@Pauldg, in answer to your question previously. I just thought it was logical to assume it is an announcement about the official release of Hexagon2, since it falls in the target month. Eovia recently surprised me with the 5.1 patch, even earlier than I expected, just from things I'd read. 

 It honestly hadn't occured to me that it might be a "takeover", or a merger of the two companies! But the more I think about it, the more I think it might make sense to DAZ and Eovia, in this continued era or mergers. They obviously had to have exchanged code and other proprietary knowledge to make this most recent ver. of Carrara more DAZ-friendly. And DAZ just announced new capabilities in DAZ studio's renderer, including SSS and AO.They are at the very least strategic partners.