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Arena Solutions highlighted how more than 100 customers are already using Arena PLM for creating, designing and manufacturing of products that incorporate Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities. IoT is an explosive technology megatrend in which previously unconnected devices are being connected to the Internet with fixed IP addresses — all without human…

Zuken USA Inc announces the acquisition of CAETEK Inc. CAETEK is a software developer and sales partner for electrical design and manufacturing solutions. The addition of CAETEK will strengthen Zuken USA’s product portfolio and coverage in the electrical design space. CAETEK employees and intellectual property will transition to Zuken USA…

Key takeaways: Effective, early product costing, especially for manufacturers in the automotive, industrial machinery, and high-tech industries is becoming more critical to a company’s ability to propose, deliver, and service the products that are key to their long-term profitably Effective lifecycle costing must incorporate the mechanical, electronic, and software components…

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 22 December, 2015 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm announces that the first CIMdata PLM Certificate program of 2016 will take place at the Kensington Court Hotel in Ann Arbor, Michigan from March 7-11. The program is recognized as the PLM…

Synopsys, Inc. today announced the release of its CODE V® version 10.8 solution, the company's industry-leading software application for the design of imaging optical systems. The CODE V optical design software release 10.8 supports the design of high-performance asymmetric and freeform optical systems with algorithmic enhancements that yield highly accurate…

Building on its commitment to deliver major new contributions in the open source community, EMC Corporation today announced RackHD™ (Rack 'H' 'D'), a platform-agnostic technology stack designed to solve an industry-wide challenge of managing and orchestrating server and network resources at hyper-scale. Additionally, the CoprHD™ Community announced the release of…

Anark Corporation announced today that it has launched its MBE-enabled HTML hosting and collaboration solution, powered by its Anark Core software. Leveraging Anark’s recipe-driven publishing and collaboration software currently deployed within many of the world’s largest manufacturing enterprises, MBEWeb brings powerful new capabilities to the Industrial Internet, including full support…

California based Pacific Gas and Electric has extended its intelligent substation design strategy, based on Bentley Substation, to its external design contractors. Through ProjectWise, contractors can securely access PG&E’s substation designs and collaborate with in-house engineers working “live” in PG&E’s environment.  PG&E Substation Engineering Services successfully deployed Bentley Substation and ProjectWise…

Trimble today announced a contract extension for Beijing's New Airport Project. In April, Trimble won the initial bid to supply the project with a construction information management system. Based on the success of the solution to date, the contract has been extended to include additional machine control systems for soil stabilization. Beijing's new…

Lectra recently hosted a global event for upholstered furniture manufacturers in Bordeaux-Cestas. More than 120 participants from the industry, representing 16 countries, were present. The event focused on the main challenges facing the furniture industry today, specifically how to offer more choice in less time and reduce costs by producing…