2007: Oracle acquires Agile in $495 million bid to become PLM leader

Jul. 29 | In hindsight, this acquisition was just one of many; Oracle assimilated Agile and moved on. Here’s what it looked like in 2007, from the archives of Engineering Automation Report, acquired in 2010 by Jon Peddie Research. By Randall S. Newton Engineering...

2007: New 30-inch HP LP3065 LCD monitor is simply the best

Jul. 28 | 2007 was the year monitors got big, flat, and dense. David Cohn goes gaga for HP’s entry in the bigger-is-better sweepstakes, from the June 2007 edition of Engineering Automation Report, acquired in 2010 by Jon Peddie Research. By David Cohn The...

2007: ‘We push the vision’: An interview with Dassault Systèmes CEO Bernard Charlès

Jul. 26 | Charlès makes a strong case for Dassault as the innovation leader in PLM in this interview, which includes jabs at his competition. From the July 2007 edition of Engineering Automation Report, acquired in 2010 by Jon Peddie Research. By Randall S. Newton Engineering...

2007: Driving product development with critical parameters management

Jul. 25 | Tracking critical design parameters with precision is a challenge in the face of rising product complexity.PLM analyst Michel Vrinat examines how products from Cognition Corporation can help. From the July 2007 edition of Engineering Automation Report,...

2007: Major acquisitions consolidate PLM industry

Jul. 19 | Two major acquisitions dominated the PLM scene in 2007: Siemens buying UGS and Oracle buying Agile. An analysis by CIMdata’s John MacKrell, originally published in the June 2007 edition of Engineering Automation Report, acquired in 2010 by Jon Peddie...

June 2007: Autodesk Inventor LT aims to be 3D design editor

Jul. 18 | Autodesk released its entry into the MCAD direct editing sweepstakes in June 2007 with the preview release of AutoCAD Inventor LT. This article from the archives of Engineering Automation Report describes the initial product. By Randall S. Newton Engineering...

2007: Is 3DLive the start of the next big thing?

Jul. 15 | In 2007 Dassault Systèmes introduced 3DLive, a revolutionary approach to creating and viewing digital mock-ups. From the archives of Engineering Automation Report comes the first review of this landmark product. By L. Stephen Wolfe, P.E. Engineering...

2007: Blurring and bridging the boundaries between PLM and factory automation

Jul. 14 | Increasing the communication between engineering and the factory floor has developed significantly, but still has a long way to go. From the April 2007 edition of Engineering Automation Report, acquired in 2010 by Jon Peddie Research. By Nick Ballard...

2007: New Acrobat 3D promises a treasure box of possibilities

Jul. 13 | Once upon a time the CAD world waited with breathless anticipation for the second release of Acrobat with 3D capabilities. Four years later, we are still waiting for the promise to be achieved. Here, from the archives of Engineering Automation Report,...

2007: Assessing the challenges and rewards of design reuse

Jul. 12 | Manufacturing models may have hundreds of interrelated features, yet a growing number of companies are pushing to increase their reuse of design models. From the archives of Engineering Automation Report. By Chad Jackson Engineering Automation Report,...