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3D Systems announced today that its Senior Vice President and CFO, Damon Gregoire, plans to present at the 3rd Annual Needham Advanced Industrial Technologies Conference on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 2:00 PM ET. A live audio webcast and replay of the presentation will be available on 3DS’ website under the Investor…

For industrial sales engineers whose clients expect keen project pricing, time is of the essence. But quality and clear, professional project presentations are equally important. Are 3D layouts a realistic goal when you have a day to create a proposal? For packaging systems provider Mariani and poultry and game processing…

Oracle announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire TOA Technologies (TOA), a provider of cloud-based field service solutions that manage and optimize the last mile of customer service for enterprises by coordinating activities between dispatchers, mobile employees and their customers. TOA’s Field Service SaaS enables modern enterprises to…

Software training firm Infinite Skills Inc. this week introduced its "Learning AutoCAD Civl 3D 2014 Tutorial," an intermediate course designed to prepare student and professional designers for modeling and presenting 3D projects in AutoCAD. AutoCAD 2015 is equipped with a powerful set of 3D design tools, allowing users to create…

Pointwise announces the latest release of its eponymous computational fluid dynamics (CFD) meshing software in which the ability to rapidly generate layers of hexahedral cells has been significantly enhanced. “The enhancement involves how the software combines high aspect ratio – anisotropic – tetrahedra into hexahedra,” said Dr. John Steinbrenner, Pointwise's…

Cimatron Limited announced today the official release of CimatronE 12, the latest version of its integrated CAD/CAM software. CimatronE 12 provides new and enhanced tools that can dramatically ramp up productivity and minimize overheads in the design and manufacturing of molds, dies and discrete parts. "More than ever, tool shops are…

Trimble announced financial results for the second quarter of 2014. Second Quarter 2014 Financial Highlights Second quarter 2014 revenue of $642.2 million was up 11 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2013. Engineering and Construction revenue was $368.1 million, up 17 percent, with growth across all major product categories. Field Solutions…

HP will conduct a live audio webcast of its conference call to review its financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2014. The call is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT, and the webcast will be available at www.hp.com/investor/2014Q3Webcast. A replay…

This year, McNeel, publisher of the modeling software Rhinoceros, will organize its fourth resellers and partners meeting in Barcelona (Spain). As the developer of CrossCad/Plg, import and export plug-ins for Rhinoceros, Datakit will be attending this event and will showcase its products to the other partners. Datakit plug-ins for Rhino, for…

PTC announced that CFO Jeff Glidden has notified the Company of his intention to retire in FY'15. PTC will engage an executive search firm to initiate a comprehensive search for Mr. Glidden's replacement. To ensure a smooth transition, Mr. Glidden will remain in his current role until his replacement has been…