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Impararia Partners with Coastal Logic to Provide World-Class ENOVIA Integrations. Impararia Solutions Inc. and Coastal Logic have signed a Northern American business partnership deal to distribute Coastal Logic’s automated ISO Compliant PDF Creation and Batch Printing solutions, in addition of Coastal Logic’s new PLM Testing Software Solution. Impararia Solutions Inc. is known in the PLM industry both as a Dassault Systemes Value Solutions partner for such products as Enovia V6 integration, CATIA v5 & V6, and Autodesk Add-ons development and CAD software customization. “We are very excited to work with Coastal Logic,” said Mohamed Ali El Hani, CEO at Impararia Solutions Inc. “Teaming up with Coastal Logic to provide the in-depth technical knowledge and world-class Enovia integrations and the broad reach and services expertise of Impararia, the partnership will benefit both existing and potential customers. This Partnership leverages extensive technical knowledge of Coastal Logic with broad-based sales and services from Impararia to provide

CADsoft Consulting Inc., today announced that it has earned the new Autodesk Advisor status for Autodesk BIM 360. As an Advisor Partner, CADsoft Consulting has shown that they have made significant investment in their BIM 360 business, provides the highest level of industry acumen, and solution knowledge to sell and support the Autodesk BIM 360 Cloud Service Solutions. “Having the opportunity to represent Autodesk’s cloud-based services for BIM and field management allows CADsoft to provide complete solutions from preconstruction to construction execution to commissioning and handover.” stated Lisa Duncan, Principal CADsoft Consulting. “Our customers expect us to be on the leading edge of design technology and BIM 360 is a solution that can directly impact today’s construction industry.” The new Advisor Program allows Autodesk Partners to brand their expertise in delivering solutions and services designed to support customers working within a highly specialized BIM workflow utilizing BIM 360 Cloud Services. By completing the

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, announced the project finalists in the 2014 Be Inspired Awards competition. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving and sustaining the world’s infrastructure. Nine independent panels of jurors, comprising distinguished industry experts, selected the 54 finalists from nominations submitted by organizations in 49 countries. The winners of the Be Inspired Awards will be announced at The Year in Infrastructure 2014 Conference, which takes place Nov. 4-6 in London, U.K. This global gathering of leading executives in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations features a series of presentations and interactive sessions exploring the intersection of technology and business drivers, and how they are shaping the future of infrastructure delivery and investment returns. Tailored to the information needs of management-level executives in architectural and engineering firms, construction companies, and owner-operator and government organizations responsible for the design, delivery, or operations of infrastructure, The Year in Infrastructure 2014 Conference is the perfect forum to: share best

Webinar will highlight initial summary results of CIMdata’s Model-Based Systems Engineering survey conducted with ANSYS ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 9 October 2014—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that John MacKrell, Vice President, will address the business opportunities and implementation challenges facing engineering teams as they implement model-based systems engineering (MBSE) technology and processes, in an upcoming webinar hosted by ANSYS. “As electromechanical systems become more and more software intensive, the need for a systems level definition becomes necessary to assure proper conformity to requirements,” says MacKrell. “CIMdata has been conducting substantial research on systems engineering practices in general, and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in particular. In this webinar, we will discuss how the findings from that research are informing the growth in MBSE processes and solutions.” MacKrell has over 40 years of experience in the application of computer-based solutions to engineering and manufacturing, with more than 20

OpenText™, a global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), announced that the international, award-winning and independent wealth-structuring company, Hawksford Group, has implemented its EIM strategy to create a seamless, digital process for improving information governance and compliance. Hawksford Group highlighted its desire to move away from its reliance on paper-based systems as these resulted in inefficiencies when locating client files, which had an impact on customer service standards. The firm identified that by adopting a more paperless working environment, clients would ultimately benefit as staff could focus more of their time on clients. Hawksford Group selected OpenText’s Content Suite, the core of OpenText’s EIM platform, to provide a single digital repository for client information. OpenText’s Content Suite has been implemented alongside its Process Suite to form a unified platform that centralizes information, automates business processes, indexes portfolios, generates invoices and ensures transparency across all departments. Adopting this approach is providing the Hawksford

