3Dconnexion expands 3D mice support to three
new applications for CAD and GIS professionals

3Dconnexion's full line of 3D mice now supports three new applications - CadFaster|QuickStep, a viewer tool for 3D professionals, Bluebeam PDF Revu, a PDF editor for design and construction professionals, and TrueGage TrueMap v5, a surface topography and analytic software.

3Dconnexion <http://www.3dconnexion.com/>  3D mice provide professionals working in these applications with a level of design interaction that is unattainable with a traditional mouse and keyboard. Using a 3D mouse, design engineers are able to design more intuitively and with precise control.

3Dconnexion's 3D mice provide users with a range of design performance and productivity benefits when working in Bluebeam PDF Revu, CadFaster|QuickStep and TrueGage TrueMap v5, including: 1) Improved control and navigation allows users to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate models or simulations without stopping to select commands. 2) Greater productivity with customisable programmable buttons that provide quick access to commonly used commands. 3) Advanced design performance by aiding in the detection of design flaws and enhancing design review, verification and presentation. 4) Increased comfort with traditional mouse clicks reduced by up to 50 percent.

The entire 3Dconnexion product line is compatible with these applications, including the Professional Series with the SpacePilot PRO (MSRP £299) and SpaceExplorer™ (MSRP £129), and the Standard Series with the SpaceNavigator (MSRP £99) and SpaceNavigator for Notebooks (MSRP £99).

3Dconnexion, A Logitech Company in profile
3Dconnexion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI), is the leading provider of 3D mice for 3D design and visualisation. 3Dconnexion devices support today's most popular and powerful 3D applications by offering users a more intuitive and natural way to interact with computer-generated 3D content. 3Dconnexion's award-winning 3D mice serve a wide variety of industries and are used by 3D designers, animators and artists worldwide. 3Dconnexion is headquartered in Fremont, Calif. with European headquarters in Munich, Germany and offices worldwide.

For further information, view website: www.3Dconnexion.com

Geensoft partners with EESYO in China

Further strengthens global market presence with appointment of EESYO as its principal distribution partner in China

Geensoft, the specialist independent provider of software design tools and associated professional services for embedded systems development, has further strengthened its global market presence with the appointment of EESYO, the Chinese embedded and critical systems experts, as its principal distribution partner in China.

"Our design tools are already widely used in the Chinese aerospace, rail transportation and automotive industries for developing complex embedded systems and software," said Eliane Fourgeau, CEO of Geensoft. "Our partnership with EESYO will significantly strengthen the support we are able to offer our customers in China as well as provide a vitally important sales platform for the proliferation of our technologies in the Chinese embedded systems market."

Under the terms of the distribution agreement, EESYO will take full responsibility for sales in China of Geensoft's award-winning tool suites for embedded systems design including Reqtify, ControlBuild, AUTOSAR Builder and RT-Builder.  In addition, EEYSO will provide the Chinese embedded systems community with comprehensive technical support and professional services for the Geensoft product portfolio.

Reqtify provides the automated management of embedded systems and software requirements capture, traceability and impact analysis throughout the entire development lifecycle.  Reqtify's underlying technology also provides the requirements engine for most of the other requirements traceability tools currently on the market.  AUTOSAR Builder provides an AUTOSAR/ARTOP platform for the design, development, verification and validation of AUTOSAR-compliant automotive electronic systems.  ControlBuild is a front-to-back environment for the design, development, validation, deployment and maintenance of control and automation systems and applications.  RT-Builder facilitates the modelling, simulation and validation of distributed real-time architectures for multi-processor and multi-bus systems.

"We are extremely pleased to partner with Geensoft in China. The company's tools are world renowned for the productivity and quality benefits they deliver," said Olivier d'Arros, CEO of EESYO Ltd. "With our extensive understanding of the Chinese embedded and critical systems market, along with our ability to provide dedicated process improvement and engineering services in this domain, we will help our customers reap the substantial rewards to be gained from implementing Geensoft's requirements engineering capabilities and model-based design methodologies."

EESYO Ltd in profile
EESYO Ltd. is the Chinese expert in embedded systems delivering the most advanced tooling platforms, certification services in the field of DO178B, DO254, ARP4754 and engineering services for embedded and critical systems design. EESYO is the distributor for MKS Integrity and now the principal distribution partner of Geensoft in China. EESYO is headquartered in Hong Kong with a principal office in Shanghai.

