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Aras^® and CloudSAFE today announced the availability of CloudSAFE PLM Cloud powered by Aras Innovator^®. The offering, available via a monthly subscription, provides comprehensive services for rapid private or hybrid cloud deployment of the complete Aras PLM solution. For companies wishing to leverage a hybrid deployment of on-premise and cloud resources, the CloudSAFE PLM services, PLM-Appliance and hosted private network options simplify the process.

CloudSAFE provides flexible infrastructure deployment offerings ranging from on-premise engineered Appliances to private CloudSAFE Datacenters and hybrid cloud deployments. Managed by highly experienced CloudSAFE IT professionals, CloudSAFE PLM Cloud, powered by Aras, helps businesses to be up...

More than 40 items of new and enhanced functionality in the latest release of WorkPLAN were unveiled to customers at the brand’s first-ever user seminar.

Sales Manager Christophe Mas says: “Users of Vero Software’s ERP project management solution saw how it improves profitability, respects lead times, guarantees total traceability, reduces bottlenecks, controls documentation and issues performance reports.”

The main highlights in WorkPLAN 2016 R1 are interfacing with other Vero solutions, in particular with VISI for designing and producing moulds and tooling equipment; and with the laser cutting aspect of Radan, Vero’s sheet metal CAD/CAM solution. “WorkPLAN has close ties with the CAD/CAM...

NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Siemens AG today announced they have developed the industry’s first※1 next-generation vehicle design infrastructure that provides Nissan’s global R&D centers with a continuous, high-speed connection to the latest vehicle development data. The solution’s engineering virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) gives Nissan more flexibility and manageability of global vehicle design. Nissan has started to use the infrastructure in North America and Europe.

Engineering VDI uses advanced graphics processing based on desktop virtualization technology. It allows engineers to access a virtual 3D CAD workstation on servers and control them on a desktop environment. With this technology,...

At the 2016 AeroDef Manufacturing Conference & Exposition with Composites Manufacturing, CGTech will be demonstrating how critical simulation is when working with high-value aerospace components, especially those made with composites.

“Because composite workpieces have a significant amount of process time and labor in them prior to machining, they can be more expensive than even some exotic metal alloy workpieces,” said Product Marketing Manager Matt Radebach. “It’s usually not possible to repair a composite workpiece damaged during machining. Thus, validation of the part program is extremely critical.”

In booth 123 CGTech will be exhibiting its latest version of...

PTC  today announced PTC University has been selected by the Brandon Hall Group as an award winner for “Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for External Training,” winning Bronze for its submission of: “Digital Guides: Lean and Green Content Delivery”

The PTC Digital Class Guide was developed as an alternative to the traditional printed manual or standard e-book. PTC’s digital guide allow students to have 24/7 access to class material and organized notes in one place for reference at any time. Additionally, this responsive design makes consuming material on an iPad simple as students can bookmark pages and take notes...

Synopsys, Inc.has acquired Goanna Software, a privately held software company based in Australia that provides static source code analysis tools for reducing security vulnerabilities, improving code quality, and ensuring compliance with industry coding standards. This acquisition provides Synopsys' Software Integrity Group with additional talent, technology and products that expand the company's presence in the emerging software quality and security market, support its vision of bringing a rigorous software sign-off process to software development, as well as increase its presence in Australia and the broader APAC region.

Goanna Software's highly extensible technology will be used to augment Synopsys' Coverity product,...

Software provider Nemetschek AG has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of Solibri Oy, based in Helsinki, Finland. Nemetschek was able to successfully beat several potential buyers because of its group structure with an independent brand offering.

Solibri is a globally leading and internationally aligned provider of software solutions for the quality assurance and quality control of Building Information Modeling (BIM), the digital work method for designing, constructing and operating buildings. The “Solibri Model Checker” validates that BIM models in particular are compliant in terms of integrity, quality and country-specific standards throughout the whole design and building processes....

Synopsys, Inc. has acquired Goanna Software, a privately held software company based in Australia that provides static source code analysis tools for reducing security vulnerabilities, improving code quality, and ensuring compliance with industry coding standards. This acquisition provides Synopsys' Software Integrity Group with additional talent, technology and products that expand the company's presence in the emerging software quality and security market, support its vision of bringing a rigorous software sign-off process to software development, as well as increase its presence in