Manufacture comes home

Jan. 26 | The future is always different than we think it will be. There are people working to completely revamp the process of manufacture and they’re not thinking about some distant time. They’re looking at what happens now. On January 24, the earth...

Adobe releases Lightroom 4 to beta

Jan. 13 | Imaging and management software for photo enthusiasts and professionals is hot. There are several strong new products coming to market including Corel’s new AfterShot Pro, and Adobe Lightroom 4 is now available as a free beta download. Adobe’s...

Hyundai and Kia follow through with Windchill

Jan. 10 | The goal is the total integration of Kia and Hyundai into one organization, to create the world’s fourth largest auto manufacturer. PTC has successfully completed the first phase of deployment for its enterprise product life cycle management (PLM)...

Adobe posts a record year in 2011

Dec. 30 | Subscription plans are in place, the cloud is growing, and new software is in the pipeline. Adobe is set to use a strong 2011 as a foundation for a stronger 2012. By Kathleen Maher At the close of 2011 Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) turned in its strongest year...

The Nvidia Jen-Hsun Huang roadshow visits China

Dec. 29 | Nvidia takes the message of supercomputing on the desktop to the world’s hungriest market for advanced technology. Kathleen Maher reports from Beijing, China. By Kathleen Maher [Editor’s note: A link to a YouTube video of Jen-Hsun Huang’s keynote...

Graphics is the common language at Siggraph Asia

Dec. 29 | Cutting-edge research replaced movie magic as the largest draw. JPR’s Kathleen Maher reports from Hong Kong. By Kathleen Maher Attendance to Siggraph Asia has been growing—not by leaps and bounds but by nice, reasonable increments. There is still...

Autodesk’s year of living acquisitively

Dec. 21 | All divisions—including their new consumer products group—went shopping in 2011. Here’s our list of companies and technologies now part of Autodesk. By Kathleen Maher [Editor's Note: Just after this article was published, Autodesk announced one...

Autodesk’s AEC division regroups

Dec. 4 | Progress' new CEO, Jay Bhatt The surprise move put the AEC division under an unscripted spotlight at last week’s Autodesk University. It is a good time for a shake-up in the division; Bentley is gaining ground. In a move seen as positive by...

Adobe rolls out Android apps

Nov. 17 | The six new products are $9.95 each and designed with professionals in mind. Adobe has unveiled a set of new apps for the Android platform. The apps were introduced at Adobe Max earlier in the fall and include: Photoshop Touch—a scaled down version...

Chasing pixels from CAD to Pandora

Nov. 17 | The new markets we thought were out there, really are out there. It’s not easy, but the ability to combine different tools from different disciplines is opening up opportunity for professionals in new fields. It seems as if we’ve been traveling...