Position Papers

CADD Microsystems, an Autodesk Platinum Partner, today announced its partnership with Bluebeam® Software to enhance design technology solutions and promote project collaboration. Combined with Autodesk and other applications, Bluebeam solutions enhance the processes in the project lifecycle that address CADD Microsystems' clients' needs and growth opportunities. With the powerful PDF enhancements that Bluebeam offers, digital collaboration within design-build projects is much more manageable. CADD Microsystems customers can now purchase or renew Bluebeam licenses either as a new product purchase or as part of their Subscription renewal, and use CADD Microsystems as a single source for all of their design workflow assets. "Our business is about partnerships, both with our clients and with the business partners who allow us to work with our design community at the highest level," said Matt Davoren, President and COO of CADD Microsystems. "We recognize that our clients need the tools to properly communicate their design intent and deliverables, working in

GRAPHISOFT announced that it has acquired the ArchiCAD and Artlantis distribution unit of Cigraph, its first distributor partner in Italy, as part of a strategic market development plan in Europe. As a result of this acquisition, GRAPHISOFT opened its Italian office on January 15, 2015. GRAPHISOFT and Cigraph have agreed that GRAPHISOFT Italy will take on most of Cigraph’s employees in its newly-formed Italian office. GRAPHISOFT Italy will continue to sell all GRAPHISOFT products with the current Italian ArchiCAD reseller partners, and will offer SSA services directly to customers located in Italy. Cigraph will continue operations from its current location. Cigraph’s partnership with GRAPHISOFT dates back to 1984. With over 30 years of deep product and market knowledge in Italy, Cigraph will now focus on two core business activities: Research on ArchiCAD and Artlantis training methods and services offered to the Italian market, and Continued development of ArchiSuite, which will be expanded to include more vertical problem solutions

Industry-focused PLM Conference set for June 16th in Silicon Valley ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 27 January, 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm announces that the first-ever PLM Road Map™ for the High-Tech Electronics Community will take place on June 16, 2015. The event will be held at The Biltmore Hotel and Suites, Santa Clara, California, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Now in their twenty-second year, PLM Road Map conferences bring together leading industry experts from CIMdata, key industry players, and front-line implementation experts who explore end users’ progress, opportunities, and road blocks. The theme for this conference is “Innovating in a Nanosecond World: How PLM Makes Innovation and Collaboration for the High-Tech Electronics Community Repeatable, Sustainable, and Scalable.” Having listened to the needs of industrial users and the preferences of solution providers alike, PLM Road Map 2015 for the High-Tech Electronics Community will continue CIMdata’s focus on

CGS's BlueCherry Enterprise suite is selected to maximize efficiency, enhance accuracy of decision-making data and provide around-the-clock system support. CGS, a leading global provider of business applications, enterprise learning and outsourcing services announces that after an extensive evaluation and due diligence process, Dan Post Boots selected CGS’s BlueCherry® Enterprise Suite to replace the company’s existing software to maximize efficiency, enhance the accuracy of decision-making data and gain around-the-clock system support. Dan Post Boots is a wholly owned subsidiary of McRae Industries, whose core businesses is manufacturing military boots for the United States government. As Dan Post Boots operations began to extend beyond the traditional 9-to-5 business framework, the footwear company realized it needed a system with the capacity to scale up its functionality as it continued to grow. To achieve this goal, Dan Post Boots selected the best-in-class BlueCherry enterprise suite of solutions including: omnichannel merchandise planning (OCMP), product lifecycle management (PLM),

Delcam has launched a new rib-machining module for its PowerMILL CAM system for high-speed and five-axis machining. The new module has been introduced to speed up and simplify the machining into tooling of cavities to form ribs. Reinforcing ribs are required in many types of plastic mouldings, from electrical housings to containers to furniture. They are typically much deeper than they are wide, which poses special challenges when machining the cavities needed to form them. In many cases, these challenges prompt companies to use EDM to form the features rather than machining. The new PowerMILL rib-machining module makes it much easier and safer to program the machining of cavities for narrow ribs, even when the cutter’s length is much greater than its diameter. Using the dedicated rib-machining strategy gives a better surface finish than using a standard finish-machining option and also improves efficiency by limiting the number of air moves. The first stage

