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Key executives from leading semiconductor EDA and IP companies will gather to discuss the latest industry trends, challenges and opportunities Thursday, April 28, in Santa Clara, California at the annual CEO Outlook hosted by the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), a SEMI Technology Community. Registration is open. CEO Outlook Panelists Anirudh Devgan of Cadence Design Systems Niels Fache of Keysight Technologies Aki Fujimura of D2S Joe Sawicki of Siemens EDA Simon Segars of Arm Semiconductor Engineering editor-in-chief Ed Sperling will moderate the panel. The in-person event, co-sponsored by Keysight Technologies, will be held at Agilent’s Building 5 at 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Santa Clara, California, beginning at 5:30 p.m. with networking, food and beverages. The hour-long panel starts at 6:30 p.m. and is free for ESD Alliance and SEMI members. Pricing for non-members is $49 per person. The ESD Alliance Annual Membership meeting for members will be held prior to the start of the CEO Outlook beginning at 5 p.m. Non-members are welcome after registering for the event. To

Accenture Federal Services (AFS), has won a five-year, $118 million U.S. Department of State contract to deliver data management support for the agency’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. Specifically, AFS will support the agency with fraud reduction and data replication services associated with passports and visas. Additionally, AFS will provide data engineering support for a State Department database that serves as a hub for information flow between other branches of the U.S. Government to support homeland security. “Emerging technologies play an essential role in how quickly and efficiently federal agencies can glean meaningful insights from their data assets,” said AFS CEO, John Goodman. “AFS is thrilled to support the State Department with automating and standardizing the way data is shared to enhance operational speed and quality for the agency.” The State Department is exploring implementing technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence, and machine learning (AI/ML) capabilities. “AFS is excited to build upon our long-standing, trusted relationship

The Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 ended after a successful edition, despite the unique context in which the event was held. These games saw more than 3,400 athletes compete, supported by key digital systems which were orchestrated and secured by Atos, leveraging its global digital platforms, infrastructure, and cloud orchestration expertise. For 30 years, Atos has been supporting the Olympic and Paralympic Games, driving digital innovation so all sports fans can experience the athletes' achievements in real-time from anywhere, and on any device. No rest for the brave: Atos teams have already started to work on the preparation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024. Orchestrating the digital backbone behind 187 competitions As the Worldwide IT Partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC), as well as the lead integrator, Atos has run and orchestrated the key digital IT systems that helped to safely and securely

Matterport, Inc., the leading spatial data company driving the digital transformation of the built world, announced that Eberl, a top 4 U.S.-based insurance adjusting company, has improved its total claims cycle time by 15 percent and increased new customer acquisition by 200 percent since adopting Matterport digital twins. Combining the Matterport Capture App with Matterport Axis allows the Eberl adjusters to create an accurate visual audit of the loss with the convenience of their smartphone while reducing their time spent in the field.  “With Matterport directly at their fingertips, our adjusters can easily access rich, visual data and precise measurements that reduce the need for return trips, reinspection requests, phone calls and follow-up emails,” said Chris Cowan, Vice President, Operational Strategy at Eberl. “Digital twins have helped our adjusters work smarter, and their agility enhances the experience of our clients and subsequent policyholders. When we outline the value of digital twins to new and existing

The Houston Food Bank, the nation’s largest food bank in distribution, has selected Oracle NetSuite to help support its rapid expansion as it works to meet increases in demand for food and other essentials. With NetSuite, the Houston Food Bank will unify financial planning, order management, and warehouse logistics into a singular system to help give greater visibility and control into its operations and scale its programs that currently help more than one million people fight food insecurity. Founded in 1982, the Houston Food Bank is a member of Feeding America and serves 18 counties in Houston and southeast Texas, distributing more than 150 million pounds of food annually through a network of 1,600 partners. To meet growing demand since the beginning of the global pandemic, the Houston Food Bank has increased distributions by 20 percent and as it scaled its operations, its current ERP system struggled to keep up. This led to

