Tecplot, Inc., developer of the leading CFD visualization and analysis software for engineers and scientists, today announced the general availability of Tecplot Chorus 2016 Release 1, a design-space simulation data analysis product that incorporates Tecplot 360 EX.

The most notable new features in this release include the ability to accelerate trade studies and identify selected cases, Open CSV Project and easier license management.

In the last release of Tecplot Chorus, the company introduced the Selected Cases view and Color-by-Filter Violations for 2D scatter plots. For this new this release, Tecplot extended the filter violation coloring to the Table Views to help even...

Zuken is to launch its Zuken University and Expert Bar at Zuken Innovation World (ZIW) Americas . The popular annual user and technology conference will be held on April 18-20 at Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa, San Diego, California.

Through more than 35 classes showcasing “how-to” and best practices for the 2016 product releases, participants will learn the newest features and quickly boost productivity with Zuken tools in an informal classroom setting. For those arriving at the conference armed with a specific product question, the Zuken Expert Bar is a new addition that offers the opportunity...

Aras® today announced that ACE 2016, the kick-off event in the company’s global conference series, will be held March 15 - 17 at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan. Details, agenda and free registration at www.aras.com/ACE2016

The ACE conference series brings together industry and technology leaders from around the world to connect and collaborate on strategies to address the growing complexity in global product development, systems engineering, manufacturing, quality and the supply chain.

“Innovation without Limitation” is this year’s theme, and sessions are designed to encourage attendees to network, share best practices and learn new approaches for the Business of Engineering.

 

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PTC  today announced ThingWorx, a PTC technology, is joining the MK:Smart project, a £16M HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) smart-city initiative, led by the Open University, which aims to tackle barriers to economic growth in the city of Milton Keynes, UK. ThingWorx will provide a rapid application development environment as an additional feature to the MK data hub. Partners of this project include BT, Milton Keynes Council and UCMK (University Campus Milton Keynes), supported by ThingWorx Partner InVMA.

The MK Data Hub enables a data-centric approach to open innovation...

International TechneGroup Limited (ITI) is pleased to announce a formal alliance between ITI and DIGITREAD, a Sandvika, Norway-based solution provider of PLM technologies and a value-added reseller of ITI CAD solutions for PLM migration projects.

There is pressure in the marketplace for the global and localized standardization of PLM and CAD solutions within many companies. CAD data conversion to support the re-use of data in a new design system is often a critical component of iPLM migration project. PLM solution providers need to provide their clients with tools to address the complex problem of CAD data conversion. ITI’s Proficiency...

Inceptra, LLC was named 2015 Top Partner at the Dassault Systèmes Value Solutions Sales Convention in Miami Florida on January 26, 2016.

The Convention, held at the Miami Hilton Downtown in Miami Florida was attended by Dassault Systemes Value Added Resellers from North America, Central America and South America as well as Dassault Systemes employees from around the globe.

The Top Partner Award is awarded to the largest software revenue contribution to Dassault Systemes’ Value Solutions Channel by a VAR. Inceptra has held this position for 7 consecutive years in North America. Inceptra was also...

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• Predicting product and portfolio profitability is becoming more difficult as products become more complex and business models change
• Identifying and modeling cost drivers and using collaborative decision making to optimize enterprise-level costs early in the development cycle enables revenue, cost, and profitability targets to be achieved while minimizing risks and supporting brand strategy
• Tata Consultancy Services has a framework that provides tools to support the complete product lifecycle allowing systems, processes, and analytics as well as services to be used to plan, implement, and support product portfolio profitability management
• Managing profitability of individual products...

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that its Mentor® Embedded Linux® (MEL) platform has been updated to Yocto 2.0 and expanded to include new security enhancements and additional industrial protocols. The new release includes Wurldtech Achilles® Communications Certification Level 1 and Level 2, the industry benchmark for securing industrial connected devices. This certification protects the critical embedded infrastructure, reducing risks of cyber security threats and attacks.

"We are encouraged with the continued investments Mentor Graphics is making for embedded device software to support a secure infrastructure for industrial applications," stated Alan Grau, president and co-founder of Icon Labs. "There...

Arena Solutions, the pioneer of cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) applications, today announced that it has partnered with xLM Solutions, a PLM services and solutions provider, to release an automated integration between Arena PLM and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional. With this integration, companies gain a seamless process flow of product data from SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional, formerly known as Enterprise PDM (EPDM), into Arena PLM for prototype, new product introduction (NPI) and ongoing product development processes.

Thanks to Arena and xLM Solutions, companies can create and publish parts, files and bills of materials (BOMs) to Arena PLM from within the SOLIDWORKS...

Global software major Wipro Ltd on Monday announced it has won a five-year IT infrastructure management deal from Assa Abloy group, a Swedish major in door opening solutions.

"The contract envisages consolidating Abloy's data centres in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) region and implementing a cloud-based service model, including infrastructure as a service and platform as a service," the IT major said in a statement here.

The outsourcing major, however, did not disclose the value of the deal or projected revenue from a major win for this fiscal (2015-16).

The $6.7-billion international group operates in 70 countries...