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About Anna Giangregorio

Anna Giangregorio is a recent graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and has been working in PTC’s marketing department since May of 2011. When she isn’t in the office, she likes to travel, walk her dog, and carry on with her quest to find and sample the best Buffalo Wings she can get her hands on. To see more social media posted by Anna, follow her Twitter handle @AnnaG_PTC, and keep an eye out for tweets ending with ^AG on the handles @PTC_Mathcad, @PTC_Windchill, and more!

Industry Leaders Share PLM Insight

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Some of the biggest names in industry—from high-tech and medical devices to industrial equipment—are using Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to get ahead of the pack. Their stories help us better understand PLM and how it can streamline the product lifecycle. Take a look at some of our favorite video highlights: AGCO manufactures sustainable, highly customized and built-to-order farming equipment for …

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Design World Calls Mathcad Prime 2.0 “A Solid Tool for Documenting Engineering Calculations”

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On April 17th, Evan Yares, Senior Editor and Analyst of Software at Design World reviewed both Mathcad Prime 2.0 and Maple 16 in an article titled, “Math for Engineers: A Look at Mathcad Prime 2.0 and Maple 16.” In this article Yares explored how more and more frequently engineers are running into hidden errors when using spreadsheets and how important …

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Mathcad Prime 2.0 Nominated for Desktop Engineering’s Editor’s Pick of the Week

On Wednesday April 25th, Desktop Engineering presented the Editor’s Pick of the Week Award to Mathcad Prime 2.0. Desktop Engineering explains, “Each week, DE’s Editor at Large, Tony Lockwood, combs through dozens of new product releases and uses his years of engineering industry knowledge to choose a few products and services that he thinks will help engineers innovate by working smarter and …

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Uncovering Mysteries with Mathcad – A Conversation with Ronald Satz, Ph.D.

A few months ago Ronald Satz, Ph.D. commented on a Mathcad blog post with a licensing question. After continuing the conversation with him and Brent Edmonds, a Senior Director of Mathcad at PTC, via email, we realized that Ronald would be an excellent candidate for our Contributors Program on Engineering Resources, powered by Mathcad- Mathcad’s online Resource Center. I asked Ronald …

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Lifestyle Products Company Finds Success with PLM

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Why is Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) essential for optimizing product development and business growth? This is the question Dave Winter, Vice President of Research and Development at Lifetime Products Inc. discussed with representatives from over 130 companies during a recent visit to PTC. 8 Ways Lifetime Benefits from PLM Easier to manage projects and categories for scalability Robust standardized change …

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The Top 5 Assets Available to Get to Know Mathcad Prime 2.0

Now that Mathcad Prime 2.0 has been launched, it is time to learn about the product and see what it has to offer you and the engineering world. In this blog post, I will take you through a number of assets that you can find on PTC’s Mathcad Product Page, which we have worked hard to provide you with. These …

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Preliminary Feedback about Mathcad Prime 2.0

After speaking with Jakov Kucan about customer input and the alpha testers, I got in touch with a few of these testers to hear some of their preliminary feedback about Mathcad Prime 2.0. I heard from two Design Engineers- Gnouni Yengoian and Mike Armstrong, a Senior Technology Engineer- Bert Beirinckx, a Professor Emeritus- Clyde Metz, and a current professor- Michael …

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Customer Input and Hard Work- Building Mathcad Prime 2.0, part 2

In the last post, Jakov Kucan, Mathcad’s Director of Software Development, explained the goals behind Mathcad Prime 2.0. Today I will be writing about how he believes that many of these goals wouldn’t have been accomplished, if it weren’t for loyal users, willing to give their time and feedback. After Jakov explained to me how they evaluated the needs of …

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Customer Input and Hard Work- Building Mathcad Prime 2.0, part 1

Mathcad Prime 2.0 will be available to you in just a few short weeks. I thought it might be interesting to explore the story behind this particular version of Mathcad and find out what users can expect. So, I took the time to sit down with Jakov Kucan, Mathcad’s Director of Software Development, to discuss these particular topics. When I …

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Spread the Love with Mathcad Prime 2.0

Today is Valentine’s Day in the United States, an annual holiday on February 14th that celebrates love. Although historically none of the saints associated with this holiday have any romantic connection, today it has been reported that Americans typically buy 180 million roses, 36 million boxes of candy, and spend $14 billion on gifts. Clearly we are a little obsessed …

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