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Siemens Smart Infrastructure launched Asset Performance Advanced, a new AI-enabled managed building service. By combining an integrated predictive failure mode classification with advanced fault detection and diagnosis (FDD), the solution helps customers across industries optimize operations, improve energy performance, and enhance occupant comfort. Bringing together predictive intelligence, prescriptive AI, and expert-guided actions, Asset Performance Advanced supports the transition toward human-centric autonomous buildings – enabling them to sense issues, decide actions, and continuously improve performance.  The solution is built on three core capabilities: predictive, prescriptive, and workflow. It identifies root causes of performance issues, recommends high impact actions to address them, and enables automated, optimized execution across teams. Unlike analytics-only solutions, Asset Performance Advanced not only detects issues but also operationalizes response – combining AI-assisted recommendations, standardized resolution playbooks, and integrated workflows that route tasks to the right teams, supported by Siemens Digital Service Centers. This ensures that insights consistently translate into

ENCY Software announces the release of ENCY World, the first official mobile app created specifically for the global ENCY community. The app is designed for engineers, machinists, CAM programmers, robot integrators, dealers, partners, and everyone working with ENCY technologies in CAD/CAM, CNC machining, and industrial robotics. ENCY World brings together ENCY news, product updates, community highlights, training content, videos, and event information in one mobile experience. Users can access top stories, news, and case studies from encycam.com, with content cached for offline reading. The app also includes Powered by ENCY, a daily showcase of real production work from the worldwide ENCY community — from 5-axis machining and robotic welding to hybrid programming. Another key feature is Tip of the Day — a daily insight into ENCY features and CAD/CAM concepts based on official ENCY documentation. The app also helps users follow upcoming exhibitions, webinars, and partner events. The Watch section brings the ENCY YouTube channel into the app, including tutorials, demos, product videos, and

Centric Software® is pleased to announce that it is exhibiting at NRF 2026 APAC, taking place June 2-4, 2026, at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Centric Software will welcome visitors to booth #809, Expo Level 1. Centric Software delivers innovative, integrated AI-powered enterprise solutions to take products from concept to commercialization. Fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, consumer electronics, food & beverage, cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail companies can plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, assort, sell and replenish products to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Retailers, brands and manufacturers across all segments of consumer goods are under increasing pressure to make faster, better-informed decisions while managing product complexity, margin constraints and shifting consumer demand. Centric Software solutions - Centric PLM™, Centric Planning & Pricing™, Centric Market Intelligence™, Centric Visual Boards™ and Centric PXM™ - are designed to bring teams—internal and external—data and

Aras, a leading provider of digital thread solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM) and engineering AI, announced its 2026 Aras Connect Tour, a global event series focused on the theme “Adaptive Intelligence: AI, PLM, and the Future of Product Development.” The 2026 tour includes stops in Tokyo, Osaka, Stockholm, Milan, Paris and Frankfurt, and will expand into Taiwan and Australia for the first time with new events in Taipei, Canberra, and Brisbane, reflecting growing interest in AI-enabled product development and digital thread strategies across those regions. Innovation requires more than connecting people, processes, and data. It demands systems that can learn, adapt, and provide context in real time. The event series will explore how AI-native PLM and intelligent digital threads enable organizations to move faster, reduce coordination complexity, and make more informed decisions earlier in the product lifecycle. Attendees will learn from real-world customer examples, gain practical insights from industry experts, and discover approaches

Hitachi, Ltd. announced a strategic partnership with Anthropic PBC (“Anthropic”), a global leader in AI safety research and trusted AI models, to further strengthen the “Lumada 3.0” business model. As artificial intelligence evolves beyond cyberspace to directly influence real-world systems— otherwise known as physical AI—demand is rapidly growing for the safe and seamless deployment of AI in mission-critical environments. This alliance combines Hitachi and Anthropic will combine Hitachi’s deep domain knowledge built over more than 110 years, along with its expertise in IT, OT (operational technology), and products, with Anthropic’s frontier AI capabilities. Together, the companies will accelerate the advancement of system engineering, operations, and cybersecurity for critical infrastructure sectors including energy, transportation, manufacturing, and finance. By enabling safer, more resilient, and intelligent operations of these infrastructures, the partnership will contribute to advancing AI transformation (AX) for customers and society at large. To maximize value creation for customers, Hitachi and Anthropic will

