Keysight Technologies, Inc. introduced Keysight AI Software Integrity Builder, a new software solution designed to transform how AI-enabled systems are validated and maintained to ensure trustworthiness. As regulatory scrutiny increases and AI development becomes increasingly complex, the solution delivers transparent, adaptable, and data-driven AI assurance for safety-critical environments such as automotive. AI systems operate as complex, dynamic entities, yet their internal decision processes often remain opaque. This lack of transparency creates significant challenges for industries, such as automotive, that must demonstrate safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance. Developers struggle to diagnose dataset or model limitations, while emerging standards — such as ISO/PAS 8800 for automotive and EU AI Act — mandate explainability and validation without prescribing clear methods. Fragmented toolchains further complicate engineering workflows and heighten the risk of conformance gaps. Keysight AI Software Integrity Builder introduces a unified, lifecycle-based framework that answers the critical question: “What is happening inside the AI system, and how do I

Siemens announced Digital Twin Composer, a new software solution that builds Industrial Metaverse environments at scale, empowering organizations to apply industrial AI, simulation and real-time physical data to make decisions virtually, at speed and at scale. Digital Twin Composer enables industrial companies to combine 2D and 3D digital twin data from Siemens’ comprehensive digital twin with physical real-time information in a managed, secure real-time photorealistic visual scene, built using NVIDIA Omniverse libraries. With Digital Twin Composer, companies can rapidly build and maintain this global environment, containing all aspects of their product or production data (both virtual and physical) in a secure, managed high-fidelity 3D experience, throughout the lifecycle of the product, process or facility. Digital Twin Composer provides contextualized, real-time insights and intelligence enabling companies to visualize, interact with and iterate on any product, process or factory in its real-world context before physical design or construction – whether it’s a new smartphone,

This PLM-focused event will take place in May. Ann Arbor, MI, USA 7 January 2026—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the theme and dates for the highly anticipated PLM Road Map & PDT 2026 North America conference. The event will take place at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia, USA, on May 6th and 7th. The theme for the 2026 conference is “AI in PLM: A Disruptive Opportunity and Challenge.” As Artificial Intelligence (AI) moves from an experimental technology to a core industrial requirement, the PLM professional faces a critical turning point. PLM Road Map & PDT North America 2026 will help organizations move beyond the hype by focusing on how to effectively absorb AI as a significant new value driver into the enterprise PLM roadmap. Our agenda will feature a curated blend of reports and case studies from industry experts, focusing on the interests of

 PDF SSI enables digital shipbuilding design, planning, and production. Key Takeaways Shipbuilders face challenges quite different from other manufacturing industries, requiring tools that capitalize on their unique experiences in both design and construction. AI concepts can be applied across all aspects of shipbuilding from design through maintenance and operations, but the challenge lies in building company-specific AI models that capture organizational knowledge and processes. SSI’s open architecture strategy recognizes that multiple AI models will exist within any shipbuilding organization. Rather than forcing a single model approach, SSI’s solutions can create and work with company-specific AI models while also leveraging other AI models across the enterprise. Secure, on-premises deployment options for sensitive planning data alongside cloud-based models for less critical applications are anticipated to alleviate concerns about protecting intellectual property. SSI’s shipbuilding solutions provide the foundational information required to drive AI effectively, integrating with other critical systems like ERP/MRP and production planning tools. SSI’s staged AI deployment roadmap delivers

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced the acquisitions of Talon Aerolytics and the technology and technical expertise of Pointivo. These acquisitions, which closed in December, significantly strengthen Bentley’s Asset Analytics portfolio, which applies digital twins and AI to help owner-operators improve asset performance and resilience across infrastructure sectors. Bentley Asset Analytics includes OpenTower iQ for telecommunication towers and Blyncsy for road networks. The new acquisitions extend Bentley’s offerings in both telecommunications and electric utilities, enabling integrated digital workflows that support global 5G deployments and grid modernization. As next-generation networks and electrification imperatives drive unprecedented demand, these capabilities empower infrastructure owners to digitize, analyze, and optimize assets at scale. Talon provides solutions for site surveys, inspections, and asset digitization across wireless telecom, broadband, and electric utilities. Its platform combines workflow automation, digital twins, and AI, enabling organizations to improve productivity for recurring tasks and inspections and gain insights into ongoing asset conditions. Rod Dir, chief executive officer of Talon, said,

