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CADD Microsystems was honored as part of the Autodesk Worldwide Channel Sales Platinum Club for FY2017. CADD Microsystems achieved recognition as Top Reseller in New Subscriptions Sold in the US and Canada. The award was announced during the annual Autodesk One Team Conference in Las Vegas earlier this month. "What an exciting time to be in this business. Our clients are doing amazing work with Building Models and streamlining the design, construction, fabrication and facilities management process. It is fun to be a part of transforming the way things are made," said Jeff Gravatte, CEO of CADD Microsystems. "Our success in both the government and commercial marketplaces is the result of a relentless focus on our clients' business. This industry thrives on change and innovation, and we help our clients capitalize on those changes by delivering unbeatable solutions that build real business value for their organizations." "CADD Microsystems' expertise in the industry, coupled with

PTC and OSIsoft today announced from the OSIsoft Users Conference in San Francisco their intention to integrate the ThingWorx® Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) Platform with the OSIsoft PI System to enable faster development of IoT solutions from connected data sources. As planned, the integration would allow customers using the OSIsoft PI System data infrastructure to easily incorporate capabilities from ThingWorx – including application enablement, machine learning, industrial connectivity, and augmented reality – and access to applications on the ThingWorx Marketplace™ to more rapidly advance IoT initiatives and enable customers to expand and accelerate their return on investment. The OSIsoft PI System is an application-ready data infrastructure that collects and contextualizes operational and product data for real-time insight. Bringing PI System data into an Industrial IoT platform like ThingWorx enables customers to get more value from the data, such as by establishing predictive analytics models to prevent unplanned downtime with predictive

Huawei and Altair have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at CeBIT 2017, marking the beginning of a cooperation for High-performance Computing (HPC) and Cloud Solutions. The two companies will cooperate with each other to develop industrial simulation cloud solutions for their customers. In accordance with the terms of the cooperation, they will build a joint test center in Huawei's Munich OpenLab to carry out software and hardware optimization tests based on Altair's PBS Works and Huawei's HPC and cloud platforms. Taking full advantage of the high performance and reliability of Huawei's HPC and cloud platforms, the joint tests will help customers reduce software integration and performance verification workloads considerably and simplify the deployment and management of industrial simulation cloud platforms. Altair PBS Works is the leading HPC workload management suite that offers comprehensive, reliable HPC resource management solutions and policy-based job scheduling solutions. "Digital transformation is now bringing revolutionary changes to the

Utegration today announced the release of its solution Mobius™: Field Order Application on SAP® Cloud Platform. This is Utegration’s second application on SAP Cloud Platform and was developed as a part of Utegration’s new Digital Asset and Work Management practice. The solution permits technicians to access orders, directions and other important information via a simple, user-friendly application. The application allows for improved efficiency from field workers, reduced response times and penalties, improved tracking of time spent on orders, and ability to interact with workers in real time. “Utegration is pleased to offer our customers a solution that will allow their employees to work more easily and efficiently, while reducing costs and improving customer service,” said Bin Yu, President and CEO of Utegration. Technicians do not currently have a lightweight, user-friendly application that allows them to manage and update their assigned orders across multiple devices, that integrates with the SAP Enterprise Asset Management solution, and

Oracle today announced the latest innovations to Oracle Prime Projects Cloud Service, Oracle Construction and Engineering's powerful project success platform. The new Oracle Prime Projects capabilities, Oracle Lean Scheduling Solution and Oracle Capital Improvement Program Solution, add innovative project execution and capital planning features to Oracle Construction and Engineering's suite of cloud solutions. Oracle Prime Projects enables users to manage all aspects of the project lifecycle from ideation to execution to delivery. By providing real-time visibility into project cost, schedules, risk, and performance information, Oracle Prime Projects empowers stakeholders to make better decisions and deliver better outcomes across all stages of the project lifecycle. The cloud suite is mobile ready, offers built-in analytics, and features robust workflows and social tools to enable rich, real-time collaboration on mission-critical activities. Oracle Lean Scheduling Solution  Oracle Lean Scheduling is a unique,-purpose-built cloud solution that integrates both critical path method (CPM) and Lean scheduling methods into a

