Siemens’ integrated suite of computer aided design (CAD), product data management (PDM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) software solutions are replacing the legacy system of German automotive supplier Bosch in its Electrical Drives division. Starting in summer 2016, Siemens NX™ software and Teamcenter® software will serve as the common development platform for the division’s global operations. Bosch has been using CAD/PDM/PLM software from Siemens in other business units for several years. Its decision to expand into the Electrical Drives division is part of its strategic plan to consolidate its diversified tool landscape with a unified methodology for modelling, design and collaboration. The volume of...

Siemens’ integrated suite of computer aided design (CAD), product data management (PDM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) software solutions are replacing the legacy system of German automotive supplier Bosch in its Electrical Drives division. Starting in summer 2016, Siemens NX™ software and Teamcenter® software will serve as the common development platform for the division’s global operations. Bosch has been using CAD/PDM/PLM software from Siemens in other business units for several years. Its decision to expand into the Electrical Drives division is part of its strategic plan to consolidate its diversified tool landscape with a unified methodology for modelling, design and...

Gerber Technology, the world leader in integrated software and automation solutions for the apparel and industrial markets, has entered into a creative partnership with fashion designer Danit Peleg.

"We are thrilled to announce the partnership of Danit Peleg and Gerber Technology," said Karsten Newbury, Gerber's vice president and general manager, Software Solutions. "Danit's work is a testament to innovation and vision. We are excited about the journeys we'll be able to take together."

Peleg will work with Gerber on the development of design technology...

RLM Apparel Software, a solutions provider to the fashion industry, will set up integration between Cushnie et Ochs and a third party logistics provider for both their inbound and outbound distribution and will implement the end-to-end solution with Go Live for Fall shipping 2016.

RLM Partner and Vice President of Product Development Rick Lynn states, "We are proud that RLM Software solutions are integral to the growth of the Cushnie et Ochs brand. Their design team will be issuing their sample fabric purchases within the RLM Apparel Software system, which will give visibility into seasonal costs for design and...

Oracle Corporation today announced fiscal 2016 Q3 results. The strengthening of the U.S. dollar compared to foreign currencies had a significant impact on results in the quarter. Total Revenues were $9.0 billion, down 3% in U.S. dollars and up 1% in constant currency. Cloud plus On-Premise Software Revenues were $7.1 billion, down 1% in U.S. dollars and up 3% in constant currency. Cloud software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) revenues were $583 million, up 57% in U.S. dollars and up 61% in constant currency. Cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) revenues were $152 million, down...

India's Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT, consulting and business solutions firm, has topped the customer satisfaction ranking for the third consecutive year, according to a survey on Europe's largest service provider performance. 

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) topped the ranking for the IT...

On 1 March 2016, Siemens PLM Software and Autodesk jointly announced they will take steps to improve interoperability between their respective product lifecycle management (PLM) software solutions. In the agreement the companies state they will “share toolkit technology and exchange end-user software applications to build and market interoperable products.” They did not specify which software, but by providing access to their respective toolkits each company will have available the other’s official programming interfaces to read and write native data files. While not groundbreaking, since most solution suppliers already reverse engineer data access, the sharing of official interfaces should result...

Key takeaways:

• IBM’s executives made it clear that IBM is “all-in” on the cloud and mobile, the foci of the event, and they continue to make investments and acquisitions to build out their capabilities
• IBM has many strengths dispersed across several groups in PLM for smart, connected products, and customer cases are emerging that highlight their breadth of capabilities
• One thing IBM brings to the table that the traditional PLM solution providers do not is a long history and significant investments in analytics and cognitive computing

Billed as “The Premier Cloud & Mobile Conference,” IBM InterConnect 2016 is...

Key takeaways:

• Few PLM implementations achieve their original goals and often end up as PDM silos that struggle to evolve as business needs change
• PLM is usually not enabled with a single technology and no solution provider has a complete end-to-end, top-to-bottom solution that fully enables an organization’s end-to-end PLM needs
• Enabling PLM requires a platform that is capable of filling in data and process gaps to connect system silos into a holistic solution that meets current as well as future business requirements
• An organization’s PLM platform should be easily configurable to support future requirements without...

NEC Australia and Microsoft will co-develop IoT solutions for clients in vertical markets including manufacturing, retail, health and transport using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and Azure IoT Suite.

As a strategic partner, NEC Australia will be using Azure IoT Suite to solve new business challenges, which include solutions for public safety, transport, asset management, health, remote monitoring and predictive maintenance.

Microsoft’s Azure IoT Suite helps customers rapidly provision solutions that collect, analyse, store and visualise data from billions of IoT devices, as well as integrate services with existing business processes. The IoT Suite can be integrated with Azure Stream...