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Autodesk, Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2015. Second Quarter Fiscal 2015 Total billings increased 27 percent, compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2014. Total subscriptions increased by approximately 74,000, from the first quarter of fiscal 2015. Revenue was a record $637 million, an increase of…

Agilent Technologies Inc. reported orders of $1.74 billion, up 9 percent over one year ago, for the third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2014, and revenues of $1.77 billion, up 7 percent compared with one year ago. Third-quarter GAAP net income was $147 million, or $0.43 per share. Last year's…

Keynote speakers and presentation topics have been officially announced for the sixth annual Global Product Data Interoperability Summit. The September 8-11 event will feature industry-leading aerospace, automotive, software and IT experts who will address the importance of preserving data quality through the value stream. The Summit is of interest to…

Delcam will demonstrate the huge time savings that can be made with its Vortex high-efficiency area-clearance strategy at Seco’s ‘Inspiration through Innovation’ manufacturing best-practice event to be held at the company’s premises in Alcester, Warwickshire, on 24th and 25th September. For full details on the event, please go to www.secotools.com/en-GB/GB-United-Kingdom/Events/Inspiration-through-Innovation/. The…

Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Cadence, today announced the winners of the Cadence India Design Contest 2014. A flagship initiative of the Cadence University Program, the 10th annual edition provided engineering students an opportunity to showcase their talents in electronic design. The team from Indian Institute of…

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SmartThings, the leading open platform for the smart home and the consumer Internet of Things. SmartThings supports an open and growing ecosystem of developers, who are producing new types of connected devices and unique apps…

DST (Design Simulation Technologies, Inc.; www.design-simulation.com), announced the availability of SimWise V9.5. This release continues to expand the Optimization, FEA, CAD Integration, and Interoperability capabilities of the product. Dimension and other parameters from select CAD systems can now be transferred to SimWise and used as optimization variables. During an optimization run…

Bentley Institute Press announced the publication of Principles of Structural Analysis – Static and Dynamic Loads, the second book in a three-part series. This compendium of information about STAAD.Pro – a mainstay of Bentley’s 3D structural analysis and design engineering software – bridges the gap between structural engineering concepts and their practical application to real-world challenges.…

MSC Software Corporation announced that the R&D department at Riba Composites, a leader in the design and manufacture of structural parts and components in advanced composite materials, is using MSC Nastran Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software to support the co-design process of structural and non-structural components made up of advanced composites, based…

Braskem, Latin America’s largest petrochemical company, has signed a contract with AVEVA to convert the engineering and design data of 12 of its plants to AVEVA PDMS during 2014. This large contract is the result of a successful pilot project executed earlier this year. Braskem chose AVEVA over several other…