In this latest release of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, you’re able to: Create and share precise drawings with innovative productivity tools. Save time and minimize frustration with simple tools to fix broken paths for externally referenced files. Use the SHX text recognition tool to quickly convert imported PDF geometry to text objects. See significant improvements in the performance of AutoCAD—including in 3D navigation when zooming and panning. Take the power of AutoCAD with you wherever you go with an easy-to-use mobile app (included when you subscribe to any AutoCAD product). Allyn Tidball, owner of Allyn C. Tidball, P.E. and a beta tester, said, “I tend to value most changes to AutoCAD which improve my day-by-day, hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute use and production efficiency. AutoCAD 2018 has many (what I would call) high-value, low-profile improvements. Several are the type which are invisible during the ‘heat of battle,’ but will improve my production. Flashy new features are probably great for

Applied Software® announced today that its proposal to custom-develop an add-on for BIM 360 DocsTM was selected by Autodesk as part of a recent "BIM 360 TechBox" competition. The Autodesk® program tasked Autodesk partners with building tools on the BIM 360 platform that solve business challenges specific to the construction industry. Only two proposed solutions were chosen.   The new Applied Software tool, "360Sync for BIM 360 Docs," is anticipated to be available in May and will synchronize files to/from local servers/computers with Autodesk's BIM 360 Docs.   "Construction projects require an enormous amount of document and file management," said Applied Software President Richard Burroughs. "While cloud-based services such as BIM 360 Docs have emerged as a great way to make these documents available on-demand, there is a challenge in how to keep the files hosted on these services up-to-date with the latest available version. 360Sync for BIM 360 Docs will simplify this issue, making

Kevin Wrenn, general manager of PLM at PTC, will be the keynote speaker for Zuken Innovation World (ZIW) 2017 Americas. Zuken USA’s annual user and technology conference will be held on April 24-26 at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Wrenn will speak on “The Digital Engineering Transformation Journey and You,” explaining that in all industries the introduction of smart, connected technology will disrupt jobs and businesses—for the better. He will outline what role attendees can play in this transformational journey, how to prepare for the changes, and why the IoT era is going to be an exciting time to be in the workplace. Wrenn will draw on 25 years of experience at PTC driving the business strategy, executing go-to-market and product lifecycle activities, and delivering customer success for the company’s PLM segment. This year Zuken University has expanded to offer more than 40 classes, helping attendees learn the newest features to

Today, ThinkEDU expands its relationship with Autodesk, Inc., as the new North America Learning Products Distributor. ThinkEDU will manage the Autodesk Authorized Training Centers (ATCs), Authorized Academic Partners (AAPs), and Membership Training Providers (MTPs) in North America by delivering expert instructor-led training across the Autodesk product portfolio. ThinkEDU provides these training channels with program expertise, business development, operational assistance and marketing support. "We were delighted and honored to be selected by Autodesk as their Learning Products Distributor for North America," commented Michael Fischler, CEO of ThinkEDU. "Our past relationship with Autodesk, along with our vast experience focused on the education channel, gives us a unique perspective on assisting partners who wish to expand their business into this channel. We also look forward to recruiting new candidates who wish to join Autodesk education programs." Autodesk AAPs use their knowledge of education and learning to help students and educators select the right

PrismTech™ today announced Vortex™ OpenSplice™ support for MathWorks’ MATLAB® and Simulink® products. PrismTech's Vortex OpenSplice is the leading (commercial and Open Source) implementation of the Object Management Group®'s (OMG®) Data-Distribution Service™ (DDS™) standard. Vortex OpenSplice has been designed to optimally address the real-time information distribution and management challenges posed by high performance real-time data-processing systems. Vortex OpenSplice is a key enabler for systems that have to reliably and securely deliver high volumes of data with stringent end-to-end qualities-of-service (QoS). Vortex OpenSplice plays a crucial role in many mission and business-critical systems by ensuring that the right information is delivered to the right place at the right time all the time. MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software. MATLAB is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation. Simulink is a graphical environment for simulation and Model-Based Design for multidomain dynamic and embedded systems. Engineers and scientists