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2001: RAND Worldwide Overview

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Randall Newton

From the April 2001 edition of Engineering Automation Report, engineering business analyst Evan Yares takes a close look at RAND ...

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2007: Autodesk CEO Takes A Verbal Baseball Bat to PLM

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Randall Newton

“There are only three companies in the world with a PLM problem,” says Autodesk CEO Carl Bass. “Their names are ...

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Bunkspeed Shot debuts as first Iray end-user application

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Steve Wolfe

On July 26, Bunkspeed released Shot, an application for making realistic renderings quickly. It’s the first end-user application of mental images Iray interactive realistic rendering technology. Mental images became a subsidiary of graphics-chip maker Nvidia in December 2007.

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Stratasys Reports Strong Second Quarter

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Randall Newton

The Minnesota-based manufacturer of Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing systems achieves record consumable revenue and system shipments. This is the ...

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3D Systems Revenue Rises 42% in Second Quarter

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Randall Newton

The maker of 3D printing and additive manufacturing units experienced good recovery in all aspects of their business. 3D Systems ...

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Dassault Systèmes Revenue Growth Less Than Meets the Eye

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Randall Newton

There were signs of growth and recovery in the quarterly statement from Dassault Systèmes, but digging into the numbers shows ...

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How Aras Makes Money by Giving Away PLM Software

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Randall Newton

Aras Corporation is the small but successful publisher of Aras Innovator, an open source enterprise PLM suite. “Open source” means ...

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It’s Official: Chrysler to Standardize on NX 3D CAD from Siemens PLM

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Randall Newton

The formal announcement was anticlimactic, as news leaked out in May that Chrysler would transition away from CATIA as its ...

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PTC Financials Portend Engineering Software Upturn

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Randall Newton

PTC reports positive results for its third quarter of Fiscal 2010. Enterprise revenue jumped 64% from a year earlier. By ...

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Sent From My iPad

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Randall Newton

A construction engineering manager sees a bright future for the Apple iPad in construction. By Dave Angelotti Guest Contributor I’ve ...