Commentaries & Highlights

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION has approved its Volcano™ VSTAR AUTOSAR basic software stack for use in all Toyota vehicles. With this approval, global Tier 1 automotive suppliers can now leverage Mentor's fast, resource-efficient AUTOSAR stack for the design and development of advanced Electronic Control Units (ECUs) in next-generation Toyota models. Supported by Volcano VSx™ design tools across the development cycle, Mentor's Volcano VSTAR software stack provides scalable AUTOSAR 4 middleware which abstracts the application from the hardware-dependent layer for the rapid development of highly differentiated end-products. "Toyota's approval of our advanced Volcano™ VSTAR AUTOSAR software reinforces Mentor's broad acceptance and expanding adoption among the world's most prestigious and demanding automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers," said Rainer Oder, General Manager for Mentor Graphics' Automotive Business Unit. "Fueled by innovative technologies and proven systems engineering expertise, Mentor's footprint in global automotive markets continues to expand at a

IronCAD today announced the release of the 2017 IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite (DCS). There are many new features in IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite 2017. To view the full list of improvements, please click here for a comprehensive list. Vice president of IronCAD marketing, Cary O’Connor, stated, “This release makes working with large assemblies even easier than before with fluid movement and interaction and the feedback we have gotten from our customers during the beta program has been outstanding. At IronCAD we take pride in creating the best tools for our customers, and with 2017, we continue to deliver to that goal.” IronCAD DCS 2017 is available now. To view the original release, please click here. Search for IronCAD on CIMdata.com

Autodesk, Inc. today reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2017. Third Quarter Fiscal 2017 New model subscriptions increased 168,000 from the second quarter of fiscal 2017 to 861,000. Total subscriptions increased 134,000 from the second quarter of fiscal 2017 to 2.95 million at the end of the third quarter and include approximately 13,000 maintenance subscriptions related to the recent acquisition of Solid Angle. New model annualized recurring revenue (ARR) was $414 million and increased 88 percent compared to the third quarter last year as reported, and 91 percent on a constant currency basis. Total ARR was $1.50 billion, an increase of 11 percent compared to the third quarter last year as reported, and 15 percent on a constant currency basis. Deferred revenue increased 26 percent to $1.53 billion, compared to $1.21 billion in the third quarter last year. Revenue was $490 million, a decrease of 18 percent compared to the third quarter last year as reported, and 16 percent on a

PTC today announced that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT Competency status. This designation recognizes PTC’s ThingWorx® Internet of Things platform, which enables organizations to create IoT applications and generate business value for a variety of use cases, including (though not limited to) intelligent factories, smart cities, energy, automotive, transportation, and healthcare. Achieving the AWS IoT Competency differentiates PTC as an AWS Partner Network (APN) member that has demonstrated relevant technical proficiency and proven customer success, delivering solutions seamlessly in the AWS Cloud environment. To receive the designation, APN Partners must possess deep expertise in the AWS platform and undergo an assessment of the security, performance, and reliability of their solutions. “PTC is proud to be one of the first APN partners to achieve AWS IoT Competency status,” said Kevin O’Brien, vice president of IoT partner sales, PTC. “The combined offering from ThingWorx and AWS delivers world-class ThingWorx

Morpheus, an infrastructure-agnostic cloud application management and orchestration platform, today announced that its world-class technology is now available to channel companies that want to drive more business and increase sales. Through the Morpheus Partner Program, channel partners can deliver Morpheus’ simple, yet extremely powerful, user interface directly to innovative enterprises and service providers. Morpheus’ vendor-agnostic approach eliminates cloud lock-in and allows organizations to easily manage distributed systems and applications across hybrid cloud environments. BigTec UK, a Morpheus partner and a value-added distributor for datacenter information, is part of the new program. BigTec’s focus is to help partners harness opportunities from new cloud architectures and virtualized datacenter functions. “Morpheus empowers IT directors to take control over their entire hybrid, multi-cloud environments, delivering complete visibility, management and analytics so that – for the first time – the circumstances of location, infrastructure and choice of hypervisor are irrelevant to driving value, business agility

