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CENIT AG has concluded a successful 2015 business year. The software company again achieved EBIT growth of approx. 14 percent. Overall sales revenue fell short of the projected increase of 3 percent. In the proprietary software field, CENIT was able to boost sales by over 25 percent on-year. Based on the annual financial statement of CENIT Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, the Management and Supervisory Boards will propose to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 6, 2016 that a dividend of EUR 1.00 be disbursed per share. During the 2015 business year, CENIT Group achieved total sales revenues of EUR 121,479 k (2014: EUR 123,394 k/-1.6%). Sales of CENIT’s proprietary software amounted to EUR 15,949 k, a significant increase of 25.3% over the previous year (EUR 12,728 k). Sales revenues from CENIT Consulting and Services totaled EUR 50,862 k and thus decreased by 5.7% on-year (EUR 53,943 k). Sales of third-party software also contracted slightly (-3.3%) to EUR 54,391 k (2014: EUR 56,251 k).  In 2015, gross profits (operating performance less

Infor today announced that two Infor Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) products won Gold Awards in Plant Engineering's 2015 Product of the Year Awards. Winners were announced on Monday, March 21, at the annual Engineering Awards in Manufacturing dinner hosted by CFE Media. Infor CloudSuite Facilities Management was the winner of the Grand Award, an accolade that recognizes the product with the most individual votes among all products voted on in the competition this year. This product suite is designed to help customers reduce inefficiencies, costly maintenance requirements, and missed business opportunities by delivering greater asset visibility to help streamline core processes. It is a solution that includes a core enterprise asset management system combined with enhanced extension applications-all delivered in the cloud. Additionally, Infor EAM Energy Performance Management was presented with the Gold Award in the Energy Management category. This module is designed to help organizations stay competitive

Omnify Software, a leading provider of web-based Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software for discrete manufacturers, today announces that Empower PLM has been recognized by G2 Crowd, the world's leading business software review platform, as a high performer earning the highest overall satisfaction score in the winter 2016 PLM Software Grid report. The G2 Crowd Grid report is based on more than 150 reviews written by business professionals. The report leverages customer satisfaction data reported by authenticated users along with vendor market presence determined from social and public data. "G2 Crowd's recent product lifecycle management report features Omnify Software with the highest satisfaction rating on the grid," said Marty Duffy, director of research for G2 Crowd. "Verified user-reviews indicate that Omnify provides terrific customer support, which is reflected in their high satisfaction scores in the Winter 2016 report. These users also identified the user interface as a highlight of the product." Omnify

As Innovation Maturity Improves Processes and Tools Become More Critical A CIMdata survey among industrial clients and solution providers revealed, and perhaps confirmed, what we all intuitively know: We need to adjust our plans as our innovation maturity improves, focusing on different limiting factors as we go from ad-hoc innovation towards systemic innovation. In the survey we asked participants what they thought about the stage of their company’s innovation maturity and the factors that enable or limit innovation. The survey was conducted at the end of two different CIMdata education webinars, one recently and the other about eight months ago. Combined responses revealed a consistent pattern, as shown in the figure below. During the ad-hoc stage of innovation the most limiting factor is culture. As innovation maturity improves culture becomes less of an issue. Instead the processes and tools that enable innovation emerge as the limiting factors. However, this does not mean that

For the first time ever, a fashion CAD system is being offered online at $25.00 per month. For a limited time, Tukatech will offer a 30 day subscription of TUKAcad Cloud Learning Edition software for pattern making, grading, and marker making for one dollar ($1 USD). This gives users the opportunity to try the software and explore the different functions on their personal computers. Since its inception, Tukatech has aimed to put powerful software in the hands of all companies, from large establishments to start-up freelancers. TUKAcenters have allowed smaller manufacturers and independent freelancers to use TUKA systems without having to buy systems outright. The monthly subscription program is more accessible to users of all levels, especially students. By offering TUKAcad-CLE, virtually anyone can try the software for themselves before they begin implementation. "It is gratifying to work with Tukatech, a company so in-tune with the future of the art,

