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Altair today announced that Tower International, a leading global automotive manufacturer, has selected Altair's Compute Manager to simplify and streamline access to distributed resources. Compute Manager is a Web-based application for accessing computing resources from any location. With Compute Manager's easy to use interface, users can set up jobs on remote HPC systems, access geographically distributed applications and data, manage and monitor workloads, and visualize results remotely from virtually any Internet-enabled device. "Tower International is a respected leader in a competitive industry, so they understand the importance of choosing new technologies that will improve the return on investment for their existing HPC systems," said Sam Mahalingam, CTO for Enterprise Computing at Altair. "Compute Manager simplifies the process of managing application workload on remote resources, so Tower's engineers can easily perform simulations using various solvers on the HPC system, and visualize results, without having to deal with complicated command line interfaces or network

EMC Corporation today reported first-quarter 2014 financial results. First-quarter revenue was $5.5 billion, an increase of 2% compared with the year-ago quarter. First-quarter GAAP net income attributable to EMC was $392 million and first-quarter GAAP earnings per weighted average diluted share was $0.19. First-quarter non-GAAP2 net income attributable to EMC was $728 million and first-quarter non-GAAP2 earnings per weighted average diluted share was $0.35. During the first quarter, EMC exceeded its first-quarter revenue outlook by more than $80 million; met outlook for GAAP earnings per weighted average diluted share and exceeded outlook1 for non-GAAP earnings per weighted average diluted share by $0.01; generated $1.3 billion in operating cash flow and $946 million in free cash flow3 ; and ended the first quarter with $15.3 billion in cash and investments. In addition, EMC's Board of Directors approved a 15% increase in the quarterly cash dividend paid to EMC shareholders. The first increased dividend of $0.115 per share

Intergraph® is offering a $500 savings off the current on-site registration rate to CADWorx® & Analysis University 2014 (CAU2014) at HxGN LIVE, Hexagon's annual international users' conference scheduled for June 2-5, 2014, at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The current on-site registration fee of $1,349 expires April 25. In addition to a $500 savings, early registrants have the opportunity to pre-select and reserve their seats for more than 40 educational classes, including 22 Intergraph CADWorx classes, 10 CAESAR II® classes, 10 PV Elite® classes and customer success story presentations. CAU attendees also have the option to attend more than 100 other sessions taking place at HxGN LIVE, at no extra cost. CAU2014@HxGN LIVE features advanced plant design and engineering instruction for current or future users of CADWorx, CAESAR II and PV Elite and is designed to improve their organizations' capabilities and levels of operating efficiency and productivity. The conference includes informative lectures and hands-on labs led by design and engineering professionals and

Rand Worldwide announced that its Autodesk Platinum Partner division, IMAGINiT Technologies, is hosting Problem.Solved., a complimentary one day virtual event on April 24, 2014. Targeting designers, engineers, operations staff and executive management in the manufacturing, building and civil fields, sessions will highlight some of the issues caused by dysfunctional attempts at collaboration as well as provide tips, ideas and best practices for creating an environment that ensures cross functional and dispersed teams can effectively work together on complex projects. “To be successful, today’s complex projects require collaboration between teams that are spread throughout different departments, geographies and partnering organizations,” says Tim Johnson, senior vice president, IMAGINiT Technologies. “Our lineup of thought leaders and experts from both Autodesk and IMAGINiT will focus on keeping projects on schedule and on budget through effective communication and collaboration. And because this is an online event, you can glean this knowledge from the convenience and comfort of your own

Progression Technologies, a Texas-based reseller of software solutions for engineering and manufacturing companies, announced the opening of a new office in Oklahoma City. As one of the nation’s fastest growing SolidWorks resellers, Progression now offers customers four office locations dedicated to the sales, training and support of SolidWorks 3D software tools. The Oklahoma City office joins three other Progression offices located in Texas: Dallas, Houston and Austin. “We decided to open an office in Oklahoma City to better serve our growing customer base in Oklahoma,” explained John Forbes, owner and CEO of Progression Technologies. “People are definitely moving to Oklahoma; industrial jobs are up 15% since 2009. And in our industry, we’ve seen the demand for SolidWorks increase substantially in that area. By opening an office in Oklahoma City, we can now provide local support and training to better meet the design and engineering needs of our SolidWorks customers in Oklahoma.” The

