Management

An open-source dual operating system from Mentor Graphics Corp. combines Linux and Nucleus to work on the Marvell Sheeva MV78200 dual-core embedded processor.

ConceptDraw Mindmap 5 works with Microsoft Office applications and widely used project-management software to provide a simple and intuitive way to brainstorm, plan projects, and manage teams.

The theft of intellectual property has been a hot topic among global manufacturers.

Today's design-engineering teams often include partners, suppliers, and contractors, all of which are distributed globally.

The Cost Management Analytics program helps manufacturers reduce product costs by identifying designs, sourcing, and manufacturing processes that could be improved.

Accolade 6.0 works as a communication center and information repository for product-development actions and decisions.

Centric InSight software searches and classifies product and design-build data and enterprise-asset information including CAD drawings, managed repositories from PLM and PDM systems, and office documents such as Word files, spreadsheets, and even e-mails.

Pinion Desktop Packager v3.0 is an easy-to-use PC-based application that safeguards engineering data delivered by e-mail, CD, corporate intranet, business portals, and document-management systems.

Free software automatically destroys electronic drawings after the intended recipient reviews them.

Autodesk Buzzsaw, an online collaborative-project-management site, has expanded its bidandconstruction features.

The Time Navigator Security and Compliance Manager software module works with an information life-cycle management system to protect the dynamic distribution of digital information against eavesdropping, tampering and impersonation.

aPriori V3.7, a cost-management software for the discrete manufacturing industry, works with a company's MCAD system to provide designers an iterative tool for "what-if" design trade-offs throughout the entire product-development process.

Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of WIRED Magazine, was just named "Editor of the Year" by AdAge. A year ago, he wrote an article in WIRED called "The Long Tail," and has turned it into a book which will soon be out.What is "The Long Tail"? Without getting into heavy-duty statistics, it says that the Internet has killed Pareto.