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Ideate Software announced today that Craig H. Dodge, director of Sales, and Richard Taylor, technical evangelist, will attend BILT North America 2017. They will demonstrate the tools that Ideate Software developed to address challenges that architects and engineers face when working in Autodesk® Revit® building information models (BIM). BILT is the premier global BIM training conference for those who design, build, operate, and maintain built environments. It’s the only global, non-profit conference series dedicated to expanding BIM adoption through education. “Ideate Software is dedicated to streamlining Revit workflows for the architecture, engineering,  and construction (AEC) community,” said Mr. Dodge. “This conference provides an outstanding opportunity to talk with professionals in this community about workflow challenges, Ideate Software solutions that address those challenges, and new challenges that we may address in future releases of our software.” The BILT North America 2017 conference will be held on August 3 - 5, 2017 at the

eQuorum Corporation announces major new features in Version 9.6 of ImageSite, its flagship, comprehensive, yet affordable Document Management Solution (DMS)/”Lite” Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for manufacturers, architects, engineers, utilities, universities and government. ImageSite is HTML5 based, making it accessible by any operating system or mobile device without client software or mobile apps. Version 9.6 will be available to customers starting July 24, 2017, and provides the user with a modern, contemporary, and intuitive front-end which supports many new features and enhancements. eQuorum continues to pace the industry with agnostic viewing of files, especially CAD and PDF formats. As these formats become more mainstream, and more complex, ImageSite is being upgraded to perform more viewing and publishing functions. Many of these functions have previously only been available using native applications which are often expensive and time consuming to distribute to a broad company audience. ImageSite provides extensive functionality with a single viewer employing the user’s

Centric Software announces that Grupo Cortefiel, one of Europe’s leading fashion retailers, has experienced a revolution in its sourcing process using Centric Software’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Grupo Cortefiel, headquartered in Madrid, Spain, is one of Europe’s largest fashion retailers in the specialized chain segment, with over 2,000 points of sale in 90 countries. The group encompasses four own brands (Cortefiel, Springfield, women’ secret and Pedro del Hierro), as well as an outlet chain, Fifty Factory. Grupo Cortefiel has been a Centric Software customer since 2013. “We initially went live with the Springfield brand and the project included aspects such as collection management, prototype creation, technical specification development, sample reviews and materials management. We connected PLM to our ERP solution, while taking the different needs of each brand into account. The project went quite smoothly and we met our initial project goals.” “Once Centric PLM was rolled out across

PTC today reported financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended July 1, 2017. Total GAAP revenue was $291 million; total non-GAAP revenue was $292 million GAAP operating income was $11 million or 4% of revenue; non-GAAP operating income was $45 million or 15% of revenue GAAP net loss was $1 million or $0.01 per diluted share; non-GAAP net income was $33 million or $0.28 per diluted share License and subscription bookings were $90 million and subscription mix was 64%; Annual Contract Value (ACV) of new subscription contracts signed in the quarter was $29 million Total deferred revenue, billed and unbilled, increased $251 million to $909 million from the same period last year Subscription Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR) increased $171 million or 131% to $302 million from the same period last year “PTC delivered total revenue and earnings per share at or near the high-end of our guidance,” said James Heppelmann, President and CEO, PTC. “Led by

The European Converge conference, hosted by solidThinking returns to the SANAA building in Essen Germany on October 17th, 2017. solidThinking again calls industrial designers, design engineers, architects, and others active in product creation to explore the growing creative middle ground shared by both designers and engineers. As the digital world spins faster every day and with new manufacturing methods such as 3D printing revolutionizing the production processes, the design and manufacture of products has to radically change. Knowledge is key to cope with these changes; it helps to know as much as possible about new methods and processes.  Attend Converge 2017 and explore industrial applications in which biomimicry and artificial intelligence engineering tools are helping to create sustainable solutions and to get a competitive edge. Join a community of creative designers and innovators to uncover strategies to develop top products. Attendees will learn how a clever combination of engineering tools, nature’s evolutionary power,

