29 Sep 2006
Airbus to restructure after A380 crisis: shares of Russian and Chinese suppliers will be increased

The new chief executive of Airbus today outlined a vast restructuring plan for the ailing aircraft maker that could involve major job cuts and shifting more production out of Western Europe.

Restructuring is intended to increase shares of Russian and Chinese suppliers. New partners will produce about 15% of components for À380 and up to 35% for À350.

Recently, Vneshtorgbank, the second-largest state Russian bank, acquired 5% shares of EADS, which owns 80% of Airbus.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/dailyte...

29 Sep 2006
Gartner presents Magic Quadrant for Product Life Cycle Management, 3Q06

PLM software vendors are responding to the broader enterprise-centric priorities that Gartner outlined in 2005. Consequently, there are three vendors that have entered the Leaders quadrant: DS, UGS and PTC.

Read more: http://www.gartner.com/Display...

28 Sep 2006
Dassault Systemes integrates NVIDIA technology into CATIA

Paris, France, September 28, 2006 — Dassault Systemes (DS) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions today announced the integration of NVIDIA CgFX technology into CATIA V5. This allows designers using CATIA access to advanced visualization capabilities in 3D, creating a seamless engineering and design environment, to increase productivity and reduce product development costs.

Read more: http://www.3ds.com/news-events...

25 Sep 2006
SolidWorks: 300,000 Still Use AutoCAD

25 of September SolidWorks published press-release with a curious statement:
"These [new eDrawings Pro] capabilities will help more than 300,000 AutoCAD users who use SolidWorks software..."
Discussion about this statement you can find on WorldCAD Access blog.

Read more: http://worldcadaccess.typepad....

21 Sep 2006
CAD/CAM/CAE Observer #4(28)2006. Interview with F.Bernard and L.Valroff, DS Russia Corp.

CAD/CAM/CAE Observer #4(28)2006: Interview with F.Bernard and L.Valroff, DS Russia Corp. [pdf, 310K]

Read more: http://isicad.ru/articles/DS_i...

19 Sep 2006
Russian ERP Market is shared between four companies.

According to IDC report Russian market of ERP systems in 2005 increased 21%. More than 80% of market is belonged to SAP, Oracle, «1C» and Microsoft Dynamics.

Read more: http://www.cnews.ru/news/top/i...

15 Sep 2006
Capvidia extends its software development services

Capvidia Outsourcing

To meet the growing market demands for software outsourcing we at Capvidia have combined our best project management expertise with extended development resources into high-end outsourcing services operation. From now on we build up and supervise dedicated outsourcing teams for almost all of your IT related needs (web, client-server, ecommerce, desktop, mobile, VoIP, ERP/CRM, networks, embedded systems, smart home, etc).

All-in-One Local Management

In Capvidia offices located close to our customers in Europe, USA and Japan we have all key people to effectively manage your development projects. These are multi-year-experienced Team Leaders, Project Managers, Solution Architects, Account Managers and others that helped Capvidia to gain its leadership. Now our experience and project management standards (IPM, USA) are applied to relieve you from the project management overhead.

Through in face meetings we ensure the smooth transfer of requirements, specific knowledge, and corporate culture difficult to transfer via phone or e-mail. We manage and control all essentials influencing the project success.

Unlimited Development Network

At this moment we operate with 4 software development centers in Russia. For complex projects with scientific content we engage specialists from academic and scientific institutes as Russian Academy of Sciences and leading Universities in Moscow, Novosibirsk and Nizhniy Novgorod. The total development capacity at this moment is over 150 highly skilled, experienced and specialized programmers in:

• Java/J2EE/Oracle - 37 developers
• PHP/MySQL – 34 developers
• ASP.NET, C# - 28 developers
• C/C++ - 24 developers
• J2ME, Symbian – 14 developers
• Visual Basic -12 developers
• Delphi – 8 developers
• Flash Action Script – 9 developers
• ColdFusion – 7 developers
• VoIP – 8 developers

Control over Costs

Respecting your budget we will find the fittest outsourcing solution. Our business model implies tangible cost saving. Our rates start from ?24 per hour including overheads and project management. For longer outsourcing projects we apply a flat monthly fee for your own exclusive remote team operating as it would be your own local branch office. Our detailed project planning and control will keep the project on time and within the budget.

On Demand We Work On-site

In projects requiring physical presents of our programmers at your location we bring developers to work in your offices. The moveable teams provide the most productive working environment in complex projects demanding intensive interaction or requiring special security impossible to create in a remote location.

Your Outsourcing Concern is our Challenge

We look forward to a successful and mutually beneficial cooperation.

With kind regards

Tomasz Luniewski | managing director |
CAPVIDIA | Research Park Haasrode |
Technologielaan 3 | 3001 Leuven | Belgium |
Phone: +32 16 40 27 47 | Fax: +32 16 40 32 71| www.capvidia.com