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This CIMdata educational webinar will show how transforming your business value proposition can positively impact your bottom line. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 19 August 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Digital Transformation it enables, announces a free educational webinar, “Beyond Features: Transforming Your Go-To-Market Strategy to Sell Business Value.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 11 September 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and last for one hour. The software landscape has changed, with Solution Selling becoming of paramount importance for technology solution providers. Customers are no longer buying product features; they’re demanding solutions and measurable business outcomes. To support this, Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies must be reconfigured to sell the Business Value delivered by the solutions. When appropriately managed, GTM transformations can lead to significant improvements, including: Securing and growing strategic deal sizes by a factor of 5. Multiplying the contribution of partners

The S&A market grew by 8.8% to $10.9 billion in 2024 ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 19 August 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata Simulation and Analysis (S&A) Market Analysis Report. This report expands on the S&A market analysis conducted as part of the CIMdata 2025 PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The well-known PLM MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during calendar year 2024. It contains analyses of major trends and issues, revenues of leading PLM providers, and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, as well as historical and projected data on market growth. The 2025 S&A MAR is a 94-page report that contains over 50 tables and charts of data, detailing the worldwide S&A market along various dimensions. It also includes an update on CIMdata’s S&A segmentation, a discussion of trends in

Second Module of the 2025 PLM MAR Report Series Now Available ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 13 August 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Industry Review and Trends Report, the second of five modules of the CIMdata 2025 Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series offers detailed information and in-depth analysis of the global PLM market for 2024. It contains analyses of major trends and issues, revenues of leading PLM providers, and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, as well as historical and projected data on market growth. This report includes insights from CIMdata’s consulting practice, which spans over 50 countries across six continents, providing perspectives on industry needs and solution provider effectiveness. Successful PLM solution providers have well-defined evaluation support processes, comprehensive training programs, and a high level of professionalism, which leads to improved performance and enhanced client

The First Module of the 2025 PLM MAR Report Series is now Available ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 1 August 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata 2025 Executive PLM Market Report. This report provides an executive-level view of CIMdata’s comprehensive analysis of the PLM market, with summary charts on the overall market and specific PLM solution segments (including the chart below). It also includes perspectives on current trends in the PLM industry and how they may affect current suppliers and investments.   Distribution of 2024 PLM Revenue by Market Sector The PLM Economy, as measured in our PLM market analysis, has continued to grow in 2024. In calendar year 2024, the PLM market grew to $80.3 billion (10.7% growth over 2023). “The PLM market saw strong results in 2024,” according to Christine Longwell, CIMdata’s Director of Research. "As customers are developing increasingly complex