PTC announced new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for its FlexPLM® retail product lifecycle management (PLM) solution that automate tech pack creation, one of the most time-consuming and error-prone steps in retail product development. The new capabilities will debut at the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) Retail’s Big Show, January 11–13 in New York City. Traditionally, turning design sketches into production-ready specifications has been a manual, error-prone process involving many handoffs between design and development teams. Now, with the FlexPLM AI-driven tech pack generation capabilities, teams can automatically extract data from design drawings and instantly populate bills of materials (BOMs), measurements, construction details, attributes, and colorways. Eliminating manual data entry enables brands to reduce errors, lower development costs, accelerate sampling and costing, and respond faster to shifting market demand. “Bringing AI to FlexPLM is about more than automation; it’s a fundamental shift in how product development teams work,” said Kyle Marden, General Manager of PTC’s Retail Business Unit. “By

Centric Software® is delighted to announce the release of a success story about its customer, DANIELS, a premium German fashion retailer. Centric Software delivers innovative, integrated, end-to-end AI-powered enterprise solutions to take products from concept to commercialization. Fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail teams can plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, assort, sell and replenish products to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Bornheim, Germany, DANIELS is a retailer of high-quality men’s and women’s apparel. The company offers over 200 brands plus its own private-label products. Renowned for exceptional customer service, DANIELS operates stores across Germany and has expanded its reach with an e-commerce site serving consumers throughout Europe. Recently, DANIELS was struggling to manage its vast product range. Manual product information updates were time-consuming and error prone. With two collections per year, each containing about 3,200 color variants, the company generates massive volumes of product

IFS, the leading provider of Industrial AI software, announced a five-year extension of its partnership with Morgan Motor Company, the world’s pre-eminent coachbuilder of lightweight British sports cars. The renewed partnership enables both companies to jointly innovate, ensuring they remain at the forefront of their respective fields. Morgan benefits from IFS’s deep technological and industry expertise, and the partnership ensures that IFS stays ahead of industry shifts, with Morgan’s real-world experience directly shaping and influencing the IFS automotive and manufacturing roadmap. For more than a decade, Morgan has consistently been an early adopter of new IFS Cloud capabilities, using the platform to connect and optimize core operations across finance, procurement, supply chain, production, sales and delivery. Updating to the latest version of IFS Cloud platform, underpinned by IFS.ai, marks the next stage of this evolution. The new Industrial AI capabilities will enhance supply chain resilience, improve procurement efficiency and strengthen essential

Centric Software® is pleased to announce that renowned beauty brand SHEGLAM has selected Centric PXM™, originally Contentserv, to enhance brand operational capabilities and inject sustained momentum into brand growth. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products such as fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and related goods like cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. SHEGLAM has disrupted the global beauty industry since 2019, becoming one of the fastest-growing color cosmetics brands worldwide. Driven by a philosophy of listening to consumers and iterating rapidly based on their feedback, the brand delivers trend-forward products that resonate powerfully with Gen Z globally. This approach has fuelled explosive growth with 3x year-over-year sales increases in international markets, over 100 million units sold in 2023 and expansion across 150+ countries online. The brand’s remarkable

Centric Software® is pleased to announce that SKECHERS China is advancing its digital transformation with Centric PLM™, now powering product development and operational excellence across more than 3,000 athletic and fashion lifestyle styles annually. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products such as fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and related goods like cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. SKECHERS China, the regional division of the global footwear brand, has established itself as a dominant force in the Asian market since entering China in 2007. Operating across mainland China, Southeast Asia and South Korea, covering performance athletic and lifestyle categories. SKECHERS China coordinates this portfolio through innovation processes spanning multiple categories and regions. The company’s rapid market success and expansion into apparel alongside its core footwear operations required centralized