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2001 Article Archive
This is your cumulative archive of every Industry Brief, In the News, Big Deals, On the Move and CEO Spotlight ever published in this edition of daratech*Online for the year 2001. This index is arranged alphabetically by name of the primary vendor covered in the article. To go directly to a particular section of the index, click on the appropriate link below.
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Topical Articles CEO Spotlight
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Actuality Systems, Inc.
Who’s the first beta customer for Actuality’s Helios 3D display monitor? (11/01/2001)
Actuality landed nearly $1 million in new financing. (10/09/2001)
Alias|Wavefront
What industry veteran joined Alias|Wavefront as general manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa? (07/24/2001)
From its stronghold in Automotive styling, can Alias|Wavefront repeat its success in new markets? (03/14/2001)
Arc Second, Inc.
Arc Second unveiled PocketCAD Pro 4.0. (05/30/2001)
Ariba, Inc.
Who will temporarily replace Ariba’s departing CEO? (07/22/2001)
Why did Ariba chairman Keith Krach step down as CEO? (04/30/2001)
Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk launched Inventor 5. (08/28/2001)
What’s new in Autodesk’s just-released AutoCAD 2002 product family? (07/02/2001)
RAND continues to accumulate Autodesk resellers. (06/07/2001)
What will Autodesk’s move into software rental mean for users? (05/17/2001)
How is RAND’s plan to buy up Autodesk resellers advancing? (03/26/2001)
Autodesk unveiled Streamline, a hosted service for peer-to-peer product development collaboration. (02/13/2001)
Automated Precision
MAYA and Automated Precision partnered to deliver a CAD-based measurement solution. (11/16/2001)
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Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Which breakthrough capabilities in Bentley’s new MicroStation V8 could reshape the market for asset lifecycle engineering technology? (11/29/2001)
What personnel appointments has Bentley recently made? (08/21/2001)
How is the integration of RealityWave’s VizStream into Bentley’s MicroStation and Viecon expected to enhance these product lines? (02/20/2001)
bom.com
What is bom.com doing to help manufacturers make better sourcing decisions? (12/10/2001)
What industry experience does bom.com’s new vice president of marketing bring to the company? (08/14/2001)
bom.com released its bill-of-material management software application. What solutions do bom.com offer for ensuring up-to-date product information? (06/27/2001)
What’s unique about bom.com’s just-unveiled bill-of-material management solution? (03/28/2001)
Bricsnet
What’s behind the management buyout of Bricsnet’s BuildSoft subsidiary? (12/12/2001)
What led PWD EMS to place a $623,900 order for Bricsnet’s Building|Center? (10/11/2001)
What steps is Bricsnet taking to reach operating profitability in the fourth quarter of 2001? (10/03/2001)
Bricsnet signed real-estate giant CB Richard Ellis to distribute and implement its building lifecycle management solution. (04/11/2001)
Bricsnet added Anthony Flynn to its executive management team. (02/20/2001)
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Centric Software, Inc.
Who is Centric Software’s new senior vice president of sales and professional services? (08/29/2001)
CoCreate Software, Inc.
What significant promotions were made at CoCreate? (10/15/2001)
In the increasingly crowded collaboration tools market, what sets CoCreate apart? (02/20/2001)
CoCreate lands a OneSpace contract from Agilent worth some $8 million. (01/05/2001)
Citadon
Citadon raised $19 million in new financing. How did the company land such an impressive investment in today’s tight capital markets? (10/24/2001)
Critical Reach
What does Critical Reach’s new software do to help manufacturers improve aftermarket sales and service? (09/20/2001)
Critical Reach
How has Cyco Software repositioned itself? (07/17/2001)
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Dassault Systèmes S.A.
