Construction-CAD Solutions (CCS), a full-service provider of turnkey Network Design, Project Management, Site Survey and Structured Cabling solutions to communications, cable, utility, and other related industries, announces today that it has formal certification and authorization to provide its network solutions in Canada. The authorization comes as the company continues its impressive overall client growth in the US.

"Our growth, year-over-year, has been strong for many years, but 2015 is set to break even our own goals," comments Pervis Conway, President of CCS. "On top of outperforming ourselves here in the States, the amount of international interest we've received...

Key takeaways:

• Siemens PLM Software’s annual Analyst event highlighted the progress they have made integrating some key acquisitions like LMS and Camstar, and leveraging Siemens AG’s intellectual assets
• They introduced a new drawing tool, Catchbook, designed to enable casual users to easily create drawings and capture their ideas and/or highlight issues
• Demonstrations showed integrations between product development and product realization and illustrated how Siemens PLM Software’s investments in modeling, simulation, and production can be used to achieve virtual products and virtual production environments that can be validated before capital investments are made

CIMdata recently attended Siemens PLM Software’s...

The latest Publish 3D V18.3 is now available from Theorem Solutions with new and improved product features and enhancements for the CATIA Composer user needing to work with JT data.

The Publish 3D range provides interactive, batch and command line interfaces for CATIA Composer users to directly access JT data independently of any JT products, is self-contained and version independent for improved ease of use.

Composer users can now open JT data including geometry, assemblies, product structure, metadata and product manufacturing information. The system is very quick and easy to learn and use with functionality...

Centric Software is pleased to announce the availability of Centric Cloud, a new solution specifically designed for small businesses.

Centric Cloud, a cloud-based PLM solution, helps speed product development, improve costs and increase market responsiveness. Like Centric Software’s flagship Centric 8 PLM platform, developed for larger organizations, Centric Cloud packages extended PLM, including mobility and key industry learnings, but focuses on functionality tailored for small business. Centric Cloud is available on a subscription basis or software as a service (SaaS).

Speaking about the announcement, Centric’s CEO and president, Chris Groves, says, “Innovation in software and implementation methods has been...

Arena Solutions, the pioneer of cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) applications, today announced the Arena PLM Fall 2015 release, available now, which introduces a new highly visual module to the suite: Arena Analytics.

Arena Analytics, is a robust business intelligence (BI) solution, powered by GoodData that enables companies to build meaningful insights into how their product-related business processes are performing and see these results refreshed at-a-glance.

Unlike spreadsheets, Arena Analytics can create reports that examine data and key performance indicators (KPIs) from multiple dimensions...

Infor, the cloud company, has announced that it will showcase Infor CloudSuite solutions at GITEX 2015 to be held at Dubai World Trade Center from October 18-22.

Infor CloudSuite is a focused set of cloud-enabled, industry specific applications that are engineered to preserve and accelerate the value of customers’ investments by addressing the challenges of a dynamic business environment.

“At Infor, we realize that each industry and more specifically each micro-vertical, has its own set of unique challenges and dynamics. Rather than take a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach that puts the onus on the customer to make the necessary customizations, we are focused on...

Rimini Street, Inc today announced the availability of maintenance and support services to cover Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) products, and that it has already been successfully providing support services to Oracle Agile licensees.

Oracle Agile PLM is used across a wide range of industries including aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer goods, manufacturing, and food and beverage. Licensees who switch annual support of their Oracle Agile PLM to Rimini Street can achieve up to 90 percent savings in overall support costs, including the same 50 percent savings in annual support fees that all Rimini Street clients enjoy today....

Lantek, the world leader in the machine-independent software for metal industry suppliers, has seen a notable increase in its sales volume in the first half of 2015. As of the end of June, this international company has experienced growth of 14%, thus meeting their own expectations. The demand for Lantek software solutions has increased by no less than 50%. This coincides with the direction the sector will take in the coming years: increased efficiency through automation and intelligent systems that will help companies to carry out increasingly complex work processes with more flexible production to react to...

Dimension Data and EMC have together formed the Catalyst Alliance, a strategic market development initiative aimed at speeding the adoption by mid-sized companies of hybrid cloud as a platform for transformation. Through the Catalyst Alliance, both companies will make investments to develop and jointly market and sell systems that enable clients to generate value from business strategies based on hybrid cloud and to adopt new technology while managing risk.

With the initiative, the companies plan to deliver comprehensive systems that span private cloud on or off premises, as well as public and hybrid cloud, including advanced managed services for storage. Catalyst...

Infor announced it has completed the acquisition of GT Nexus, the world's largest cloud-based global commerce platform. The deal was valued at $675 million.

The acquisition of GT Nexus enables Infor to create the first global commerce cloud with end-to-end control and visibility for the production of the products that companies make and deliver to their respective markets. To learn more about Infor and GT Nexus, please visit: http://www.infor.com/gtnexus/

Credit Suisse and Bank of America Merrill Lynch served as financial advisors to Infor in connection with the transaction. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP served...