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Redefining production in the age of Digital Reality
May. 17 | Software is transforming every stage of the manufacturing process. Small companies with niche technologies are being gobbled up. By Kathleen Maher May Day is over and the workers of the world are still pretty much wearing their chains. Ironically, the...
Siemens PLM says there’s new wind in the Velocity sails
May. 14 | Now known as the Mainstream Engineering group, the Siemens PLM division responsible for Solid Edge says business is booming. A reference customer says SolidWorks should be worried. Last week at the Siemens PLM Software annual customer conference the company...
PTC reports lackluster second quarter results
Apr. 26 | Revenue of $301 million is below guidance; net profit cratered. Is this a temporary setback or the start of a long decline? By Randall S. Newton PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) reported a second fiscal quarter (ending March 31, 2012) that came in below expectations....
Google puts the spotlight on augmented reality
Apr. 23 | The search giant proposes the specs for AR glasses. How fast can they come to market? Google has gone public with its plans to create augmented reality glasses, known as Project Glass. (Source: Google) By Jon Peddie Have you ever longed for X-ray vision...
A midterm test for the CAD industry
Apr. 18 | Pockets of economic uncertainty remain, but 2012 is shaping up to be a better year for CAD than 2011. Kathleen Maher updates the JPR CAD Report. By Kathleen Maher In 2011 Bentley Systems significantly improved its SACS product line for the design and...
Review: The Boxx 4920 Xtreme workstation
Apr. 17 | Alex Herrera says extreme attention to detail and an overclocked Core i7 CPU make this a powerhouse for the most demanding CAD and DCC applications. By Alex Herrera Opening the chassis on any Boxx workstation is a diversion from the mundane, because...
Khronos turns 12 with 15 APIs and counting
Apr. 12 | The mobile industry has come to rely on Khronos’ APIs as much as the graphics industry. The future is rosy if all industry players pay attention to the bigger picture. By Jon Peddie The Khronos Organization took their name from the god of time. It...
Who is Monica Menghini and why is she quoted in a SolidWorks press release?
Apr. 11 | The rising star among Dassault Systèmes executives is working on a long-term global marketing theme of ubiquitous 3D experience. By Randall S. Newton When a company releases a new product, it always distributes a press release which almost always includes...
Koomey’s Law rewrites the future of computing
Apr. 10 | There’s a new law in tech town, guiding how we plan our computational future. If you think mobile is interesting now, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Last month Stanford engineering professor Jonathan Koomey Ph.D. gave a brief presentation at VERGE,...
