Atos, a leader in digital services together with Siemens, Europe's largest engineering company, today underlined the importance of Franco-German collaboration during a meeting with the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, in the Atos Business Technology and Innovation Center at the Atos HQ in Munich.

Speaking at the meeting, Thierry Breton, Chairman and CEO of Atos, said: "Our shareholder and partner relationship with Siemens is exemplary. European companies that combine efforts to integrate the different European cultures and present a consolidated front to the outside world are better positioned to become a leader on the global stage.

Through our important and trusted partnership...

Maplesoft™ today announced the release of MapleSim™ 2015 and the latest member of the MapleSim family of products, MapleSim Server. MapleSim is an advanced system-level modeling and simulation platform from Maplesoft, and the MapleSim Server is a new product that allows engineers to explore MapleSim simulation models from a web browser.

MapleSim offers a modern approach to physical modeling and simulation, dramatically reducing model development and analysis time while producing fast, high-fidelity simulations. MapleSim supports the creation of easy-to-use interactive applications that allow engineers to access, analyze, and explore simulation models. With the MapleSim Server, these applications can then be shared...

Infor today announced enhancements for Infor Document Management, in partnership with Ephesoft, to help customers work more efficiently by automatically connecting documents to core business processes within Infor enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions. Available exclusively to Infor Document Management users, the latest capabilities powered by Ephesoft are currently offered on-premises. Infor plans another release by the end of 2015 to provide this advanced document capture functionality to Infor CloudSuite™customers who are serviced through Infor's collaboration with Amazon Web Services. With faster, easier access to critical business information such as customer invoices, organizations across numerous industries are positioned to speed...

Tri-D Technologies announced the introduction of the ExactFlat Online plugin for Autodesk Fusion 360.  ExactFlat Online is a 3D to 2D flattening solution running entirely in the Cloud.  The new Plugin allows users of Fusion 360 to publish and upload surface models directly to the ExactFlat SaaS engine for flattening.  Once flattened the pattern pieces can be downloaded into Fusion 360 or AutoCAD for finishing steps such as adding seams and notches or for creating assembly drawings and cut files.

"We've been evaluating Fusion 360 because of the functionality and the fact that it runs on the Cloud."  Said Aram Goganian,...

Cadence Design Systems has unveiled the Allegro 16.6 portfolio, which features several new products and technologies. Included in this release is the new Allegro PCB Designer Manufacturing Option, which can shorten the time to create manufacturing documentation by up to 60 percent, and several key technology updates catered to increase efficiency, control and productivity for designers, while streamlining handoff to manufacturing. Driven by increasing demands to provide a more predictable and shorter design cycle, the Allegro 16.6 portfolio includes more capabilities that accelerate routing and tuning for high-speed interfaces such as DDR3 and DDR4.

The Allegro 16.6 portfolio includes new products...

Synopsys, Inc. today reported results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2015.

For the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, Synopsys reported revenue of $557.2 million, compared to $517.7 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2014, an increase of approximately 7.6 percent.  

"Our fiscal second quarter results were very strong, and solidify our outlook for the full year," said Aart de Geus, chairman and co-CEO of Synopsys. "We see clear momentum with our new implementation and verification products in the early stages of a multi-year customer upgrade cycle. Our entry into the software quality and security space has opened up an opportunity to...

ZWCADUSA, the authorized reseller of the ZWCAD product line in North American, today reported on the ZWSoft 2015 Global Partner Conference (GPC) held recently in Guangzhou, China.

Over 200 attendees from over 30 countries joined the four-day event for ZWSoft reseller and development partners. In introducing this year's theme of “To Be Different", CEO Truman Du spoke to the company's current and future distinctions in innovations, performance, and affordability. ZWSoft shared recent achievements in its business and product development, collected feedback for its product roadmap, and discussed sales strategies and customer successes with partners.

Additional GPC highlights included:

• The line-up of...

13th May 2015 saw the latest session of the GRAITEC BIM European Tour 2015, held at the Sound Garden Conference Center, with over 100 attendees from across the construction industry.

This full day event was attended by representatives from construction giants who are heavily influential in the Polish and Global markets; Skanska SA, STRABAG, Hochtief Poland SA, BUDIMEX, ARUP, Energoprojekt-Warszawa SA, Epstein, MCKB and UNIBEP.

This leg of the BIM tour was also attended by significant delegates from the Ministry of Economy and other non-governmental organizations, with the seminar fully supported by the Polish Association of Construction Employers and attracting media sponsorship...

Dassault Systèmes today announced during its SIMULIA Community Conference that the first heart model from its “Living Heart Project” will be commercially available on May 29, 2015. Powered by Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform’s realistic simulation applications, the commercial, high-fidelity scientifically validated 3D simulator of a four-chamber human heart is the first product of its kind. With this model, device manufacturers, researchers, and medical professionals will be able to perform virtual tests and visualize the heart’s response in ways that are not possible with traditional...

Third Wave Systems announced today it will integrate its Production Module technology with Siemens’ NX™ software to help optimize machining processes. This means that Third Wave Systems can now offer its current and future customers, an interface to the same technology that companies around the world depend on every day, to enhance product development decision making and produce better products.

Production Module is process-optimization technology that empowers users to better understand machining processes, make informed decisions about tooling and toolpath strategies and identify potential areas for improvement. The NC program optimization software integrates physics-based material models, CAD/CAM inputs, tooling and workpiece...