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A panel of industry experts have selected winners for the second Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge. The winning submissions celebrate Cradle to Cradle® design for the circular economy and highlight safe materials that can be perpetually cycled and are designed with thoughtful use and reuse scenarios. Presented by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and Autodesk, a world leader in 3D design software, the bi-annual event recognizes emerging designers for participation in the design-led revolution toward a circular economy. Designers are required to take the free 2-hour, online course "Designing Cradle to Cradle Certified Products for the Circular Economy" to participate in the challenge. The course was made possible by Alcoa Foundation and developed in collaboration with Autodesk. The Foundation’s focus areas include finding solutions to improve the environment through sustainable design, making Alcoa Foundation a valuable partner for the course in providing practical instruction for product designers as they thoughtfully consider Cradle

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm announces that its annual PLM Road Map™ for the High Tech & Medical Device Communities conference will take place on May 24, 2016. The event will be held at The Biltmore Hotel and Suites, Santa Clara, California, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Now in their twenty-third year, PLM Road Map conferences bring together leading industry experts from CIMdata, key industry players, and front-line implementation experts to explore end users’ progress, opportunities, and road blocks. Having listened to the needs of industrial users and the preferences of solution providers alike, PLM Road Map 2016 for the High Tech & Medical Device Communities will continue CIMdata’s focus on presenting a series of right-sized, one-day, content-rich, and industry focused conferences. The theme for this event is “Innovation and Structure—Where Processes and Tools Collide.” The high technology and medical device industries are cyclical in

Industry-focused PLM Conference set for May 24th in Silicon Valley. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 13 January, 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm announces that its annual PLM Road Map™ for the High Tech & Medical Device Communities conference will take place on May 24, 2016. The event will be held at The Biltmore Hotel and Suites, Santa Clara, California, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Now in their twenty-third year, PLM Road Map conferences bring together leading industry experts from CIMdata, key industry players, and front-line implementation experts to explore end users’ progress, opportunities, and road blocks. Having listened to the needs of industrial users and the preferences of solution providers alike, PLM Road Map 2016 for the High Tech & Medical Device Communities will continue CIMdata’s focus on presenting a series of right-sized, one-day, content-rich, and industry focused conferences. The theme for this event is “Innovation and

Lectra is pleased to announce the release of its latest version of DesignConcept Furniture, its 2D/3D collaborative design, costing and virtual prototyping solution for upholstered furniture. In a buoyant but ultra-competitive global marketplace, differentiation, time to market and cost management are key success factors for furniture manufacturers. As well as satisfying consumer demand for greater choice, customization and built-in technology, manufacturers have to find a way to stand out from the crowd in order to maintain and improve their competitiveness. Creativity is the answer. With this new version, all types of upholstery, including tufting and buttoning, such as used in chesterfield furniture, can be virtually prototyped, costed and prepared for production. From now on, the only limit is the designer's imagination. DesignConcept Furniture has been conceived to significantly shorten process times: up to 20% in preparing design reviews, 25% in physical prototyping and 25% in developing tufted and buttoned models. It is achievable

Centric Software has acquired its second South African customer. Truworths, one of South Africa's leading fashion apparel retailers, with 747 stores in South Africa and eight other countries on the continent, has decided to adopt Centric 8 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software to support international growth and help structure its product development process. Truworths is synonymous with fashion apparel retailing in South Africa, and offers internationally inspired clothing and footwear across a diversified portfolio of some of the country's most admired and recognized brands. Truworths also recently acquired Office Retail Group, a leading young fashion footwear retailer in the UK, Ireland and Germany. These brands are either internally developed or exclusive to the business and include Truworths, Truworths Man, Inwear, LTD, Uzzi and Identity, as well as the licenced brand Daniel Hechter. In order to reinforce its competitive positioning and to continue to grow internationally, Truworths is focusing on delivering on-trend products

