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TweetAt the Siemens Industry Software analyst event a couple weeks ago, Helmuth Ludwig ended the Q&A with analysts with a literal passing of a baton to Chuck Grindstaff. Chuck became president of Siemens PLM Oct. 1 while Helmuth became head of Siemens Industry  [more...]

Tony Affuso presented this morning at our analyst/media event here in Boston. He focused on innovation, customer commitment and key areas we are winning business. He noted the culture of innovation at our company is even stronger today as a part of Siemens. There isn’t  [more...]

TweetYesterday I heard both Tony Affuso and Chuck Grindstaff highlight our continued focus on integrating product and production integration. The thing that is most compelling about customer events is you get to find out if your company’s vision is on target.  [more...]

Tweet I’d like to introduce you to a new voice joining our blog: Alastair Robertson. Alastair, aka Al,  is the marketing manager for the Velocity Series CAE products including Femap with NX Nastran and Solid Edge Simulation. He has been with our company for the past  [more...]

The other night I was reading this book about inventions to my boys. My older son asked if my company’s software was used to make any of them. It was great to hear his interest in not just the invention but how it was made. Then I showed him our 2012 calendar so he  [more...]

Up until now, our esteemed bloggers Mark Burhop and Al Robertson were the lone CAE voices on this blog. They’ve blogged about the finer side of finite element analysis and impressed us with terms like aeroelasticity. Now there’s a new blogger in the simulation  [more...]

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Those that know me know I’m a bit partial to the Swiss given family connections there. So I was keen to hear the Marenco Swiss Helicopter presentation at last week’s PLM Connection Europe event. CEO Martin Stucki provided an overview of Marenco’s  [more...]

Andy Parnell is global integration manager at Rolls-Royce. He presented today on the company’s PLM Journey. In our video interview, he says they focus quite a bit of energy on trying to simplify their complex business that now goes beyond aerospace to marine  [more...]

Hello from Linz, Austria where we’re kicking off Siemens PLM Connection Europe. Approximately 850 customers and partners and Siemens employees are gathered here to share knowledge and best practices over the next few days. Here’s a quick video soundbite  [more...]

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Jim Brown of Tech-Clarity attended our analyst event this week. In this video soundbite he shares some of his recent research on product complexity, social innovation and systems engineering. “One of the things I’m really paying a lot of attention to right  [more...]

On Wednesday we announced Teamcenter Mobility 2.0, our latest mobile PLM release.  Yesterday Eric Sterling shared the app in more detail to analysts and editors attending our analyst event in Boston. As Kenneth Wong points out in  Teamcenter Mobility 2.0 From Passive  [more...]

John Hodur, principal quality engineer at Aerojet, spoke yesterday at our analyst and media event. He emphasized decision-based data. One technology they use to enable that is our Tecnomatix Dimensional Planning & Validation. “by using the DPV system, it  [more...]

Ken Amann, director of research at CIMdata, shares in this video soundbite his insights on the latest trends in the PLM market. He also notes takeaways from presentations at this analyst event. He highlights the value of synchronous technology for CAE analysts and  [more...]

Today we kick off our two-day analyst and press event in Boston. In case you didn’t see it yet, our president Chuck Grindstaff kicked off our event blogging with the first post about how we’re innovating for growth. Last night I spoke to a number of industry  [more...]

Following on Stan’s soundbite, Brad Holtz of Cyon Research shares what’s happening in the industry from his point of view. He notes we are going in a different direction than our competitors. BTW, many more analysts and media at this event are working from  [more...]

- Report by Molly Hwa Last week, we held our annual Asia Pacific Executive Client Event (APECE) in Singapore. Nominees of the APECE Innovation Awards shared lots of innovation inspiration. It was great to see many familiar and smiling faces from attendees. Attendees  [more...]

Tweet Does a blog have a birthday or an anniversary? This month, our blog turned 3. What do you get a blog for its birthday? I’m sure our blogsquad would suggest something that begins with i and ends in phone or pad. Instead, let’s just look back over the past few  [more...]

TweetHere’s an update from Branco on the Innovation Leadership Summit along with some video comments from our CEO and Chairman Tony Affuso. Stay tuned for some customer interviews we’re uploading now. More than 120 executive customers attended this year’s Innovation  [more...]

Tweet As I mentioned in my last post, we held a Siemens Industry Software analyst conference recently. It was a chance to share with the analysts what is happening across the software lines of Siemens Industry Automation. Perhaps more compelling than how we’re  [more...]

Tweet At our analyst event last month, Amy Gowder of Lockheed Martin presented on her company’s PLM Approach. The title of her presentation: “Unprecedented Affordability, Productivity, Confidence and Fleet Availability.” I interviewed Amy after her  [more...]

TweetIn going through my notes from last week’s PLM Connection Europe event, there were a few more highlights I wanted to share.  I was able to record a few minutes of Chuck’s presentation that touches on “designing the product for the factory and  [more...]

TweetFlensburger Shipyard (FSG) was established in 1872. That’s nearly 140 years of building ships. Today their 730 employees produce 3-4 ships that can be up to 220m in length. Dirk Steinhauer heads the simulation team in FSG’s production technology team.  [more...]

Tweet It was a bit cloudy in Linz, Austria, last week. I took the photos above on Sunday before the conference from the view on top of Linz at the Pöstlingberg. The weather provided a nice backdrop to several conversations on cloud computing. Christian Verstraete is  [more...]

TweetIt looked like an optical illusion. I met briefly with Brian Armstrong of HP to find out what they were showcasing in their partner booth at PLM Connection. I was looking at a big screen displaying a camshaft from an NX window. It looked like it was jumping right  [more...]

Tweet Richard Noble calls it “education by stealth.” He originally met with the UK minister of education to see if he would help get a jet engine for Bloodhound‘s quest to break the land speed record. He didn’t get the engine but he walked away  [more...]

TweetHere is a brief interview with Tony Affuso at PLM Connection Europe. Tony updated attendees on Siemens PLM’s strong performance, increased activity in the automotive space, as well as how the company is doing competitively.

Tweet Steve Nevey started his career designing submarines but has spent more than 20 years designing and manufacturing Formula 1 race cars. He spoke today at PLM Connection Europe in Linz, Austria. Here’s my interview with Steve where he covers the gammut in  [more...]

TweetThere’s nothing like hearing a Formula 1 race car’s engine revving up to get an audience engaged. Steve Nevey of Redbull Racing presented today at PLM Connection Europe. He’s spent the past 22 years immersed in racing. I did an interview with  [more...]

TweetIn his first public appearance as president, Chuck Grindstaff shared with PLM Connection Europe attendees Siemens PLM’s vision from a business, technology and solution standpoint. He covered a lot of ground from the widening scope of PLM in the past 32 years  [more...]

Tweet Michael Hallack’s claim to fame is probably one many product designers dream about. One of his designs – CAD screen and all – was in a superbowl commercial. Michael presented at PLM Connection Europe on unified CAD and walked attendees through  [more...]

TweetGuten Morgen from lovely Linz, Austria. More than 700 folks are here attending PLM Connection Europe this week. You can follow some of the activity here on our blog and on Twitter (hashtag: #plmconx). Markus Erlmann, Nik Pakvasa and I are here and will share some  [more...]

TweetWhile we didn’t live blog our  Siemens Industry Software analyst a few weeks ago, I did capture a few interviews with some of the speakers that I wanted to share with you. With lots happening right now with the Solid Edge ST3 launch yesterday and PLM Connection  [more...]