Commentaries & Highlights

Dassault Systèmes today announces the completion of the cash tender offer by its wholly owned subsidiary, 3DS Acquisition 3 Corp., to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Exa Corporation (“Exa”) at an offer price of $24.25 per share in cash, without interest, subject to any withholding of taxes required by applicable law. The tender offer expired at midnight (end of the day), New York City time, on November 16, 2017. The depositary and paying agent for the tender offer has advised that, as of the expiration of the tender offer, 12,383,691 shares of common stock of Exa were tendered pursuant to the tender offer, representing approximately 71% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Exa on a fully-diluted basis (as determined pursuant to the merger agreement). In addition, the depositary has received commitments to tender approximately 18,202 shares of common stock of

CIMdata's Vice President, Stan Przybylinski, recently sat down with Armand Dolui, Chief Product Officer at BIOMODEX, so that he could learn more about the company’s cloud strategy.   Founded in 2015, BIOMODEX is a French-American medical technology start-up based in Paris and Boston that is focused on helping surgeons to validate patient-specific medical devices using 3D printed replicas of patient anatomy developed from their medical images. This approach helps provide more consistent and predictable outcomes.  Among the topics on the table for discussion were:   What are some of the key product development/innovation issues faced by your company? Do you have any programs/initiatives in place to address these issues? What is the role of cloud in your current enterprise software landscape? What challenges did you face in selling cloud-based PLM internally? What challenges/issues do you face? What benefits/positive aspects of cloud-based PLM do you expect? What is your general timeline for

Today, Morpheus Data announced a major software release which brings predictive analytics to cloud management and enables end-to-end app lifecycle management in multi-cloud hybrid IT environments. Research indicates that total enterprise spending on public cloud services is expected to continue to grow at double digits over the coming years. Much of this growth comes from application teams seeking to mirror best-in-class DevOps organizations where time to deploy is measured in minutes. At the same time, enterprise IT teams are signaling adoption of multi-cloud strategies rather than standardizing on a single provider. Unfortunately, fragmented cloud management has done little to speed deployment and rouge development has led to expensive cloud sprawl. To address these gaps, Morpheus Data has updated its Unified Ops Orchestration platform with machine learning to lower cloud costs and new 3rd party integrations to speed application deployments. Unlike tools which only address part of the issue, only Morpheus provides a systematic

At Autodesk University, Autodesk announced that developers and customers of all sizes are adopting its Forge developer platform to build and deploy apps and services to drive the future of making things in manufacturing and construction. A new platform update has also been launched to make building on Forge even easier. Next-generation cloud application framework The design and engineering world is undergoing a major disruption from a single-user, file-based, desktop CAD experience to a deeply collaborative, highly tailored and simple-to-use database in the cloud CAD environment. To help with the ongoing efforts in streamlining end-to-end workflows, the Reality Capture API is now available. Autodesk will soon launch a host of new capabilities on Forge, including enhancements to the BIM 360 API and the Design Automation API will soon be available for integration with Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Inventor. Additionally, a new Webhooks API will let Forge users quickly and easily connect

Dassault Systèmes was selected by I&C Energo a.s. to help it transform its engineering services in the European energy sector.  I&C Energo is deploying Dassault Systèmes’ “Capital Facilities Information Excellence” industry solution experience to efficiently manage documents, projects and configuration related to the engineering, construction, maintenance and optimization of power plants and other industrial facilities.  The deployment, which follows I&C Energo’s two-year evaluation of market solutions, is aimed to strengthen I&C Energo’s international business by mitigating the industry’s increasing schedule and budget pressures.  Based on Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform, “Capital Facilities Information Excellence” provides a single source of information in a unified digital environment for comprehensive, real-time visibility on project activities.  I&C Energo’s design and commissioning teams can seamlessly collaborate on project specifications, industry regulations compliance and project governance, while quickly making decisions that reduce the risk of late or inaccurate changes. “As part of our vision to be an international leader in

