Quest, the multi-brand, Columbia-based urban clothing retailer, will utilize Centric Software, Inc., to provide its product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. Quest designs and develops jeans, tops, backpacks, footwear and accessories for men, women and young men. The company sells through its 70 stores plus 11 franchise stores in Colombia. Quest, a leading fashion company in the region, is positioning for rapid international expansion to larger cities and markets including plans to open five new franchises in Ecuador and Peru in the near term. “Currently, our processes are entirely manual, meaning we use pencil, paper and a home-grown, legacy system to manage product development,” says Olga España, director of projects and processes at Quest. “Making our overall process more efficient is key to our ability to achieve our ambitious growth goals.” That’s where Centric comes in, notes España. She explains that Quest will use PLM to support product development, sourcing, materials management, quality management

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced that it was awarded the 2015 Oracle Excellence Award for Specialized Partner of the Year - North America, in the 'Global Systems Integrators CX Service Applications' category for its commitment to deliver innovative, specialized solutions and services based on Oracle software and hardware. The award recognizes Wipro for its commitment in delivering innovative and specialized solutions and services to its clients across industries, using Oracle RightNow CX Cloud Service applications. These solutions enable Wipro's clients to provide a multi-channel, superior customer experience to their end customers. We are delighted to be recognized with this award, which is a reflection of our ability to deliver innovative digital solutions. Our Experience-as-a-service offering on integrated Oracle cloud platform helps our customers gain the twin advantage of agility and pay-per-use. We look forward to align our vision with Oracle, helping enterprises modernize

Oracle awarded Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, with its 2015 Oracle Excellence Awards for Specialized Partner of the Year – North America and Asia-Pacific in Engineered Systems Solution. These awards recognize TCS for their commitment to deliver innovative, specialized solutions and services based on Oracle software and hardware. TCS was presented with the 2015 Oracle Excellence Awards for Specialized Partner of the Year – for North America and Asia-Pacific in Engineered Systems Solution for demonstrating an outstanding and innovative solution based on Oracle products. TCS’ Oracle Exadata Database Machine Migration capabilities help IT leaders who are confronted by increasing demands for scalability and performance from their information architecture. Oracle Exadata merges servers, storage and database software into one system for high-volume data warehousing, transaction processing and analytics. This allows global enterprises the ability to analyze data faster and make informed business decisions.

CADD Microsystems, an Autodesk Platinum Partner, announced it has achieved Gold Partner status with Bluebeam® Software, a leading provider of PDF-based workflow solutions that enhances design technology solutions and promotes project collaboration. Gold Partners consistently provide customers with superior service and technical support throughout their purchase, implementation and integration of Bluebeam. Partners at the Gold level must satisfy strict criteria around consultant and instructor training, and receive exclusive benefits and increased support from Bluebeam, which enables them to support their customers at the highest level. CADD Microsystems achieved Gold Partner status only five weeks after earning Silver Partner status, showing its commitment to the industry-leading solution and the value it brings to its AECO clients. Combined with Autodesk and other applications, Bluebeam solutions enhance the collaboration processes in the project lifecycle that address CADD Microsystems’ clients' needs and growth opportunities. With the powerful PDF enhancements that Bluebeam offers, digital collaboration within design-build

CoreTechnologie (CT) launches its new 3D_Evolution and 3D_Analyzer 4.0, software conversion packages that have gone beyond basic data translation and analysis. This new version takes CAD, CAE and CAM automation to new levels, driving time and cost efficiency in the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process. Armin Brüning, COO of CT states “The manufacturing industry has demanded greater efficiencies with more functionality as it relates to PLM processes. With the latest version of our software, CT has responded with analysis tools that allow users to not only validate and compare geometry, assembly and PMI, but also attributes and features. In addition, the ability to check drafts and undercuts; link detection, collision and thickness checker; with configurations to change mesh density.” “Enhancements also include major improvements to its intuitive graphic interface, new sketcher capabilities and creation of direct modeling, amongst many other upgrades “Brüning adds. Gauthier Wahu, CTO of CT, “These enhancements have been

