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SAP SE announced the creation of the new Customer Value Group, bringing together the Customer Success and Customer Services & Delivery organizations, effective April 1. The new Board area is designed to strengthen SAP’s customer-centric operating model by delivering seamless, end-to-end experience from initial engagement through long-term value realization. The Customer Value Group will be led by Thomas Saueressig (40), whose role expands to Chief Customer Officer. In this capacity, he will oversee the full customer journey, aligning selling, delivery, services and support driving adoption, renewal and expansion of SAP’s cloud and AI-powered solutions. SAP Extended Board members Jan Gilg and Manos Raptopoulos will report directly to Saueressig and continue to co-lead the Customer Success organization. “In a business where adoption and renewal define success, the lines between selling and delivering disappear,” said Christian Klein, CEO of SAP SE. “Bringing Customer Success and Customer Services & Delivery together is the right move now for

SAP recognition for cooperation with T-Systems in Germany SAP has named T-Systems "Partner of the Year 2026 " in the public sector. The award recognizes the successful collaboration in digitalizing government institutions in Germany. T-Systems operates business-critical SAP systems for numerous institutions and is modernizing their IT step by step. Around half of Germany’s federal states rely on T-Systems’ SAP expertise. Over 20 years of SAP experience in the public sector The award confirms a development that has been evident in the public sector for years: administrations are consistently modernizing their IT. T-Systems has been supporting federal, state, and local governments for over 20 years—from operating central SAP systems to digitalizing administrative processes and procedures. A central component of the modernization is the Telekom SAP platform from T-Systems, especially for public administration. It meets the highest requirements for data protection, availability, and sovereignty. The IT-Grundschutz-based platform is BSI-certified according to ISO 27001 and is operated entirely in German data centers. This enables authorities

Bamboo Rose, a global leader in enterprise retail technology solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Gordon as Vice President, Head of Planning and Analytics. Gordon brings more than 30 years of experience in SaaS planning and analytics technologies, with deep expertise across the Retail and CPG industries. In his new role, Gordon will lead the growth of Bamboo Rose Plan, the company’s merchandise planning solution within the AI-Native TotalPLM™ platform. He will work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to drive the company’s go-to-market strategy and revenue growth, while helping shape how Bamboo Rose brings planning and analytics capabilities to market. “I’m thrilled to be joining Bamboo Rose as Vice President, Head of Planning and Analytics,” said Gordon. “Having spent most of my career working with planning and analytics software across Retail and CPG, I’m passionate about helping customers solve high-value business problems. I look forward to working with

MariaDB plc announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GridGain Systems, Inc., the pioneer of in-memory computing and creator of open source Apache Ignite. By merging MariaDB’s AI-ready relational database with GridGain’s scalable, in-memory power, MariaDB is setting a new industry standard: sub-millisecond data infrastructure for the agentic era. Closing the AI Latency Gap As enterprises move beyond passive chatbots toward agentic AI – autonomous systems that reason, plan and execute tasks – they are quickly becoming limited by traditional data architectures. AI agents require real-time access to massive datasets with zero friction. This acquisition bridges that gap by fusing: MariaDB’s reliability: Proven, ACID-compliant transactional integrity for the world’s most sensitive data, with native vector capability and AI support. GridGain’s speed: Extreme-scale and in-memory processing that eliminates the disk-drive tax on performance. “The rise of agentic workloads has placed unprecedented demands on enterprise infrastructure, causing requirements to explode and requiring a level of

Open platform enables seamless integrations with a comprehensive technology ecosystem and cloud‑based deployment to improve engineering collaboration and speed time-to-market for intelligent systems Key Highlights Open platform to create, deploy, manage, and use electronics digital twins, establishing a new integrated and collaborative engineering paradigm across electronics, software, and systems Pre‑integrated Synopsys and ecosystem partner solutions, combined with management and administration capabilities, provide teams ready-to-use, cloud-based environments that reduce development costs, increase product quality, and accelerate innovation Initially focused on high-value automotive use cases, the platform enables OEMs to achieve up to 90% of software validation prior to hardware availability — significantly shrinking vehicle development cycles Synopsys, Inc. launched the Synopsys Electronics Digital Twin (eDT) Platform, a first-of-its-kind, open solution to accelerate the creation, management, deployment, and use of electronics digital twins (eDTs) critical for today's software-defined product development enabling physical AI systems. Initially focused on high-value automotive use cases, the eDT Platform enables OEMs to