Wipro Limited, a leading AI-powered technology services and consulting company announced that its acquisition of Olam Group’s IT and digital services business, Mindsprint, has been concluded following the completion of relevant regulatory approvals. The Mindsprint acquisition was originally announced on April 6, 2026, as a part of Wipro’s 8-year strategic transformation deal win from Olam Group, a leading US$ 50+[1] Billion food and agri‑business headquartered in Singapore, employing nearly 40,000 people, and majority owned by Temasek Holdings. The strategic engagement with Olam Group expands Wipro’s farm‑to‑fork capabilities, scaling the impact of Wipro Intelligence™ across the food and agri‑business industry. Mindsprint’s deep domain expertise and IP‑led solutions, particularly across supply chain and commodity trading, combined with Wipro’s consulting‑led and AI‑powered capabilities, aim to unlock growth opportunities, catalyse innovation, and drive market‑ready transformation for Olam Group and Wipro’s global clients. This includes key areas such as farming, forecasting, trading, supply‑chain operations, and customer engagement. “We are pleased to welcome

Qualtrics announced the completion of its acquisition of Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75 billion USD. Qualtrics created the Experience Management category to deliver legendary experiences for organizations and the people they serve. The acquisition expands the world’s largest proprietary human Experience Management (XM) AI & data platform with the scale and depth of the world’s largest healthcare experience dataset.  The Experience Gap problem The experience gap is the delta between what patients expect versus what organizations can deliver. Life is moving at the speed of AI and expectations have never been higher.Patients no longer compare their healthcare experience to the hospital across town, but to the best hospitality, travel, dining, concierge, and digital experiences they have anywhere in their lives. Now, people walk into healthcare systems informed, researched, empowered, anxious, and expectation-hungry with an AI doctor in their pocket.  “AI permanently changed what people expect from every experience in their lives,” said Jason

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 19 May 2026—The Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (AD PAG) has announced it will host a live webinar on Tuesday, 23 June at 11:00 am EDT to present the findings of its landmark industry research. Titled "The Value Potential of Digital Twins and Digital Threads - Results from Industry Research", the webinar will offer critical insights into the actual maturity, capabilities, and cross-industry applications of current commercial digital twin and digital thread (DTW-DTH) solutions. While technology providers frequently promise a seamless DTW-DTH ecosystem, organizations building digital strategies for complex engineering environments cannot afford to bet on future roadmaps; they need to know what works today. In light of this, the AD PAG engaged with a group of leading DTW-DTH solution providers. The initiative assessed the capabilities of commercially available software and services through a series of intensive, real-world use-case demonstrations. Recognizing the massive breadth and varying maturity

Capgemini announced a multi-year agreement with BAE Systems, a leading global defence, aerospace and security company, to deliver operational integration across its technology ecosystem. The engagement marks a significant evolution of the long-standing relationship between the two organisations and will see Capgemini take on a central role in orchestrating technology operations across BAE Systems’ global operations. The new technology operating model will bring together multiple service providers into a single, integrated operating model. Capgemini will be central to the success of this model partnering with BAE Systems to lead in accelerating the deployment of new technology solutions, enhancing employee productivity and user experience, and driving greater operational efficiency. This represents a fundamental shift from traditional, siloed service delivery towards a coordinated, industry leading approach designed to improve performance at scale – while also providing a stronger foundation for BAE Systems’ continued international growth and collaboration across major global programmes. Key benefits of the transformation

Conversations around builder’s risk insurance often sit at the intersection of construction complexity, evolving project delivery, and claims exposure, making collaboration across disciplines more important than ever. The 2026 Builder’s Risk & Construction Symposium will convene in New York, NY, bringing together professionals from construction, brokerage, underwriting, claims, and the expert community for an in-depth discussion on insuring complex construction projects. VERTEX is serving as a Silver Sponsor of the event.  VERTEX Representation  VERTEX attendees from the Technical Claims and Disputes team include:  Zachary Bradshaw, PE, CEP, PSP – Senior Managing Director  Taylor Godbout, P. Eng – Director  Brian Hanifin, FCMAA – Senior Managing Director  Tasleem Khan, CMIT, MSc – Senior Consultant  Cindy Maselko – Senior Consultant  Cathy Pierce, MBA – Growth Strategy Senior Managing Director  They will participate in discussions with fellow professionals, contributing perspectives on construction risk, insurance-related claims, and project advisory services.  As a not-for-profit initiative, the symposium emphasizes meaningful dialogue among active practitioners in the builder’s risk space. The highly interactive program is structured to encourage insight-sharing on key challenges, including coverage considerations, claims dynamics, and risk allocation across large, complex projects.  Through participation in events such as the Builders Risk Symposium, VERTEX