Dassault Systèmes unveiled its Software Community program (07/13/2001)
Under the leadership of Bernard Charlès, Dassault Systèmes has become number one in the marketplace in terms of end-user spending and market capitalization. (06/04/2001)
Dassault Systèmes partnered with MSC.Software. (05/02/2001)
How does CATIA V5 fit into Hyundai’s exterior vehicle body surfaces process? (04/05/2001)
Dassault Systèmes to acquire SRAC for $22 million in stock. (03/30/2001)
IBM and Dassault Systèmes introduced CATIA V5R6. (03/21/2001)
How does Dassault Systèmes’ broad portfolio of products and businesses support its vision for helping customers implement its product, process and resource (PPR) model? (02/27/2001)
DELMIA Corporation
How is DELMIA helping customers become more responsive to market demands while shrinking their parts and finished-goods inventories? (03/15/2001)
Design Power, Inc.
How has Robertson Ceco’s business flourished since it leveraged Design Power’s technology to transform the way it designs and produces its pre-engineered buildings? (10/26/2001)
Documentum, Inc.
Who is Documentum’s new CEO? (08/02/2001)
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EDS PLM Solutions
Who’s the new president of marketing and portfolio management at EDS PLM Solutions? (12/07/2001)
EDS detailed a roadmap for its new PLM solutions business formed in the merger of UGS and SDRC. (11/20/2001)
BJB purchased $1.8 million worth of Solid Edge, Unigraphics and i-MAN software and services. (10/24/2001)
Solid Edge unveiled version 11. (10/15/2001)
What hurdle was cleared in EDS’s pending acquisition of SDRC? (08/29/2001)
What does the EDS acquisition of SDRC mean for the PLM marketplace? (05/24/2001)
EMC Corporation
EMC is moving into rich media content and other areas that promise to benefit manufacturers. (04/13/2001)
Engineous Software, Inc.
How is Engineous’ iSIGHT helping to create new levels of design and manufacturing efficiencies in the turbomachinery industry? (06/08/2001)
How will the design-for-six-sigma capabilities of Engineous’ new iSight 6.0 help engineers achieve quality breakthroughs? (05/17/2001)
How has Engineous strengthened its U.S. sales presence? (05/01/2001)
Why did Ford, GM, Toyota, DaimlerChrysler, BMW, GE, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, Hitachi and others select Engineous’ process integration and design exploration software? (03/16/2001)
Engineous Software appointed Glenn Reis vice president of American sales. (01/11/2001)
ENOVIA Corporation
What’s behind ENOVIA’s major wins at Volkswagen, Mitsubishi Motors, Benetton Formula 1, ALSTROM Transport, the DD21 Shipbuilder Alliance and other high-profile customers? (03/21/2001)
ENOVIA named Louis Pascarella executive vice president, research and development, and Denis Senpéré vice president of european operations. (03/14/2001)
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IBM Corporation
IBM and Dassault Systèmes introduced CATIA V5R6. (03/21/2001)
How has IBM’s product lifecycle management solutions business expanded it’s mission and offering? (02/28/2001)
iEngineer.com
iEngineer.com provides content exchange and broadband collaboration services designed to help protect and control of digital assets. (03/08/2001)
ImpactXoft
How is ImpactXoft integrating LightWork design technology into IX SpeeD? (11/12/2001)
Will ImpactXoft’s new modeling technology disrupt the mechanical CAD market? (09/12/2001)
What have ImpactXoft and Toyota Caelum been up to in the past 15 months? (06/22/2001)
Are its new technology and depth of management enough to let startup ImpactXoft become a leader in collaborative product development? (03/12/2001)
Intel Corporation
Can Intel extend its dominance in engineering workstations to the enterprise server domain? (03/27/2001)
IronCAD
IronCAD shipped InnovationSuite. (11/27/2001)
ITI (International TechneGroup, Inc.
ITI’s TranscenData embedded its CAD/IQ software into Pro/E 2001i and 2000i2. (05/31/2001)
ITI refocused its interoperability business to provide value-added services around its software technologies. (03/02/2001)
Does ITI’s new CATIA import module for CADfix significantly advance manufacturing industry’s quest for interoperability? (01/05/2001)
i2 Technologies
SDRC formed an alliance with i2 Technologies. (06/04/2001)
What’s behind i2’s management changes? (05/02/2001)
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KTI
Has KTI cracked the code on knowledge reuse? (03/26/2001)
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MatrixOne, Inc.
