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BOTW: Do SolidWorks Users Need/Want PLM?

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Randall Newton

BOTW = Best of the Web. [Editor’s Note: BOTW is a new category at VEKTORRUM, in which we recommend blog ...

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Deutsche Blisterunion Selects Aras Enterprise Open Source PLM for Automated Product Release Process and Electronic Document Management

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Randall Newton

Aras will manage compliance and security issues as the association moves away from paper records. Open Source PLM vendor Aras ...

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Intergraph Moves User Conference to Las Vegas

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Randall Newton

Intergraph 2010, the annual international user conference, scheduled for June 14-17 in Nashville, Tennessee, has been moved to Las Vegas ...

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Siemens PLM Moves Conference to Dallas

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Randall Newton

UPDATED MAY 14. The recent flooding in Nashville, Tennessee has caused PLM World and the co-located Siemens PLM Connection user ...

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Evolving PLM Landscape: Major Seismic Event or Minor Volcanic Eruption?

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Randall Newton

The PLM sales landscape seems to be rather active this season, notes analyst Allan Behrens. Is there a major shaking ...

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US Manufacturing Growing Faster Than National Economy

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Randall Newton

The latest ThomasNet Industry Market Barometer survey reveals that manufacturers, service providers and distributors are reinventing themselves—and taking advantage of ...

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Siemens PLM and HP Launch Resale Partnership

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Randall Newton

It’s back to the future as the new owner of EDS and the new owner of UGS realize there’s big ...

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Chrysler to Dump CATIA for NX

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Randall Newton

Chrysler will convert all its design and engineering work from CATIA to NX over the next four years. It is ...

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Direct Part Production from Additive Manufacturing

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Randall Newton

Progressive manufacturers—some of them quite small—are using additive manufacturing technology to product finished goods. Noted analyst Terry Wohlers provides an ...

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Nissan PDQ Tool Becomes Elysium NXdoctor

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Randall Newton

Developed by Elysium for Nissan, NXdoctor is now in general release. A data validation tool for Siemens PLM NX—once only ...