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ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 7, 2004— Today, MatrixOne announced that they have reached a definitive agreement to acquire Synchronicity, a leader in product information management for the EDA industry. This is a significant event for both parties and good news for the overall PLM industry. It is consistent with MatrixOne's focus over the last couple of years to differentiate themselves in the PLM industry by providing solid PLM support for companies that have significant electronics-design content in their products.

While MatrixOne has sustained solid PLM support to companies in a variety of industries, their increasing focus on electronics design content has...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 15th , 2004 — EDS today announced that it has reached an agreement to sell 100% of its UGS PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Solutions business unit for $2.05B. The acquiring entity is comprised of a three-company team: Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners, and Warburg Pincus Private Equity Group. The sale is expected to be completed within the next 90 days.

This sale completes a process initiated by EDS last October, and that has been followed closely by the industry since that time. According to EDS, sale of the UGS PLM Solutions business unit, one of the premier...

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Over the last several years, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has emerged as the common term used to describe the creation, management, and use of product and plant related information and processes (i.e., an enterprise's intellectual assets or complete product or plant definition) throughout the entire lifecycle and across the extended enterprise. Historically, Product Data Management (PDM) and now PLM solutions were practical primarily for large, distributed enterprises that had the extensive resources required to deploy and maintain them. Today's PLM solutions are designed not only for large companies, but also for mid-sized enterprises...

EMC's acquisition of Documentum should strengthen both its software and hardware sales and market position. EMC's strategy aims at becoming a provider of Information Lifecycle Management technology. Their acquisition of Documentum fits this strategy and will improve EMC's position as a major player in the content and information lifecycle management space. Content and information lifecycle management continue to grow in importance to companies in all industries and as the size and type of content to be managed grows, is a driver for storage related hardware and software sales. The integration of EMC storage management solutions with the new acquired Legato...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, October 16, 2003 — EDS today announced it is considering an Initial Public Offering (IPO) or private offering of a minority stake in its PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Solutions subsidiary as a strategic alternative for the business. EDS expects to complete any actions that arise from its review of strategic alternatives for PLM Solutions in the first half of 2004. The new company would retain its strong ties with EDS and be able to leverage that relationship to deliver comprehensive solutions to its clients; however they will have less access to EDS' financial resources.

According to CIMdata, this...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, August 5, 2003—The PLM industry took another step along the path of consolidation today as Agile Software Corporation announced their acquisition of Eigner, Inc. This acquisition brings together two significant players in the PLM industry, and two firms with widely differing backgrounds. We are optimistic about this action, even though there are some clear issues that must be resolved for the new Agile to be successful. The resulting firm should provide a much broader mark on the industry than either of them could have produced individually.

Eigner has been addressing the PLM industry since their founding in Germany...

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Position

Collaborative Product Definition Management (cPDm) enables enterprises to bring innovative and profitable products to market more effectively, especially in the evolving e-business environment. cPDm enables enterprises to harness their innovation process through effective management of the full product definition lifecycle in their extended enterprise. It is provided through a combination of best-practices processes and technologies such as product data management, collaboration, visualization, collaborative product commerce, enterprise applications integration, components supplier management, etc. cPDm is rapidly transitioning from a competitive advantage to a competitive necessity, and is an essential element for companies to successfully...

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As companies seek to improve their ability to bring innovative products to market effectively, they must utilize comprehensive collaborative Product Definition management (cPDm) solutions. But full cPDm solutions must include capabilities to define the product process plans, not just product components, as an integral part of the product definition. Forward thinking companies are making these moves, and suppliers are beginning to offer solutions. Companies that don't recognize the importance of this evolution and expand their vision sufficiently will fall far behind their competitors.

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The global market and fierce competition simply wo n't let companies...

Program will take place in Birmingham – October 21 - 25.

Ann Arbor, Michigan — 24 July, 2013 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm announces that it will bring its highly acclaimed PLM Certificate Program to Birmingham, United Kingdom from October 21-25, 2013. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership, the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education and training offering available for today’s PLM professionals.

The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM strategy development and implementation. This assessment-based...

Third Module of the 2013 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 31 July 2013—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the CIMdata 2013 PLM Market and Solution Provider Analysis Report, the third of five modules of the CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2012. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

The CIMdata PLM Market...