Who’s the latest hire in MatrixOne’s continued strengthening of its senior management? (12/20/2001)
What moves have MatrixOne recently made to strengthen its worldwide marketing efforts? (11/13/2001)
MAYA
MAYA and Automated Precision partnered to deliver a CAD-based measurement solution. (11/16/2001)
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft aggressively developing its .NET for Manufacturing initiative. (03/28/2001)
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NexPrise
Ventro agreed to acquire NexPrise. (08/10/2001)
Boeing Rocketdyne extended its order with NexPrise. (06/01/2001)
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Opticore AB
How does Opticore’s visualization technology stand out from the pack? (03/29/2001)
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Paraform, Inc.
How has Paraform strengthened its digital form development business? (09/25/2001)
Paraform launched myB2O to support ad hoc, unstructured collaboration in development and procurement of build-to-order products. (03/23/2001)
PTC
Could PTC’s new DynamicDesignLink revolutionize mass customization and design-to-order manufacturing? (12/11/2001)
PTC won a $1.2 million Pro/ENGINEER order from PECO II. (11/27/2001)
What role do PTC solutions play in the Joint Strike Fighter Program? (11/15/2001)
PTC won a $2 million follow-on order for Pro/ENGINEER from Liebherr Group. (10/31/2001)
With PTC beating estimates for the September quarter, is PLM industry growth showing unexpected strength after last month’s disruptions? (10/23/2001)
How is PTC’s Granite expected to lower interoperability barriers between CAD and CAM? (08/24/2001)
Will PTC’s Rapid-Start B2B collaboration solutions reshape the out-of-the-box PDM market? (08/14/2001)
PTC launched a hosted collaboration service called Pro/COLLABORATE. Free to all maintenance-paying Pro/ENGINEER users, will PTC’s new offering set the standard for online collaboration in mechanical product development? (07/19/2001)
What does PTC’s promotion of Windchill originator Jim Heppelmann to chief technology officer signal for the company’s strategic direction? (06/29/2001)
How does FiatAvio plan to use PTC’s Windchill? (06/20/2001)
PTC unveiled Pro/ENGINEER 2001. (05/30/2001)
How has C. Richard Harrison reengineered PTC since taking the reins as CEO a year ago? (03/30/2001)
Why did INA Werk Schaeffler oHG purchase $2.1 million worth of Pro/ENGINEER? (03/30/2001)
PTC won three contracts totaling $3 million from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, MAN B&W Diesel AG and Balzer Process Systems GmbH. (03/28/2001)
PTC unveiled ProjectLink, the first in a series of turnkey, quick-start Windchill-based solutions. (02/27/2001)
What led U.S Department of Energy’s Nuclear Weapons Complex to purchase $6 million of Pro/ENGINEER? (01/08/2001)
PTC received a $2 million order from Butler International Inc. (01/05/2001)
PTC received a $1 million software and services order from Hon Hai Precision Component Manufacturing. (01/05/2001)
PlanetCAD
How is PlanetCAD aiding CATIA V4-to-V5 migration, and helping Unigraphics users reduce project rework? (09/12/2001)
PlanetCAD acquired CastaLink’s eCAS supply chain productivity technology. How does the acquisition advance PlanetCAD’s new cycle-time reduction strategy? (08/20/2001)
PlanetCAD partnered with Theorem Solutions’ cadverter.com service, and temporarily suspended its own 3Dshare.com. What’s the company’s new strategy? (07/13/2001)
PlanetCAD continues to overhaul its management team. (06/07/2001)
How is PlanetCAD progressing in its quest to conquer interoperability obstacles and speed communication in the manufacturing supply chain? (03/07/2001)
Proficiency Incorporated
Has Proficiency solved the interoperability problem for CAD users? (09/28/2001)
The appointment of Scott Berkey as president and CEO is one corporate highlight in a busy summer for Proficiency. (07/03/2001)
