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CM First announces the general availability of its top application lifecycle management solution, CM MatchPoint ALM version 5.5, with enhanced performance, an improved UI and many requested fixes.  This cross-platform product offers end-to-end governance of software change processes and the ability to manage change from any device. Designed to support IBM i and CA Plex environments, change management can now be easier and more flexible, allowing support teams to work on any device, anywhere in the world. “CM First strives to offer value even in point releases,” said Jason Olsen, Product Owner. “Customers will enjoy the performance improvements and see benefit from the UI changes. All fixes have been rolled up into this release, to ensure all customers are current.” To view the original press release, please click here. Search for CM First on CIMdata.com

IBM today announced second-quarter earnings results. "In the second quarter, we strengthened our position as the enterprise cloud leader and added more of the world's leading companies to the IBM Cloud," said Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer.  "We continue to innovate, adding regtech capabilities to our portfolio of Watson offerings; developing solutions based on emerging technologies such as Blockchain; and reinventing the IBM mainframe by enabling clients to encrypt all data, all the time.” "We finished the first half of the year where we expected, including continued strong free cash flow generation," said Martin Schroeter, IBM senior vice president and chief financial officer. "This allowed us to continue our strong R&D investment levels and return more than $5 billion to shareholders through dividends and gross share repurchases during the first half." Strategic Imperatives Second-quarter cloud revenues increased 15 percent (up 17 percent adjusting for currency) to

PROLIM Global Corporation is pleased to announce the addition of Melanie Hawkey as Vice President of PLM Solutions working at the Cincinnati office.  She is responsible for the overall practice driving them towards being relevant to PLM technologies and market needs. “We are excited to have Melanie join PROLIM as Vice President of PLM Solutions. Melanie’s reputation and experiences are invaluable to us as we grow our validation solutions for PLM” says Prabhu Patil, CEO PROLIM. Melanie joins PROLIM from Goken America managing Honda where she worked as the Director of PLM Technology Dublin. Prior to Goken America, she held several management positions at Tata Technologies, Angell Demmel, P & J Design Services. “I’m delighted with this new opportunity at PROLIM,” stated Melanie. “The Vice President of PLM Solutions role is an excellent fit for me. I enjoyed my work on transforming the Software Integrity Business and drive and support

Mocana and Gemalto announce a partnership to bring connectivity, security and monetization to IoT deployments. The two companies will provide an end-to-end solution for IoT security lifecycle management, including interoperability of Mocana's IoT Security Platform and Gemalto's digital security products to protect data and digital identities across endpoint devices, gateways and clouds. Combining the companies' respective areas of expertise makes it easier for manufacturers, enterprises and service providers to build strong security into IoT devices and critical infrastructure that are vulnerable to cyber-attacks. For demonstrations on the Gemalto and Mocana solutions, visit booth 1236 at Black Hat 2017 from July 26th -27th. Gemalto and Mocana will leverage their unique solutions and global ecosystems to make it easier to embed advanced cybersecurity technologies into IoT devices, industrial control systems, and machine-to-machine (M2M) networks. Customers will have access to a complete IoT security solution. "Hundreds of manufacturers and IoT companies use Mocana's specialist endpoint security

Aptos, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TXT Retail. The acquisition is expected to close September 2017 subject to customary closing conditions and will combine Aptos' best in class customer engagement and inventory management solutions with TXT Retail's best of breed merchandise lifecycle management suite. The extended solution footprint will address retailers' most critical business objectives: accelerating omni-channel transformations while cultivating customer loyalty in a time when "right product, right place, right time" has reached new urgency in competing against Amazon. The deal also expands Aptos' global presence; TXT Retail has 10 offices and more than 300 colleagues in key markets across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. "The acquisition delivers value to retailers and to Aptos. In recent years, Aptos has demonstrated its commitment to acquisitions that offer competitive advantage to its customers, by acquiring technologies that advance the realization of singular commerce and by establishing access to geographic markets