BigLever Software announced today that the company has partnered with Aras to deliver the industry's first integrated PLE and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, the Aras Innovator/BigLever Gears Bridge. The integration of PLE and PLM is a significant step forward in enabling companies to reduce complexity, break down organizational and operational silos, and achieve new levels of efficiency, interoperability and alignment across all aspects of planning, designing, implementing, delivering, maintaining, and evolving a product line. "The sophistication of products and systems being deployed throughout the industry requires a commensurate sophistication in the alignment of tools and methods for the traditionally siloed hardware and software engineering," said Dr. Charles Krueger, BigLever CEO. "While the strategic alignment of PLM, PLE and ALM has been widely touted in recent years, the Aras Innovator/BigLever Gears Bridge provides a dramatic breakthrough in how the industry will realize this vision. The result is a distinct competitive advantage

aPriori, today announced that it has been selected by Calsonic Kansei North America, a Tier 1 supplier of automotive parts and systems integration. The company will use the software platform to automate its product cost estimating process and increase the speed and accuracy of its responses to customer requests for quote (RFQs). aPriori's solution will enable Calsonic Kansei to rapidly estimate the cost impact of different design changes and alternatives so it can determine the best sourcing options and quickly and confidently respond to new business opportunities. Calsonic Kansei North America Cost Analysis Training (CAT) Team will initially evaluate deployment of aPriori within its US Purchasing group. They will consider how well Buyers will be able to quickly estimate costs for products and parts based on a variety of potential routings and manufacturing processes to identify the best cost solution. And use aPriori to monitor supplier costs against Calsonic Kansei developed "should cost" targets. "With aPriori's

In 2014 TXT e-solutions expects revenues of approximately € 55.8 million, 6% growth with respect to 2013. Both TXT’s Divisions contributed to growth: TXT Perform, specialist of End-to-end Retail in Luxury and Fashion grew +8% and TXT Next, specialist of Software for Complex Operations & Manufacturing grew +4%. International revenues are expected to account for 86% of the TXT Perform division and for 57% of total sales for the Group.   In Q4 2014, software revenues (licences and maintenance) are expected to grow +24% to € 3.3 million and revenues for services +6% to € 10.8 million. Total Revenues are expected to reach € 14.1 million, compared to € 12.9 million in Q4 2013. EBITDA for Q4 2014 is expected to slightly decrease compared to Q4 2013 due to higher R&D expenses for development of Agile-Fit and in-memory solutions (+15%) and higher commercial investments in North America and Europe (+13%). EBITDA for full

Due to what is widely expected to be a major winter storm across the Northeast, which will impact business and travel safety throughout the region, EMC Corporation has moved the date it will publish fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 financial results by one day from January 28, 2015 to January 29, 2015 at approximately 7:00 a.m. ET. EMC will also issue an advisory news release on January 29, 2015 announcing availability of the results via the EMC Investor Relations and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission websites. EMC will hold a conference call for investors at 8:30 a.m. ET on January 29 to review the fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 financial results. A live webcast of that call will be available on the EMC Investor Relations website.

ANSYS, Inc. announced today that the Company expects to release its fourth quarter and YTD 2014 earnings on Thursday, February 26, 2015. The Company will hold a conference call conducted by James E. Cashman III, president and chief executive officer, and Maria T. Shields, chief financial officer, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss fourth quarter and 2014 results and future outlook. CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION: What: ANSYS Fourth Quarter and 2014 Earnings Conference Call When: February 26, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time Participants are encouraged to pre-register for the conference call using the enclosed link. Callers who pre-register will be given a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call, bypassing the live operator. Participants may pre-register any time, including up to and after the call start time. You will immediately receive an online confirmation, an email with the dial in number and a calendar invitation for the event. To pre-register, go to:  http://dpregister.com/10058823 You may