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SAP today announced a jump-start enablement program for its Internet of Things (IoT) innovation portfolio. The program is intended to help customers connect the emerging world of intelligent devices with people and processes to achieve tangible business outcomes. Following through on SAP’s recently announced commitment to invest €2 billion in IoT over five years, the IoT portfolio combines adaptive applications, Big Data applications and connectivity in packaged solutions across line-of-business and industry use cases ranging from connected products, assets and infrastructure to vehicle fleets, markets and people. Named SAP Leonardo, SAP’s IoT portfolio takes its name from a figure known for ushering in a groundbreaking era of science and discovery. For more on the SAP Leonardo brand, please see here. “Moving from things to outcomes is about new business processes such as Industry 4.0, new business models and new ways for people to live and work,” said Dr. Tanja Rueckert, executive vice president,

The latest release of Renga Architecture adds camera-style navigation control. Also new in this release are model navigation, element properties creation, and more drawing creation functions. Data is stored as specifications and tables, data that is also needed by other departments, and is required for the building site. In Renga Architecture, you assign not just physical parameters, but additional properties like marks of materials you use, and exact physical or technical specifications.  To read about all the new features, click here. Search for Renga Architecture on CIMdata.com

Open Design Alliance (ODA) today announced the release of version 4.2.2 of Teigha, its development platform for engineering applications. Teigha 4.2.2 contains support for reading and visualizing Autodesk® ReCap™ point cloud files (.rcs), which are commonly used to attach point cloud data to .dwg. Also included is full support for visual styles and beta incremental save. “Incremental save significantly improves the speed of saving to .dwg,” commented Neil Peterson, ODA President. “It’s an important feature for developers of CAD editors and other applications that save files frequently.” In addition, 4.2.2 contains beta support for persistent transactions. Persistent transactions allow applications to preserve undo/redo transactions between sessions. This technology can be used to compactly store the full history of changes made to a .dwg file. Also included are enhancements to PDF export to support PDF/A, visualization of 3D PDF (PRC) files, improvements to DGN underlay support, and fixes for issues reported by

Building on its commitment to support retail transformation initiatives for brands, retailers and manufacturers, Centric Software released version 6.0 of its market-driven product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. Version 6.0 includes major, broad-sweeping innovations across the entire Centric PLM suite.  In the past 6 months, over 100 new features have been introduced. “All innovations to Centric PLM are driven by interactions with our customers,” explains Ron Watson, VP of Products at Centric Software. “Our Customer Advisory Board gives us insight into their strategic and operational challenges and, along with input from our customer innovation partners, we use this valuable feedback to guide our roadmap. We are proud to say that our new release was recently given their enthusiastic stamp of approval.” Centric Software’s latest release focuses on three areas; scalability and performance of up to 10,000 users, decision making analytics and personalization of a visually stunning interface. Centric PLM 6.0

Aras® today announced that LORD Corporation, a global manufacturer of adhesives, coating, sensing and motion technologies, selected Aras Innovator® to standardize product development processes at current sites, and to help the company efficiently support emerging businesses. When fully implemented, LORD anticipates more than 1,000 users will access Document Management, Configuration Management, Engineering Change Management, as well as Quality Systems (CAPA) applications as part of the Aras PLM platform. LORD Corporation is transforming their business of engineering due to the flexibility, scalability, and common architecture offered by Aras PLM. The company is better positioned to easily and quickly integrate new acquisitions, while standardizing current engineering and product development sites onto one common platform. After a comprehensive search of most major PLM providers, LORD Corporation selected Aras due to:  Scalable, robust and flexible PLM capabilities to accommodate changing business and market condition, as well as future acquisitions anticipated by the manufacturer. Model-based, service-oriented architecture

With the use of CCE’s standalone multi-CAD software EnSuite, L&T Heavy Engineering was able to free their engineers to focus on more productive and innovative activities. EnSuite, a solution for sharing multi-CAD data across the enterprise, includes a batch translation feature that enables bi-direction translations between CATIA V5 and NX systems. Using EnSuite for the last 4 years, L&T has been able to automatically migrate large volumes of data from CATIA V5 to NX, which includes new and legacy CAD data. CCE also developed EnSuite macros to meet the customer need of migrating instance attributes available in multi-domain CATIA V5 assemblies to NX. This significantly increased their productivity and reduced costs as automation replaced manual processes using expensive CAD software. EnSuite is stand-alone software, which is used to view and translate 3D CAD data and provides quick access to critical engineering information residing in CAD files, no matter which CAD

Bringing together SAP customers, partners and IoT experts, the event will showcase the latest in IoT innovations and effective business strategies. The event will take place from July 11–12, 2017, in Frankfurt, Germany, at the KAP EUROPA. More information about the event, including the agenda and registration details, will be disclosed in the coming weeks. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for SAP on CIMdata.com

PTC today announced it will demo a Connected PLM solution in booth #1344 at National Retail Federation’s (NRF) annual Convention & EXPO, better known as Retail's BIG Show, on January 15-17th.  PTC is shaping the future of retail by leveraging the power of Internet of Things (IoT) technology to bring Connected PLM from concept to reality. To showcase this, PTC will provide end-to-end demos that highlight the capabilities of the PTC FlexPLM® retail product lifecycle management (PLM) software from planning, to design and product development, to sourcing through selling. Attendees will be able to experience first-hand the potential of the IoT with a Supplier Insights dashboard powered by the PTC ThingWorx® IoT platform. The PTC Vuforia® augmented reality (AR) technology will showcase how AR can be used to enable product development efficiency and improve the consumer experience for sales conversion. With a continued focus on Design Tools and improving the user experience, PTC also plans to release

CBX Software and Trace One today announced that they have agreed to partner to bring together their respective offerings and go-to-market teams to offer a modern and comprehensive solution for both the food and non-food private label retail markets.  The collaboration consists of jointly marketing, selling, and developing integrations between the companies’ respective products. Through the relationship, both CBX Cloud and Trace One Customers will have access to the first PLM and Sourcing Management platform that services the needs of all key categories, for both private label product development and direct sourcing operations. CBX and Trace One benefit by empowering resources to effectively compete for opportunities with hypermarket and grocery supermarket retailers that provide a comprehensive cross-category variety of offerings such as home furnishings, consumer goods, apparel, general merchandise food, health and beauty products.  Private Label has become a key strategic differentiator for retailers and this partnership will help drive

Key Takeaways: - CIMdata Market Analysis Report stats based on 2015 research and future forecast  - Trends drive changes in product development that are making S&A solutions and enabled processes a strategic necessity - Technology, process and manufacturing trends that S&A solution providers must address. - S&A market leaders and what they need to address The CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report (MAR) Series is a set of related reports that serve to document CIMdata’s analysis of the product lifecycle management (PLM) market. The 2016 report series documents CIMdata’s analysis of the global PLM market results for the 2015 calendar year. One of the MAR report focuses on the global market for simulation and analysis (S&A) software and associated services. Over the last several years S&A has been the star of the PLM market for the last several years. There is little indication that S&A growth will cease, but it