Mentor Graphics Corp today announced that Mellanox Technologies has standardized on the new Mentor® Tessent® Hierarchical ATPG solution to manage the complexity and slash the cost of generating test patterns for their leading-edge integrated circuit (IC) designs. Using Tessent Hierarchical ATPG, Mellanox has significantly reduced both the processing time and system memory needed to generate the huge number of manufacturing test patterns needed for high-quality IC test.

"The time needed to generate test patterns has been growing rapidly with each new design cycle, thus increasing our test-related costs," said Evelyn Landman, VP of Backend Engineering at Mellanox Technologies. "Moving to Mentor's Tessent...

AVEVA today announced that it has entered a multiyear agreement with Aker Solutions for AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D?). The Norwegian oil service company has selected AVEVA E3D to be its strategic 3D tool on plant design, modification and maintenance projects. This agreement is a continuation of a long-standing successful working relationship that spans more than 20 years.

'The deployment of AVEVA E3D will enhance productivity, enabling Aker to execute larger, more complex projects with less risk using the best solutions available on the market. AVEVA is unmatched in the engineering design world,' said Richard Longdon, CEO, AVEVA. 'We are very proud...

Wipro plans to open a “technology innovation centre” in Silicon Valley by the end of December 2015.

This move is part of Wipro’s plan to build on its automation and artificial intelligence capabilities. Earlier this year, Wipro publically announced its intention to reduce its company headcount by 30 per cent through the use of robotic automation.

Wipro CTO K.R. Sanjiy commented on this development: “Why Mountain View? Bay Area represents that right area where we can bring together a lot of start-ups [to work with our] customers. We are working with lots of start-ups in...

Ingram Micro has inked a deal to distribute EMC in New Zealand. The company will distribute the full range of EMC products and services, and Gary Bigwood, Ingram Micro New Zealand managing director, says the distributor is ‘excited’ about the opportunities the deal presents.

“Whether it’s cloud computing, big data, trusted infrastructure or storage, EMC has class leading products across all these sectors and more,” Bigwood says.

“We are absolutely delighted with this appointment and have great plans to work with EMC to rapidly grow its presence in New Zealand.”

Phil Patton, EMC New Zealand country manager, says it is ‘imperative’ the vendor...

3D Systems announced a new cooperative R&D agreement with Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD). In accordance with this agreement, 3DS and the US Navy will jointly develop and evaluate 3D printing technology and materials for military uses, including helping the Navy fulfill a number of strategic initiatives. The US Navy's partnership with 3DS underscores the disruptive potential of 3D printing to redefine the supply chain for naval ship components, and reinforces 3DS' ability to continue to modernize the U.S. defense industrial base.

"The US Navy is at the forefront of a concerted military effort...

Tecplot, Inc., developer of the leading Visual Data Analysis (VDA) software for engineers and scientists, today announced the general availability of Tecplot 360 EX 2015 Release 2.

The new release, which is ten times faster than the legacy (2013) version of Tecplot 360 at computational analysis and graphics rendering, is the easiest-to-use CFD post-processor available. Specific new features include customizable color maps and improvements to data-probing functionality.

“We always seek input from our customer base when planning what features go into a new release,” Tecplot Product Manager Scott Fowler said. “Customizable color maps were...

 HP announced that it has been selected by leading data driven marketing and loyalty analytics company Aimia to help achieve its goal of delivering more agile, secure and scalable environments for both internal and client facing IT operations.

Under the ten-year contract, HP will support Aimia's business by consolidating and virtualizing its IT infrastructure on the HP Helion Managed Virtual Private Cloud environment and introducing an optimized applications development and support management model. As a result of consolidating and standardizing the technical landscape and providing a globally consistent delivery platform, HP will enable Aimia to continue to expand its data-driven marketing and loyalty...

Rand Worldwide, Inc. announces its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.

For the three months ended March 31, 2015, Rand Worldwide, Inc. reported total revenues of $23,474,000 and operating income of $3,677,000. The Company's overall gross margin percentage was 51.8% which was slightly lower than the same quarter in the prior year due to the revenue mix. Total selling, general and administrative expenses were 5.2% lower in the current quarter compared with the same period of the prior fiscal year as a result of decreased commission expense and reduced occupancy costs. As a result, the Company reported income...

Theorem Solutions will be attending this year’s Siemens PLM Connection in Dallas, from 18^th-21^st May 2015.

As a long standing Siemens PLM solution partner and Vendor Member of the JT Open initiative, the team from Theorem Solutions will be there to showcase our latest PLM productivity enhancing solutions for the Siemens NX and JT user.

If you drop by the Theorem booth (No.106), we will be demonstrating the latest version of our Publish 3D suite of products as well as showcasing data archiving and CAD migration solutions. 

Publish 3D is our  3D PDF solution for the NX and JT user .Imagine being able to share any interactive...

The Object Management Group^® (OMG^®) announced today the full agenda for the Model Based Engineering in PLM and Manufacturing special event. This event will spotlight how model based engineering standards will usher in a new era of manufacturing with respect to how Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing strategies will affect the interoperability of the data infrastructure of complex products. This event will occur on June 18th at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin, Germany.

The agenda will focus on the following presentations and speakers:

• Welcome and Introductions: Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman & CEO, Object Management Group
• Dr. Andreas Goerdeler, Head...