Proficiency landed $27.4 million in its Series C round of funding. (06/19/2001)
Proficiency added Lockheed Martin to the growing list of blue-chip manufacturers in its strategic advisory program. (04/26/2001)
Is Proficiency poised to break CAD/CAM vendors’ lock on their customers engineering data? (02/15/2001)
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RAND A Technology Corporation
RAND acquired the courseware development business of RRTC. (11/29/2001)
RAND continues to accumulate Autodesk resellers. (06/07/2001)
How is RAND’s plan to buy up Autodesk resellers advancing? (03/26/2001)
With its growing proprietary-software suite, profitable PTC relationship, and expansion into the autodesk reseller channel, has RAND found the right business mix? (03/19/2001)
RealityWave
How has RealityWave extended its reach in the Asia/Pacific market? (08/08/2001)
RedSpark
Spatial and RedSpark partnered to release an ACIS-enabled ProductEdge parts publisher. How will this partnership help manufacturers promote their products online. (06/01/2001)
RedSpark unveiled RAPIDteam. (03/27/2001)
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SDRC
What will happen to SDRC users’ CAD data as UGS converges I-DEAS and Unigraphics? (08/31/2001)
What hurdle was cleared in EDS’s pending acquisition of SDRC? (08/29/2001)
The Spicer Transmission Division of Spicer de Mexico purchased $600,000 of Metaphase. (07/13/2001)
SDRC formed an alliance with i2 Technologies. (06/04/2001)
What does the EDS acquisition of SDRC mean for the PLM marketplace? (5/24/2001)
What’s inside SuperBrand, SDRC’s soon-to-be-unveiled collaborative product management offering. (05/18/2001)
How is SDRC transforming I-DEAS to heighten its appeal in the value-priced mechanical design marketplace? (05/14/2001)
SDRC won a 150-Seat I-DEAS Enterprise order from Siemens Medical Solutions. (05/04/2001)
SDRC won a $3.2 million order from ALSTOM Power. (05/01/2001)
Nissan reaffirmed its commitment to SDRC. (04/27/2001)
What drove Nissan’s $14 million order for SDRC’s I-DEAS and Metaphase? (04/20/2001)
How did Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center pre-existing licenses of SDRC’s I-DEAS software factor into its purchase of $1.4 million worth of Metaphase? (03/28/2001)
What’s SDRC’s strategy for I-DEAS Enterprise? (03/06/2001)
What led EADS Deutschland GmbH Military Aircraft to re-up with SDRC for $2.4 million worth of Metaphase software? (01/30/2001)
What led Matra BAe Dynamics to purchase $4 million of SDRC’s Metaphase and Accelis? (01/05/2001)
SDRC won a $7 million Metaphase/Accelis contract from BFGoodrich Aerospace Aerostructures Group (01/05/2001)
SensAble Technologies
What sales benchmark has SensAble achieved with its FreeForm modeling system? (/2001)
Could the new release of SensAble’s touch-based modeling technology become the benchmark for computer-aided industrial design? (/2001)
SmarTeam
How will SmarTeam’s partnership with RepliWeb further SmarTeam’s ability to support extended enterprises? (09/13/2001)
What will be SmarTeam’s role in IBM/Dassault Systèmes’ PLM portfolio? (06/28/2001)
Smart Solutions joined the Primavera Partner Program. (03/28/2001)
Are SmarTeam customers seeing any payback from their investments? (02/19/2001)
SmarTeam branches out. (01/24/2001)
SolidWorks Corporation
SolidWorks founder Jon Hirschtick stepped down as CEO and was succeeded by former COO John McEleney. (11/08/2001)
SolidWorks now supports Microsoft Office XP. (11/06/2001)
How does eDrawings Professional from SolidWorks promise to streamline the design review process? (11/02/2001)
How is TSA’s HOOPS technology incorporated into SolidWorks’ eDrawings 2.0? (10/16/2001)
What experience will SolidWorks’ new marketing vice president bring to the value-priced solids modeling leader? (09/17/2001)
Will the new release of SolidWorks’ eDrawings become the tool of choice for 3D collaboration? (08/21/2001)