Hawk Ridge Systems opened its new corporate headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area in Orinda, California. The move comes after another year of double digit revenue growth finishing with Hawk Ridge Systems again being recognized as the#1 Worldwide SolidWorks Reseller at SolidWorks World 2014. “The opening of our new headquarters marks the culmination of a multi-year period of significant transformation at Hawk Ridge Systems,” said Dale Ford, President and CEO of Hawk Ridge Systems. “The move to the new 8,250 square foot location caps another outstanding year of growth and expansion into new markets, including 3D printers, custom-developed CAD software, and exponential growth in consulting services. With an ever-expanding product portfolio of 3D design technologies and solutions, we are ready to take on even the most challenging design environments and bring our expertise to our customers’ product development process.” The new Hawk Ridge Systems’ headquarters houses the corporate staff, sales, marketing and training,

A Strategy to Advance the Value of S&A ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 23 April 2014—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces publication of a new paper that describes issues and solutions concerned with Simulation & Analysis Governance. As companies move to digital product development, simulation plays an increasingly important role in supplying information to support product design decisions. Simulation & Analysis (S&A) Governance is a key strategy to manage simulation for maximum effectiveness over the full product lifecycle. Dr. Keith Meintjes, Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata states “S&A must be recognized as a strategic capability that companies should develop and foster. This extends from the executive suite where the policy is set and supported, through product and manufacturing managers who are the customers for S&A, to simulation practitioners, who are responsible to deliver simulation on time and with quality.” Formal efforts to improve organizational awareness

Software training firm Infinite Skills Inc. this week released its “Learning Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2015 Tutorial,” an introductory course designed to teach the essential tools, commands, and best practices for designing electrical projects with this popular AutoCAD extension for electrical engineers. AutoCAD Electrical is an extension of the standard AutoCAD software, adding a complete set of electrical CAD features, including comprehensive symbol libraries and effective tools for automating electrical design tasks. Infinite Skills’ Learning Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2015 Tutorial targets this set of tools, providing instruction and demonstrations for using a wide selection of its most important tools and features, providing new users with all the skills and tools necessary to begin creating their own electrical projects. Course author Shaun Bryant is a training consultant with 20 years of hands-on experience as an AutoCAD user in civil and structural engineering practice. He has worked for Autodesk in sales, support, and training, and is

Delcam's PartMaker division has released PartMaker Modeling 2014, PartMaker's 3D CAD for CAM application which gives users the ability to create 3D solid models from scratch as well as to repair and modify 3D engineering data of any origin.  PartMaker Modeling is the most powerful 3D CAD system available alongside a production-oriented CAM product on the market today.  The 2014 version features a host of exciting new enhancements, including the utterly unique Radial Cut Wizard for creating cylindrically-wrapped part features as well as improved direct-modelling and feature-recognition functionality.  It is a particularly focused on users that make parts on turn-mill centres and Swiss-type lathes as it includes a wide variety of functionality for creating milled features on parts that are cylindrical in nature. The new and unique Radial Cut Wizard allows very quick and intuitive creation of solid cut features on cylindrical surfaces. This functionality is particularly helpful for creating "wrapped" features

Lectra is pleased to announce that Klaussner Home Furnishings has chosen Lectra's advanced 3D/2D design and product development solution. Klaussner has been a mainstay in the United States for the last 50 years, producing more than 500 styles in its manufacturing and distribution facilities in North Carolina. The company prides itself on its product breadth and upholstery options-600 fabric choices and more than 75 leathers, and is able to produce custom-order furniture domestically in fewer than 21 days. "The economic environment of the last several years impacted many industries in the United States. Now with the furniture industry on the rebound, we are evaluating key processes and technologies to drive efficiencies within our operation," explains Glenn Kahn, Vice President of Manufacturing for Klaussner Home Furnishings. "We have used CAD software for our frame design for years, but we had never attempted to use the approach for our upholstery design. Upholstery is a