Delcam will demonstrate the 2016 releases of the company’s FeatureCAM feature-based programming system and its PowerMILL CAM system for high-speed and five-axis machining at the Southern Manufacturing exhibition to be held in Farnborough from 9^th to 11^th February.

Some of the most important enhancements in FeatureCAM 2016 are further improvements to the Vortex high-efficiency area-clearance strategy.  Vortex gives the fastest safe metal removal from solid carbide tooling, in particular designs that give deeper cuts by using the full flute length as the cutting surface.  It produces toolpaths with a controlled engagement angle and so maintains the...

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm, announces publication of a report based on multi-sponsored research to create an Enterprise Innovation Management (EIM) Solutions guide to help accelerate the development of the global EIM market for the benefit of both solution providers and industry. Co-sponsors of the research effort are eZassi, Planview, Siemens PLM Software, and Sopheon.

The goal of the research was to address the existing concerns—as well as preempt the emerging concerns—of industrial companies about implementing EIM. Through a series of thought leadership interviews with representatives from sponsoring solution providers and chief innovation executives from Electrolux,...

Key takeaways:

• Manufacturing enterprises need flexible, scalable PLM environments that can adapt to their changing business needs
• Infor PLM Accelerate is built on third party technology that Infor has significantly extended; they have also incorporated Infor’s intellectual property into the solution
• Infor has used their ION^® (Intelligent Open Network) platform to integrate PLM Accelerate with Infor technology and business solutions such as ERP and they plan to incorporate other solutions such Infor Ming.le^TM and Infor Configure Price Quote
• Infor PLM Accelerate is a cost effective, scalable, flexible solution designed to meet the needs of growing manufacturers

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PTC today announced it has expanded its solution portfolio of new Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions to accelerate software and systems engineering. This expansion includes PTC Global Software Development, PTC Model Based Systems Engineering, PTC Software Modeling, and PTC Requirements & Validation. Available exclusively through subscription, the portfolio simplifies solution acquisition and license administration processes and enables customers to streamline collaboration.

PTC ALM solutions enable successful collaboration, automation and reuse across teams and disciplines. Each solution is purpose-built to meet the needs of software engineers, systems engineers, requirements and quality analysts and process architects – all...

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the latest release of its leading general purpose, front-loading computational fluid dynamics (CFD) FloEFD solution offering greater accuracy and user productivity. Updated features in this new version include improved mesh handling, an enhanced transient solver, a robust EDA interface, and an interface to Abaqus Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software for stress analysis. Engineers and specialists in the automotive, aerospace and electronics markets will directly benefit from the improved accuracy and productivity.

The latest version of the FloEFD™ product offers new capabilities for minimizing user time and effort spent on meshing. The FloEFD tool...

Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that Imagination Technologies, a global leader in semiconductor design IP including PowerVR™ GPUs and MIPS^® CPUs, deployed the Veloce^®emulation platform's virtualized testbench acceleration (TBX) technology in their internal verification flow for their PowerVR Wizard GR6500, a ray-tracing-enabled graphics processing unit (GPU). Imagination's PowerVR Wizard architecture raises the bar for ray-traced graphics in consumer and mobile products, delivering amazing realism and performance while meeting strict power budgets and cost constraints.

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that iCatch Technology has selected Synopsys' portfolio of silicon-proven DesignWare® IP, scalable FPGA-based prototyping system and trusted professional design services for its digital video and image system-on-chip (SoC). They adopted the silicon-proven DesignWare USB 2.0 picoPHY, Gen 2 DDR multiPHY and Controllers,HDMI 2.0 TX PHY, Data Converter and Audio Analog Codec IP. iCatch also adopted Synopsys' HAPS®-70 FPGA-based prototyping system for faster IP prototyping and to enable early hardware/software...

Oracle Corporation announced fiscal 2016 Q2 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 6% in U.S. dollars and unchanged in constant currency. Cloud plus On-Premise Software Revenues were $7.0 billion, down 4% in U.S. dollars and up 2% in constant currency. Total Cloud Revenues were $649 million, up 26% in U.S. dollars and up 31% in constant currency. Cloud software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) revenues were $484 million, up 34% in U.S. dollars and...

In recognition of raising his company from an idea in a Long Island attic to what is now the largest privately held CFD-focused provider of Computer Aided Engineering software, former CD-adapco President, CEO and co-founder, Steve MacDonald was recently posthumously honored with proclamations by United States Congressman Steve Israel and Nassau County (NY) Executive Ed Mangano. Their proclamations recognized MacDonald’s accomplishments and contributions to the Long Island technology community as he grew CD-adapco into a global leader in engineering simulation.

MacDonald received the proclamations during a celebration of life event on October 30 from Peter Goldsmith, President of LISTnet, an...

Processia today announces it has acquired NextIS Consulting, an independent consulting company with offices in Paris, who has expertise in organization and processes, information systems and change management. This transaction is in line with Processia's strategic plan to accelerate its development to become a key player specializing in the world of PLM (Product Lifecycle Management). With a team of 25 experienced consultants working with several large companies in France and Europe, NextIS Consulting specializes in PLM consulting services, business processes and project management. This acquisition enables Processia to expand its services offering, and to welcome a team of talented experts....