Commentaries & Highlights

Synopsys, Inc., has reported results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2014. For the second quarter of fiscal year 2014, Synopsys reported revenue of $517.7 million, compared to $499.3 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2013, an increase of 3.7 percent.   "Our fiscal second quarter results were very strong, driven by robust business in all key areas," said Aart de Geus, chairman and co-CEO of Synopsys.  "In addition, we introduced several important new products, including IC Compiler II, a game-changer in digital design, and we completed the acquisition of Coverity, bringing us into the emerging market of software quality, test and security." GAAP Results On a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 was $63.3 million, or $0.40 per share, compared to $68.7 million, or $0.44 per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2013. Non-GAAP Results On a non-GAAP basis, net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 was $101.7 million, or $0.65 per share, compared

Delcam CRISPIN will demonstrate the latest releases of its ShoeMaker CAD software for the design of all types of footwear and of its Engineer Pro software for pattern development and grading at the Shoes & Leather exhibition to be held in Guangzhou, China, from 28th to 30th May.  For further details on these new releases, please go to www.footwear-cadcam.com. ShoeMaker is the only footwear CAD program to integrate fully the 3D design of lasts, uppers and soles, so allowing the complete shoe to be developed and visualised in a single system.  This integrated approach benefits all footwear designers, but is particularly advantageous for companies making sports shoes and other designs that include complex soles. The 2014 version offers improved visualisation of designs with the new KeyShot rendering engine, the ability to create lasts for boot designs, more options for heel design, and additional items in the extensive library of accessories supplied with the software. With

One of Italy’s leading specialists in WorkNC software received a top award at the company’s global reseller conference. With 259 resellers across Vero Software’s portfolio of software brands attending the conference at Orlando, Florida, Taglio C S.r.I won the award for Best WorkNC Reseller Of the Year. Taglio has been selling WorkNC in Italy since 1988, and currently has around 1,000 active licenses. General Manager Luca Bussolino says: “Our relationship with WorkNC started the year before I joined Taglio, when the company was looking for a 3-axis CAM system to provide a new solution for the FIAT automotive group. WorkNC has always been renowned as the 'best of breed' automatic CAM solution. Since the beginning, beyond its user friendliness, the thousand licenses installed in Italy shows that the original idea behind this project is the proof of its success.”  All Vero brands were represented at the conference, including WorkNC, Alphacam, Cabinet Vision, Edgecam,

Continuing its growth as the firm approaches its tenth anniversary, Kalypso announced that it has merged with Integware, a consulting firm with expertise in product lifecycle management (PLM).  Kalypso delivers a comprehensive set of services that enable innovation, including objective PLM technology strategy and implementation services. With the addition of Integware, the combined firm can provide clients with a broader set of capabilities to drive real business results from PLM. “Kalypso and its seasoned leadership team have done a fantastic job building a solid and successful operation that provides superior innovation services to the market,” said Chris Kay, CEO of Integware and new partner at Kalypso.  “I’m confident that by merging the two firms we can deliver a more comprehensive solution to our clients.” Integware, known for its PLM expertise particularly in the life sciences industry, has served a global customer base with strategy, consulting, deployment, support and training services.  In addition to life sciences, the

 PDF Key takeaways: Fully successful PLM solution deployments must integrate with many other enterprise systems including CAD, ERP, Process Planning tools and even other PDM and PLM solutions eQ Technologic’s advanced architecture supported BAE Systems’ integration of a PLM solution to other enterprise systems eQ Technologic’s eQube-MI Enterprise Service Bus integration infrastructure has proven to be reliable and scalable in production implementations over the past four years Background In reality, an enterprise PLM solution implementation requires integration with Enterprise applications and legacy systems. No one vendor has a complete solution that meets all the product definition lifecycle requirements of a business. Many applications and systems are required to completely define and manage the product definition from concept through end of life. In a practical sense this means that product definition is spread across multiple data repositories, and a wide variety of software applications are required to modify and manage the product definition over its lifecycle. Applications