The Institute for Production Engineering and CIMTT (CIM Technology Transfer) in Kiel and companies like Franz Xaver Meiller Fahrzeug- und Maschinenfabrik are leading the way: GROB machining centers are installed in their production halls. Machines, production, and workstations are networked using the GROB-NET 4 Industry web application . But what does this app do, and what contribution does COSCOM make? “In our collaboration with GROB, we have taken tool management to a new level,” explains Christian Erlinger, Managing Director of COSCOM Computer GmbH, proudly. GROB-NET 4 Industry It is a modular system that networks production processes across plants . Its functions are diverse: internet connectivity for all machines, remote monitoring, ERP integration, analysis tools for process optimization, and much more. A key element is the GROB 4 TDX module, which enables the automated transfer of tool data to the CNC machine. During measurement in the tool presetting room, the tool is automatically identified in order to link the tool data to it and transmit it digitally

Centric Software® is pleased to announce that Triumph Group has selected Centric PXM™ to modernize its digital infrastructure, unify product content and combat multichannel retail complexity. 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 1886 and headquartered in Switzerland, Triumph Group is a globally renowned and family-owned lingerie company. Their innovative brands, including Triumph and sloggi, are distributed in over 80 countries worldwide. With a rich history of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation, Triumph continues to evolve its identity for modern consumers, offering collections that combine technical excellence, sustainability and timeless design. As part of a strategic brand repositioning to grow its market presence, Triumph Group

What: At OFC 2026, Keysight will demonstrate how it accelerates AI infrastructure development with end-to-end visibility and validation. From physics to packets, Keysight provides AI workload emulation for 1.6T scale-out and scale-up Ethernet using KAI Data Center Builder. This empowers engineers to design, validate, and optimize next-generation high-speed infrastructure with greater precision and scalability. When: March 15-19, 2026 Where: Keysight booth #1300, South Hall  Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, Calif. Info: Keysight at OFC, 2026 Join Keysight experts to explore how to validate, benchmark, and optimize AI infrastructure at 1.6T with the following demonstrations: Enabling AI-Scale Readiness Photonics IC Test: This demo will illustrate how to verify photonic integrated circuits at the wafer and die levels. Keysight’s portfolio of products will demonstrate how to characterize MRM, MZM, and PD beyond 170 GHz, test bias and heat-detuning and automate radio frequency and photonic testing. Unified EOE Flow from Device to System: This demo highlights a unified electro-optical workflow that correlates electrical and optical measurements

Aras, a leading provider of digital thread solutions for product lifecycle management and engineering AI, announced its sponsorship of Threaded!, a collaboration forum designed to connect the next-generation companies building innovative solutions with enterprise technology and operations leaders. The half-day series will kick off at Develop3D Live UK March 25 and ACE 2026 April 12 in Miami. Threaded! brings founders into direct conversation with experienced operators, commercialization leaders, and curated investors to sharpen differentiation and strengthen go-to-market readiness. The forum emphasizes practical dialogue around enterprise adoption, integration expectations, and the commercial discipline required to scale within today’s complex product development environments. Participants will have the opportunity to compare approaches with peer innovators and explore partnership opportunities across PLM and digital thread initiatives. Guided solution sharing and structured feedback will help refine product direction and messaging, strengthen ideal customer profiles, and build credible proof points that resonate with enterprise buyers. The Develop3D Live UK session will bring together engineering AI

Tech Mahindra, a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, announced a partnership with Rubrik, a security and AI operations company. Together, the organizations will deliver a joint Cyber Recovery as a Service (CRaaS) solution to help enterprises restore operations quickly and securely following cyber incidents. The partnership brings together Tech Mahindra’s global cybersecurity expertise with Rubrik’s data security platform to deliver scalable protection across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Furthermore, the partnership will allow enterprises to strengthen cyber resilience with an AI-powered cyber recovery solution designed to enable faster, cleaner restoration after attacks. Customers also benefit from assured data integrity, reduced downtime, and a unified recovery framework that supports business continuity even during advanced ransomware incidents. Saket Singh, Business Head - Cloud, Infrastructure, Network and Security Services, Tech Mahindra, said, “Enterprises today are investing heavily in cyber detection capabilities, yet a critical gap remains: the ability to rapidly recover clean, uncompromised data after