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Aurigo Software, the leading provider of capital planning and construction management software for infrastructure and private owners, has strengthened its talent base with recent hires from India’s premier engineering colleges, such as BITS Goa, BITS Hyderabad, and NIT Trichy, among others. With their proximity to leading technology institutes, Aurigo’s Bangalore and Mysore offices offer opportunities for skilled graduates to contribute to impactful projects and collaborate with experienced mentors. India has become the hub for Aurigo’s global research and development, where teams develop core strategies and build innovative solutions from the ground up. The company is expanding its product capabilities to extend digital twins by integrating design with capital planning, advancing its AI platform, and offering improved UI/UX. With roles spanning business analysis, DevOps, cloud operations, and software testing, the recent recruits will play a crucial part in driving innovation and maintaining the company’s reputation for quality and excellence. “We’re excited to welcome

Founded in June 2024, Bechtle Stiftung gGmbH (Bechtle foundation) has launched its first scholarship programme, Female Upgreat (FEAT), designed to provide long-term support and sponsorship for girls and women in IT. Aimed at school pupils, vocational trainees, and university students, as well as career starters, professionals, and leaders, the programme spans activities from career orientation to career management, offering opportunities such as networking events, cross-generational mentoring, hands-on training, and financial support. The goal is to inspire more girls and women to pursue careers in IT, guide them for up to 15 years as they progress into specialist and leadership roles, and support their continued development along the way. The programme is being implemented in close collaboration with the Gerhard and Ilse Schick Foundation. “While 70 per cent of female pupils show an interest in IT and related fields in school, only seven per cent go on to pursue a career in IT. Women account for just 20 per cent of

Capgemini announced a global expansion of its Intelligent App Factory on Azure that will bring together Mistral AI, a leader in innovative AI model development, and Microsoft, to accelerate the adoption of generative AI (Gen AI) technologies. The three organizations are collaborating to address the specific needs of organizations that require deeply customized implementations, including highly regulated industries. Together, they will leverage the strengths of Mistral AI’s cutting-edge language models available in Microsoft Azure AI Studio, the Microsoft Cloud, and Capgemini’s end-to-end generative AI transformation capabilities, to further develop scalable, efficient, and secure solutions for clients globally. Since 2023, Capgemini and Microsoft have worked in close collaboration to deliver the Intelligent App Factory on Microsoft Azure that focuses on enterprise-wide adoption of generative AI. This collaboration builds on Capgemini’s already existing partnership with Mistral AI to accelerate the evolution towards more accessible, versatile, and cost-effective generative AI implementations at scale. It will integrate Mistral AI’s capabilities into this center of excellence

Configit, the global leader in Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM), announced the expansion of its U.S. team with two new hires. Sarah Golden and James McKenna will serve as Configit’s sales managers for North America to help drive further growth and adoption in the U.S. and beyond. These hires come as Configit sees higher demand for Configuration Lifecycle Management due to the need to digitalize the engineering process and improve the customer experience. This aligns with Gartner’s report that by 2026, CLM will transform 40% of manufacturers, reducing the amount of customer-specific engineering required to deliver products. Prior to joining Configit, Golden leapt into sales by leading an international team before moving on to empower global enterprises to achieve digital success at Acquia. She has received multiple awards for her performance and skills and brings deep expertise in direct sales, consultative sales strategy, business development, team building, and leadership. Golden will be a key figure in growing

The science and technology company Dassault Systèmes, whose solutions are used by industry worldwide to imagine and create sustainable innovations, continues to drive global awareness of how virtual worlds improve the lives of patients, citizens and consumers through a rich communications program showcasing its tagline “Virtual Worlds for Real Life.” On the heels of its immersive screen and augmented reality experience in London’s Piccadilly Circus, the latest campaign initiative invites travelers to explore the concept through thought-provoking visuals in three of Europe’s busiest transportation hubs: Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports near Paris, and St. Pancras International train station in London. Premium digital and traditional out-of-home visuals are offering a glimpse at unprecedented ways to innovate in healthcare, infrastructure and manufacturing, made possible only by virtual worlds. The compelling images, which feature Dassault Systèmes’ virtual twins of a human heart, a bridge and farming equipment juxtaposed with their real-world counterparts, have been showcased across

