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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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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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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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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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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 ...

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Autodesk Grant Powers Biodiesel Initiative

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Randall Newton

Springboard Biodiesel moves from SolidWorks to Autodesk Inventor to design new Intelligent Local Production biodiesel processor. April 2, 2010—When Springboard ...

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Geometric Revenue Down 31% in Third Quarter

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Randall Newton

The Mumbai-based PLM vendor and services provider prefers to point to sequential results to paint a more positive view of ...

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Avatech Solutions Shows Second Quarter Profit

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Randall Newton

Gross margins are up, although revenue is still lagging from a year ago. The engineering tools vendor and reseller is ...