PLM: The key to the digital transformation Under the motto "Energizing the digital engineering world", Open World 2017 presented CONTACT's new products, innovations and strategies. The aim: To make it easier to develop smart products and service-oriented business models for the Internet of Things. Challenges of the digital transformation: PLM is more important than ever The dominant theme at Open World, the most important meeting of the CONTACT Community, was the digital transformation. As Managing Director Karl Heinz Zachries said when opening the event, the challenge is to continue developing proven business models while simultaneously remaining open for new, disruptive business ideas. "We develop solutions that help people work together more easily and develop even better products and the matching IoT services." Mojo: The new Experience System from CONTACT Elements Unlike its competitors, CONTACT believes PLM to be the key for smart products and digital business models. “PLM is more

Global Automotive Lightweight Materials Summit The 2017 program will look at brand new topics including lightweighting breakthroughs within and beyond BIW, mixed material joining & corrosion mitigation, composite material cost reduction and innovative lightweighting solutions. Hosting a number of local and international OEM speakers, GALM Detroit 2016 will address the issues that continue to plague the automotive community and ensure that the most promising solutions and materials are given a fair chance of being utilized for the benefit of the entire industry.  Presentation by: John Brink, Vice President, Americas Technical Operations, Altair  Global Automotive Lightweight Materials Summit 8/22/2017-8/24/2017  Detroit, MI  To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Altair on CIMdata.com

SiteHawk announced the addition of two new executives to their leadership team. Sumant Anand and Steve Gaitten have joined the SiteHawk executive team to further develop SiteHawk’s global and digital presence as the EHS industry leader in chemical data management solutions. Sumant and Steve will provide experience and expertise to support SiteHawk’s mission to deliver chemical data tools and services to organizations in virtually every industry worldwide. SUMANT ANAND, Senior Vice President, Global Sales Sumant is a senior software executive with 27 years of global experience in the enterprise software industry across Health and Human Services, Healthcare, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Telecommunication. He is a skilled executive who thrives in a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment with the proven ability to enable businesses to scale. Sumant has extensive expertise working with software companies to build and lead global sales teams to accelerate business results. Due to Sumant's expertise, his previous companies, Versatility and Curam Software, were acquired

Decisyon, Inc. is pleased to announce it has completed financing to accelerate the adoption of DAC through the Predix platform while leveraging a close partnership with GE. Decisyon App Composer's unique drag-and-drop environment takes advantage of Predix, Decisyon and other Predix-compliant microservices to accelerate the creation of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions. DAC's ability to inject real-time intelligence into business operations has resulted in the quick creation of meaningful business value, while slashing development time and cost by offering many pre-built modules and no required coding. DAC is the industry's only IoT platform for visually building intelligent, end-to-end IoT solutions that connect people, processes, information and 'things' (sensors, devices and equipment) without the need for coding. Unifying big data aggregation, advanced analytics, decision-making, business logic and process execution capabilities in a collaborative environment, DAC radically simplifies the creation of mission critical solutions that can scale. Decisyon software is

Accenture has launched a new Liquid Studio in Johannesburg as part of the company’s accelerated investment in innovation in South Africa. At the Liquid Studio, clients will work side-by-side with Accenture professionals to quickly turn ideas into innovative applications and solutions. The Liquid Studio is the first of several new Accenture initiatives in South Africa which include expanded investments in training, hiring and strategic relationships in an effort to drive innovation locally. “Business cycle times are shrinking and competitive barriers are disappearing making speed to market critical in the digital world. The Liquid Studio will help deliver innovative solutions to businesses with speed and agility,” said Rory Moore, Innovation lead for Accenture in South Africa. “The next wave of South African growth and competitiveness will come from continuous innovation, and I am proud that we are working closely with our clients to fuel innovation and solve critical business problems at speed and scale.”