model, as well as from 3D models created in third party modeling software. AVEVA AVP increases capability and effectiveness in a wide range of productivity and safety use cases, such as facility familiarization, training and rehearsal of complex activities, emergency procedure evaluation and competency checks. “As a founding member of Fiatech, AVEVA is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor at this year’s Fiatech Technology Conference and Showcase,” said William Muldoon, Executive Vice President – North America, AVEVA and Board Member of Fiatech. “Fiatech offers a platform for Owner Operators, EPCs and other stakeholders to

Altair today announced that SEGULA Technologies, a long-time Altair HyperWorks® customer, has adopted Altair's software asset optimization (SAO) solution. It is used at SEGULA Technologies to monitor and optimize the daily usage of commercial computer-aided engineering (CAE) and computer-aided design (CAD) software licenses. It helps to control and consolidate software expenses across the enterprise and supports sound decision making on new software acquisitions and license renewals. Altair's SAO solution enables information technology (IT) and management teams to easily and efficiently assess the actual software usage of procured software licenses within the company. Usage analysis provides useful information to make appropriate and sound decisions concerning capacity planning, acquisitions of new licenses or right-sizing existing contracts. As a rapidly deployed packaged analytics solution, SAO supports popular license server management systems, including FLEXLM, FlexNet, LUM, LM-X, and many more. Based on information collected from all enabled vendor license servers, SAO generates consistent, on-demand reports

Autodesk, Inc. today announced that Qatar Rail has awarded a Building Information Modeling (BIM) services contract to the company in Qatar. Autodesk will provide BIM implementation, consultancy and advisory services to Qatar Rail towards the construction of a modern integrated railway network in the country. This agreement was formalized at a signing ceremony in Doha attended by Eng. Saad Ahmed Al Muhannadi, Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Rail and Mr. Callan Carpenter, Vice President of Global Services, Autodesk. Qatar Rail is responsible for the design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the entire rail network and systems within Qatar. Its scope of work is driven directly from the Qatar National Vision as the country aims to sustain its development and provide a high standard of living for its people by 2030. Qatar Rail chose Autodesk’s BIM solutions and expertise as part of its commitment to employ world-class technologies as it acts on its vision

In the fiscal quarter ended Jan. 31, Autodesk, Inc. closed dozens of new and expanded deals in the architecture, engineering, construction and infrastructure industries. As adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) accelerates around the globe, firms in the building and infrastructure industries are increasingly subscribing to Autodesk's software solutions. In the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industries, Autodesk had strong fourth quarter to close out a record year with revenue for its AEC product Suites growing 32 percent year-over-year. The company booked a significant number of million dollar plus transactions, including the largest in Autodesk’s history. Autodesk BIM 360, cloud and mobile services for construction management and jobsite execution, saw especially strong customer uptake and has become one of the company’s fastest-growing products ever. “As architecture firms, contractors and engineering firms are realizing the true power of Building Information Modeling to improve just about every aspect of the design and construction process, customers of our BIM

Cimatron Limited announced today that the forthcoming newest version of its integrated CAD/CAM software, CimatronE 12, will be previewed at the MECSPE/Eurostampi trade show, March 27-29, 2014, in Parma, Italy. "Cimatron's tradition of excellence in reducing production time, optimizing results, and boosting automation, continues with the forthcoming release of CimatronE 12," said Mr Gianluca Renzi, Managing Director of Microsystem, Cimatron's Italian subsidiary. "The new software will provide major advancements across the entire tool creation process, from data import and design, right through to NC programming and machining. "For mold shops, CimatronE 12 will provide improvements such as dramatically simplified wedge and insert creation, blank size refit during electrode design, and more confident results with new cooling simulation, including a new tool for the analysis of conformal cooling systems, CimatronE's first solution for 3D printing. "For die shops, the software will feature simplified and quicker insert design for use in creating forming and bending punches, new blanking options, and

Actify Inc. today announced that it will be participating in the MACH 2014 Event in April at Birmingham. "We are very excited to attend MACH 2014 as exhibitors," said Chris Jones, Actify CEO and president. "Actify's Product Visualization Solution SpinFire Professional has been known in the market for years and while we're thrilled to be able to show advancements in SpinFire, we are also very eager to show visitors our other Product Data Intelligence Solutions. It is our constant goal to provide the manufacturing industry with applications that positively affect the bottom line and our customers are reaping the rewards of our Data Discovery and Visual Analysis and Reporting solutions. These are exciting times for Actify and we look forward to showing the visitors of MACH how we can help their companies," concludes Jones. Actify will be exhibiting at Hall 4, Stand 4450.

Dassault Systèmes today announced the appointment of Simuserv as its Value Solutions Partner in New Zealand. Simuserv, a Value Solutions Partner of Dassault Systèmes in Australia has extended its presence into New Zealand to support Dassault Systèmes expansion in the region. With an office in Auckland, Simuserv will serve New Zealand’s energy, engineering, architecture and advanced manufacturing industries by reselling and supporting Dassault Systèmes’ SIMULIA applications. The appointment of Simuserv will further strengthen Dassault Systèmes customers experience and expand on the training capabilities of SIMULIA in New Zealand. Christian Ebel, Director of Value Solutions, Australia & New Zealand, Dassault Systèmes, said, “We are pleased to extend our presence in New Zealand through our partnership with Simuserv. Working in partnership with Simuserv, we will look to extend our market leadership by helping New Zealand-based companies in their innovation, competitiveness and move towards hi-tech advanced manufacturing.” Simuserv has been a Value Solutions Partner of Dassault

Synergis Software announced the release of their latest Adept Web Client, which is specifically designed to provide iPad® users easy access to Adept's engineering document management capabilities. The Adept Web Client now supports iPads running iOS 7 over a network using the Safari web browser. "Clients want to extend Adept's engineering document management capabilities to users in the field, at a job site, in the plant, or on the shop floor. Now they're able to access their engineering and design data from their iPad," said Todd Cummings, vice president of research and development. "With a network connection, a URL, and an Adept login, users have fast access to critical design data on the go." iPad access in Adept doesn't require a download from the Apple App Store. The touch-enabled web controls used to provide iPad access are designed to enhance user experience in a tablet- friendly way. Adept auto-detects iPad users and presents

The new CAD viewer for Android, called “ViewER”, supports openNurbs (3DM) and Wavefront (OBJ) formats for rendering 3D CAD models. The product is free and may be downloaded from Google Play Store at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amcbridge.viewer

Oracle Corporation announced that fiscal 2014 Q3 total revenues were up 4% to $9.3 billion. New software licenses and cloud software subscriptions revenues were up 4% to $2.4 billion. Software license updates and product support revenues were up 5% to $4.6 billion. Hardware systems products revenues were up 8% to $725 million. GAAP operating income was up 7% to $3.6 billion and the GAAP operating margin was 38%. Non-GAAP operating income was up 5% to $4.4 billion, and the non-GAAP operating margin was 47%. GAAP net income was up 2% to $2.6 billion, while non-GAAP net income was unchanged at $3.1 billion. GAAP earnings per share were up 8% to $0.56, while non-GAAP earnings per share were up 5% to $0.68. GAAP operating cash flow on a trailing twelve-month basis was up 10% to $15 billion. Without the impact of the US dollar strengthening compared to foreign currencies, Oracle’s reported Q3