SolidWorks released 3D PartStream.NET 2.0. How does the new release help manufacturers track customer usage of online catalogs? (06/22/2001)
SolidWorks was awarded a patent for its SmartMates technology. (05/03/2001)
CEO Spotlight: Jon Hirschtick, Chief Executive Officer, SolidWorks Corporation (04/02/2001)
What’s behind Amada’s $12.9 million investment in SolidWorks software, partner applications, hardware, maintenance and other services? (03/30/2001)
SolidWorks continues to grow at a torrid pace. (03/06/2001)
What’s behind the management changes at SolidWorks? (02/08/2001)
Spatial
What industry veteran was named Spatial’s Americas sales vice president. (12/12/2001)
Spatial and TechSoft America partnered to launch the OpenHSF Initiative. (11/27/2001)
CEO Spotlight: Michael Payne, CEO, Spatial Corporation (10/19/2001)
What’s new in ACIS 7.0? (10/15/2001)
Who is Spatial’s new vice president of marketing? (09/19/2001)
Spatial and RedSpark partnered to release an ACIS-enabled ProductEdge parts publisher. How will this partnership help manufacturers promote their products online. (06/01/2001)
Will Spatial’s stringent new quality measures make ACIS a world-beater for 3D data exchange and communication? (03/02/2001)
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Tech Soft America
Spatial and TechSoft America partnered to launch the OpenHSF Initiative. (11/27/2001)
How is TSA’s HOOPS technology incorporated into SolidWorks’ eDrawings 2.0? (10/16/2001)
How does TSA’s new ParaHOOPS 3D part viewer help users of parasolid-based applications collaborate? (10/04/2001)
What’s behind Tech Soft America’s "Free 3D for Linux" program? (07/02/2001)
How does Tech Soft America’s New HOOPS/3DAF 6.0 graphic development toolkit help to serve as an extension of customer R&D teams? (05/31/2001)
Will Tech Soft America’s new Web-centric version of HOOPS become the standard for software companies developing Web-native applications? (03/08/2001)
Tecnomatix Technologies, Inc.
What promotion did president and CEO Harel Beit-On win Tecnomatix? (12/11/2001)
What will Nihon Tecnomatix’s MPM Forum attendees learn from manufacturing theorist Dr. Eli Goldratt’s first-ever presentation in Japan? (10/25/2001)
What new Windows NT and automotive manufacturing applications have Tecnomatix added to eMPower 5.5? (10/16/2001)
As Tecnomatix continues strengthening the management team of its Tecnomatix-Unicam subsidiary, who is its latest hire? (09/25/2001)
How has Tecnomatix strengthened its Unicam Electronics subsidiary? (08/24/2001)
What does Tecnomatix’s new vision for manufacturing process management offer manufacturers working to radically shorten manufacturing process development and time-to-volume? (07/13/2001)
Tecnomatix won a $1 million order from Schneider Electric. (03/27/2001)
Is Tecnomatix’s transformation from providing specialized point tools to collaborative e-manufacturing solutions succeeding? (02/26/2001)
Tecnomatix won a $3.5 million follow-on order from EADS Airbus SA. (01/25/2001)
Theorem Solutions
PlanetCAD partnered with Theorem Solutions’ cadverter.com service, and temporarily suspended its own 3Dshare.com. (07/13/2001)
think3
think3 allied with 5-axis CAM specialist OPEN MIND. (08/17/2001)
Pininfarina was impressed by think3’s new approach to complex shape modeling. (07/09/2001)
What led Riptide Design to select think3’s thinkdesign? (06/04/2001)
How is think3’s Joe Costello rewriting the rules in mechanical design automation? (04/25/2001)
Is think3’s pioneering subscription model connecting with users? (03/07/2001)
TTF (trade Technologies France)
How will TTF help PTC customers migrate data from Euclid to Pro/ENGINEER? (12/31/2001)
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UGS
BJB purchased $1.8 million worth of Solid Edge, Unigraphics and i-MAN software and services. (10/24/2001)
With the new Unigraphics 18, is knowledge-based design finally becoming a practical reality? (09/21/2001)