Tata Consultancy Services issued its consolidated financial results according to IFRS US Dollars for the quarter ended December 31, 2015. Business Highlights for Quarter Ended December 31, 2015 · Gross employee addition 22,118 · Total headcount: 344,691 · Utilization: 84.9% (excluding trainees) & 80.9% (including trainees) · No of $100m+ clients increases by 1 to 34; No of $20M+ clients increase by 2 to 173 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income For the three-month periods ended December 31, 2014, September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2015 (In millions of USD, except per share data)                                                                                                     12/31/14    9/30/15      12/31/15                                     Revenue                                                  3,931        4,156               4,145                                     Cost of revenue                       

SAP Outpaces Market with Record 2015 Cloud and Software Revenue, Up 20% – SAP S/4HANA Adoption Soaring Full Year Non-IFRS Cloud and Software Revenue Up 20% (12% at Constant Currencies, Beating Company Guidance) SAP S/4HANA Adoption Surges – More Than Doubling the Number of Customers in the Fourth Quarter, Now Exceeding 2,700 Customers Tremendous Momentum in New Cloud Bookings – Up 103% in the Full Year, Up 75% in the Fourth Quarter Full Year Non-IFRS Cloud Subscription and Support Revenue Up 109% to €2.30 Billion (€2.00 Billion at Constant Currencies, Achieving Company Guidance) Full Year Non-IFRS Operating Profit Up 13% to €6.35 Billion (€5.902 Billion at Constant Currencies, Beating Company Guidance) After an initial review of its fourth quarter 2015 performance, SAP SE  today announced its preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015. All 2015 figures in this release are approximate due to the preliminary nature of the announcement. SAP had

Cognizant today reaffirmed its revenue guidance of at least USD 12.41 billion for 2015 despite the impact of flooding and heavy rains on its operations in Chennai, which houses over 60,000 of its employees. "Due to the successful execution of its Business Continuity Plan, which largely mitigated the financial impact of the flooding, Cognizant has reaffirmed that it expects to achieve both its previously announced full-year revenue guidance of at least USD 12.41 billion and its non-GAAP diluted EPS guidance of at least USD 3.03," Cognizant said in a statement. In December, Chennai experienced heavy rains that caused unprecedented flooding. Cognizant has 11 delivery and operations centres in the city and about 60,000 employees. Many of Cognizant's competitors, including India's largest software services provider Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro and Hexaware have warned of an impact on their revenues and margins on account of the Chennai rains. The company has already committed USD 40

Edgecam, the production machining CAD/CAM software, will demonstrate their Waveform roughing strategies at a technical seminar taking place at Engineering Technology Group’s headquarters in Southam on 3rd February. Hosted by ETG, the ‘Advanced Turning Solutions Roadshow’, in partnership with Edgecam and Seco Tools, will focus on the capability to remove material in a turning environment efficiently. Edgecam will showcase their Waveform technology – the powerful roughing strategy solution for high-speed machining that maintains a constant tool cutting load. Demonstrations on a Nakamura Tome AS200 will show how Waveform can improve accuracy, productivity and tool life. Wesley Tonks, Edgecam’s Strategic Partnership Manager said “we are delighted to be supporting our partner, ETG, at this seminar, which will give visitors the chance to see how Waveform technology can really benefit their business as well as learning different manufacturing strategies throughout the day”.  Search for Vero on CIMdata.com

EMC is launching its new web site today – EMCConnected.com, in addition to unveiling its Customer Experience Center to showcase new technology, products and services online and on site. EMC is redefining the most advanced edge of connectivity and content delivery at sea, on land and in the air. EMCConnected.com delivers access to the industry's most powerful and tailored solutions that enable these remote communications services – digital media, systems integration and equipment – for customers in eight vertical markets. In addition to this enhanced online presence, customers and partners can now view live, in-person demos of EMC technology solutions at the company's Miramar, Fla. headquarters. The new EMC Customer Experience Center demonstrates the industry's most advanced hybrid satellite and terrestrial network. Customers can experience the latest digital media solutions for remote locations, including SpeedNet®, the highest-speed Internet available on VSAT (very small aperture terminals). They also can experience live TV at sea and video conferencing in the world's furthest