70s Phrase 'Turnkey' Makes Return - UGS's new turnkey engineering collaboration solution has UGS Teamcenter community collaboration software and HP ProLiant server computer, more, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, December 11, 2006

If Turnkey was Simple, Wouldn't We Call it That? - turnkey comes into light again, but probably with a changed meaning, 3D Mojo, December 11, 2006

UGS PLM Europe Event 2006 - Tony Affuso shared UGS' PLM market share statistics, plans to target key area for future growth, and more, Martyn Day, MCAD Online, November 6, 2006

Flat Markets Slow UGS Growth - good growth in Asia Pacific market but US and European markets slow down, net loss for the quarter is $7.4 million, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst, November 14, 2006

NX Knowledge Driven Automation - NX's Knowledge tools such as UDF and Process Studio share common API for easy integration into design workflow, Al Dean, MCAD Online, November 6, 2006

Velocity Impact - Bruce Boes of UGS talks about Velocity Series, PLM for mid-sized manufacturers, free Solid Edge 2D Design, more, MCAD Online, October 11, 2006

UGS Gives Away 2D to Win 3D - UGS' free Solid Edge 2D offer makes AutoCAD users curious to switch to Solid Edge, Kenneth Wong, Cadalyst, September 29, 2006

UGS Posts Mixed Q2 Results - UGS quarterly performance pales in comparison to competitors, Beth Stackpole, Managing Automation, August 15, 2006

UGS: Billions in Grants - UGS issues a multitude of press releases about software donations to schools worth billion of dollars; motivation may be a tax write-off and inflation of seat counts, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, August 10, 2006

The Continuing Quest for Neutral Design Data, Part 1 - a brief introduction of JT Open neutral CAD data format from UGS, Jeffrey Rowe, Cadalyst, August 10, 2006

Who Paid for Porting NX to Mac? - Apple's commitment to purchase NX/Mac licenses questions the sustainability of NX in the Mac market, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, June 22, 2006

I-deas to NX Migration Update - UGS provides same licensing tools to users for running I-deas and NX while they prepare themselves for the migration, Al Dean, MCAD Online, June 15, 2006

UGS: "We're First with PLM for the Mac!" - UGS plans to add support for Intel-based Macs later this year and PLM for Mac by 2007, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, June 21, 2006

UGS Announces Parasolid V17.1 - with extended functionality, Parasolid V17.1 is easy-to-use, fully supporting 3D model construction and 64-bit Windows and receives readers' choice award for the month of June, Desktop Engineering, May 2006

The 18th Release of ParaSolid - ParaSolid v18 from UGS has finer user control, enhanced blending and filleting, improvements to data tracking, more, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, May 31, 2006

UGS: We Heart Linux - UGS says its customers want Linux and will support 64-bit CPUs, Autodesk says the opposite, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, April 11, 2006

CAD Giants Make it Big in 2005 - UGS earned US$1.15 billion in year 2005, now aims high with Velocity Series of products, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst Management, February 15, 2006

It's What You Know - as a large part of U.S. workforce retires, companies strive to retain the knowledge, NX digital product development software and Teamcenter digital lifecycle management software from UGS can help, Richard Bush of UGS, Mechanical Engineering, February 6, 2006

2005

CAD and CAM Link Up - the merger of UGS and Tecnomatix will allow engineers using UGS manufacturing NX and Solid Edge to directly access Tecnomatix products, Paul Teague, Design News, May 16, 2005

The High-End MCAD and cPDm Market Segments of the PLM Industry - report on enterprise MCAD and collaborative product definition management (cPDm) for the discrete manufacturing industries, CIMata, May 2005 (28 page pdf, may require free registration)

UGS CEO Tony Affuso on the State of the Company and its Products - 64 mega deals, four mergers, strong revenue growth - UGS is on a major upswing, Alexandra Pratt, UGS Community, May 4, 2005 (requires free registration)

Everyone Has a Special Relationship with Microsoft - Microsoft's invasion of the CAD industry continues unfazed with CoCreate and UGS pledging support for its products and services, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, April 30, 2005

UGS VAR Roundup, Part 3 : KAB - NX - interview, Tim Osborne, president of KAB-NX, about NX-based software services for woodworking, Robert Covelli, UGS Community, April 27, 2005 (may require free registration)

Developers Easing Move to 3D Design - companies like PTC, UGS, Alibre, Dassault Systems and SolidWorks attempts to convert 2D CAD users include features that mimic 2D software functions, Paul Teague, Design News, April 18, 2005

UGS VAR Roundup, Part 2 : INCAT - Q&A with  INCAT about being a UGS VAR, Robert Covelli, UGS Community, April 19, 2005 (may require free registration)