The Digital Twin Consortium® (DTC) established the Digital Engineering Working Group, which is focused on model-based development methodologies and digital threads across the digital twin lifecycle phases. Leveraging members’ combined intelligence and expertise across all Object Management Group® (OMG®) consortia, the Digital Engineering Working Group will develop AI-based deliverables providing methodologies and frameworks for developing, deploying, operating, and maintaining digital twins throughout the system lifecycle. “Digital twins demand continuous validation of their virtual-physical relationships throughout system lifecycles,” said Dan Isaacs, GM & CTO of DTC. “Digital engineering, with key attributes of model-based development and digital thread, from concept to decommissioning, provides a foundational framework for systematic verification of fidelity, accuracy, and predictive capabilities.” The digital engineering-based deliverables, along with others, will provide organizations with frameworks and methodologies, including AI-based approaches, such as generative AI, for implementing, operating, enhancing, and maintaining digital twins throughout the lifecycle phases, including: Model Validation Architecture – Frameworks for quantifying and maintaining digital twin

Dan Gessler, P.E., PhD, D.WRE, has joined Flow Science, Inc. as Global Water Infrastructure Lead. Dr. Gessler, formerly the National Practice Lead in Hydrology, Hydraulics and Fluids at Verdantas (formerly Alden), will leverage his 30 plus years of experience with hydraulic modeling to drive worldwide adoption of FLOW-3D HYDRO CFD software solutions in the water infrastructure sector. As Global Water Infrastructure Lead, Dr. Gessler will lead strategic efforts to grow the adoption of FLOW-3D HYDRO in markets around the world by engaging with key stakeholders in the water infrastructure sector. Through the development of educational content and training programs, he will promote awareness of CFD simulation capabilities and best practices while helping engineers succeed in providing solutions to some of the most complex challenges of our time. “Flow Science is a company I have always admired for their commitment to modeling excellence, customer support, and training,” says Dr. Gessler. “I am very excited to be joining the FLOW-3D HYDRO team to

DXC Technology, a leading Fortune 500 global technology services provider, announced an extended strategic partnership with ServiceNow, the AI platform for business transformation, to fast-track generative AI (GenAI) value for businesses globally. The companies have formed a Center of Excellence (CoE), bringing together DXC’s industry and implementation expertise with ServiceNow’s GenAI solutions, to streamline AI adoption for customers. Organizations face pressure to quickly realize value from AI investments. The DXC and ServiceNow GenAI Center of Excellence aims to help customers accelerate their AI journey by leveraging the core capabilities of DXC’s AI Impact, which combines consulting, engineering and secure enterprise services, with ServiceNow’s GenAI solution, Now Assist. At the GenAI CoE, DXC AI consultants will guide joint customers as they modernize with AI to optimize technology performance and deliver real-world results. For example, DXC has deployed Now Assist on its service delivery platform, transforming the incident management process and driving outcomes

At Formnext 2024, a new consortium of leading 3D printing companies has been announced to address the most pressing challenges that manufacturers face in adopting and scaling 3D printing technology for industrial use. Named Leading Minds, this collaboration brings together Ansys, EOS, HP, Materialise, Nikon SLM, Renishaw, Stratasys, and TRUMPF. The consortium seeks to overcome many of the barriers hindering the adoption of 3D printing, enabling manufacturing companies to integrate and scale 3D printing solutions more effectively. The consortium’s initial initiative aims to create a common language framework for 3D printing. According to the consortium, “3D printing has proven its worth across various sectors, transforming product design and providing highly customized solutions. Today, 3D printing is transitioning from niche innovations to high-volume manufacturing. To achieve this, the industry must overcome skepticism and deliver concrete, scalable solutions that will cement 3D printing as a cornerstone of modern industrial production.” Challenges in adoption and

At Microsoft Ignite, MongoDB, Inc. announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft that introduces three new capabilities for joint customers. First, customers building applications powered by retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) can now select MongoDB Atlas as a vector store in Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, combining MongoDB Atlas’s vector capabilities with generative AI tools and services from Microsoft Azure and Azure Open AI. Meanwhile, users looking to maximize insights from operational data can now do so in near real-time with Open Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric for MongoDB Atlas. And the launch of MongoDB Enterprise Advanced (EA) on Azure Marketplace for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes applications enables organizations that operate across on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge Kubernetes environments to choose MongoDB. With these capabilities, MongoDB is meeting customers where they are on their innovation journeys, and making it easier for them to unleash the power of data. Through the strengthened MongoDB-Microsoft relationship, customers will be able to: Enhance