Burstorm, a leading provider of Automated Infrastructure Modeling and Cloud Benchmark services announced Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS) is deploying Burstorm's Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) application to Sungard AS Channel Partners. The application allows Sungard AS partners to rapidly design public, managed, private or hybrid compute,storage, data center and network infrastructure environments and immediately see the Sungard AS product sets, locations and pricing for various solutions. "The app makes the Channel Partner SE’s job easier and less frustrating," said Scott Goessling VP Cloud Services at Burstorm. “Instead of sending multiple emails and visio diagrams then waiting for feedback or pricing, partners can now create models and scenarios in the app and immediately see and share results with their clients." “Like our enterprise customers, Sungard AS leaders recognize the advantages of using automation and technology to design, price and compare compute, storage, data center and network cloud services. Automating this process boosts sales conversion rates

Agilent Technologies introduced the Agilent 5977B High Efficiency Source (HES) GC/MSD System, a tandem gas chromatograph and mass spectrometer that delivers lower limits of detection than any other instrument in its class. "The 5977B is a major leap forward," said Jim Yano, marketing vice president of Agilent's Mass Spectrometry Division. "It includes a new high-efficiency ion source that makes it possible to detect pollutants and contaminants at previously undetectable levels." Agilent will showcase the new solution at the Beijing Conference and Exposition on Instrumental Analysis, Oct. 27-30, an event the company has participated in since the conference began in 1985. "The new system gives scientists the ability to detect trace levels of target compounds at levels 10 times lower than with any other single-quadrupole system," Yano said. "Coupled with our MassHunter software, the 5977B is the most powerful GC/MSD ever." The Agilent 5977B will allow scientists to use smaller sample volume, spend less time

Tata Consultancy Services, a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced that it has partnered with Symantec Corporation, a global leader in information protection and security software, to provide analytics driven security services. The partnership will enable customers to leverage business opportunities, reduce costs and improve productivity through the combination of TCS’ security industry expertise with Symantec’s security technologies. Customers will benefit from TCS’ portfolio of world-class integrated next-gen security management service offerings, underpinned by Symantec’s enterprise security solutions in data protection, datacenter and cloud security and threat intelligence. Through this partnership, TCS and Symantec will develop industry standard joint offerings, providing customers with unique, simplified, anytime, anywhere services powered through Symantec’s product suite. “TCS and Symantec are working together to empower businesses with strategic solutions that will help them transform their businesses to reduce risk, cost, complexity, and overcome compliance challenges,” said Satish Thiagarajan, Global Head, Enterprise Security and Risk

Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services, announced that it has been awarded the ‘Corporate Citizen of the Year Award’ at the Economic Times (ET) Awards 2015. The ET Awards, considered one of India’s top business accolades, was endowed to Infosys for its exemplary Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, especially those focused on science and mathematics, undertaken by the Infosys Foundation, Infosys Foundation USA and Infosys Science Foundation. Since its inception, Infosys has been committed to giving back to the communities where it has a presence. Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy and the founders of the company were early to recognize the interdependence of society and business, the social consequence of an individual company’s actions on the ecosystem and promoted a mindset within the company that is supportive of sustainable growth. The Infosys sustainability strategy forms the basis to run the business responsibly and successfully. The company’s sustainability

Lattice Technology, Inc., an industry leader of technical communication software for the manufacturing industry, will be attending PLM Europe—Siemens PLM Connection 2015, October 26-28 in Berlin, Germany. The company will be demonstrating the Lattice3D Studio Connector for Teamcenter and Lattice3D Publisher Connector for Teamcenter in booth #39. Ideal for companies that produce products with high part counts and complex geometry, Lattice Technology’s products increase productivity and enable higher quality technical communications. In May 2015, Lattice Technology announced the availability of two connectors that enable Teamcenter users to easily take advantage of Lattice3D solutions while in the Teamcenter user interface. The Lattice3D Studio Connector for Teamcenter and the Lattice3D Publisher Connector for Teamcenter allow users to create, update and publish work instructions or any technical communication available from Lattice Technology. Siemens Teamcenter is a leading product lifecycle management (PLM) solution that helps companies improve productivity by managing the lifecycle of a product–from engineering