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Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

CADmeleon Announce the Appointment of Frederick J. Siegele as CEO

Scotland based information consultancy CADmeleon announced this week that they had appointed Frederick J. Siegele as Chief Executive Officer. Fred joins from his law firm Siegele Law Group where he provided legal and strategic counseling to developing technology-based businesses. Fred is a licensed attorney but has experience managing and advising emerging technology-based companies on both business

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

TotalCAD Solution Centre to Become GRAPHISOFT SA

GRAPHISOFT has announced that TotalCAD Solution Centre (TCSC), its long time partner in South Africa, will distribute GRAPHISOFT’s award-winning suite of 3D architectural design products as an exclusive distributor partner in the region. “We are very proud and excited about the appointment of TCSC as exclusive distributor partner in South Africa effective January 1, 2011,”

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Blom Receives Order for First Solar Potential Study

Early in 2010 it became clear that the impending introduction of Government backed payments, or Feed-in-Tariffs (FIT’s) for electricity generated using solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, would lead to a massive increase in demand for installations of the technology.  The 25 year scheme is designed to encourage the uptake of solar PV panels by homeowners and

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Spirit of Localism Highly Commended

Bath & North East Somerset Council received a highly commended citation in the 2010 Association of Geographic Information Awards held on the 25th of November in London. The award, in the Local Public Services category, recognises the Council’s achievement in providing an affordable web based mapping application, ‘Parish Online’, to Parish Councils throughout Bath &

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Locus Introduces New ePortal Software for Efficient Environmental Management

Locus Technologies (Locus), manufacturer of web-based environmental compliance and information management software, introduces new and expanded features of its ePortal, a software platform for environmental and energy information management. This fifth generation version of the platform introduces a new Rich Internet Application (RIA)-based user interface that provides enhanced usability, improved work flows, and Augmented Reality (AR). Read

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

The Internet of Things 2010 Conference in Tokyo Explored the Interactions of Humans with their Built Environment

I magine you live in a house that communicates with you through an interface resembling the futuristic info-graphics in the science-fiction movie “Minority Report” — where actor Tom Cruise interacted with icons on an holographic touch screen. For example, a kitchen appliance, such as your fridge, displays a neat pie chart showing you’re running low

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

NI Measurement Studio 2010 Introduces New Support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

National Instruments today announced Measurement Studio 2010 with new support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 .NET. The new version of the software fully integrates into Visual Studio 2010/2008/2005 and provides tools designed specifically for data acquisition, signal processing, analysis and visualization. Microsoft Visual Studio developers using Measurement Studio 2010 can create Windows Forms and Web

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

PRO/DUO for VisualMILL for SolidWorks

MecSoft Europe, the exclusive distributor of MecSoft Corporation products in Europe and a leader in mid-range CAM software, today announced the release of a new VisualMILL for SolidWorks configuration called PRO/DUO. “With our PRO/DUO product, multiple operators have the freedom to choose their preferred programming environment,” stated Ulrich Oehler, CEO of MecSoft Europe.

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Portugal Marks Ten Years in ESA

Celebrating the tenth anniversary of Portugal joining ESA as a Member State, José Mariano Gago, Portuguese Minister of Science and Higher Education, and Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA’s Director General, met today at Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Lisbon.

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Bentley sisNET Helps Essent Local Energy Solutions Meet Government Requirements on Time and on Budget

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that Essent Local Energy Solutions (ELES) has successfully implemented a new utility geographical information system (GIS) for the design, management, and operation of its growing district heating network with the help of Bentley sisNET. ELES