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 PDF Key takeaways: Over 3,000 PTC customers and employees convened in Boston at PTC Live Global 2014 on June 16-19. PTC expanded on their Internet of Things and Service Lifecycle Management visions, and premiered Creo 3.0, a major step on their MCAD evolution journey. The acquisition of Atego, a systems…

 PDF Key takeaways: Program success begins in the proposal phase when the focus is on both minimizing risk and defining the right product in order to acquire new business. Companies must have the ability to respond rapidly to Requests for Proposal (RFPs) with confidence in their proposals. Delivering on commitments…

 PDF Key takeaways: Social business collaboration functionality is becoming an important factor in product development  Many of Autodesk’s offerings support synchronous and asynchronous collaboration, especially those in their 360 cloud-native portfolio Collaboration is at the core of Autodesk’s 360 offerings, and those offerings provide good examples of how a social…

 PDF Key takeaways: Fully successful PLM solution deployments must integrate with many other enterprise systems including CAD, ERP, Process Planning tools and even other PDM and PLM solutions eQ Technologic’s advanced architecture supported BAE Systems’ integration of a PLM solution to other enterprise systems eQ Technologic’s eQube-MI Enterprise Service Bus…

 PDF Key takeaways: Aras’ ACE2014 conference had a theme of “Right Now”; all the Aras presenters focused on what could be done right now with Aras Innovator Aras emphasized their new products and coming innovations including a native 3D viewer, digital mockup utility, new mobile apps, electronic component engineering and…

 PDF Key takeaways: The word “social” is overloaded with meaning in today’s business world, with people immediately focusing on Facebook, Twitter, and other common platforms. Even though product development is almost always a social activity, its requirements are different from those enabled by these ubiquitous platforms Social platforms and technologies…

 PDF Key takeaways:  The new Solid Edge ST7 revision delivers over 1300 user-requested enhancements Luxion’s KeyShot for advanced rendering and lighting technology will be bundled into Solid Edge ST7 Siemens PLM Software’s Karsten Newbury, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mainstream Engineering Software, opened Solid Edge University 2014 on…

 PDF Key takeaways: The CAM software market is seeing strong growth, especially in integrated CAD/CAM solutions with feature-based programming and knowledge-based machining technology An integrated CAD/CAM solution allows the design and manufacturing models to become one and automates the CNC programming process to eliminate bottlenecks CAMWorks for Solid Edge uses…

 PDF Key takeaways: ANSYS’ acquisition of SpaceClaim, following a long and productive partnership, is a good strategic move This is a move to bring product geometry more fully into the early phases of concept selection and product ideation. We believe it is not a move by ANSYS to enter the…

 PDF Key takeaways: In today’s global marketplace, the world is indeed flat and competitors and business opportunities can come from anywhere Global value chains have to satisfy the compliance requirements for all countries in which they do business The ever-changing nature of compliance regimes requires a product development environment that…