Third quarter 2015 revenue of $562.3 million was down 4 percent as compared to the third quarter of 2014, and was approximately flat on a constant currency basis. Engineering and Construction revenue was $326.4 million, down 5 percent. Field Solutions revenue was $73.5 million, down 17 percent. Mobile Solutions revenue was$131.6 million, up 9 percent. Advanced Devices revenue was $30.8 million, down 6 percent.

GAAP operating income was $46.0 million, up 314 percent as compared to the third quarter of 2014. GAAP operating margin was 8.2 percent of revenue as compared to 1.9 percent of revenue in the third quarter of 2014.   

GAAP net income...

ModuleWorks, the leading supplier of CAD/CAM components for toolpath creation and CNC simulation is happy to join the consortium for the European Twin Control project.

The first of October saw the start of the European project Twin-Control, an alliance of eleven European partners that aims to design a new concept for machine tool and machining process simulation. The project will last for 36 months, has a total budget of 5.6 million euros and is partially funded by the European Union under the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020 (grant agreement No. 680725).

Twin-Control is a new concept of machine...

Fujitsu today announces the market readiness of its Internet of Things (IoT) Edgeware(TM) management platform for Australia and New Zealand.  Edgeware provides the link between automated identification technology and enterprise applications and is particularly suited for organisations in sectors such as: Public Safety (Police, Firefighting and Emergency Services), Distribution & Freight (ports; postal services; environmental monitoring of sensitive cargo such as chemicals and explosives; cold storage transport and food distribution), Public Utilities, IT Asset Management, Mining and Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Manufacturing.
Edgeware provides the link between automated identification technology and enterprise applications and is particularly suited for IT...

Elsevier today announced the addition of six publishers who are now offering content via the Knovel platform across a range of disciplines. Engineers and technical professionals benefit from definitive sources and emerging research addressing topical business challenges on a range of subjects including innovation, material selection, sustainability, compliance, manufacturing, and operational efficiency. This new content is available now on a subscription basis via Knovel.

The six publishers added on the Knovel platform are:

CFE Media provides engineers in...

CENIT Aktiengesellschaft has acquired a majority stake in Coristo GmbH, the leading consulting enterprise for SAP product structure management.

In this way, CENIT is expanding its competency and solution portfolio for end-to-end SAP ERP/PLM solutions and strengthening its position as a reliable partner to the manufacturing industry for digital transformation in the Industry 4.0 context.

For decades, CENIT has been a strong provider of practical uses of enterprise software in optimizing business processes. Delivering innovative solutions to sharpen the competitive edge - for over 25 years, this has been the mission of CENIT's business model. As partner...

Accenture has unveiled the latest version of its Accenture Foundation Platform for Oracle (AFPO). AFPO is a pre-built, pre-tested Oracle Cloud Platform and on-premise technology architecture that offers accelerated implementation and strategic guidance to help improve application quality, lower IT cost, and speed deployment.

Building on Accenture and Oracle’s 23-year relationship and the recently announced Accenture, Version 10 enables cloud-to-cloud, cloud-to-on premise and cloud-to-custom integrations with the Oracle Cloud Platform. The latest version is purpose-built and configured for the Oracle Cloud. It can help reduce the complexity of cloud deployments, speed the time to implementation, and increase the business...

Gerber Technology’s ideation2015, to be held Oct. 29–30 in Las Vegas, Nev., will pay homage to The Darnell Collection, a famous vintage garment compilation, as it inspires fashion design students through a competition that highlights the key role of technology in design.

Students participating in the competition will create an original garment inspired by one of five decades of dresses from the collection. One finalist design for each decade will be unveiled in a fashion show hosted by Charlotte Smith, owner of the collection, and several will be recreated in AccuMark® 3D.

IBM has announced a collaboration in which Wipro will use the IBM Bluemix cloud development platform for the agile creation and deployment of mobile, analytics and machine learning solutions for clients around the world.

As part of the effort, Wipro has committed to train and engage 15,000 of its developers on the platform through a massive online open course across 58 countries.

This team of developers will leverage Bluemix as a development platform, resulting in the introduction of new value-added services for the customers of Wipro through Wipro Analytics solutions.

Bluemix leverages open technologies to give developers greater scalability and...

AVEVA today announced AVEVA Engage, a unique collaborative decision-support solution for capital projects and operating assets. It combines the power of instant access to a Digital Asset’s full contextually-integrated information with an impressively simple and entirely intuitive touch-driven interface, all visualised and navigable in a striking Ultra-High Definition (UHD) whole-model view. Part of AVEVA’s ‘Future of Decision Support’ programme, AVEVA Engage is bringing a new dimension to decision support for better, faster decisions across the life cycle.

AVEVA is committed to extending the ways in which its customers can access and interact with their Digital Assets, the information...

MathWorks has introduced the WLAN System Toolbox, providing standard-compliant functions for the design, simulation, analysis, and testing of wireless LAN communications systems.

 The WLAN System Toolbox expands capabilities of MATLAB for wireless development by providing configurable physical layer waveforms for IEEE 802.11ac and 802.11b/a/g/n standards. The system toolbox provides reference designs to enable exploration of baseband specifications, and demodulate and recover signals. Users can also study the effects of RF designs and interference sources on system performance.
 WLAN System Toolbox provides MATLAB source code, allowing engineers to customize algorithms and analyses. The toolbox also generates unencrypted, hardware-independent waveforms for simulation and over-the-air...