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Webinar participants will find out what can be done to improve the dependability of complex, software-intensive products, and product-systems. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 May 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Ensuring the Dependability of Smart Connected Products.” The webinar will take place on June 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will propose a road map that connects commonly used tools in reliability engineering with systems engineering processes, including a formal knowledge management system, to improve the dependability of complex, software-intensive products, and product-systems. According to the webinar host, CIMdata’s Director for the Quality & Reliability Engineering Practice, Dr. Venkatesh "Venki" Agaram, “With the ever increasing application of IoT, sensors, communication devices, and artificial intelligence, the intricacies of the information flow in products and product systems renders upfront design, taking into account failure modes and robustness, extremely difficult to achieve.

 PDF Key takeaways: Kubotek Creation Engineering launches a new 3D geometry kernel, the KCM Modeler Each object in the KCM modeler carries its own precision for better computational speed and accuracy Kubotek USA’s Key Creator will be released using the KCM kernel Kubotek Creation Engineering, a Division of Kubotek Corporation announced the availability of a new 3D geometry kernel, the KCM Modeler.[1] Most readers will be familiar with Key Creator, the 3D direct modeling CAD solution from Kubotek USA, a subsidiary of Kubotek Creation Engineering.[2] A geometry kernel underpins the 3D modeling capabilities of a typical CAD solution. The introduction of the new KCM kernel was accompanied by claims that it “supercharges compute intensive 3D modeling applications” and that it “solves the decades long CAD interoperability problem.”[3] In discussions with Dr. Paul Stallings, Vice President of Development at Kubotek, and chief architect of the KCM modeler, CIMdata recognizes the expert technical attention given to these

PTC today announced the availability of ThingWorx 7, the latest version of its Internet of Things (IoT) platform. New features of ThingWorx 7 include an enhanced set of tools for managing connected products, powerful new analytics capabilities, support of public clouds, and simplified platform components that make it easier for developers to use their preferred tools to experiment with, prototype, and develop new IoT solutions. "ThingWorx 7, rich with new features, allows developers to more easily capitalize on the promise of the Internet of Things by rapidly prototyping and building impactful IoT applications," said Rob Gremley, president, Technology Platform Group, PTC. "As an open, flexible platform, ThingWorx also gives developers the freedom to build with their preferred tools and create solutions that work with their existing device cloud infrastructure. Smart, connected products and systems are the future, and ThingWorx 7 enables companies to accelerate IoT application development and to fully realize the value of their investment in IoT initiatives." Robust, scalable, and easy to

NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology unveiled today their Agile Virtualization Platform and Practice (AVP), a set of unique tools, platforms and services designed to accelerate and ease the adoption and commercialization of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). With AVP, NEC and Netcracker will help service providers move their operations, business processes and overall organizations along the path to becoming digital service providers (DSPs) that can quickly take advantage of new revenue opportunities through improved agility and streamlined cost structures. AVP will accomplish this by giving service providers the technology, training and support to: 1. Identify, build and launch new revenue-generating services more quickly. 2. Manage and integrate existing and virtualized network operations and create agile development environments to support both IT and network requirements. 3. Better align corporate stakeholders by implementing new processes and training talent in emerging software and Agile methodologies.

Infor today announced that Valmet, a global leader in pulp, paper and energy process technologies, automation, and services, has selected Infor to support a major global business transformation. The Infor suite of software incorporates Infor LN, Infor ION, Infor Ming.le, Infor d/EPM, Infor Warehouse Mobility and Infor Field Service, and will help drive greater visibility across the organization, boost productivity and capacity planning, and foster close collaboration amongst employees, customers and suppliers. In turn this will support Valmet's vision to become a global champion in serving its customers. Spanning 43 countries for 5500 users, the project is expected to be fully live in 2020, following a deployment that will be undertaken in collaboration with Accenture. Following a thorough evaluation of the market, Valmet selected Infor due to Infor's ability to provide Valmet with a competitive ERP solution including a modern and mobile user interface. Replacing a heavily customized

