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Oracle announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire TOA Technologies (TOA), a provider of cloud-based field service solutions that manage and optimize the last mile of customer service for enterprises by coordinating activities between dispatchers, mobile employees and their customers. TOA’s Field Service SaaS enables modern enterprises to continuously monitor real-time field service requests coming in from contact centers, to schedule the right field service representative to dispatch, and to use sophisticated business analytics to monitor and view current inventories, accurately predict service windows, and optimize field service operations. TOA’s customers have more efficient field service operations, lower costs of delivering field service, and deliver a superior customer experience. TOA’s solutions manage over 120 million service events annually in more than 20 countries and include global brands across many industries including DISH Network, E.ON, Home Depot, Ricoh, Telefonica, Virgin Media and Vodafone. Oracle Service Cloud, part of Oracle Customer Experience Cloud,

Software training firm Infinite Skills Inc. this week introduced its "Learning AutoCAD Civl 3D 2014 Tutorial," an intermediate course designed to prepare student and professional designers for modeling and presenting 3D projects in AutoCAD. AutoCAD 2015 is equipped with a powerful set of 3D design tools, allowing users to create different kinds of 3D models, including solid primitives, surface models, or composite models from multiple solids. AutoCAD's 3D features can also be used to produce walkthroughs, using lighting and other visualization tools to render and animate 3D designs. Infinite Skills' Learning AutoCAD 3D 2015 Tutorial Video takes users from the basics of learning to navigate the 3D workspace and use 3D tools, through the tools and techniques for drawing and editing, and through to the final rendering and presentation stages. Course author Seth Cohen is currently a vice president of training at CADManage, a world-wide consulting company for AutoCAD Civil 3D and other

Pointwise announces the latest release of its eponymous computational fluid dynamics (CFD) meshing software in which the ability to rapidly generate layers of hexahedral cells has been significantly enhanced. “The enhancement involves how the software combines high aspect ratio – anisotropic – tetrahedra into hexahedra,” said Dr. John Steinbrenner, Pointwise's vice president of research and development. “The new tet-to-hex agglomeration yields about a one-third reduction in run time, an increase of nearly 20 percent in high quality cells in the extruded layers, and almost a 30 percent reduction in the number of isotropic cells in the farfield.” Near-wall and near-wake hex layer generation is the latest capability added to T-Rex (anisotropic tetrahedral extrusion), one of Pointwise's hybrid meshing techniques. The technique extrudes stacks of anisotropic tetrahedra off a surface mesh. A post-processing step combines stacks of tetrahedra into either prisms or hexahedra. In addition to reducing cell count and thereby CPU time,

Cimatron Limited announced today the official release of CimatronE 12, the latest version of its integrated CAD/CAM software. CimatronE 12 provides new and enhanced tools that can dramatically ramp up productivity and minimize overheads in the design and manufacturing of molds, dies and discrete parts. "More than ever, tool shops are under growing pressure to stay competitive," said Mr. Ira Bareket, Cimatron's VP Sales and Marketing. "While high quality is a given, delivery deadlines get shorter and shorter. In addition, tool shops may find themselves in situations where they are forced to slash delivery times after a project has already started. This presents them with serious challenges, particularly in managing their workflow and remaining profitable. CimatronE's newest version addresses these challenges with significant improvements in design automation, process management, machine utilization and ease of use, and helps our customers achieve success." On the CAM side, CimatronE 12 has raised the bar with programming efficiency, roughing productivity

Trimble announced financial results for the second quarter of 2014. Second Quarter 2014 Financial Highlights Second quarter 2014 revenue of $642.2 million was up 11 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2013. Engineering and Construction revenue was $368.1 million, up 17 percent, with growth across all major product categories. Field Solutions revenue was $114.5 million, down 1 percent due to weakness in sales of agriculture products, partially offset by an increase in Geographic Information System (GIS) sales. Mobile Solutions revenue was $122.9 million, up 6 percent due primarily to double-digit growth in sales of transportation and logistics solutions. Advanced Devices revenue was $36.8 million, up 17 percent. Revenue in all major regions grew, with the largest percentage increases in Europe and Asia Pacific.  GAAP operating income was $97.1 million, up 50 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2013. GAAP operating margin was 15.1 percent of revenue as compared to 11.3 percent of revenue in the second quarter of

HP will conduct a live audio webcast of its conference call to review its financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2014. The call is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT, and the webcast will be available at www.hp.com/investor/2014Q3Webcast. A replay of the audio webcast will be available at the same website shortly after the call and will remain available for approximately one year.

This year, McNeel, publisher of the modeling software Rhinoceros, will organize its fourth resellers and partners meeting in Barcelona (Spain). As the developer of CrossCad/Plg, import and export plug-ins for Rhinoceros, Datakit will be attending this event and will showcase its products to the other partners. Datakit plug-ins for Rhino, for which the version 2014.3 has just been made available, make it possible to import files from a dozen of formats non natively supported by the software (ACIS, CATIA V4, V5 & V6, CGR, Inventor, JT, Parasolid, PLMXML, ProE / Creo Parametric, Solid Edge and UG NX). They also allow Rhino users to export their work to formats such as CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Parasolid and 3DPDF, in order to share their models with other CAD software users. Two new export plug-ins have also been added to the last version: Rhino 3D to JT and Rhino 3D to CGR, bringing the number of exportable formats from Rhino to

PTC announced that CFO Jeff Glidden has notified the Company of his intention to retire in FY'15. PTC will engage an executive search firm to initiate a comprehensive search for Mr. Glidden's replacement. To ensure a smooth transition, Mr. Glidden will remain in his current role until his replacement has been selected. James Heppelmann, president and chief executive officer, commented, "Jeff has been a valued member of the PTC executive team since 2010. During that time, we have undergone a significant strategic repositioning of the Company into new growth markets such as ALM, SLM and IoT, grown revenues from approximately $1.0 billion to over $1.3 billion, and improved our non-GAAP operating margin by over 900 basis points. Jeff's strong financial and operational background and collaborative style have been a valuable asset to PTC, and we wish him the best in his retirement after a long and distinguished career spanning over 40 years." Jeff

3D Systems announced today that it has acquired Laser Reproductions, a provider of advanced manufacturing product development and engineering services, further extending its Quickparts operations in the United States. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Laser Reproductions brings to 3DS three decades of advanced manufacturing service bureau experience with substantial production capabilities that are rooted in regional infrastructure and supported by long-term, key relationships with regional blue chip companies. The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to 3DS’ cash generation and to contribute to its non-GAAP earnings per share within the first 12 months.  “Laser Reproductions has a wealth of experience and bench strength that is highly complementary to our Quickparts offering,” said Ziad Abou, Vice President and General Manager, Quickparts for 3DS. “This acquisition further enhances our on-demand, quick-turn cloud manufacturing services and drives accelerated adoption of our solutions through meaningful new customer relationships. We are delighted

Leading PLM solution and service providers to sponsor annual PLM conference. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 6 August 2014 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announced today the key sponsors for its annual  PLM Road Map conference are Accenture, Aras, Autodesk, Geometric Limited, PTC, and Siemens PLM Software. The event, which takes place on October 2 at the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan, is a strategic conference that focuses on how companies successfully define and employ PLM strategies and enabling solutions to meet challenging product development, manufacturing, and deployment issues. The theme for PLM Road Map 2014 is PLM-enabled Continuous Product Development and Delivery for the Automotive & Transportation Industry and Supply Chain. “CIMdata is honored to have these leaders in PLM solutions and services choose to sponsor PLM Road Map 2014,” commented Richard McFall, Director of CIMdata’s Global PLM Community. “The mission we have