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Infor today announced that it will host an investor conference call to discuss Q2 fiscal year 2014 results for current holders of Infor securities and other interested parties on Friday, January 10, at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Materials and dial-in details will be available at www.infor.com/company/investor-information/ after 8 a.m. Eastern time Friday, January 10.

ZWCAD Design announced on that its free-of-charge CAD application, ZWCAD Touch, is now available for the Android platform. This new release has proven to have industry-leading processing speeds through strict tests. Together with its iOS version, ZWCAD Touch now can fully satisfy even more CAD users for a variety of mobile CAD design needs. Based on 100,000 iOS User Base, It’s Another Milestone Release to the Android Platform “The performance of ZWCAD Touch has been proven by more than 100,000 iOS users. It helps them streamline design workflows and experience greater mobility,” said Daniel Huang, Product Manager of ZWCAD+. “Inheriting from the success of the iOS version, the release of the Android version will be a new milestone for ZWCAD Touch, indicating more than 80% of smart phone users can have access to a more convenient and efficient mobile design experience provided by ZWCAD Touch.” The Android version has many features including DWG

Bricsys recently announced V14 of the successful BricsCAD software platform at their International Conference in Darmstadt, and now supports sheet metal unfolding in the BricsCAD Platinum edition. Development has already commenced on one-click ‘Export to JETCAM’, providing the JETCAM Expert nesting system with all the information required to automatically tool and nest the component. With V14 of BricsCAD, Bricsys continues to deliver on its promise to unify 2D CAD and 3D direct modeling for dwg. In addition to standard dwg CAD functionality, the platform now also provides users with 3D direct modeling, 2D and 3D constraints, design intent recognition, assembly modeling and kinematic analysis, and since V14 now also with sheet metal capabilities. JETCAM Expert provides either full interactivity or automation of any stage of the tooling and nesting process. With support for virtually every CNC punching and profiling machine available today, the award-winning software offers high performance nesting options and tight

WHO: Geoff Ribar, senior vice president and chief financial officer, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. WHAT: Geoff Ribar will speak at the Needham Growth Conference at The New York Palace hotel in New York.  Ribar will provide an overview of the company and participate in a question and answer session with analysts and investors. WHEN: Ribar's address will be available live via on-demand webcast at 10:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The presentation will be archived on the Cadence website and available for replay through 8 p.m. EST on Thursday, Apr. 10, 2014. WHERE: The webcast will be available online at: www.cadence.com/company/investor_relations/pages/default.aspx

3D Systems announced that it completed the acquisition of Xerox’s solid ink engineering and development teams and state of the art development labs and relevant patent portfolio for $32.5 million in cash. The company expects the acquisition of these highly specialized printer design and material science teams together with their labs and relevant IP to catapult its printers’ development and manufacturing capabilities a full decade forward and to substantially accelerate its revenue growth-rate over time.    “This bold step is consistent with our belief that we must act quickly and decisively to extend and cement our marketplace leadership position and leverage unique opportunities to bring affordable, high performance new products to market years ahead of what would have been possible to accomplish organically," said Avi Reichental 3D Systems’ President and CEO. As part of this agreement, 3DS added more than 100 experienced Xerox engineers and contractors specializing in product design and materials science

Infosys Limited will announce results for its third quarter ending December 31, 2013 on Friday, January 10, 2014, Indian Standard Time (IST) (on the night of Thursday, January 9, 2014, US Eastern Time (ET)). The results will also be available on the Infosys website http://www.infosys.com. Following the release, Infosys CEO & Managing Director, Mr. S.D. Shibulal, CFO, Mr. Rajiv Bansal, and other members of the senior management will comment on the company's performance. There will be a common television address by Mr. S.D. Shibulal and Mr. Rajiv Bansal at 10:00 a.m. IST on business television channels addressing analyst questions. The common TV address will be streamed live on the Investor Relations section of the Infosys website. This will be followed by a detailed discussion on NDTV Profit from Mysore at 10:15 a.m. IST on January 10, 2014 (this will not be telecast in the US). An archive of this event will be uploaded on http://www.infosys.com after 2:00 p.m. ISTon January 10, 2014 (after 3:30 a.m. US ET on January 10, 2014).

Viewpoint Construction Software® has released the Project Docs application for Viewpoint For Project Collaboration customers allowing all project workers from field teams, architects and senior management the ability to easily share and mange documents and photos from their Viewpoint For Project Collaboration solution on a mobile device at no additional cost. Viewpoint recognizes that construction project teams are continuously away from the office and on the road or at the job site, and by providing access to their project collaboration data helps enable more efficient and cost effective project completion. The Project Docs application is free to download for current Viewpoint For Project Collaboration customers on the Google Play Store for Android devices and on the iTunes Store for an Apple® iPad® or iPhone®. “This new mobile product showcases our continued commitment to deliver new capabilities and value that help customers realize greater success with their projects,” commented Rob Humphreys, Vice President of Product Management at Viewpoint. “We

PTC announced that preliminary revenue for the first fiscal quarter ended December 28, 2013 is expected to be near the high end of the company’s guidance of $310 to $320 million. As was referenced in our press release announcing the acquisition of ThingWorx, we are maintaining our FY’14 non-GAAP EPS guidance of $2.00-$2.10. PTC will release its fiscal 2014 first quarter results on Wednesday, January 22 after the stock market closes. Senior management will host a live webcast and conference call to review the results on Thursday, January 23 at 8:30am Eastern Time. The earnings press release and accompanying prepared remarks will be accessible prior to the conference call and webcast on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.ptc.com. What:  PTC Fiscal Q1 FY14 Conference Call and Webcast                          When: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 at 8:30am (ET) Dial-in: 1-800-857-5592 or 1-773-799-3757 Call Leader: James Heppelmann Passcode: PTC Webcast: www.ptc.com/for/investors.htm                                                       Replay: The audio replay of

PTC announced it has acquired ThingWorx, creators of an award-winning platform for building and running applications for the Internet of Things (IoT), for approximately $112 million, plus a possible earn-out of up to $18 million. The acquisition of ThingWorx positions PTC as a major player in the emerging Internet of Things era. The ThingWorx acquisition extends PTC’s strategy by accelerating its ability to support manufacturers seeking competitive advantage as they create and service smart, connected products. As part of PTC, ThingWorx will continue to help customers in a wide range of industries seeking to leverage the IoT, including telecommunications, utilities, medical devices, agriculture, and transportation, as well as an emerging partner network of IoT-enabled service providers. According to a recent research report Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy (May, 2013) from the McKinsey Global Institute, the Internet of Things has the potential to create economic impact of $2.7 trillion to $6.2 trillion

Addressing the problem of contemporary CAE community to integrate data, processes and resources, BETA CAE Systems S.A. brings forth a new solution for driving high quality and efficient virtual product development procedures. This new software tool, the Simulation, Process, Data & Resources Manager (SPDRM), provides a simple and intuitive way to capture, deploy and manage CAE process workflows by integrating the resources, the tools and the data associated with these.  Reflecting a deep understanding of the demands of simulation and its role in the enterprise, it couples with the enterprise PDM system and integrates CAE into higher level business processes by delivering CAE tasks and associated data to analysts, engineers, designers, suppliers and managers. The architecture and implementation of SPDRM is scalable, so that it can be deployed in different levels, such as in team, department or enterprise level. The system requirements are modest and the learning curve is smooth. This new software for