MSC Software Corporation today announced the latest release of MSC Adams - 2017.2. Known for its accuracy and robustness of multibody dynamics simulation, MSC Adams 2017.2 focuses on delivering usability and simulation speed for Adams Solver and Adams Car and further expanding its Adams Real Time capabilities. The release will be available in July 2017. Highlights of the release: Faster Parallel Adams Solver Performance improvements have been made to Adams Solver when running on multiple threads with Adams Solver Shared Memory Parallel (SMP), up to 30% improvement in simulation speed has been observed. Adams Car Model Management In previous releases, one Adams Car assembly represented a single model configuration. In Adams 2017.2, multiple model configurations can be saved in one assembly, making managing assembly models with different subsystem setups much easier. Model Fidelity Tuning Higher-fidelity component models can be costly in terms of performance. This becomes especially relevant when running hardware-in-the-loop real time simulations. In many

Mentor, a Siemens business, announces that independent compliance firm SGS-TÜV Saar has certified the ISO 26262 compliance of tool qualification reports for key software elements of its groundbreaking new Veloce® Strato™ emulation platform. The certification extends Mentor's leadership in functional safety assurance and hardware emulation technology, while helping chip designers meet and exceed the increasingly stringent safety and quality requirements of the global automotive industry. Representing Mentor's twenty-second ISO 26262 product qualification, these newest additions to the Mentor Safe program underscore the company's commitment to securing the functional safety qualification of critical documentation for all signature members of its industry-leading electronic hardware and software design solutions portfolio. "As demand for automated driving and sophisticated ADAS systems continues to transform the global automotive industry, the world's leading carmakers and their suppliers increasingly require pre-qualified design automation technologies and documentation to speed time-to-market and ensure optimal cost efficiency," said Eric Selosse, vice president

E-on software today announced the immediate availability of the pre-release of its Carbon Scatter and CloudFactory Ozone 2017 suite of plugins. To focus on the company's core technologies, and ensure better customer support and user experience on its flagship solutions VUE and PlantFactory, e-on software also announced that in 2018, it will discontinue development of Carbon Scatter and CloudFactory Ozone. Therefore, the 2017 releases of Carbon Scatter and CloudFactory Ozone will be the last for the suite of plugins. The official releases - including free Personal Learning Editions - are expected to ship in Q3 2017. E-on software will continue to provide Carbon Scatter and CloudFactory Ozone 2017 customers with product support (hotfixes, service packs and - whenever possible - support for newer host applications) at no cost until September 2018. Customers with a valid maintenance plan for Carbon Scatter or CloudFactory Ozone on June 1, 2017 will receive the

Wipro Limited today announced financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for its quarter ended June 30, 2017. Highlights of the Results Gross Revenues of Wipro Limited were ₹136.3 billion ($2.1 billion1), an increase of 0.2% YoY. IT Services Segment Revenues in dollar terms were $1,971.7 million, a sequential increase of 0.9% (NonGAAP constant currency increase of 0.3% sequentially) and 2.1% YoY (Non-GAAP constant currency increase of 3.4% YoY). IT Services Segment Profits2 were ₹21.9 billion ($339 million1), a decrease of 5.8% YoY. IT Services Margins for the quarter was 16.8%. Net Income3 for the quarter was ₹20.8 billion ($321 million1), an increase of 1.2% YoY. Board approves Buyback proposal of ₹110,000 million ($1.7 billion1) at a buyback price of ₹320 ($4.951). Performance for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 “We delivered revenues above the upper end of the guidance range. Our focus on Digital combined with our investments in client mining have

Trimble will hold a conference call on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 2 p.m. PT to review its second quarter 2017 results. The call will be broadcast live on the web at http://investor.trimble.com. Investors without Internet access may dial into the call at 800-528-9198 (U.S.) or 702-928-6633 (international). The passcode is 56839605. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Trimble on CIMdata.com