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Dassault Systèmes Net Income Rises 31% in First Quarter 2010

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Randall Newton

Cost-cutting and better-than-expected SolidWorks sales lifted Dassault’s results, despite total revenue rising only 1% from a year earlier. Dassault Systèmes ...

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Olympia Selects VUEWorks for GIS-based Asset Management

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Randall Newton

The City of Olympia, Washington has selected VUEWorks software for web-based, GIS-integrated Asset Management and Capital Improvement Planning (CIP). VUEWorks ...

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The Adobe-Apple Standoff Saga Continues

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Randall Newton

Things down in Silicon Valley are getting ugly, as Adobe and Apple continue to square off over development tools, open ...

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THE CAMBASHI VIEW: Engineering a Sustainable Economic Recovery

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Randall Newton

Engineering technologies can significantly contribute to a sustainable economy, argues Cambashi’s Tony Christian. But don’t expect government or the boardroom ...

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PTC License Revenue Up 54% in Second Quarter

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Randall Newton

Total revenue was up 7% from last year; more proof of a manufacturing sector recovery. The SharePoint-based PDM offering is ...

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Comet Solutions Tightens Its Grip on the Future

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Randall Newton

The vendor of an innovative product for concept modeling and early stage design simulation has new venture capital funding, a ...

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PDM Will Be a Growth Market in 2010

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Randall Newton

PDM software sold better than expected in 2009, especially the products aimed at smaller manufacturers. We estimate less than 30% ...

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CAD Society Honors Fu, Payne, and Tara with 2010 Awards

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Randall Newton

Each year The CAD Society honors members of the engineering design software community in three categories: Leadership, Lifetime Achievement, and ...

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Former IBM PLM Chief Bunshaft Joins Dassault Systèmes

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Randall Newton

Dassault Systèmes’ acquisition of IBM’s PLM operations recently closed, bringing Dassault 700 new employees and 1,000 new customers. DS should ...

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The Outsourcing Trap: Eppinger Takes a Second Look at Global Product Development

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Randall Newton

One of the authors of the highly influential 2006 article “The New Practice of Global Product Development” has updated it ...