Will Autodesk Buy UGS? - Autodesk's recent agreement to cooperate over certain file formats with UGS fuels speculation that the publicly held Autodesk might acquire the privately held UGS, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, February 22, 2005

UGS and Autodesk Form Interoperability Alliance - this alliance, said to ensure interoperability between Autodesk's DWF and UGS' JT file formats and associated viewers, raises questions about the degree to which each company will integrate and interact with the other's data format and viewer, Jeffrey Rowe, MCAD Weekly, February 21, 2005

JT Open Merging with DWF - UGS and Autodesk are swapping technology to gang up on 3D XML from Dassault Systemes, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, February 15, 2005

Hitched! JT Open Marries DWF - Autodesk will become a member of the UGS JT Open Program, while UGS will become an Autodesk DWF Developer partner, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, February 14, 2005

UGS/Tecnomatix Deal Good for Mechanical Application Users - UGS' purchase of  Tecnomatix will offer benefits to its customers, who will gain from tight integration of complementary products, Laurie Balch, Gartner, January 11, 2005

2004

UGS to Buy Industry-wide 3D Specialist, D-Cubed - UGS has announced an agreement to acquire D-Cubed, a world-renowned supplier of core 3D geometry technology used by most of the world’s CAD application developers, Martyn Day, CADserver, June 10, 2004

EDS Completes Sale of UGS PLM Solutions and UGS Launches as an Independent Company - Jeffrey Rowe, MCADCafe.com, May 31, 2004

UGS PLM to Sell for $2.05B - Martyn Day and W. Bradley Holtz discuss the recent selling of UGS PLM Solutions, CADwire.net, March 15, 2004

EDS to Sell Its CAD Division - EDS reportedly has found a private buyer for its CAD division, UGS PLM Solutions; with an asking price of US $1.8 billion, who will buy it?, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, February 10, 2004

2003

The Mother of All Migrations - EDS is developing an ambitious plan to migrate I-DEAS CAD users to Unigraphics NX, CADCAMNet, August 18, 2003

Practical Unigraphics NX Modeling For Engineers - a review of the above-named book, which is a valuable educational resource for new Unigraphics users and a handy refresher manual for more experienced users, Mike Hudspeth, NX Digital Digest, July 17, 2003

EDS Ousts CEO - departing CEO defends severance package by claiming "expensive wife," Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, March 24, 2003

PLM Market Requires Best-of-Breed and ERP Capabilities - research group publishes findings on which companies have best applications and execution of PLM, recognizing Dassault, EDS and PTC as leaders, M. Halpern, K. Brant, Gartner Group, March 20, 2003

The MCAD/PDM Connection - examines how each of the major high-end and mid-range MCAD applications integrates PDM tools (functions that allow users who don't have the authoring application to preview, open and share documents), Joe Greco, DE Online, February 2003 (may require free registration)

2002

Managing Convergence - explores the aftermath of the UGS/SDRC merger and EDS' newly renamed products Unigraphics NX and Teamcenter, CADserver, December 5, 2002

EDS PLM Solutions: Delivering on its Potential - Unigraphics was absorbed by EDS, bought SDRC, changed its name and now moves forward, Martyn Day, July 15, 2002

EDS PLM Solutions Leads CAM Software Market - with Dassault 2nd and PTC 3rd, CIMdata, June 18, 2002

EDS Roadmap - Unigraphics and I-DEAS : the Future - the future of both products under EDS’ wing and how they hope to benefit both groups of users, CADserver, May 16, 2002

2001

MCAD Uncensored - premiere broadcast in which think3 CEO scolds the CAD media and analyst community, calls it a "paid-for press" and points at Cadalyst as an example. How else could everyone have missed the biggest story this year? - the Unigraphics/SDRC merger, mcaduncensored.com, Oct 4, 2001 (30 min. multimedia) See TenLinks extended coverage of UGS/SDRC merger

Roadmap to an MCAD Merger - interoperability between SDRC and Unigraphics "no problem," Benjamin B. Ames, Senior Editor, Design News, Dec 3, 2001

GM's Engineering Software Supplier is Buying Ford's - the SDRC/Unigraphics merger could cause a culture clash in the automotive industry, Drew Winter, AutoWorld, Sep 1, 2001.

EDS Acquires SDRC - CIMData's position paper on the merger, June 22, 2001, pdf file (reprinted in MCAD Vision, August 2001) See TenLinks extended coverage of UGS/SDRC merger

Big Deal For UGS - UGS is moving fast, as its merger with SDRC and deal with Fiat indicate, Martyn Day CADserver, June 18, 2001 (see TenLinks extended coverage of UGS/SDRC merger)