 PDF Key takeaways: Aras’ ACE2014 conference had a theme of “Right Now”; all the Aras presenters focused on what could be done right now with Aras Innovator Aras emphasized their new products and coming innovations including a native 3D viewer, digital mockup utility, new mobile apps, electronic component engineering and a new approach to ECAD integrations, as well as their expanded product management team Resilience, a PLM solution’s ability to enable changing technology and business requirements over a long time period (greater than 10 or 20 years) including customizations, was a key point for several Aras presentations Aras held their latest ACE conference from April 29 through May 1 2014. This annual event continues to grow; this year there were 400 registrants from around the globe, up from 321 last year. The theme of this year’s conference was “Right Now,” an appropriate follow-on to 2011’s “Be Different,” and 2012’s “Do More.” Stringing the themes together

Presentation will take a look at the automated CAE tools for design engineers and simulation experts that Honda R&D Americas has developed and implemented. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 22 May 2014—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that Dan Turk, Principal Systems Engineer, Honda R&D Americas, will make a presentation at CIMdata’s upcoming Simulation & Analysis workshop which will take place in Cincinnati on June 25th. Honda R&D Americas has developed and implemented automated CAE tools for design engineers and simulation experts. The tools utilize best in class industry applications in an integrated manner that manages the flow of information and controls the automation from application to application. Mr. Turks’s presentation, “Implementing Automated CAE and Data Management,” will cover the project goals, requirements, struggles, failures, and successes. The presentation will include some illustrated examples that show the integration methods and the types of solutions obtained. CIMdata’s Simulation &

Nuance Communications, Inc. announced that Oracle® has selected Nuance voice and language offerings for a broad set of Oracle mobile apps. Under the worldwide and multi-year agreement, Oracle will use Nuance Cloud Services to add speech recognition and synthesis to certain mobile apps that support Oracle Applications for ERP, SCM, CRM, and HCM, Oracle Eloqua Marketing Cloud Service, Oracle RightNow Cloud Service and Oracle Taleo Cloud Service, among others. As the workforce becomes more mobile, suppliers of enterprise applications face the challenge of making users as productive on the go as they are at their desktops. Despite significant advancements in mobile application design, a gap between desktop and mobile productivity often remains. Nuance envisions a workplace in which employees will be able to utilize state-of-the-art voice and language understanding capabilities to access and use enterprise applications in mobile environments – providing the same or even better efficiency as through their desktops.

Dassault Systèmes today announced the introduction of its newest brand, BIOVIA.  The new brand is a combination of Dassault Systèmes’ own activities in BioIntelligence, its collaborative 3DEXPERIENCE technologies, and the leading life sciences and material sciences applications from the recent acquisition of Accelrys.  The newly acquired company’s solutions focus on biological, chemical and materials modeling and simulation, research and open collaborative discovery, enterprise laboratory and quality management, and process manufacturing intelligence. Today’s announcement was made at Accelrys’ Accelerate 2014 user conference in Washington, D.C. Dassault Systèmes’ BIOVIA is now the largest and deepest portfolio for the biological, chemical and material modeling, simulation and production domains.  BIOVIA’s list of 2,000+ customers includes numerous Fortune 500 companies, such as Sanofi, Pfizer, GSK, AstraZeneca, Du Pont, Shell, BASF, P&G, Unilever and L’Oréal.  BIOVIA will provide enterprise-wide scientific, biological, chemical and material experiences, with next-generation applications, services, and content access and delivery leveraging Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE business platform.

Aras® today announced that TitanX, a global supplier of medium and heavy duty diesel engine cooling solutions for global commercial vehicle OEMs, has selected the Aras solution suite for enterprise PLM. TitanX will leverage Aras to streamline collaborative product development across the enterprise and supply chain to pursue a ‘design anywhere, manufacture anywhere’ strategy in support of rapid company growth and global expansion. To achieve their goals, TitanX will rely on multiple Aras PLM solutions, including advanced product data management, configuration management, change management, APQP and CAPA management, requirements management, integrated CAD file management and design partner collaboration. Working with Aras gold certified partner Minerva, TitanX will implement Aras Innovator® with the CATIA V5 Connector to manage CAD files, associated product data and collaborative design processes. “We are excited to address our enterprise-wide PLM needs with Aras Innovator,” said Mats Åhman, Director Global Development at Titan X. “The Aras Innovator Suite