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Actify set to release SpinFire CAD viewer update
More than 50 updates or features including new measure and calculate tools. Actify has announced the next release of SpinFire, ...
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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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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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Autodesk does about-face on PLM
Instead of cracking jokes about “only three companies with a PLM problem,” Autodesk will bring to market this year cloud-based ...
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Spatial releases Catia 3D geometry kernel for commercial use
CGM release gives Dassault Systèmes a direct competitor to Parasolid. Spatial also releases an update to its 3D InterOp translator ...
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2007: IBM and Dassault Systèmes redefine sales relationship
This agreement in 2007 set the stage for the 2009 acquisition of IBM PLM by Dassault. From the archives of ...
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2007: SAP PLM Road Map: High-Speed Rail Line or Head-On Train Wreck?
In detailed plans that read more like an internal memo than a press release, SAP announced a four-year road map ...
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2007: PLM products for hazardous substance compliance management
RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) and WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) compliance issues have taken center stage for many ...
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Open source Aras PLM attracts advanced search solution
Based on the Apache Lucene search library, Discover Innovator from Northridge Software brings Google-like queries to the growing PLM suite. ...
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Pushing the digital thread at Bell Helicopter
Bell Helicopter has been known as an innovator since its development of the V-22 Osprey. Today it is integrating the ...