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2007: Oracle acquires Agile in $495 million bid to become PLM leader
In hindsight, this acquisition was just one of many; Oracle assimilated Agile and moved on. Here’s what it looked like ...
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2007: New 30-inch HP LP3065 LCD monitor is simply the best
2007 was the year monitors got big, flat, and dense. David Cohn goes gaga for HP’s entry in the bigger-is-better ...
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2007: ‘We push the vision’: An interview with Dassault Systèmes CEO Bernard Charlès
Charlès makes a strong case for Dassault as the innovation leader in PLM in this interview, which includes jabs at ...
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2007: Driving product development with critical parameters management
Tracking critical design parameters with precision is a challenge in the face of rising product complexity.PLM analyst Michel Vrinat examines ...
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2007: Major acquisitions consolidate PLM industry
Two major acquisitions dominated the PLM scene in 2007: Siemens buying UGS and Oracle buying Agile. An analysis by CIMdata’s ...
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June 2007: Autodesk Inventor LT aims to be 3D design editor
Autodesk released its entry into the MCAD direct editing sweepstakes in June 2007 with the preview release of AutoCAD Inventor ...
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2007: Is 3DLive the start of the next big thing?
In 2007 Dassault Systèmes introduced 3DLive, a revolutionary approach to creating and viewing digital mock-ups. From the archives of Engineering ...
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2007: Blurring and bridging the boundaries between PLM and factory automation
Increasing the communication between engineering and the factory floor has developed significantly, but still has a long way to go. ...
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2007: New Acrobat 3D promises a treasure box of possibilities
Once upon a time the CAD world waited with breathless anticipation for the second release of Acrobat with 3D capabilities. ...
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2007: Assessing the challenges and rewards of design reuse
Manufacturing models may have hundreds of interrelated features, yet a growing number of companies are pushing to increase their reuse ...
