Month: November 2011

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Bentley teams with Adobe for i-Models

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Kathleen Maher

Bentley’s i-Models for the basis for the exchange of any information related to a project including models, documents, and soon, ...

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NEC introduces new colorimeter

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Randall Newton

The SpectraSensor Pro uses a new optical system to run five times faster than the previous generation of NEC color ...

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Bentley acquires Pointools, vows to make point clouds ‘a fundamental data type’

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Randall Newton

An earlier deal included a right to first refusal if Pointools were up for sale, making today’s deal inevitable. Bentley ...

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Autodesk cherry-picks GRIP Entertainment for game AI technology

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Randall Newton

The deal strengthens Autodesk plans to deliver technology for “intelligent” game characters. Autodesk today acquired specific technology-related assets and hired ...

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Autodesk expands the 123D family

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Kathleen Maher

New products 123D Catch and 123D Make fill out Autodesk’s growing line of products for the consumer Maker market. Autodesk’s ...

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EOS celebrates 1,000-unit milestone for direct metal laser sintering systems

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Randall Newton

The users of EOS 3D printers have gone way beyond prototyping test parts, producing custom products on the cutting edge ...

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Apple acquires 3D mapping company C3 Technologies on the sly

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Kathleen Maher

It may be about relying less on Google, but Apple isn’t the only company building a GIS portfolio. Build or ...

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AMD to lay off 10% of global workforce

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Randall Newton

New CEO Rory Read was brought in to run a tighter ship, and is not being shy about getting started. ...

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Ansys revenue up 23% in third quarter, sets all-time record

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Randall Newton

The newly acquired Apache Design Systems accounted for part of the total. High-performance computing is taking off among Ansys customers. ...

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Bentley to celebrate champions of infrastructure

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Randall Newton

A gala awards ceremony next week in Amsterdam will salute the recent achievements of some of the world’s largest AEC ...