For further information, view website: http://www.eesyo.com

Geensoft in profile
Geensoft delivers industry-proven, best-in-class embedded systems development tools and professional services that help engineering teams in the aerospace, automotive, defence, energy, industrial automation, medical and transportation industries to more efficiently manage their engineering processes as well as design, verify and validate their model-based embedded systems applications. Privately owned with 60+ employees and headquartered in France, Geensoft has sales offices in Europe and Japan supported by a network of distributors and value-added integrators worldwide. Geensoft's products include the award-winning Reqtify, ControlBuild and AUTOSAR Builder as well as RT-Builder tool suites. Reqtify provides automated management of embedded systems and software requirements capture, traceability and impact analysis throughout the entire development lifecycle. AUTOSAR Builder enables ARTOP-based design, development, verification and validation of AUTOSAR-compliant automotive electronic systems. ControlBuild is a front-to-back environment for the design, development, validation, deployment and maintenance of control and automation systems and applications. RT-Builder facilitates the modelling, simulation and validation of distributed real-time architectures for multi-processor and multi-bus systems.

For further information, e-mail: eliane.fourgeau@geensoft.com  or view website: http://www.geensoft.com

Vero Software Plc wins Queen's Award for Enterprise 2010

Vero Software Plc, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry are pleased to announce that they have been awarded the much coveted Queen's Award for Enterprise 2010. The Queen's Awards are the UK's most prestigious business awards and further endorse Vero as a leading UK company with a global reputation. The awards are made each year by The Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minister, who is assisted by an independent Advisory Committee that includes representatives of Government, industry and commerce, and the trade unions. The award will be officially presented by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County, The Queen's local representative.

Vero Software Plc has been rewarded for its continuous achievement in international trade over the last 6 years. The award has been granted in recognition of Vero growing export earnings by 65% to over £12 million in six years, with over 91% of its sales to markets in Europe, North America and the Far East. The company creates, owns and distributes software for aiding the design and manufacturing process of plastic injection moulds, sheet metal stamping dies, progressive dies, shoe moulds, electrode production and others. These widespread product types are in turn to be found in a multitude of manufacturing industry sectors such as automotive, electronic, medical, white goods and aerospace.

"We are extremely proud and honoured to have won this award which is full recognition of the valuable work of our staff and extensive reseller network. We invest heavily in original research to develop highly productive software that is already well appreciated by our customers and this further acknowledgement is a brilliant reward for our efforts," says Chief Executive, Don Babbs.

"Our success owes a great deal to the dedication of our overseas operations. Each competence centre is fully trained with our product suite and have 'real-life' industrial knowledge. This is vitally important when trying to promote new technologies into a well established CAD/CAM market. The company firmly believes that step gains in productivity can be made by building as much knowledge of specific design and machining processes within its software as possible. This philosophy of productivity through specialisation has led to new applications in the design of mould tools for plastic injection and progressive dies."

For further information, e-mail: marc@vero.co.uk or view website: www.vero-software.com   

The Gyration Air Mouse Elite, responds to natural hand movements

Movea, Inc., the pioneer in motion-sensing technology for business communications, home entertainment and mobile computing, today unveiled its new and most elegant in-air mouse - the Gyration Air Mouse Elite. Responding to natural hand movements, the Air Mouse Elite frees presenters and PC users from the desktop, offering them an unprecedented level of interaction with presentation content, digital media, casual games and PC applications. 

Movea's proprietary motion-sensing technology allows Air Mouse Elite users to issue commands and initiate presentation effects by slight wrist movements performed in the air. The mouse's accuracy and responsiveness is enabled by a technology that uses a tiny gyroscope to measure the angle and speed of movement to move a cursor between two points, thus allowing users to select content or enable features on the mouse simply by pointing in the air. Using radio frequencies, the mouse works up to 100' away from the computer and is free from interference, even working through walls. 

The Gyration Air Mouse Elite is also equipped with Movea's powerful MotionTools™ software - a suite of effects and tools that recognizes hand gestures, helping to enliven and energize presentations. For example, a lecturer can turn the mouse cursor into a highlighter, laser pointer or pen, or gently swipe it in-air to activate embedded media and other special effects. With MotionTools™, users can orchestrate and deliver powerful presentations, or enjoy online entertainment - managing their fantasy football team from the couch, for example - with natural and intuitive hand movements.   

"Whether in the boardroom, classroom or living room, presenters and digital media enthusiasts everywhere have used Gyration's in-air mice to bring presentations to life and to control their entertainment while enjoying freedom of movement," said Greg Smith, Vice President for Marketing at Movea, Inc. "The Air-Mouse Elite and the newly-improved MotionTools™ suite are the culmination of our continued commitment to allow customers to master the art of motion for more effective communications and more immersive entertainment experiences."  …/continued on the next page.