3D Systems announced the release of its Geomagic Freeform 2016 software products, including Geomagic Freeform, Geomagic Freeform Plus and Geomagic Sculpt. These updated software products offer professionals an organic engineering solution for precise, sculpted 3D design that bypasses the restrictions of geometric CAD and enables the quick transition from design to production. The new Geomagic Freeform 2016 products allow engineers, designers, artists, model makers and sculptors to solve complex design and manufacturing challenges with the industry’s most comprehensive organic 3D engineering tools. These professional-grade products allow users to manipulate virtual clay models into any detail or form with an advanced set of tools to support 3D printing. Geomagic Freeform Plus extends these toolsets with advanced manufacturing design capabilities, including automatic conversion of digital clay and polygons to NURBS surfaces mold and die design, shelling, draft analysis, parting line and surface creation tools for complex organic shapes. New features and functions of the

Airbus APWorks, a 100% subsidiary of the Airbus Group, has placed an order with Additive Industries for their first industrial 3D metal printing system, MetalFAB1. Airbus APWorks is the first confirmed Beta customer for Additive Industries and brings a broad range of experience with metal additive manufacturing. They cover the entire value chain, from optimizing component design to the choice of suitable materials, from prototyping to qualified serial production. Airbus APWorks supplies demanding customers in robotics, mechanical engineering, automotive, medical technology and aerospace. "We are proud to team up with Airbus as our first customer to further develop the process, new materials and applications as well as verifying the performance of the MetalFAB1 system. Their commitment emphasizes the potential of our new metal additive manufacturing system for industrial series production of functional parts," said Daan Kersten, co-founder and CEO of Additive Industries. "With the integrated MetalFAB1 solution, we believe to

NTT DATA, Inc. and Dell Inc. today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for NTT DATA to acquire Dell Services, an IT services provider recognized for its depth in vertical industries and for its offerings around infrastructure services, cloud services, application services, and business process outsourcing. The agreement reflects NTT DATA’s continued focus on expanding its brand and leadership position globally. “NTT DATA is pleased with the unique opportunity to acquire such high-caliber talent, and a corporate culture that shares common values with NTT DATA, with emphasis on ‘Clients First,’ ‘Foresight,’ ‘Teamwork,’ and a commitment to innovation,” stated Toshio Iwamoto, President and CEO of NTT DATA Corporation. “Welcoming Dell Services to NTT DATA is expected to strengthen our leadership position in the IT Services market and initiates an important business relationship with Dell.” Through this transaction NTT DATA and Dell Services clients will have access to the expanded

Synopsys, Inc. today announced it will showcase its Software Integrity Platform, a comprehensive suite of software security testing solutions for software signoff, at Black Hat Asia in Singapore (March 29-April 1). Through a combination of best-in-class automated testing and analysis tools, Synopsys' Software Integrity Platform empowers organizations to reduce risk, cost and time to market by rapidly detecting and fixing critical security vulnerabilities throughout the software development lifecycle and supply chain. The Software Integrity Platform enables robust application security testing for software ranging from enterprise web applications to embedded software and IoT devices. The platform is designed to facilitate "software signoff," a unique and rigorous approach introduced by Synopsys to secure software with integrated development and testing processes. Software signoff provides elevated confidence in the quality and security of software by implementing a series of automated testing processes at critical progression points throughout the software development lifecycle and software supply

L&T Infotech, a subsidiary of Larsen and Toubro Limited (L&T), today said it intends to expand its presence in the US and Europe and is in the process of augmenting its teams in high potential markets.  "While we intend to continue expanding our presence in the United States and Europe, we also plan to expand our geographical reach in other markets that we have identified as having potential, including Australia, Singapore, Japan, South Africa, India and the Middle East. "We are in the process of augmenting our teams in these markets to further explore the opportunities therein," L&T Infotech MD and CEO Sanjay Jalona said in a statement here.  In 2014-15, North America and Europe accounted for 68.6 per cent and 17.9 per cent, respectively, of its total revenues.  "We have identified Germany and France as important markets for us going forward and we would like to enhance our capabilities and