MathWorks today introduced Release 2014b with a range of new capabilities in MATLAB, including graphics and big data, and options in Simulink for accelerating model building and running consecutive simulations. MATLAB Product Family The new MATLAB capabilities offer a new graphics system, increased support for big data, features for packaging and sharing code, and source control integration. The new features include: New MATLAB graphics system New functions for processing big data on your desktop that can scale for use with Hadoop Git and Subversion source control integration and access to projects on GitHub from File Exchange MATLAB toolbox packaging as single, installable files for easy sharing and downloading of custom toolboxes Date and time data types with time zone and display options Arduino and Android hardware support for interacting with motors and actuators, and for accessing sensor data MATLAB Production Server: Client libraries for use with C/C++ and Python environments Statistics Toolbox: Multiclass machine-learning framework for binary classifiers such as SVM, and for generalized

Using ANSYS system and software simulation solutions, Northrop Grumman Corporation is developing the next generation of Black Hawk helicopter cockpit display systems that must meet strict avionics standards within programmatic development timelines. Northrop Grumman is using ANSYS® SCADE Suite® and SCADE Display® to provide scalable, fully integrated avionics software for the upgrade of the UH-60L Black Hawk cockpit to the digitized UH-60V and to meet safety-critical avionics standards such as DO-178C. "ANSYS' commitment and involvement in Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) includes support for ARINC-653, ARINC-661 and DO-178C," said Eric Bantegnie, ANSYS vice president for systems. "Using these proven solutions will allow Northrop to optimize its system and software strategies and reduce development costs." Up to 750 UH-60L aircraft are expected to be modified to the UH-60V configuration, which represents the first fully integrated avionics system for U.S. Army utility aircraft. "SCADE allows us to take full advantage of model-based engineering, resulting in improved development and testing efficiencies and delivering an

SofTech, Inc. today filed its Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission and announced its fourth quarter and full year operating results. In addition, the Company announced that since the end of the fiscal year it had completed an $800,000 private placement and a $750,000 long term debt agreement. Lastly, the Company provided estimated guidance for fiscal 2015 operating results. Fiscal Year 2014 Results. For fiscal year 2014, the Company generated revenue of approximately $5 million, incurred a net loss of approximately $(748,000) or $(0.85) per share and generated EBITDA of approximately $3.1 million. In the prior fiscal year, the Company generated revenue of approximately $6.4 million, net income of approximately $360,000 or $0.35 per share and generated EBITDA of approximately $1.1 million. The financial results of prior fiscal periods are less meaningful for comparison purposes due to the Company’s sale of its CADRA product line during fiscal year 2014. Fourth Quarter Results. For

Dassault Systèmes will host a webcast and a conference call on Thursday, October 23, 2014, to discuss its operating performance for the third quarter 2014 ended September 30, 2014. The management of Dassault Systèmes will host the webcast at 8:30 AM London Time - 9:30 AM Paris Time and will then also host the conference call at 9:00 AM New York Time - 2:00 PM London Time - 3:00 PM Paris Time. Both the webcast and the conference call will be available via the Internet by accessing Dassault Systèmes’ website athttp://www.3ds.com/investors/. Please follow the directions on the main page to link to the audio and connect to the website at least fifteen minutes prior to the webcast or conference call to register, download and install any necessary software. The webcast and conference call will be archived for 30 days.

Product Innovation Congress (PI Congress) will be hosting another must attend event in the PLM and innovation space. The all- star speaker line-up has been confirmed, with keynote Jay Shuster, PIXAR Animation Studio set to open the event in San Diego on October 21st. The two day conference boasts a program full of PLM, ALM, SLM, servizitation and innovation based workshops, case studies and panel discussions. “PLM Innovation congress is exciting because of the level of thought leadership MarketKey has assembled – all in one place, all at one time. It has given me opportunities to network with people who have deep experience and understanding of the challenges that confront the PLM industry.”  Head of Global Marketing for Aras The event will bring together the major players in the lifecycle management industry, with sessions led by the likes of Jerome Lyman (McDonald's Corporation), Filippo Passerini (Procter & Gamble), and Anders Romare (Airbus SAS) (full program