What will happen to SDRC users’ CAD data as UGS converges I-DEAS and Unigraphics? (08/31/2001)
What led defense and nuclear engineering project management company Strachan & Henshaw to purchase $1.2 million of UGS software? (08/16/2001)
What’s new in Solid Edge Version 10? (06/20/2001)
ITT Gilfillan purchased $700,000 worth of Unigraphics and i-Man from UGS. (06/01/2001)
Fiat Auto selected UGS for new car programs. (05/21/2001)
UGS received a $600,000 contract from the Tegema Group. (05/04/2001)
UGS won a $1 million contract from Kolbus. (05/01/2001)
UGS won a $1 million contract from Malaysia’s Ministry of Human Resource’s Manpower Department. (04/04/2001)
What led Pella to choose Solid Edge from UGS in its migration from 2D to 3D? (03/19/2001)
UGS unveils new corporate identity and mission. (02/21/2001)
British American Racing selected UGS’ entire suite of solutions. (02/20/2001)
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Ventro
What benefits has Trelleborg Automotive achieved with the implementation of Ventro’s Collaborative Commerce Solution? (08/29/2001)
Ventro agreed to acquire NexPrise. (08/10/2001)
Vistagy
Vistagy launched EnCapta. (02/27/2001)
VX Corporation
How has VX made its VX Overdrive software easier for new users to adopt? (12/12/2001)
What is VX doing to extend interoperability in VX Overdrive? (10/24/2001)
Are users buying into VX’s Vision of premium-function software at value prices? (10/03/2001)
A quiet success to date, does VX Corporation have what it takes to compete in the big leagues? (03/19/2001)
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WebScope Inc.
Who is WebScope’s newest distributor in Japan? (04/12/2001)
What does WebScope offer that other collaboration tools don’t? (03/21/2001)
WebScope will offer its collaboration software through CommerceOne.net. (01/08/2001)
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Xygent Inc.
Is Xygent’s new CAD-integrated CNC measurement software the missing link for manufacturers working to drive up quality across their value chains? (11/07/2001)
Xygent released its XactCNC on-machine measurement software. Could Xygent’s CAD-based metrology revolutionize machining productivity? (10/12/2001)
Xygent debuted its new XactCNC On-Machine measurement software. (09/17/2001)
Topical Articles
How will the economic downturn affect Mechanical CAD/CAM growth in 2002? (12/31/2001)
Mechanical CAD/CAM, CAE growth will slow to 1.3% in 2002. (12/07/2001)
Process integration and design optimization solutions promise to help manufacturers radically boost product quality and speed development. (12/04/2001)
Why are industry exchanges for design collaboration facing such tough going? (10/30/2001)
How severely will the terror strikes and their aftermath slow PLM growth? (09/27/2001)
Will the war on America cause an industry slowdown? (09/18/2001)
What disruptive technologies could dethrone today’s market leaders? (09/07/2001)
Who leads Daratech’s 2001 MCAD market forecast and what will growth look like in the next five years? (06/18/2001)
Manufacturing executives believe proliferating standards are diminishing the prospects for interoperability more than advancing them. (04/20/2001)
Is the product-creation solutions industry edging toward better interoperability? (04/09/2001)
Users criticize vendors’ foot-dragging in making their systems more open and interoperable. (04/05/2001)
Subscription licensing revolution poised to sweep product lifecycle computing industry (04/02/2001)
Which vendors are leading the charge to pioneer subscription licensing and what’s their strategy. (04/02/2001)
Mechanical CAD/CAM user spending will top $5.3 billion in 2001. (02/22/2001)
CEO Spotlight
CEO Spotlight: Jon Hirschtick, Chief Executive Officer, SolidWorks Corporation (04/02/2001)
CEO Spotlight: Michael Payne, CEO, Spatial Corporation (10/19/2001)