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NAFEMS hosts its 2014 Americas Conference in Colorado Springs, CO on May 28-30, co-located with the Collaboration & Interoperability Congress (CIC). New Frontiers in Product Modeling and Simulation NAFEMS events are truly unique as they are they only independent and vendor-neutral conferences dedicated to engineering analysis and simulation.  Bringing together the leading visionaries, developers, and practitioners of CAE-related technologies in an open forum, unlike any other, the analysis and simulation community will come together at the 2014 Americas conference to share experiences, discuss relevant trends, discover common themes, and explore future issues. Early Bird Registration - Save up to $300 The conference promises to be the premier event in the simulation calender and you can secure you place today at a reduced rate. Register before 31st January and save up to $300. NAFEMS members can also attend the event for free, subject to sufficient remaining seminar credits. Call for Presentations Abstract Deadline Extended to 17th February The 2014 NAFEMS Americas

Rand Worldwide announced that its Rand Secure Data division continues to demonstrate that a comprehensive data governance strategy is the key to planning an effective and foolproof strategy for data governance. As companies look to map out their organizational goals for the 2014 calendar year, more than 90% cite that the development of a new or enhanced data governance strategy is a key initiative. Rand Secure Data recommends that companies looking to create a comprehensive strategy for business continuity should involve key stakeholders from IT, legal and executive teams and should also consider a strategy that encompasses three core data governance technology solutions; archiving, backup and eDiscovery.    “It is imperative to have a comprehensive strategy when it comes to data governance and retention,” commented Chris Grossman, senior vice president of enterprise applications at Rand Worldwide. “Historically companies have felt safe knowing their data was simply backed up, but recently in instances of litigation

After the success of PDF3D's Version 4 release of their ParaView plugin for 3D PDF conversion, the company's developers have been working closely with engineers from a number of disciplines and industries throughout the world to create the new integrated application, ParaView Plus. ParaView is an open source application designed to visualise both large and complex scientific data on super computers as well as on a smaller scale on laptops and personal computers. PDF3D has taken this platform and built on it over the years to encompass animated, interactive 3D PDF publishing features. "ParaView Plus is a combination of our most popular features from the original ParaView plugin, plus our best ideas from our recent developments in the Geospatial arena. It not only assists professionals working within earth science industries such as Oil & Gas, but also enables engineers from simulation, scientific research and biomedical backgrounds to do much more with their data",

Nemetschek AG published its preliminary revenue figures for the fourth quarter and the whole year 2013. Positive review of 2013 In the fourth quarter 2013 Nemetschek was able to accelerate growth and raise Group revenues to Euro 51.7 million, an increase of 9% on the prior year (EUR 47.4 million). For the year 2013 as a whole Group revenues rose by 6% to EUR 185.9 million (prior year: EUR 175.1 million). "We increased our pace in the fourth quarter and achieved a very positive final quarter", stated Dr. Tobias Wagner, member of the executive board of Nemetschek AG, on the development of revenues. "In the year 2013 we expanded our solutions portfolio organically and non-organically, extended regional markets, presented innovative solutions and focused even more intensively on customer requirements", continued Wagner. Meanwhile, about 1.2 million users work with software solutions from Nemetschek. The revenues from maintenance contracts in particular were strong contributors to

Delcam will demonstrate the latest release of its PowerSHAPE Pro software for design, modelling for manufacture and reverse engineering at the Develop3D Live conference and exhibition to be held at the University of Warwick on 15th April.  The 2014 R2 release includes a range of new functionality for the design of products and tooling.  In particular, the new version introduces powerful new tools to make re-engineering complex parts from scanned data faster and easier. For more details and to register for Develop3D Live, please go to www.develop3dlive.com  By offering a combination of modelling and reverse engineering functionality, PowerSHAPE Pro provides the most comprehensive range of design techniques available in a single CAD program. Having all the different technologies in the same package reduces the need to transfer data between multiple programs and so streamlines the whole product development process.  At the same time, the combination of quick and easy direct modelling options,

Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS), announced, today, that, for the second year in a row, it has been recognized as one of the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ in the United States and honored as one of the top companies in Canada. The annual award celebrates employers that demonstrate a strong, consistent commitment to their employees and a high level of innovation in regularly engaging them. The Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ award is given each year to the companies and organizations that display the best leadership and innovation in engaging their workplaces. Judges evaluate each applicant based on the Eight Elements of Employee Engagement™: Communication, Leadership, Culture, Rewards & Recognition, Professional & Personal Growth, Accountability & Performance, Vision & Values, and Corporate Social Responsibility. “The companies we honor as the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ have made employee engagement, alignment and recognition a very high priority because they understand how critical it is and what a competitive advantage

The 13th annual TopSolid seminar which took place in Prague from the 15th to the 18th of January gave Missler Software the opportunity to share with seminar participants the good news of its best ever sales results in the history of the company. The announcement of company turnover exceeding €27M for the first time ever gave an upbeat start to the company’s annual seminar whose theme was “Global business for local impact”.  200 people, both internal staff and TopSolid resellers from all over the world, came together to look back over 2013 and more importantly to look at what was in store for 2014 during 2 intensive days of meetings, workshops and individual meetings with internal Missler Software Management, Sales, Marketing and Development/Technical teams. The Missler Software Management team confirmed its desire to strengthen existing reseller partnerships internationally and to create new partners in 2014. The creation of 3 business units in

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced it has strengthened its automotive software solution by purchasing the AUTOSAR assets, including the Mecel Picea AUTOSAR Development Suite, from Mecel AB. The acquired assets complement the existing automotive software solution from Mentor including the Volcano™ AUTOSAR products,   Mentor® Embedded Hypervisor, and Mentor Automotive Technology Platform (ATP), which enables Linux®-based automotive solutions, including GENIVI-compliant infotainment (IVI) solutions.   The Mentor automotive software solutions enable a wide range of subsystems, including secure, homogenous and heterogeneous multicore and single-core ECUs.

 PDF Key takeaways: Dassault Systèmes announced the acquisition of Accelrys, a provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management (SILM) solutions, for $750 million in cash, 4.6 times revenues Accelrys’ SILM platform provides support for product development in chemistry, biology and advanced materials, and is quite complementary with Dassault Systèmes’ PLM strategies and enabling solutions This acquisition will expand Dassault Systèmes addressable market and deepen their expertise in laboratory-centric product development On January 29, Dassault Systèmes announced their intent to acquire Accelrys (NASDAQ: ACCL) for $750 million in cash. Accelrys is a leading provider of what they term “scientific innovation lifecycle management” software to support development in chemistry, biology and materials. Their data, process, and application platform capabilities include: Unified searching Scientific data interoperability Capacity and resource management Sample management Lab instrument connectivity and integration CAPA and deviation process management EH&S focused lab inventory management Partner enablement Accelrys has been acquisitive over the last few years, and 2013 was no different with the acquisitions of Vialis

Aras® today announced that xLM Solutions, a PLM consulting and systems integration firm with U.S. headquarters in West Bloomfield, Michigan has joined the Aras Partner Program. Specializing in ENOVIA SmarTeam, xLM Solutions provides deep expertise in PLM migrations to help companies using SmarTeam and other legacy PLM products plan a path forward with Aras and move to Aras Innovator’s PLM platform and suite. “Companies managing CATIA V5, SolidWorks and other CAD systems with SmarTeam are recognizing that Aras is a logical PLM direction because of the out-of-the-box functionality, flexible Web-based technology and subscription business model,” said Marc Young, managing director of xLM Solutions. “Whether it’s a complete migration to re-platform or an integration to pockets of working functionality like CAD file management, xLM enables users of SmarTeam and other PDM systems to take full advantage of Aras’s PLM solutions enterprise-wide.” xLM Solutions provides end-to-end Lifecycle Management and IT services that include requirements