Dassault Systèmes today announced that it has extended its strategic partnership with NIAEP, the state company of Rosatom, a leading Russian nuclear power plant engineering procurement and construction company in Russia and abroad. NIAEP is deploying Dassault Systèmes’ “Optimized Plant Construction” and “Efficient Plant Operation” industry solution experiences for the construction and operations of its nuclear power plants. Both industry solution experiences leverage Multi-D technology, jointly developed by the two companies to simulate business processes and carry out detailed modeling of construction and installation processes based on 3D data, as well as NIAEP’s nuclear power plant construction management know-how. With this agreement, NIAEP becomes the first company to extend its use of Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to the nuclear power plant construction site. This marks the second phase of the partnership and will begin by integrating product management and construction site execution at its Belarusian plant. In phase one, announced in 2012, NIAEP

1 January - 31 March 2016: - Net sales increased by 3 per cent to 724.2 MEUR (705.1). Using fixed exchange rates and a comparable group structure, net sales increased by 2 per cent - Operating earnings (EBIT1) increased by 7 per cent to 160.5 MEUR (149.8) - Earnings before taxes, excluding non-recurring items, amounted to 155.3 MEUR (142.2) - Net earnings, excluding non-recurring items, amounted to 125.8 MEUR (113.8) - Earnings per share, excluding non-recurring items, increased by 13 per cent to 0.35 EUR (0.31) - Operating cash flow improved by 55 per cent to 101.1 MEUR (65.1) To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Hexagon on CIMdata.com

ClickFox and Atos have announced an exclusive three-year partnership to deliver an industry first-of-its-kind journey approach in digital automation for infrastructure & data management to more than two thousand companies. Atos selected ClickFox, and their advanced journey analytics platform for their innovation and specialized journey science capabilities. The unique Service Intelligence & Analytics capabilities will drive meaningful process improvements, performance transparency and efficiency related cost savings. This is made possible through the analysis and optimization of a service desk ticket's life-cycle journey, from first being opened through post resolution survey, including all of the detailed events in between. "This forward-thinking partnership provides another level of innovation to our new Service Intelligence and Analytics offering and digital transformation vision. It lays the foundation for future automated technologies to quickly advance next-generation products for our clients," said Michel-Alain Proch, Group Senior Executive Vice President, CEO North American Operations at Atos. "This unique and groundbreaking approach also enables businesses to

Altair has completed the acquisition of CEDRAT S.A. and its New York-based wholly-owned subsidiary, Magsoft Corporation, expanding the electromagnetic and thermal simulation capabilities of its HyperWorks® CAE portfolio. With over 35 years of experience in electrical engineering, CEDRAT is a leader in the field of simulating low frequency electromagnetics for electric motor design. Based in Grenoble, France, they are a top tier technology company in the electromagnetics software space, developing and applying simulation software used by manufacturers to accelerate the development of reliable and optimized solutions for electric and electromagnetic devices such as motors, transformers, actuators, sensors, heat treatment processes, transmission lines, EMC, arc chambers and superconductivity applications. "Complementing the Altair HyperWorks simulation software suite with our solutions dedicated to electromagnetism, we are joining forces with a leader and now have access to new technologies and resources to help us offer more to users in this ever-accelerating world. By joining the Altair team, we will bring the electromagnetic

Key takeaways:  Oracle PLM manages the creation, maintenance, and governance of the Common Product Model which includes the complete definition of a product or item end to end from ideation to commercialization and extends that definition to include all the operational attributes and constructs needed for to support ERP, SCM, and CRM PLM Cloud provides flexible entry to managing product data in the cloud through innovation, development, and commercialization PLM Cloud enables social product development by connecting social input to product definition for long term traceability A common product approach enables data harmonization across PLM, ERP, and SCM More than ever, there is a heavy emphasis on innovation and ideation within product development companies. There is fresh energy around entrepreneurship and empowering collaborative innovation. From Kickstarters to the well-established, everyone is looking at how to redefine products and services with outside-the-box thinking. Yet capturing ideas, sharing ideas, and qualifying ideas in order to create new