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Arena Solutions announced that its flagship product, Arena PLM, now integrates with Kenandy Cloud ERP, an enterprise resource planning system for midmarket and large global enterprises built on the Salesforce Platform. With this integration, the product record can be automatically passed from Arena PLM to Kenandy at the point of change approval. This eliminates errors and accelerates access of product information in Kenandy to create a more cohesive and efficient manufacturing process. Arena PLM and Kenandy Cloud ERP can now communicate directly with each other, enabling customers to share up-to-date product data with finance, sales and manufacturing departments to ensure accurate financial planning and support operations. “We are excited to be partnering with Kenandy to deliver a fully cloud-based integrated PLM and ERP solution.” said Steve Chalgren, EVP of product management and chief strategy officer at Arena Solutions. “The integration between our products is simple, clean, and can be implemented quickly. Isn’t

Oracle announced the results of its “Oracle Cloud Agility” study and revealed that businesses worldwide overestimate their agility. While a majority of businesses believe they are agile, Oracle’s research highlights that many organizations cannot flexibly manage workloads or rapidly develop, test, and launch new applications, leaving them poorly prepared to deal with competitive threats. The study also found a lack of awareness among businesses around how technology, like Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), can be used to help address these challenges. The Oracle Cloud Agility study surveyed 2,263 employees working for large global enterprises to understand business agility in the age of cloud. The results show that 64 percent consider their organization to be agile (i.e., able to adjust quickly to new business opportunities or to iterate new products and services quickly). When looking at the United States, businesses are even more positive, with 66 percent believing their business to be agile. Respondents are clear

We are pleased to announce that Keysoft Solutions has signed an agreement to acquire the rights to LANDCADD from US based Eagle Point Software.  The acquisition will secure future investment in the LANDCADD suite of  landscape and civil design software and broaden our own offering to UK and international users. The acquisition was completed on 1st June 2015 and a three month plan is in place that will see existing LANDCADD users transition seamlessly over. During this period, Keysoft Solutions will build up a dedicated sales and  support team in Boston. Jeremy Ellis comments: “LANDCADD is a renowned global brand, particularly for its land modelling and civil design functionality.  This strategic acquisition provides us with the capacity to extend the Keysoft Landscape portfolio and ensures that LANDCADD will continue to be developed for the international market”. “The acquisition marks an important step in the development of our Building Information Modelling (BIM) offering and responds

Unique, two-day event takes place on October 28-29 near Dulles airport in the Washington D.C area. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 27 August 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm and Longview Advisors, Inc., organizer of 3D CIC announce the availability of presentation details for their upcoming PLM Road Map for the Aerospace & Defense Industry featuring 3D CIC. This two-day event will be held October 28-29 at The Westfields Marriott – Washington, Dulles. PLM Road Map 2015 for the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) Industry featuring 3D CIC is the must-attend event for A&D industry executives and PLM practitioners globally—providing independent education and a collaborative networking environment where ideas, trends, experiences, and relationships critical to the A&D industry germinate and take root. The first day of the event will focus on 3D Model-Based Design (MBD) for Product Definition, with emphasis on advanced features, data retention, and compliance. The second day will

Delcam will preview its new set of pre-processing software tools for manufacture by 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing at the TCT Show to be held at the NEC, Birmingham, on 30th September and 1st October.  The PartBuilder software, which is currently under development at Delcam’s Birmingham headquarters, will provides quick and easy methods to prepare for production CAD files from both native and neutral formats.  PartBuilder covers four main steps in model preparation: 1.      Checking the quality of the CAD model and repairing any problems it might have 2.      Positioning the part in the optimum orientation for layer-by-layer manufacture 3.      Addition of any fixtures, supports and other geometry that might be required to ensure reliable manufacture and easier post-processing 4.      Exporting the complete data in a suitable file format for manufacture At the start of the process, PartBuilder undertakes an analysis of the imported CAD model to verify the quality of the incoming design and so give the

Rand Worldwide, a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announced that its IMAGINiT Technologies division is introducing a new Strategic Accounts Team. This dedicated group will focus on providing product lifecycle management (PLM) and data management solutions to manufacturers across the United States and Canada. CIMdata, an independent authority on the PLM market, estimates that there is potential $16B market for manufacturers who are not currently leveraging PLM systems in their product development processes. With the advent of a cost effective, short time-to-deployment PLM system like Autodesk PLM 360, manufacturers who previously shied away from the traditional complex and costly PLM tools, are now presented with an opportunity to leverage PLM process gains.   “Autodesk PLM 360 cloud solution with short deployment times has opened the door to an array of manufacturers who previously found PLM systems cost prohibitive,” says Tim Johnson, senior

Gerber Technology, a world leader in integrated software and automation solutions for the apparel and industrial markets, announces the establishment of a dedicated program for technical assistance and training in Mauritius. Gerber Technology and COMESA (the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) were invited by the Republic of Mauritius and its Mauritius Business Growth Scheme (MBGS) unit to collaborate and introduce a program focused on improving the sustained use of premium software solutions for apparel pattern making. This approach is also intended to promote advances in quality control, collaboration with partners and better efficiency. A primary goal for the initiative will be the deepening of integration and competitiveness of the COMESA region as well as the Mauritius apparel industry. The initiative is financially supported by the regime of the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), issued by the EU. “Choosing Gerber Technology for technical assistance for CAD training and the capacity building program

CAM industry innovator DP Technology Corp. is pleased to announce the release of a new version of its pioneering flagship product ESPRIT® 2015. ESPRIT helps increase productivity for a full range of machine tool applications by generating more efficient toolpaths while also saving time by providing substantial improvements in computer numerical control (CNC) programming productivity. Besides increasing productivity, the release also provides many new and improved features specifically in the areas of intelligent machining, strategic machining, CAD-CAM data exchange and Cloud-Enabled CAM. Intelligent Machining Intelligent machining features in ESPRIT 2015 accelerates the machining process by providing new and unique 5-Axis cycles that reduce cycle time. This makes it possible to completely machine blades in a single setup. ESPRIT’s 5-Axis Blade Roughing tool motion is morphed across the blade from any size stock shape to uniformly offset stock allowance so it can be immediately followed by a finishing cycle. “ ESPRIT 2015 offers unique features

Synopsys, Inc. announced that students from the University of Rochester and University of Arizona received awards for their entries in the 2015 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition. The annual competition is open to students in North America working toward a bachelor's, master's or doctorate degree who utilize Synopsys' CODE V® or LightTools® software to perform optical design and engineering research. The awards are granted to students who have submitted papers that demonstrate optical design excellence. This year's award winners are: ·         Jacob Reimers of the University of Rochester, for his paper titled, "Compact Offner-Chrisp Imaging Spectrometer using Freeform Surfaces." The paper describes the use of freeform optics to significantly improve the compactness of a high-performance Offner-Chrisp spectrometer in order to meet stringent size and weight requirements for aerospace and airborne optical systems. The design was developed using CODE V software. ·         Yi Qin of the University of Arizona, for his paper titled,

PROCAD would like to thank Saudi Chevron Phillips Co. of Jubail for choosing our ISOMETRIC software for their drafting needs. We look forward to work with Saudi Chevron Phillips to help them achieve their goal of enhanced design productivity. ISOMETRIC’s robust features and project implementation flexibility provide customers with best-in-class application for isometric drafting and material management. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Procad on CIMdata.com