“Sensing, Thinking, Acting.” That is how the CEO of Hexagon Metrology described the business strategy behind his company’s acquisition of Vero Software.

Norbert Hanke’s comments were made to Vero staff and customers at a series of seminars in France organized for the release of WorkNC V24, a leading Vero CAM software brand for advanced 2- to 5-axis machining.

During his visit to Mâcon and Lyon, he introduced the Hexagon AB group, including Hexagon Metrology, of which 500 of its 5,100 employees are software developers. This is the division in which Vero operates as an independent business unit. He also explained the industrial...

Tata Consultancy Services has been selected by Adobe as a Premier Partner, the highest level of partnership among Adobe's global ecosystem. This new partnership enables TCS clients to fully leverage Adobe's Marketing Platform and its core solutions, allowing them to design and execute customized strategies and integrated marketing campaigns to suit specific target audiences and customer profiles. 

TCS' strengths in digital marketing solutions and services, advanced technology knowledge, trusted domain expertise, and vast implementation and integration experience, combined with Adobe's leadership in its Digital Marketing Platform and core solutions, provides customers with an industry-leading, best-in-class, complete end-to-end integrated marketing solution.

As enterprises...

EMC Corporation today announced it has completed the acquisition of Virtustream. Virtustream represents a transformational element of EMC's strategy to help customers move all applications to cloud-based IT environments. The all-cash transaction is expected to have no material impact to EMC financial results in 2015 and is expected to be additive to revenues and accretive to EPS in 2016. Operational details of the new EMC Federation business formed by Virtustream will be announced later this quarter.

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SmartCAMcnc® has announced the release of updates to all four of the SmartCAM v2015 native data translator modules. SmartCAM Native Data Translators are optional modules that allow native-CAD design models to be opened directly in SmartCAM without the need of intermediary, generic CAD file formats.

The SmartCAM Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software family consists of applications for Computer-Numerical Control (CNC) milling, turning, fabrication and wire EDM.

The updates to the modules are for the following SmartCAM products.

- SmartCAM Siemens' Solid Edge Connection™: ".PAR" and ".PSM" part files created in Solid Edge versions 18 through ST6.

- SmartCAM PTC Pro/ENGINEER & PTC Creo Connection™: ".PRT",...

Geometric Limited releases CAMWorks 2015 for Solid Edge ST8. CAMWorks is the only fully integrated CAM application running inside Solid Edge.

CAMWorks is an industry leader in knowledge-based machining, proprietary feature recognition, and true G-code machine simulation. These technologies enable the automation of the programming process, which result in faster CNC programming, faster setups, plus faster and more concise machining.

CAMWorks for Solid Edge ST8 supports a wide variety of CNC machining needs within Solid Edge. In addition to 2-1/2 and 3-Axis milling support, 4 and 5 simultaneous milling and multi-axis Mill Turn machining are all now fully supported. Using...

FluidHouse Oy is the leading supplier of hydraulic and oil lubrication systems in Finland and a global leader in its key market segments. The company's strengths are based on more than 40 years' experience in developing fluid power automation systems and innovative product development.
Better competitiveness is something all companies are striving for. FluidHouse decided to develop its own competitive edge by creating smoother information flow - from pre-design to the manufacturing, installation and service. This will benefit both contract manufacturing and project deliveries.
To achieve the goal, a single location of information was needed. FluidHouse selected Modultek's solutions to...

PTC today reported preliminary results for the third quarter FY’15 of approximately $303 million revenue and $0.13 to $0.14 earnings per share, including a legal accrual described below under “Other Important Information.” Third quarter FY’15 non-GAAP revenue was approximately $304 million and $0.51 to $0.52 non-GAAP earnings per share. Software revenue of approximately $250 million, including $84 million of license and subscription solutions (L&SS) revenue, was slightly below the guidance range while professional services revenue of approximately $54 million was in line with guidance. The company expects subscription solutions bookings, as a percentage of L&SS bookings, to be...

CAD/CAM developer Vero Software is pleased to announce that the Alphacam team has achieved record sales for a six-month period during the first half of 2015. The strong sales results continue to come from the UK, USA, and the subsidiaries in Germany and Italy. Sales to 30th June 2015 increased by 23% over the same period of last year.

“Alphacam has set the record books alight this year with significant growth month-to-month throughout the first half of the year. Demand for our industry-leading products and services remain very strong, culminating in May and June being the best months on record for...

Delcam will present its latest developments in machining with both machine tools and robots on booth 1415 at WESTEC on September 15^th to 17^th, 2015, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. 

Programs on show will include PowerMILL for high-speed and five-axis machining, FeatureCAM for quick and easy feature-based CAM programming and PartMaker software for production machining including Swiss turn programming.  Delcam’s PowerMILL Robot will be highlighted on the RSI Cobra cell, designed for people that need a milling system that can be quickly moved from one area to another for various reasons.  For more information on PowerMILL...

Xamarin today announced a relationship with Oracle that helps enterprises quickly implement high-quality mobile apps and gain a competitive advantage. The Xamarin SDK for Oracle Mobile Cloud Service, available today, allows enterprises to create scalable mobile solutions for iOS, Android, and Windows, with secure data integration and management. This new SDK, together with Oracle Mobile Cloud Service, a next generation mobile backend-as-a-service (MBaaS), represents a major transformation in making enterprise mobility simple and easy.

Successful enterprise mobile apps require a consumer-grade, native frontend and an enterprise-grade secure, connected backend. The combination of the Xamarin Platform with Oracle Mobile Cloud Service makes...