Altair Engineering will support Make the Future Festivals in 2018 by supplying complete licenses for their Computer-aided Engineering (CAE) software to all Shell Eco-marathon (SEM) teams competing in Singapore, California, and London and all Challenger events. 2018 will mark the first year of Altair’s global support of SEM, in which students from around the world are challenged to design, build and drive the most energy-efficient car. Shell Eco-marathon has three annual Tier One events in Asia, the Americas and Europe that take place at Make the Futures Festivals. These festivals are a platform for conversation, collaboration and innovation around the world’s energy challenges, and a proof point of the solutions developed when brilliant minds come together. Shell Eco-marathon student participants, industry experts and existing partners have collaborated to drive progress in mobility for over 30 years. As a leading provider of enterprise-class leading engineering software, Altair has developed HyperWorks®, a simulation

Dassault Systèmes and ASG Group Limited (ASG) are expanding their existing business partnership for ASG to bring better system integration competencies to address customers’ business challenges in Australia. ASG will undertake an active role in helping local companies deploy Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform and adapt digital capabilities to meet the challenges and opportunities of smart manufacturing adoption by leveraging ASG’s Analytics and Cloud Managed Services.  With the expanded partnership, companies will have access to a trusted team of advisors for a complete digital transformation service, from infrastructure and managed services, through to business and IT advice and solution implementation. Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform and industry solution experiences are used across 12 industries to address product and process innovation, advanced manufacturing and supply chain processes such as product quality, systems engineering, digital collaboration, regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection, governance and operations management. “At Dassault Systèmes, our business partners are recognised professionals

Autodesk, Inc. has formed a new partnership with Village Capital to fund the creation of their workforce development and transition initiative, focused on entrepreneurship, job training, and upskilling in a world of automation. The company is also teaming up with LinkedIn Learning to offer free access to more than 40 courses in multiple languages, relevant to the architecture, infrastructure, construction, and manufacturing industries. Technology can accelerate solutions to our most pressing problems, such as anticipated global population growth of 30 percent by 2050, but only if people are prepared work with machines in new ways. These are the latest moves in Autodesk's efforts to prepare the workforce to thrive in a future that will require people to make and build more, do it better, and with less negative impact on the world. Village Capital Initiative to Support Workforce Development  Autodesk Foundation will fund and support a new initiative from Village Capital to catalyze ventures

Autodesk, Inc. and Esri, Inc. today announced the start of a new relationship to build a bridge between BIM and GIS mapping technologies. Together Autodesk and Esri plan to enable a broad range of industries to gain better context by visualizing data of the man-made world, the environment, citizens and the networks that weave it all together.  "It is important to consider the needs of future generations during the design and building of projects today," said Jack Dangermond, President, Esri. "The benefits of partnering with Autodesk will include securing sustainable resources for the growing population, a responsible human footprint on our natural environment, better use of our planet's resources and more resilient cities." For infrastructure owners around the world, both public and private, enabling BIM and GIS mapping software to more seamlessly work together will optimize their ability to plan, design, build and operate infrastructure assets saving precious time and money. Improving

Altair Engineering Inc. is Cray’s winner of the 2017 Supplier of the Year award and the first software company to be awarded this honor. It is a testament to its continued collaboration with Cray and its commitment to integrating PBS Professional, its market-leading HPC software solution, with Cray supercomputers to optimize overall performance for compute-intensive environments. The award was presented during the 2017 Supercomputing (SC17) conference in Denver, Colorado.  “We are pleased to recognize Altair as this year’s 2017 Supplier of the Year for their commitment to HPC, and we’re excited to honor Altair as an outstanding supplier,” said Brian Henry, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cray, who oversees Cray’s supply chain and manufacturing organizations. “This award represents excellence in the supercomputing industry and Altair has demonstrated their commitment to providing leading solutions to the HPC industry.”  Cray and Altair’s development teams work closely together to