Aras® today announced a strategic reseller agreement with IBM’s Watson IoT business. Under the agreement, IBM will resell the Aras Innovator PLM suite on a subscription basis both as a complement to IBM's Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution and as a stand-alone PLM solution. Enabling Digital Transformation  As businesses look to transform business models using IoT, complexity continues to increase exponentially due to the merging of software, data services and online connectivity. To deliver dependable IoT implementations companies are undertaking a digital transformation involving product development, manufacturing and supply chain process automation, which is profoundly impacting the business of engineering. “Global companies need a new and better way to integrate the complex hardware and software processes necessary to develop the smart, connected products of the future,” said Dibbe Edwards, VP, Watson IoT Continuous Engineering Offering Management & Delivery. “We’re excited to get back into the PLM market by partnering with

Flatirons Solutions® announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with CIMPA, a Sopra Steria company and provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) consulting and system integration services to aerospace and defense original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), their partners, and their suppliers. The partnership enhances the value of PLM/SLM infrastructure of CIMPA customers in France, which enjoys a strong global presence in aviation and defense manufacturing, by facilitating adoption of the Flatirons Multi-Spec Solution (part of Flatirons’ CORENA Suite of software). The Flatirons Multi-Spec Solution helps aerospace and defense OEMs produce interactive technical publications to support civilian and defense program requirements in multiple data standards, including iSpec2200, S1000D, and others. The Multi-Spec solution integrates with PLM/SLM systems from Siemens, Aras, Dassault Systèmes, and others so that OEMs can easily reuse that data in technical publications to create and better automate engineering-driven updates to maintenance manuals,

Emuge Corp. has established a partnership with CNC Software Inc., developers of the manufacturing industry’s Mastercam CAD/CAM software. Both companies will share technical data and best practices on machining applications and programs, participate in joint seminars and training events at each other’s technology centers and collaborate to develop and promote advanced, high-productivity machining solutions for North American manufacturing professionals. “We are very pleased to partner with Mastercam and see the relationship as an excellent way to further enhance our metal cutting solutions for customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Mastercam has an outstanding reputation across the industry for providing leading CAD/CAM solutions for the latest machining technology, which aligns well with our customer base and approach,” said Bob Hellinger, president of Emuge Corp. “We are excited to establish a partnership with Emuge who, like CNC Software, has consistently provided innovative, industry-leading solutions for manufacturers. We are looking forward to working

Central Innovation, a provider of specialist hardware, software, people and system consulting solutions for the Manufacturing, Building and Construction industries, has become a Registered Training Organisation, launching the Central Innovation Academy and its first course in Project Management. Central Innovation has met the comprehensive requirements from The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) to become an RTO, demonstrating the company’s investment in, and commitment to, Australia’s next generation of engineers and designers. ASQA, as the national regulator for the vocational education and training (VET) sector, makes sure that the quality and reputation of Australia's VET system is maintained through effective national regulation. “Central Innovation has offered very successful training courses through our businesses Intercad and GRAPHISOFT Australia for 25 years and delivering high quality well-trained people is what we are all about, but with the recent publicity surrounding adult training and with the growing business pressures to get more

Central Innovation, a provider of specialist hardware, software, people and system consulting solutions for the Manufacturing, Building and Construction industries, has become a Registered Training Organisation, launching the Central Innovation Academy and its first course in Project Management. Central Innovation has met the comprehensive requirements from The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) to become an RTO, demonstrating the company’s investment in, and commitment to, Australia’s next generation of engineers and designers. ASQA, as the national regulator for the vocational education and training (VET) sector, makes sure that the quality and reputation of Australia's VET system is maintained through effective national regulation. “Central Innovation has offered very successful training courses through our businesses Intercad and GRAPHISOFT Australia for 25 years and delivering high quality well-trained people is what we are all about, but with the recent publicity surrounding adult training and with the growing business pressures to get more