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2009: Feisty Vuuch Offers Social Network Technology for ‘People-Centric’ Product Development

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Randall Newton

In 2009 CADCAMNET interviewed Vuuch’s feisty CEO Chris Williams, who says true design history is in the discussions, not the ...

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New Bentley Products Represent Victory for iRING User Group

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Randall Newton

Three new Bentley products support the iRING standards for real-time interoperability for plant engineering data models. The iRING Users Group, ...

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2008: Avatech’s George Davis: ‘We Can Weather the Storm’

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Randall Newton

When George Davis became CEO of Avatech Solutions in 2007, the company was in the middle of its own economic ...

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Ansys Workbench Adds Durability & Fatigue Testing Capabilities

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Randall Newton

nCode from HBN allows Ansys Workbench users to add fatigue analysis to engineering simulation. Ansys Workbench now offers the option ...

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Resellers Rand and Avatech Merge Business Operations

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Randall Newton

The reverse merger returns Rand Worldwide to the stock market. This deal is about three things: Strength, Liquidity, and Cashing ...

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2008: “3D Manufacturing Innovation” Explains the Japanese Quest for an Alternative to PLM

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Randall Newton

The Japanese are ready to embrace 3D in manufacturing. But they have little interest in the Western top-down, design-driven linear ...

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Delcam Revenue Up 12% in First Half of 2010

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Randall Newton

The only publicly traded dedicated CAM software developer rebounded well from 2009. Dedicated CAM software developer Delcam reports record six-month ...

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2009: PTC’s New Windchill ProductPoint is Facebook for PLM

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Randall Newton

PTC introduces Windchill ProductPoint, a new product data management product based on Microsoft SharePoint. It is the first product ever ...

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2009: New Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz: Give “Some Friggin’ Breathin’ Room” So We “Can Kick Some Butt”

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Randall Newton

When former Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz took over as CEO of Yahoo! in January 2009, most tech media pundits were ...

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Dental implant market soars, thanks to specialized CAD/CAM tools

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Kathleen Maher

The hot new market for CAD these days is teeth, apparently. According to iData Research (www.idataresearch.net), analysts specializing in medical ...