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Continuing PTC’s SaaS journey

Today, December 14, 2020, PTC announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Arena Solutions, Inc. (Arena), a leading SaaS PLM solution provider. Under the terms of the agreement, PTC will acquire Arena Solutions for $715 million in cash. Subject to customary closing conditions and completion of regulatory review, the acquisition is expected to be completed in PTC’s fiscal Q2 2021.

Founded in 2000, Arena Solutions was one of the earliest cloud-native Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) offerings. Arena was developed to be 100% cloud based and 100% multi-tenant twenty...

CIMdata’s 2021 education offerings for PLM professionals will kick-off with a PLM Core Virtual-Live program in March.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 10 December 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, announces the first CIMdata PLM Core Virtual-Live Certificate Program of 2021. The class will take place from March 8-12 and is available to students in multiple time zones including the Americas and Europe.

The program comprises two modules—PLM Basics, three self-paced e-learning sessions, and PLM Core Concepts, five half-day virtual-live sessions over five consecutive workdays. Successful completion of the course and assessments leads to a Core Certificate of...

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Key takeaways:

• Manufacturing companies as well as government organizations are in the early adoption stage of a significant acceleration in the use of multi-disciplinary digital models combined with operational information to support the design, development, manufacture, and operation of cyber-physical “smart systems.”
• The convergence of IoT, IT, and computational science technologies such as big data analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), cloud computing, and high-performance computing (HPC) with multi-physics, multi-domain, and multi-scale modeling and simulation technologies will enable the cost effective use of predictive digital twins in a wide range of industrial applications across the entire...

Siemens Xcelerator – A solution portfolio for the extended enterprise.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 1 December 2020—Today, CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, published a new eBook focused on describing Siemens Digital Industries Software (Siemens) Xcelerator, a comprehensive, integrated portfolio of software solutions, platforms, and services. This eBook describes the broad capabilities available within the Xcelerator portfolio and how it can deliver benefits across all enterprises’ facets.

Xcelerator provides a robust foundation for collaborative manufacturing and is designed to help businesses leverage complexity as a competitive advantage and quickly transform themselves into digital enterprises. Xcelerator provides...

Collaborative research partners include the leading PLM solution providers.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 1 December 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the initiation of a multi-sponsor collaborative research program focused on the business benefits and challenges offered by the adoption of a Software as a Service (SaaS) PLM delivery model.

In many leading companies, legacy PLM implementations have often been installed on-site with implementation delays, customizations, and challenges to maintain and adapt to changing business requirements. In smaller companies, PLM is primarily ad-hoc, primarily using Microsoft Excel and shared file services in support of product development....

This eBook discusses Siemens Digital Industries Software’s integrated approach to Model-Based Systems Engineering.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 24 November 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, announces the release of a new eBook, Driving the Change for the Future of Automotive Development. The eBook describes the need automakers and their supplier network have for a modern systems engineering approach. It also explains how Siemens Digital Industries Software (Siemens), a proven provider for the automotive industry, is enabling a highly integrated model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approach known as Software & Systems Engineering (SSE).

The challenges facing many of today’s...

This highly relevant global event for the PLM Professional boasts record attendance from locations all around the globe.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA & STOCKHOLM, Sweden 19 November 2020—CIMdata, Inc. and Eurostep AB announce the successful completion of PLM Road Map & PDT 2020 Virtual-Live. The event's theme was Digital Thread—the PLM Professionals' Path to Delivering Innovation, Efficiency, and Quality. The event took place over three half-day virtual sessions on November 17-19. The event comprised presentations made by PLM Professionals representing several industry verticals interleaved with short vignettes about key topics of interest presented by the event's sponsors.

Speakers and their presentation topics...

The webinar will show why the role of computational science and engineering is critical for thriving in today's global marketplace.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 17 November 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces a free webinar on “How Key Technologies are Converging for a Smarter, More Connected World.” The webinar will take place on Wednesday, 9 December, at 11:00 a.m. EST.

The webinar will feature commentary from Professor Karen Willcox, Director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. An expert in her field, Professor Willcox, will discuss...

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On October 29, 2020, CIMdata attended the HCL Analyst event entitled “Digital Engineering for the next decade, today.” Mr. C. Vijayakumar, President and CEO of HCL Technologies, opened the event with a review of HCL’s strategies and performance. He talked about HCL’s successes in both growth and customer satisfaction. The transformation of HCL overseen by Mr. Vijayakumar is very impressive. Five years ago, HCL received 90% of its revenue in existing core services. Today, HCL has transitioned to receive over 20% from new services such as digital engineering, IoT, and cloud, and over...

This free educational webinar will look at how PLM can be used in a merger & acquisition scenario.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA November 12, 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “M&A: Using PLM to Achieve Promised Synergy.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and last for one hour.

CIMdata expects mergers & acquisitions (M&A) to have a significant impact on industrial companies in the coming year, and perhaps longer. For those on M&A integration teams, especially those responsible for enterprise solutions such...