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced that it was recognized as the Microsoft Asia Pacific Region Social Impact – Sustainability Changemaker Partner of the Year 2021. The announcement was made at the Microsoft Singapore & Asia Pacific Partner of the Year Awards 2021 celebrations on February 18, 2022 at Marina Bay Sands Singapore. The Microsoft Asia Pacific Partner of the Year Award 2021 celebrates and recognizes regional partners who are focused on customer and community success by delivering unique and differentiated solutions built on core technologies across the Microsoft Cloud platform. Additionally, the winner needs to demonstrate commitment to the Asia Pacific region and evidence exceptional customer experience across multiple markets in the region. Bentley Systems was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in the Social Impact – Sustainability Changemaker Award category. The Sustainability Changemaker Partner of the Year Award recognizes a partner organization that excels at providing innovative and unique

Uptake, a leader in industrial intelligence software-as-a-service (SaaS), is pleased to share that Microsoft has named Chief Data Officer Dr. Dave Shook as a Most Valuable Professional (MVP). The MVP award recognizes his contributions to the Microsoft Azure technical community. “The Microsoft MVP award is an incredible recognition of Dave’s innovation in industrial data analytics and to the value of industrial intelligence enabled by Microsoft Azure,” said Kayne Grau, Chief Executive Officer, Uptake. “I would like to congratulate Dave on this honor and his technical leadership in the field. His work to make industrial data available in the cloud for enterprise analytics is making a significant impact on digital transformation and sustainability.” The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) honors technology leaders who share their knowledge and passion with their community over the previous year. MVPs make up a global community of technical experts and community leaders around the world who readily share

A few weeks ago, the employees of Lantek Italia moved their offices to Roreto di Cherasco, 45 minutes south of Turin. The new building now has 1,200m2, spread between 2 floors and a vast garden area. The new facilities are designed with open, diaphanous and efficient spaces, to encourage collaboration between teams and to adapt more effectively to the new employee and customer needs. The key driver behind the new facility is to provide the teams with more space in a smart building, as the new facilities triple the space of the previous offices and allow the Italian team to keep growing, as it has for the past 6 years. The opening of this facility is just one more proof of the success of our software in Italy and of how the Italian market is currently in the midst of the digital transformation of the sheet metal sector. Congratulazioni to the Lantek Italy team

Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of construction management software, announces its launch in France as part of continued global expansion and growth. The launch will advance the opportunity for Procore’s unified, connected platform to enable owners, general contractors and specialty contractors to build smarter by accelerating collaboration, streamlining communication and providing real-time visibility into their project performance. It comes at a time of continued regional growth across EMEA following its launches in UKI and MENA in 2018 and 2021 respectively. Procore has appointed Laurence Caron as Procore’s Senior Director for France and Southern Europe to build regional operations with all customer touchpoints. Caron brings extensive experience working with SaaS businesses and helping organizations innovate.  “Construction professionals in France are accelerating their digital transformation efforts as they seek ways to optimize the performance of their businesses and collaboration on projects. Our launch in France gives us a unique opportunity to expand our

Propel, creator of the Product 360 cloud solution, announced two key executive hires following record customer growth for the fiscal year end January 31, 2021. Eric Schrader joins as Chief Product Officer and Mitesh Kapadia joins as Vice President, Professional Services. The new hires join Propel as the company expands its roster of innovative technology, medical and life sciences, manufacturing, and consumer goods customers. “Our customers have emerged from the pandemic, are focusing on growing revenue, and are strengthening their supply chain,” said Ray Hein, CEO of Propel. “We saw tremendous acceleration in new business in the second half of 2021, and it’s continuing in the first quarter of 2022. The addition of Eric and Mitesh will help Propel customers harmonize product and business processes to streamline their businesses and increase profits.” Eric Schrader joins Propel as Chief Product Officer. With 25 years' experience in enterprise software, Schrader will lead Propel’s strategy for product