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Autodesk, Inc. today announced that Carl Bass has decided to step down as president and chief executive officer, effective February 8. The company's board has instituted a CEO search to consider candidates inside and outside Autodesk and has formed an Interim Office of the Chief Executive to oversee the company's day-to-day operations. Bass…

BETA CAE Systems is pleased to announce that acquired its business partner, TOP CAE Corporation. Following the spectacular growth of the company's products deployment in Japan and South-East Asia, this acquisition augments BETA's presence in the region, and further enhances the relation with its customers.  BETA CAE Systems is a…

Propel today announced new integrated capabilities with Onshape to help everyone involved in new product launches to collaborate, design and update products more easily than ever before. Developed and sold by Zero Wait-State, CloudState for Design, the integrated solution between Propel and Onshape, enables engineers, salespeople, partners, customers and anyone…

Autodesk® Collaboration for Revit® connects project teams with centralized access to BIM project data in the cloud. Stay connected in real time using the Communicator chat tool within models. With Revit software and Autodesk integration, Collaboration for Revit enables the entire project team to work on shared building information models.…

The globally active HUBER+SUHNER Group, which has its headquarters in Switzerland, is investing in state-of-the-art PLM technology to ensure that it can respond flexibly to new market requirements. The electronics specialist is switching to CIM DATABASE PLM from CONTACT Software because it wants to future-proof global collaboration at its development…

COMSOL has been confirmed as a gold sponsor for this year’s Internet of Things Forum Africa (#IOTFA). #IOTFA is expected to be one of Africa’s leading events focusing on the Internet of Things. The event will take place in Johannesburg, from 29 to 30 March 2017. To view the original press…

International TechneGroup Limited (ITI), developers of the CADfix software, has teamed with ITandFactory GmbH, creators of the integrated plant design and engineering data management solution, CADISON®. CADISON® solution is built around the object oriented technology with modular architecture enabling a model-based process for i2PIM (intelligent & integrated plant information modeling). It provides flexibility to the users to…

Tacton Systems, global supplier of Configure Price Quote (CPQ) and Design Automation solutions, today announced the opening of its new North American head office in Chicago, and the appointment of Rob Milks as SVP of the Americas. The move strengthens Tacton’s position as a leading partner for smart manufacturing solutions.…

Rita Stange’s Connect Press Article: In 2016 there was a lot of buzz around internet of things (IoT), augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), along with some big acquisitions of analysis/simulation companies from the computer-aided design (CAD) software vendors. PTC introduced its AR solution Vuforia Studio Enterprise, a set…

Marine Layer, the San Francisco-based premium casual apparel brand specialized in soft clothing, announces a successful go live of their Centric Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) project. Centric Software is the leading PLM solution for fashion, retail, footwear, luxury, outdoor and consumer goods companies. Founded by Mike Natenshon and his best…